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"text": "mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season; droughts"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "largest country in Africa but 80% desert; canyons and caves in the southern Hoggar Mountains and in the barren Tassili n'Ajjer area in the southeast of the country contain numerous examples of prehistoric art -- rock paintings and carvings depicting human activities and wild and domestic animals (elephants, giraffes, cattle) -- that date to the African Humid Period, roughly 11,000 to 5,000 years ago, when the region was completely vegetated"
"text": "largest country in Africa but 80% desert; canyons and caves in the southern Hoggar Mountains and in the barren Tassili n'Ajjer area in the southeast of the country contain numerous examples of prehistoric art -- rock paintings and carvings depicting human activities and wild and domestic animals (elephants, giraffes, cattle) -- that date to the African Humid Period, roughly 5,000 to 11,000 years ago, when the region was completely vegetated"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -157,16 +157,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "58.5"
"text": "60.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "48.7"
"text": "49.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "9.8"
"text": "11.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "10.2 (2021 est.)"
"text": "9 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -368,7 +368,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "air pollution in major cities; soil erosion from overgrazing and other poor farming practices; desertification; dumping of raw sewage, petroleum refining wastes, and other industrial effluents is leading to the pollution of rivers and coastal waters; Mediterranean Sea, in particular, becoming polluted from oil wastes, soil erosion, and fertilizer runoff; inadequate supplies of potable water"
"text": "air pollution in major cities; soil erosion from overgrazing and other poor farming practices; desertification; river and coastal pollution from dumping of raw sewage, petroleum refining wastes, and other industrial effluents; pollution in Mediterranean Sea from oil wastes, soil erosion, and fertilizer runoff; inadequate potable water"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -409,12 +409,6 @@
"text": "1.99% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.1% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "22.68 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -490,7 +484,7 @@
"text": "UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "name derives from the Arabic \"al-Jazair\" meaning \"the islands\" and refers to the four islands formerly off the coast of the capital but joined to the mainland since 1525"
"text": "name derives from the Arabic <em>al-jazair</em>, meaning \"the islands,\" and refers to the four islands formerly off the coast of the capital but joined to the mainland since 1525"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -503,7 +497,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 5 July (1962); Revolution Day, 1 November (1954)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of French civil law and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various public officials including several Supreme Court justices"
"text": "mixed system of French civil law and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various public officials including several Supreme Court justices"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -627,7 +621,7 @@
},
"Political parties": {
"text": "Algerian National Front or FNA<br>Algerian Popular Movement or MPA<br>Algeria's Hope Rally or TAJ<br>Dignity or El Karama<br>El-Infitah<br>El Mostakbal (Future Front)<br>Ennour El Djazairi Party (Algerian Radiance Party) or PED<br>Equity and Proclamation Party or PEP<br>Islamic Renaissance Movement or Ennahda Movement<br>Justice and Development Front or FJD<br>Movement for National Reform or El Islah<br>Movement of Society for Peace or MSP<br>National Construction Movement or El-Bina (Harakat El-Binaa El-Watani)<br>National Democratic Rally (Rassemblement National Democratique) or RND<br>National Front for Social Justice or FNJS<br>National Liberation Front or FLN<br>National Militancy Front or FMN<br>National Party for Solidarity and Development or PNSD<br>National Republican Alliance or ANR<br>New Dawn Party (El-Fajr El-Jadid)<br>New Generation (Jil Jadid)<br>Oath of 1954 or Ahd 54<br>Party of Justice and Liberty or PLJ<br>Rally for Culture and Democracy or RCD<br>Socialist Forces Front or FFS<br>Union for Change and Progress or UCP<br>Union of Democratic and Social Forces or UFDS<br>Vanguard of Liberties (Talaie El Hurriyet)<br>Workers Party or PT<br>Youth Party or PJ",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> a law banning political parties based on religion was enacted in March 1997"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> a law banning political parties based on religion was enacted in 1997"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AMU, AU, BIS, CAEU, CD, FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, OPEC, OSCE (partner), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
@ -741,20 +735,17 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "4% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "9.32% (2023 est.)"
"text": "9.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "9.27% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "7.23% (2021 est.)"
"text": "9.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"text": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "13.1% (2023 est.)"
@ -800,30 +791,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "13.552 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "13.294 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "11.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "11.81% (2023 est.)"
"text": "11.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "12.44% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "13.61% (2021 est.)"
"text": "12.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "30.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "29.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "27.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "26.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "46% (2023 est.)"
"text": "45.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
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},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "$5.424 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$6.359 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "$19.448 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$19.433 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "-$4.51 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "-$4.513 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$58.816 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$59.426 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$69.242 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$69.226 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$41.851 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "$41.846 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
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},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$51.516 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$51.131 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$46.63 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$46.613 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$44.297 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "$44.287 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
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"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$68.448 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$81.217 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$71.852 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$56.211 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$4.839 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$4.764 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
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"Currency": {
"text": "Algerian dinars (DZD) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "134.053 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "135.843 (2023 est.)"
},
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},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "126.777 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "119.354 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
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},
"Telecommunication systems": {
"general assessment": {
"text": "Algeria has a steadily developing telecom infrastructure with growth encouraged by supportive regulatory measures and by government policies aimed at delivering serviceable internet connections across the country; mobile broadband is largely based on 3G and LTE, and the data rates are also low in global terms; LTE is available in all provinces, investment is required from the mobile network operators (MNOs) to improve the quality of service; the state has previously been hesitant to commit to 5G, instead encouraging the MNOs to undertake upgrades to LTE infrastructure before investing in commercial 5G services; in March 2022, the state is in the process of freeing up the requisite spectrum to enable the MNOs to launch 5G services sometime this year; fixed internet speeds remain slow (2022)"
"text": "Algeria has a steadily developing telecom infrastructure with government policies aimed at delivering serviceable internet connections across the country; mobile broadband is largely based on 3G and LTE, and the data rates are also low in global terms; LTE is available in all provinces; investment is required from the mobile network operators (MNOs) to improve the quality of service; the state has previously been hesitant to commit to 5G, instead encouraging the MNOs to upgrade LTE infrastructure before investing in 5G; in 2022, the state was in the process of freeing up the spectrum to enable the MNOs to launch 5G services; fixed internet speeds remain slow (2022)"
},
"domestic": {
"text": "a limited network of fixed-lines with a teledensity of slightly less than 12 telephones per 100 persons has been offset by the rapid increase in mobile-cellular subscribership; mobile-cellular teledensity was approximately 106 telephones per 100 persons in 2020 (2021)"
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}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "Radio Algerienne is the state-run radio broadcast, whereas the National Company of Television (Entreprise Nationale de T&eacute;l&eacute;vision (ENTV)) is the primary state-run public broadcasting TV station (2024)"
"text": "Radio Alg&eacute;rienne is the state-run radio broadcast; the National Company of Television (Entreprise Nationale de T&eacute;l&eacute;vision (ENTV)) is the primary state-run public TV station (2024)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".dz"
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}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "3 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "87"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "6,442,442 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "28.28 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "7T"
},
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"Heliports": {
"text": "11 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "2,600 km condensate, 16,415 km gas, 3,447 km liquid petroleum gas, 7,036 km oil, 144 km refined products (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "4,020 km (2019)"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "112,696 km (2020)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "119 (2022)"
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},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Algerian People's National Army (ANP): Land Forces, Naval Forces (includes Coast Guard), Air Forces, Territorial Air Defense Forces, Republican Guard (under ANP but responsible to the President), National Gendarmerie<br><br>Ministry of Interior: General Directorate of National Security (national police) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the National Gendarmerie performs police functions outside urban areas under the auspices of the Ministry of National Defense; it is comprised of territorial, intervention/mobile, border guard, railway, riot control, and air support units; General Directorate of National Security share responsibility for maintaining law and order"
"text": "Algerian People's National Army (ANP): Land Forces, Naval Forces (includes Coast Guard), Air Forces, Territorial Air Defense Forces, Republican Guard, National Gendarmerie<br><br>Ministry of Interior: General Directorate of National Security (national police) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the Republican Guard is subordinate to the ANP, but responsible to the President; the National Gendarmerie performs police functions outside urban areas under the auspices of the Ministry of National Defense and shares responsibility with the General Directorate of National Security for maintaining law and order; it is comprised of territorial, intervention/mobile, border guard, railway, riot control, and air support units"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
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}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 225,000 armed forces personnel (100,000 Army; 15,000 Air Force/Air Defense; 10,000 Navy; 1,000 Republican Guard; 100,000 Gendarmerie) (2024)"
"text": "information varies; estimated 200,000 active armed forces personnel, including the National Gendarmerie (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the Algerian military has traditionally been armed mostly with Russian and Soviet-era weapons systems and equipment; over the past decade, it has made large investments in acquiring more modern armored vehicles, air defense systems, fighter aircraft, missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and warships, largely from Russia, its traditional supplier, but also China and Western European suppliers such as Germany (2024)"

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "91.5"
"text": "96.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "86.5"
"text": "91.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "5"
"text": "5.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "20.1 (2021 est.)"
"text": "19.8 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
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},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "overuse of pastures and subsequent soil erosion attributable to population pressures; desertification; deforestation of tropical rain forest, in response to both international demand for tropical timber and to domestic use as fuel, resulting in loss of biodiversity; soil erosion contributing to water pollution and siltation of rivers and dams; inadequate supplies of potable water"
"text": "overuse of pastures and subsequent soil erosion; desertification; deforestation of tropical rainforest from international demand for timber and domestic use as fuel; loss of biodiversity; soil erosion contributing to water pollution and siltation of rivers and dams; inadequate supplies of potable water"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
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"text": "4.04% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.36% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "27.16 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
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"text": "does not observe daylight savings time"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the Portuguese named the city \"S&atilde;o Paulo da Assun&ccedil;&atilde;o de Loanda\" (Saint Paul of the Assumption of Loanda), which over time was shortened to \"Luanda,\" a word that may have been derived from the local Bantu language"
"text": "the Portuguese named the city S&atilde;o Paulo da Assun&ccedil;&atilde;o de Loanda (Saint Paul of the Assumption of Loanda); over time, it was shortened to \"Luanda,\" which may derive from a Bantu word meaning \"tax\" or \"duty,\" in reference to local people paying their dues to the king of the Congo"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
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"text": "Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo (consists of the court president, vice president, and a minimum of 16 judges); Constitutional Court or Tribunal Constitucional (consists of 11 judges)"
},
"judge selection and term of office": {
"text": "Supreme Court judges appointed by the president upon recommendation of the Supreme Judicial Council, an 18-member body chaired by the president; judge tenure NA; Constitutional Court judges - 4 nominated by the president, 4 elected by National Assembly, 2 elected by Supreme National Council, 1 elected by competitive submission of curricula; judges serve single 7-year terms"
"text": "Supreme Court judges appointed by the president on recommendation of the Supreme Judicial Council, an 18-member body chaired by the president; judge tenure NA; Constitutional Court judges - 4 nominated by the president, 4 elected by National Assembly, 2 elected by Supreme National Council, 1 elected by competitive submission of curricula; judges serve single 7-year terms"
},
"subordinate courts": {
"text": "provincial and municipal courts"
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"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "28.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "13.64% (2023 est.)"
"text": "13.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "21.36% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "25.75% (2021 est.)"
"text": "21.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
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"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "15.315 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "15.961 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "14.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "14.62% (2023 est.)"
"text": "14.5% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "14.69% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "15.8% (2021 est.)"
"text": "14.6% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "28.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "27.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "30.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "30.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "25.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "25.7% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
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}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "10.09% (of GDP) (2019 est.)",
"text": "10.1% (of GDP) (2019 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2024": {
"text": "$6.277 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "$4.185 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "$11.763 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "$8.399 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2024": {
"text": "$36.886 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$36.961 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$50.12 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$33.675 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Exports - partners": {
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"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2024": {
"text": "$22.681 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$23.688 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$28.564 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$18.845 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Imports - partners": {
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"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$14.243 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$13.942 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$13.655 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$14.468 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$46.196 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$45.299 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
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"Currency": {
"text": "kwanza (AOA) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "869.846 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "685.02 (2023 est.)"
},
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},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "578.259 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "364.826 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
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},
"Telecommunication systems": {
"general assessment": {
"text": "Angola&rsquo;s telecom sector in recent years has benefited from political stability, which has encouraged foreign investment in the sector; the government and regulator have also set in train mechanisms to open up the telecom sector to new competitors, mobile services were launched in April 2022; the MNOs were slow to develop LTE services, instead relying on their GSM and 3G network capabilities; there has been slow progress in LTE network development, with only a small proportion of the country covered by network infrastructure; the Ministry of Telecommunications in early 2021 set up a 5G hub to assess 5G user cases; the regulator in November 2021 granted licenses to various companies offering 5G services, with spectrum in the 3.3-3.7GHz range having been set aside for such services (2022)"
"text": "Angola&rsquo;s telecom sector in recent years has benefited from political stability, which has encouraged foreign investment; the government and regulator have also set in train mechanisms to open up the telecom sector to new competitors; mobile services were launched in 2022; the MNOs were slow to develop LTE services, instead relying on their GSM and 3G network capabilities; there has been slow progress in LTE network development, with only a small proportion of the country covered; the Ministry of Telecommunications in 2021 set up a 5G hub to assess 5G user cases; the regulator granted licenses to various companies offering 5G services (2022)"
},
"domestic": {
"text": "less than one fixed-line per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity about 44 telephones per 100 persons (2021)"
@ -1064,7 +1058,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "State-owned media dominate the media landscape, the many privately owned newspapers that emerged following the advent of multiparty politics in 1992, only four still exist in print form, State-run Radio Nacional de Angola (RNA) is the only outlet to offer programs in indigenous languages such as Bantu, private stations operate in cities, including Catholic Radio Ecclesia, but RNA is the only broadcaster with near-national coverage (2023)"
"text": "state-owned media dominate; only four privately owned newspapers still exist in print form; state-run Radio Nacional de Angola (RNA) is the only outlet to offer programs in local languages such as Bantu; private stations operate in cities, including Catholic Radio Ecclesia, but RNA is the only radio broadcaster with near-national coverage (2023)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".ao"
@ -1084,20 +1078,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "10 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "55"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "1,516,628 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "78.16 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "D2"
},
@ -1107,9 +1087,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "2 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "352 km gas, 85 km liquid petroleum gas, 1,065 km oil, 5 km oil/gas/water (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "2,761 km (2022)"
@ -1119,17 +1096,6 @@
},
"note": "123 km 0.600-mm gauge"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "76,000 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "13,680 km (2020)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "1,300 km (2011)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "64 (2023)"
@ -1164,7 +1130,7 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Angolan Armed Forces (Forcas Armadas Angolanas, FAA): Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra Angola, MGA), Angolan National Air Force (Forca Aerea Nacional Angolana, FANA; under operational control of the Army)<br><br>Ministry of Interior: National Police, Border Guard Police (2024)"
"text": "Angolan Armed Forces (Forcas Armadas Angolanas, FAA): Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra Angola, MGA), Angolan National Air Force (Forca Aerea Nacional Angolana, FANA)<br><br>Ministry of Interior: National Police, Border Guard Police (2025)"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1184,7 +1150,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 100,000 active troops (2024)"
"text": "approximately 100,000 active troops (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "most Angolan military weapons and equipment are of Russian or Soviet-era origin; there are smaller quantities of items originating from such suppliers as China, Brazil, and South Africa (2024)"

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@ -146,16 +146,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "57.5"
"text": "53.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "51.8"
"text": "44.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "5.7"
"text": "9.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "13.8 (2021 est.)"
"text": "10.7 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -404,12 +404,6 @@
"text": "2.47% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.23% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0.45% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "12.82 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -504,7 +498,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day (Botswana Day), 30 September (1966)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of civil law influenced by the Roman-Dutch model and also customary and common law"
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},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -713,14 +707,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
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"text": "2.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "5.07% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "11.67% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "7.24% (2021 est.)"
"text": "11.7% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -778,30 +772,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "1.084 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "1.173 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
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"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "23.1% (2024 est.)"
},
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"text": "23.38% (2023 est.)"
"text": "23.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "23.62% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "23.11% (2021 est.)"
"text": "23.6% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "45.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "43.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "40.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "39.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "51.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "48.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -847,12 +841,12 @@
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "19.62% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"text": "19.6% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "19.65% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"text": "19.6% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
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},
"Debt - external": {
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"text": "$1.772 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$1.761 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
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"Currency": {
"text": "pulas (BWP) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "13.563 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "13.596 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -940,9 +937,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "11.456 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "10.756 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1051,7 +1045,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "2 TV stations - 1 state-owned and 1 privately owned; privately owned satellite TV subscription service is available; 2 state-owned national radio stations;&nbsp;4 privately owned radio stations broadcast locally (2019)"
"text": "2 TV stations, 1 state-owned and 1 privately owned; privately owned satellite TV subscription service is available; 2 state-owned national radio stations; 4 privately owned radio stations broadcast locally (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".bw"
@ -1071,20 +1065,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "6"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "253,417 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "110,000 (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "A2"
},
@ -1098,17 +1078,6 @@
"narrow gauge": {
"text": "888 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "31,747 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "9,810 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "21,937 km (2017)"
}
}
},
"Military and Security": {
@ -1134,7 +1103,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 10,000 active BDF personnel (2024)"
"text": "estimated 10,000 active BDF personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the BDF has a mix of mostly older weapons and equipment, largely of Western/European origin; in recent years, it has received limited amounts of material from several European countries and the US (2024)"

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "84"
"text": "91.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "78.3"
"text": "86.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "5.7"
"text": "4.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "17.7 (2021 est.)"
"text": "21.1 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "inadequate supplies of potable water; water pollution; poaching threatens wildlife populations; deforestation; desertification (the spread of the desert into agricultural lands in the north is accelerated by regular droughts)"
"text": "inadequate supplies of potable water; water pollution; poaching; deforestation; desertification; droughts"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -421,12 +421,6 @@
"text": "3.74% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "2.24% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "31.51 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -722,13 +716,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "2.73% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "1.35% (2022 est.)"
"text": "1.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "1.73% (2021 est.)"
"text": "1.7% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -789,30 +783,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "5.147 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "6.397 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "1.7% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "1.45% (2023 est.)"
"text": "1.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "1.47% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "1.69% (2021 est.)"
"text": "1.7% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "3.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "3.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "4.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.9% (2024 est.)"
},
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},
@ -925,7 +919,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
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"text": "$6.792 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$6.309 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -933,6 +927,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "606.345 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "606.655 (2023 est.)"
},
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},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "574.295 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "585.951 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1063,7 +1057,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "state-run Office de Radiodiffusion et de Television du Benin (ORTB) operates a TV station providing a wide broadcast reach; several privately owned TV stations broadcast from Cotonou; satellite TV subscription service is available; state-owned radio, under ORTB control, includes a national station supplemented by a number of regional stations; substantial number of privately owned radio broadcast stations; transmissions of a few international broadcasters are available on FM in Cotonou (2019)"
"text": "state-run Office de Radiodiffusion et de T&eacute;l&eacute;vision du Benin (ORTB) operates a TV station with a wide broadcast reach; several privately owned TV stations broadcast from Cotonou; satellite TV subscription service is available; state-owned radio, under ORTB control, includes a national station supplemented by a number of regional stations; substantial number of privately owned radio stations; transmissions of a few international broadcasters are available on FM in Cotonou (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".bj"
@ -1083,29 +1077,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2015)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2015)"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "112,392 (2015)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "805,347 (2015) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "TY"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "10 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "134 km gas"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "438 km (2014)"
@ -1114,14 +1091,6 @@
"text": "438 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "16,000 km (2018)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "150 km (2011) (seasonal navigation on River Niger along northern border)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "6 (2023)"
@ -1177,7 +1146,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 12,000 active-duty troops, including about 3,000 National Guard (2024)"
"text": "estimated 10,000 active-duty troops (including National Guard) (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FAB is equipped with a small mix of mostly older or secondhand French, Soviet-era, and US equipment; in recent years, the EU, France, and the US have provided it with limited amounts of newer military hardware such as armored vehicles and helicopters (2024)"
@ -1186,7 +1155,7 @@
"text": "18-30 years of age for voluntary and selective compulsory military service for men and women; conscript service is 18 months (2024)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "in addition to its defense against external aggression duties, the Beninese Armed Forces (FAB) may be required to assist in maintaining public order and internal security under conditions defined by the country's president; it may also participate in economic development projects<br><br>a key focus for the security forces of Benin is countering infiltrations into the country by terrorist groups tied to al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) operating just over the border from northern Benin in Burkina Faso and Niger; in 2022, the Benin Government said it was \"at war\" after suffering a series of attacks from these groups; later that same year, President TALON pledged to increase the size of the military, modernize military equipment, and establish forward operating bases; as of 2024, Benin had sent approximately 7,000 troops to the north of the country to better secure its border on a full-time or seasonal basis; in addition, the FAB participates in the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) along with Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria against Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeastern border <br><br>the FAB has a close working relationship with the Belgian armed forces; the Belgians offer military advice, training, and second-hand equipment donations, and deploy to Benin for limited military exercises (2024)"
"text": "in addition to its defense against external aggression duties, the Beninese Armed Forces (FAB) may be required to assist in maintaining public order and internal security under conditions defined by the country's president; it may also participate in economic development projects<br><br>a key focus for the security forces of Benin is countering infiltrations into the country by terrorist groups tied to al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) operating just over the border from northern Benin in Burkina Faso and Niger; in 2022, the Benin Government said it was \"at war\" after suffering a series of attacks from these groups; later that same year, President TALON pledged to increase the size of the military, modernize military equipment, and establish forward operating bases; the military since 2022 has also deployed thousands of additional troops to the north of the country to better secure the border; in addition, the FAB participates in the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) along with Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria against Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeastern border <br><br>the FAB has a close working relationship with the Belgian armed forces; the Belgians offer military advice, training, and second-hand equipment donations, and deploy to Benin for limited military exercises (2024)"
}
},
"Terrorism": {

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "95.2"
"text": "83.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "90.4"
"text": "77.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "4.8"
"text": "6.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "20.7 (2021 est.)"
"text": "16.2 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
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"text": "soil erosion as a result of overgrazing and the expansion of agriculture into marginal lands; deforestation (little forested land remains because of uncontrolled cutting of trees for fuel); habitat loss threatens wildlife populations"
"text": "soil erosion from overgrazing and agricultural expansion; deforestation; wildlife habitat loss"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -429,12 +429,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to the effects of weather - </em>according to the latest estimates, about 1.2 million people are estimated to be facing Crisis levels of acute food insecurity between June and September 2023, unchanged year on year; the main drivers are the lingering impact of floods in northern areas in late 2022 and high food prices due, in part, to the depreciation of the local currency (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "10.31% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "28 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -750,15 +744,15 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "20.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "26.94% (2023 est.)"
"text": "26.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "18.8% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "8.4% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
@ -806,30 +800,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "5.894 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "6.107 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "0.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "0.93% (2023 est.)"
"text": "0.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "0.92% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "1.11% (2021 est.)"
"text": "0.9% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "1.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "1.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "2.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "1.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "1.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
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}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "15.64% (of GDP) (2021 est.)"
"text": "15.6% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
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@ -943,7 +938,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
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"text": "$858.402 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$805.174 million (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
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},
"Airports": {
"text": "6 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "12,000 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "1,500 km (2020)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "673 km (2022) (mainly on Lake Tanganyika between Bujumbura, Burundi's principal port, and lake ports in Tanzania, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo)"
}
},
"Military and Security": {
@ -1128,7 +1112,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 30,000 active-duty troops (2024)"
"text": "estimated 25-30,000 active-duty troops (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the military has a mix of mostly older weapons and equipment typically of French, Russian, and Soviet origin, and a smaller selection of more modern secondhand equipment from such countries as China, South Africa, and the US (2024)"
@ -1137,7 +1121,7 @@
"text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women (2023)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "760 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2024)",
"text": "770 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); estimated to have up to 10,000 in Democratic Republic of the Congo (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>Burundi deployed military troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2022 as part of an East African regional force; as of 2025, a contingent remained in the DRC"
},
"Military - note": {

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"text": "hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds occur in north; periodic droughts; locust plagues"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "<p><strong>note 1:</strong> Chad is the largest of Africa's 16 landlocked countries</p> <p><strong>note 2:</strong> not long ago, geologically speaking, what is today the Sahara was green savannah teeming with wildlife; during the African Humid Period, roughly 11,000 to 5,000 years ago, a vibrant animal community, including elephants, giraffes, hippos, and antelope lived there; the last remnant of the \"Green Sahara\" exists in the Lakes of Ounianga (oo-nee-ahn-ga) in northern Chad, a series of 18 interconnected freshwater, saline, and hypersaline lakes now protected as a World Heritage site</p> <p><strong>note 3:</strong> Lake Chad, the most significant water body in the Sahel, is a remnant of a former inland sea, paleolake Mega-Chad; at its greatest extent, sometime before 5000 B.C., Lake Mega-Chad was the largest of four Saharan paleolakes that existed during the African Humid Period; it covered an area of about 400,000 sq km (150,000 sq mi), roughly the size of today's Caspian Sea</p>"
"text": "<p><strong>note 1:</strong> Chad is the largest of Africa's 16 landlocked countries</p> <p><strong>note 2:</strong> a wide variety of animals lived in modern-day Chad during the African Humid Period, including elephants, giraffes, hippos, and antelope; the last remnant of this \"Green Sahara\" exists in the Lakes of Ounianga in northern Chad, a series of 18 interconnected freshwater, saline, and hypersaline lakes </p> <p><strong>note 3:</strong> Lake Chad, the most significant water body in the Sahel, is a remnant of a former inland sea, paleolake Mega-Chad; at its greatest extent, sometime before 5000 B.C., Lake Mega-Chad was the largest of four Saharan paleolakes that existed during the African Humid Period; it covered an area of about 400,000 sq km (150,000 sq mi), roughly the size of today's Caspian Sea</p>"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -153,16 +153,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "98.7"
"text": "93.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "94.7"
"text": "88.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "4"
"text": "4.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "24.9 (2021 est.)"
"text": "20.6 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "inadequate supplies of potable water; improper waste disposal in rural areas and poor farming practices contribute to soil and water pollution; desertification"
"text": "inadequate supplies of potable water; soil and water pollution from improper waste disposal in rural areas and poor farming practices; desertification"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -428,12 +428,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to civil insecurity and high food prices - </em>according to the latest analysis, about 1.86 million people are projected to experience acute food insecurity during the June to August 2023 lean season period; this would be an improvement compared to the previous year, mostly due to the higher year-on-year cereal output in 2022 after the below average 2021 production; acute food insecurity is underpinned by persisting insecurity in the Lac and Tibesti regions, which had displaced over 380 000 people by April 2023; furthermore, elevated food prices due to high fuel costs and localized crop losses during the 2022 floods are aggravating food insecurity (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "3.81% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "41.15 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -522,7 +516,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 11 August (1960)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of civil and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of civil and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -601,7 +595,7 @@
"text": "Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS) (124); Rally of Chadian Nationalists/Awakening (RNDT/ Le Réveil) (12); Others (27); Other (25)"
},
"percentage of women in chamber": {
"text": "34%"
"text": "33.5%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "December 2029"
@ -624,7 +618,7 @@
"text": "2/25/2025"
},
"percentage of women in chamber": {
"text": "37.7%"
"text": "36.2%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "February 2031"
@ -755,14 +749,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "8.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "10.84% (2023 est.)"
"text": "10.8% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "5.79% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "-0.77% (2021 est.)"
"text": "5.8% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -811,30 +805,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "6.209 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "6.6 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "1.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "1.08% (2023 est.)"
"text": "1.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "1.1% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "1.51% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "1.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "1.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "2.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "0.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "0.7% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -893,15 +887,15 @@
}
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$5.721 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$6.503 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$6.114 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$4.565 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Exports 2020": {
"text": "$2.863 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>GDP expenditure basis - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Exports - partners": {
@ -913,15 +907,15 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$6.321 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$5.028 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$5.009 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$5.211 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Imports 2020": {
"text": "$4.502 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>GDP expenditure basis - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Imports - partners": {
@ -933,20 +927,20 @@
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$1.05 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$1.013 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$211.591 million (2021 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": {
"text": "$390.675 million (2020 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2019": {
"text": "$310.032 million (2019 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$2.434 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$2.286 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -954,6 +948,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "606.345 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "606.57 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -965,9 +962,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "575.586 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "585.911 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1090,36 +1084,16 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "2 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "3"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "TT"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "44 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "582 km oil (2013)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "40,000 km (2018)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> consists of 25,000 km of national and regional roads and 15,000 km of local roads; 206 km of urban roads are paved"
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "12,400 km (2022) (Chari and Logone Rivers are navigable only in wet season) Chari is 11,400 km Legone is 1,000 km"
}
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale du Tchad, ANT): Ground Forces (l'Armee de Terre, AdT), Chadian Air Force (l'Armee de l'Air Tchadienne, AAT), Chadian National Gendarmerie; General Direction of the Security Services of State Institutions (Direction Generale des Services de Securite des Institutions de l'Etat, GDSSIE)<br><br>Ministry of Public Security and Immigration: National Nomadic Guard of Chad (GNNT) (2023)",
"text": "Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale du Tchad, ANT): Ground Forces (l'Armee de Terre, AdT), Chadian Air Force (l'Armee de l'Air Tchadienne, AAT), Chadian National Gendarmerie; General Direction of the Security Services of State Institutions (Direction Generale des Services de Securite des Institutions de l'Etat, GDSSIE)<br><br>Ministry of Public Security and Immigration: National Nomadic Guard of Chad (GNNT) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the GDSSIE is the presidential guard force and is considered to be Chad's elite military unit; it is reportedly a division-sized force with infantry, armor, and special forces/anti-terrorism regiments (known as the Special Anti-Terrorist Group or SATG, aka Division of Special Anti-Terrorist Groups or DGSAT); it reports directly to the president<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Chadian National Police are under the Ministry of Public Security and Immigration; border security duties are shared by the ANT, Customs (Ministry of Public Security and Immigration), the National Gendarmerie, and the GNNT"
},
"Military expenditures": {
@ -1140,7 +1114,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "limited and varied available information; estimated 35-40,000 Chadian Army personnel; estimated 10,000 National Gendarmerie and Nomadic Guard personnel (2023)",
"text": "estimated 35-40,000 active Chadian National Army (ANT) personnel (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong> in 2021, Chad pledged to increase the size of the military to 60,000"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "78.8"
"text": "72.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "74"
"text": "65.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "4.8"
"text": "7.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "20.9 (2021 est.)"
"text": "13.3 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "air pollution from vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage; tap water is not potable; deforestation; wildlife protection"
"text": "air pollution from vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage; tap water not potable; deforestation; wildlife protection"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -434,12 +434,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to floods -</em> above average rainfall amounts since November 2022 triggered flooding in December 2022 and January 2023 in central and northern parts of the country, displacing people; according to damage assessment reports, about 165,000 people have been affected in 23 districts in the departments of Cuvette, Likouala, Plateaux and Sangha (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "3.17% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "29.48 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -521,7 +515,7 @@
"text": "UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "named after the Italian-born French explorer and humanitarian, Pierre Savorgnan de BRAZZA (1852-1905), who promoted French colonial interests in central Africa and worked against slavery and the abuse of African laborers"
"text": "named after the Italian-born French explorer and humanitarian, Pierre Savorgnan de BRAZZA (1852-1905), who founded the town in 1883"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -534,7 +528,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 15 August (1960)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of French civil law and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of French civil law and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -767,10 +761,10 @@
"text": "4.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "3.04% (2022 est.)"
"text": "3% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "1.72% (2021 est.)"
"text": "1.7% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -831,30 +825,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "2.48 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "2.563 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "19.7% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "20.05% (2023 est.)"
"text": "19.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "20.26% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "22.08% (2021 est.)"
"text": "20.1% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "41.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "40% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "42.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "41% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "40.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "39% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -885,7 +879,7 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "6.51% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
"text": "6.5% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -954,7 +948,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$6.75 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$6.36 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -962,6 +956,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "606.345 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "606.57 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -973,9 +970,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "575.586 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "585.911 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1115,29 +1109,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "3 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "12"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "333,899 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "4.6 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "TN"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "56 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "232 km gas, 4 km liquid petroleum gas, 982 km oil (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "510 km (2014)"
@ -1146,21 +1123,6 @@
"text": "510 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "23,324 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "3,111 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "20,213 km (2017)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> road network in Congo is composed of 23,324 km of which 17,000 km are classified as national, departmental, and routes of local interest: 6,324 km are non-classified routes"
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "1,120 km (2011) (commercially navigable on Congo and Oubangui Rivers above Brazzaville; there are many ferries across the river to Kinshasa; the Congo south of Brazzaville-Kinshasa to the coast is not navigable because of rapids, necessitating a rail connection to Pointe-Noire; other rivers are used for local traffic only)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "11 (2023)"
@ -1216,7 +1178,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 12-14,000 active-duty troops (including about 4,000 Gendarmerie) (2024)"
"text": "approximately 12-14,000 active troops, including Gendarmerie (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FAC has mostly Soviet-era armaments, with a small mix of Chinese, French, and South African equipment (2024)"

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"text": "<p>periodic droughts in south; Congo River floods (seasonal); active volcanoes in the east along the Great Rift Valley</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Nyiragongo (3,470 m), which erupted in 2002 and is experiencing ongoing activity, poses a major threat to the city of Goma, home to a quarter million people; the volcano produces unusually fast-moving lava, known to travel up to 100 km /hr; Nyiragongo has been deemed a Decade Volcano by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to its explosive history and close proximity to human populations; its neighbor, Nyamuragira, which erupted in 2010, is Africa's most active volcano; Visoke is the only other historically active volcano</p>"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "<p><strong>note 1:</strong> second largest country in Africa (after Algeria) and largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa; straddles the equator; dense tropical rain forest in central river basin and eastern highlands; the narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River is the DRC's only outlet to the South Atlantic Ocean</p> <p><strong>note 2:</strong> because of its speed, cataracts, rapids, and turbulence the Congo River, most of which flows through the DRC, has never been accurately measured along much of its length; nonetheless, it is conceded to be the deepest river in the world; estimates of its greatest depth vary between 220 and 250 meters</p>"
"text": "<p><strong>note 1:</strong> second-largest country in Africa (after Algeria) and largest country in sub-Saharan Africa; straddles the equator; dense tropical rain forest in central river basin and eastern highlands; the narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River is the DRC's only outlet to the South Atlantic Ocean</p> <p><strong>note 2:</strong> the Congo River, most of which flows through the DRC, has never been accurately measured along much of its length because of its speed, cataracts, rapids, and turbulence; nonetheless, it is conceded to be the deepest river in the world, with estimates of the point of greatest depth varying between 220 and 250 meters</p>"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -162,16 +162,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "98"
"text": "93.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "92.1"
"text": "88.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "5.9"
"text": "4.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "17.1 (2021 est.)"
"text": "20.7 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -391,7 +391,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "poaching threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; deforestation (forests endangered by fires set to clear the land for agricultural purposes; forests also used as a source of fuel); soil erosion; mining (diamonds, gold, coltan - a mineral used in creating capacitors for electronic devices) causing environmental damage"
"text": "poaching; water pollution; deforestation from agriculture and wood used for fuel; soil erosion; damage from mining"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -437,12 +437,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to internal conflict in eastern regions and high food prices - </em>according to an October 2022 analysis, 24.5 million people were projected to experience acute food insecurity between January and June 2023; this is due to the intensification of the conflict in the northeastern provinces, which, among other factors, has prevented completion of the harvests and likely will reduce food availability in the months to come (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "8.72% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "31.58 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -535,7 +529,7 @@
"text": "the DRC has two time zones"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "founded as a trading post in 1881 and named Leopoldville in honor of King LEOPOLD II of the Belgians, who controlled the Congo Free State, the vast central African territory that became the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1960; in 1966, Leopoldville was renamed Kinshasa, after a village of that name that once stood near the site"
"text": "founded as a trading post in 1881 and named Leopoldville in honor of King LEOPOLD II of the Belgians; in 1966, Leopoldville was renamed Kinshasa, a Bantu name of unknown meaning"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -785,10 +779,10 @@
"text": "41.5% (2017 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2016": {
"text": "2.89% (2016 est.)"
"text": "2.9% (2016 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2015": {
"text": "0.74% (2015 est.)"
"text": "0.7% (2015 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -846,30 +840,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "37.514 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "38.546 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "4.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "4.54% (2023 est.)"
"text": "4.5% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "4.59% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "5.27% (2021 est.)"
"text": "4.5% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "8.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "8.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "10.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "10.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "6.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "6.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -912,11 +906,12 @@
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "15.99% of GDP (2022 est.)"
"text": "16% of GDP (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "11.41% (of GDP) (2022 est.)"
"text": "11.4% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
@ -984,7 +979,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$8.566 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$7.926 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -1128,7 +1123,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "state-owned TV broadcast station with near national coverage; more than a dozen privately owned TV stations - 2 with near national coverage; 2 state-owned radio stations are supplemented by more than 100 private radio stations; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are available"
"text": "state-owned TV station with near-national coverage; more than a dozen privately owned TV stations, including 2 with near-national coverage; 2 state-owned radio stations and over 100 private radio stations; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are available"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".cd"
@ -1148,20 +1143,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "8 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "13"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "932,043 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "890,000 (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "9Q"
},
@ -1171,9 +1152,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "1 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "62 km gas, 77 km oil, 756 km refined products (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "4,007 km (2014)"
@ -1183,26 +1161,6 @@
},
"note": "125 1.000-mm gauge"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "152,373 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "3,047 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "149,326 km"
},
"urban": {
"text": "7,400 km"
},
"non-urban": {
"text": "144,973 km (2015)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "15,000 km (2011) (including the Congo River, its tributaries, and unconnected lakes)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "24 (2023)"
@ -1258,7 +1216,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "limited and varied information; estimated 100-150,000 active troops, including approximately 10,000 Republican Guard (2024)"
"text": "estimated 100-150,000 active FARDC troops (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FARDC is equipped mostly with Soviet-era and older French weapons and equipment; in 2024, the DRC signed an agreement with China for the provision of military equipment (2024)"

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@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
"text": "<p>volcanic activity with periodic releases of poisonous gases from Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun volcanoes</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Mt. Cameroon (4,095 m), which last erupted in 2000, is the most frequently active volcano in West Africa; lakes in Oku volcanic field have released fatal levels of gas on occasion, killing some 1,700 people in 1986</p>"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "sometimes referred to as the hinge of Africa because of its central location on the continent and its position at the west-south juncture of the Gulf of Guinea; throughout the country there are areas of thermal springs and indications of current or prior volcanic activity; Mount Cameroon, the highest mountain in Sub-Saharan west Africa, is an active volcano"
"text": "sometimes referred to as the hinge of Africa because of its central location on the continent and its position at the west-south juncture of the Gulf of Guinea; areas of thermal springs and indications of current or prior volcanic activity; Mount Cameroon, the highest mountain in Sub-Saharan west Africa, is an active volcano"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -158,16 +158,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "82.3"
"text": "80.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "77.3"
"text": "75 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "4.9"
"text": "5.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "20.3 (2021 est.)"
"text": "17.2 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "waterborne diseases are prevalent; deforestation and overgrazing result in erosion, desertification, and reduced quality of pastureland; poaching; overfishing; overhunting"
"text": "deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; poaching; overfishing; overhunting"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -436,12 +436,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to civil insecurity and high food prices - </em>according to a March 2023 analysis, about 3 million people were estimated to be acutely food insecure between March and August 2023, as a result of conflict, sociopolitical unrest and high food prices, as well as floods that caused population displacements and damaged standing crops (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "2.5% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "56.37 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -538,7 +532,7 @@
"text": "State Unification Day (National Day), 20 May (1972)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of English common law, French civil law, and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of English common law, French civil law, and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -773,13 +767,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "7.38% (2023 est.)"
"text": "7.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "6.25% (2022 est.)"
"text": "6.2% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "2.27% (2021 est.)"
"text": "2.3% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -840,30 +834,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "11.89 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "11.119 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "3.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "3.65% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "3.69% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "3.95% (2021 est.)"
"text": "3.7% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "6.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "6.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "6.7% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -921,31 +915,31 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "11.34% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
"text": "11.3% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$2.019 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$1.505 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "-$1.794 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2020": {
"text": "-$1.512 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$8.353 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$8.641 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$7.447 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Exports 2020": {
"text": "$6.124 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Exports - partners": {
@ -957,15 +951,15 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$10.294 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$9.759 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$9.025 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Imports 2020": {
"text": "$7.212 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Imports - partners": {
@ -977,20 +971,20 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$4.882 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$5.133 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$4.3 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": {
"text": "$3.962 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$11.811 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$11.112 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -998,6 +992,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "606.345 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "606.57 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -1009,9 +1006,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "575.586 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "585.911 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1134,7 +1128,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "government maintains tight control over broadcast media; state-owned Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV), broadcasting on both a TV and radio network, was the only officially recognized and fully licensed broadcaster until August 2007, when the government issued licenses to 2 private TV broadcasters and 1 private radio broadcaster; about 70 privately owned, unlicensed radio stations operate under &ldquo;administrative tolerance,&rdquo; meaning the stations could be subject to closure at any time (2019)"
"text": "government maintains tight control over broadcast media; state-owned Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV), with both TV and radio broadcasts, was the only officially recognized and fully licensed broadcaster until 2007, when the government issued licenses to 2 private TV broadcasters and 1 private radio broadcaster; about 70 privately owned, unlicensed radio stations operate under &ldquo;administrative tolerance,&rdquo; meaning the stations could be subject to closure at any time (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".cm"
@ -1154,20 +1148,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "3"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "265,136 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "70,000 (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "TJ"
},
@ -1177,9 +1157,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "1 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "53 km gas, 5 km liquid petroleum gas, 1,107 km oil, 35 km water (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "987 km (2014)"
@ -1189,20 +1166,6 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> railway connections generally efficient but limited; rail lines connect major cities of Douala, Yaounde, Ngaoundere, and Garoua; passenger and freight service provided by CAMRAIL"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "77,589 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "5,133 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "72,456 km (2019)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "(2010) (major rivers in the south, such as the Wouri and the Sanaga, are largely non-navigable; in the north, the Benue, which connects through Nigeria to the Niger River, is navigable in the rainy season only to the port of Garoua)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "198 (2023)"
@ -1240,7 +1203,7 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Cameroon Armed Forces (Forces Armees Camerounaises, FAC): Army (L'Armee de Terre), Navy (Marine Nationale Republique, MNR, includes naval infantry or fusiliers marin), Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Cameroun, AAC), National Gendarmerie (Gendamerie Nationale, GN), National Firefighting Corps (Corps National de Sapeurs-Pompiers, CNSP), Presidential Guard (Garde Présidentielle du Cameroun, GP)<br><br>General Delegation for National Security (Délégation Générale à la Sûreté Nationale or DGSN): Cameroon Police (2024)",
"text": "Cameroon Armed Forces (Forces Armees Camerounaises, FAC): Army, Cameroon Navy (includes naval infantry or fusiliers marin), Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Firefighting Corps<br><br>General Delegation for National Security (Délégation Générale à la Sûreté Nationale or DGSN): Cameroon Police (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Army includes the Rapid Intervention Brigade (Brigade d’Intervention Rapide or BIR), which maintains its own command and control structure and reports directly to the Chief of Defense staff and the Presidency; the BIR includes airborne/airmobile, amphibious, armored reconnaissance, artillery, and counterterrorism forces, as well as support elements, such as intelligence <br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Cameroon Police and the National Gendarmerie are responsible for internal security; the Gendarmerie conducts administrative, criminal, and military investigative functions; other missions include customs, air and maritime surveillance, and road traffic control; in times of conflict, it participates in internal defense"
},
"Military expenditures": {
@ -1261,7 +1224,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "information varies; approximately 40-45,000 active-duty FAC troops, including about 10-12,000 BIR; approximately 10,000 Gendarmerie (2023)"
"text": "estimated 40-50,000 active FAC troops, including the Gendarmerie (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FAC inventory is comprised of weapons and equipment from a variety of countries, including China, Israel, Russia/former Soviet Union, South Africa, the US, and some Western European countries, particularly France (2024)"

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "74.1"
"text": "59.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "66.6"
"text": "51.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "7.5"
"text": "7.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "13.3 (2021 est.)"
"text": "13.6 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "deforestation; soil degradation and erosion results from forest loss and from crop cultivation on slopes without proper terracing; marine biodiversity affected as soil erosion leads to the silting of coral reefs"
"text": "deforestation; soil degradation and erosion from forest loss and crop cultivation on slopes without proper terracing; silting of coral reefs"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -393,12 +393,6 @@
"text": "2.97% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "1.39% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "14.37 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -529,7 +523,7 @@
},
"Legislative branch": {
"legislature name": {
"text": "Assembly of the Union (Assembl&eacute;e de l'Union)"
"text": "Assembly of the Union (Assemblée de l'Union)"
},
"legislative structure": {
"text": "unicameral"
@ -550,7 +544,7 @@
"text": "1/12/2025 to 2/16/2025"
},
"parties elected and seats per party": {
"text": "Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros (CRC) (20); Orange Party (2); Independents (2)"
"text": "Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros (CRC) (31); Other (2)"
},
"percentage of women in chamber": {
"text": "15.2%"
@ -715,30 +709,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "235,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "276,400 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "3.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "5.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.8% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "5.85% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "5.86% (2021 est.)"
"text": "3.8% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "10.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "8.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "9.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "8.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "12.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "9.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -838,20 +832,20 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$322.436 million (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$324.561 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$283.746 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$329.672 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$319.436 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$267.652 million (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -859,6 +853,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Comoran francs (KMF) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "454.524 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "454.991 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -870,9 +867,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "430.721 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "439.463 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -977,31 +971,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "2 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "9"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "D6"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "3 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "849 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "673 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "207 km (2019)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "273 (2023)"

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "102.8"
"text": "72.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "97.7"
"text": "66.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "5.1"
"text": "6 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "19.7 (2021 est.)"
"text": "16.6 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "water pollution; tap water is not potable; poaching and mismanagement have diminished the country's reputation as one of the last great wildlife refuges; desertification; deforestation; soil erosion"
"text": "water pollution; tap water not potable; poaching; wildlife mismanagement; desertification; deforestation; soil erosion"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -410,12 +410,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to internal conflict and high food prices -</em> according to the latest analysis, issued in July 2023, the number of people in Crisis and above is projected to reach 2.4 million between April and August 2023; this reflects the impact of the ongoing conflict and civil insecurity, as well as the effects of flooding and drought conditions that curbed crop yields and agricultural production (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "8.99% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "27.2 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -711,13 +705,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "2.98% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "5.58% (2022 est.)"
"text": "5.6% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "4.26% (2021 est.)"
"text": "4.3% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -766,30 +760,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "1.849 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "2 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "5.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "6.29% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "6.34% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "6.68% (2021 est.)"
"text": "6% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "10.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "9.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "9.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "8.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "11.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "10.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -838,7 +832,7 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "8.21% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
"text": "8.2% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -850,15 +844,15 @@
}
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$369.034 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$293.074 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$332.869 million (2021 est.)"
},
"Exports 2020": {
"text": "$353.021 million (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>GDP expenditure basis - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Exports - partners": {
@ -870,15 +864,15 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$742.108 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$784.669 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$778.395 million (2021 est.)"
},
"Imports 2020": {
"text": "$799.195 million (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>GDP expenditure basis - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Imports - partners": {
@ -890,20 +884,20 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$479.593 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$374.405 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$483.872 million (2021 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": {
"text": "$432.524 million (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$776.149 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$724.179 million (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -911,6 +905,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "606.345 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "606.57 (2023 est.)"
},
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},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "575.586 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "585.911 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1015,7 +1009,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "government-owned network, Radiodiffusion Television Centrafricaine, provides limited domestic TV broadcasting; state-owned radio network is supplemented by a small number of privately owned broadcast stations as well as a few community radio stations; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are available (2017)"
"text": "government-owned network, Radiodiffusion T&eacute;l&eacute;vision Centrafricaine, provides limited TV broadcasting; state-owned radio network is supplemented by a small number of privately owned broadcast stations, as well as a few community radio stations; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are available (2017)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".cf"
@ -1035,44 +1029,16 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "2 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "2"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "46,364 (2015)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "0 (2015) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "TL"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "43 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "24,000 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "700 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "23,300 km (2018)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "2,800 km (2011) (the primary navigable river is the Ubangi, which joins the River Congo; it was the traditional route for the export of products because it connected with the Congo-Ocean railway at Brazzaville; because of the warfare on both sides of the River Congo from 1997, importers and exporters preferred routes through Cameroon)"
}
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Central African Armed Forces (Forces Armees Centrafricaines, FACA): Army (includes an air squadron, Escadrille Centrafricaine)<br><br>Ministry of Interior: National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale), National Police (2024)",
"text": "Central African Armed Forces (Forces Armees Centrafricaines, FACA): Army (includes an air squadron, Escadrille Centrafricaine)<br><br>Ministry of Interior: National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale), National Police (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the Special Republican Protection Group (Groupement Spécial Chargé de la Protection Républicaine or GSPR) provides protection to the head of state; it is part of the Army but reports to the president"
},
"Military expenditures": {
@ -1093,7 +1059,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "limited and varied information available; the FACA is estimated to have up to 30,000 troops (2024)"
"text": "estimated 10-15,000 active FACA personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "most of the military's heavy weapons and equipment were destroyed or captured during the 2012–2014 civil war; prior to the war, most of its equipment was of French, Russian, or Soviet origin; in recent years, it has received some secondhand equipment from China and Russia, including light weapons, as well as some armored vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and helicopters (2024)",
@ -1103,7 +1069,7 @@
"text": "18 years of age for military service; no conscription although the constitution provides for the possibility of conscription in the event of an imminent threat to the country (2023)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the 2013 coup resulted in the institutional collapse of the FACA; its forces were overwhelmed and forced to flee to neighboring countries; it has been estimated that only 10% of the FACA returned after the coup, and the FACA has struggled to rebuild in the years of instability since, despite significant foreign assistance; considerable portions of the country remain outside state control and are ungoverned, with the presence of multiple armed actors creating insecurity in much of the country <br><br>in late 2020 and early 2021, the Coalition des Patriotes pour le Change (CPC), a loose coalition of armed groups comprised largely of former Seleka and anti-Balaka fighters, attacked the capital Bangui; CAR Government forces, along with Russian private military contractors and Rwandan troops, repelled the attack while the CPC retreated to its rear bases and into neighboring countries and continued conducting attacks; as of 2023, the CAR Government claimed to have restored authority across much of the country, including the capital, although armed groups, including some not affiliated with CPC, continued to carry out violent activities in regions outside the capital, threatening local stability; forces on both sides have been accused of abuses and atrocities in the fighting <br><br>in 2018, the UN Security Council approved Russian security assistance for the CAR to help train and advise FACA personnel, as well as transport them to operational areas, provide logistical support, and assist with medical evacuation; in addition to teams of military trainers, Russia sent private military contractors to provide assistance to the FACA; the Russians have also performed other security roles such as guarding mines and government officials; some Russian contractors and the CAR forces they supported have been accused of carrying out indiscriminate killings, using excessive force against civilians, and looting<br><br>the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has operated in the country since 2014; its mission includes providing security, protecting civilians, facilitating humanitarian assistance, disarming and demobilizing armed groups, and supporting the country’s fragile transitional government; as of early 2024, MINUSCA had more than 16,000 military and police personnel <br><br>the European Union Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM-RCA) has operated in the country since 2016, providing advice, training, and educational programs to the country's security forces; France and Rwanda have also provided assistance to the FACA; France suspended its support in 2021, but Rwanda continued providing troops and military training as of 2024 (2024)"
"text": "the 2013 coup resulted in the institutional collapse of the FACA; its forces were overwhelmed and forced to flee to neighboring countries; it has been estimated that only 10% of the FACA returned after the coup, and the FACA has struggled to rebuild in the years of instability since, despite significant foreign assistance; considerable portions of the country remain outside state control and are ungoverned, with the presence of multiple armed actors creating insecurity in much of the country <br><br>in late 2020 and early 2021, the Coalition des Patriotes pour le Change (CPC), a loose coalition of armed groups comprised largely of former Seleka and anti-Balaka fighters, attacked the capital Bangui; CAR Government forces, along with Russian private military contractors and Rwandan troops, repelled the attack while the CPC retreated to its rear bases and into neighboring countries and continued conducting attacks; as of 2023, the CAR Government claimed to have restored authority across much of the country, including the capital, although armed groups, including some not affiliated with CPC, continued to carry out violent activities in regions outside the capital, threatening local stability; forces on both sides have been accused of abuses and atrocities in the fighting <br><br>in 2018, the UN Security Council approved Russian security assistance for the CAR to help train and advise FACA personnel, as well as transport them to operational areas, provide logistical support, and assist with medical evacuation; in addition to teams of military trainers, Russia sent private military contractors to provide assistance to the FACA; the Russians have also performed other security roles such as guarding mines and government officials; some Russian contractors and the CAR forces they supported have been accused of carrying out indiscriminate killings, using excessive force against civilians, and looting<br><br>the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has operated in the country since 2014; its mission includes providing security, protecting civilians, facilitating humanitarian assistance, disarming and demobilizing armed groups, and supporting the country’s fragile transitional government; as of 2024, MINUSCA had more than 16,000 military and police personnel <br><br>the European Union Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM-RCA) has operated in the country since 2016, providing advice, training, and educational programs to the country's security forces; France and Rwanda have also provided assistance to the FACA; France suspended its support in 2021, but Rwanda continued providing troops and military training as of 2024 (2024)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
"text": "<p>prolonged droughts; seasonal harmattan wind produces obscuring dust; volcanically and seismically active</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Fogo (2,829 m), which last erupted in 1995, is Cabo Verde's only active volcano</p>"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "strategic location 500 km from west coast of Africa near major north-south sea routes; important communications station; important sea and air refueling site; one of four North Atlantic archipelagos that make up Macaronesia; the others are Azores (Portugal), Canary Islands (Spain), and Madeira (Portugal)"
"text": "strategic location 500 km from west coast of Africa near major north-south sea routes; one of four North Atlantic archipelagos that make up Macaronesia; the others are Azores (Portugal), Canary Islands (Spain), and Madeira (Portugal)"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -140,16 +140,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "47.2"
"text": "48.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "39.2"
"text": "39.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "8"
"text": "9.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "12.5 (2021 est.)"
"text": "10.5 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "deforestation due to demand for firewood; water shortages; prolonged droughts and improper use of land (overgrazing, crop cultivation on hillsides lead to desertification and erosion); environmental damage has threatened several species of birds and reptiles; illegal beach sand extraction; overfishing"
"text": "deforestation due to demand for firewood; water shortages; droughts;&nbsp; desertification; soil erosion; illegal beach sand extraction; overfishing"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -398,12 +398,6 @@
"text": "1.83% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.38% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "31.08 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -467,7 +461,7 @@
"text": "UTC-1 (4 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the earlier Portuguese name was Villa de Praia (\"Village of the Beach\"); it became just Praia in 1974 (prior to full independence in 1975)"
"text": "the earlier Portuguese name was Villa de Praia (\"Village of the Beach\"); it was shortened to Praia in 1974&nbsp;"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -686,13 +680,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "3.72% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "7.93% (2022 est.)"
"text": "7.9% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "1.86% (2021 est.)"
"text": "1.9% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -750,30 +744,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "223,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "224,500 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "11.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "11.99% (2023 est.)"
"text": "12% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "12.27% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "13.91% (2021 est.)"
"text": "12.2% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
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"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "28.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "28.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "24.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "24.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "34.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "33.8% (2024 est.)"
},
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},
@ -823,31 +817,31 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "18.39% (of GDP) (2020 est.)",
"text": "18.4% (of GDP) (2020 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2024": {
"text": "$101.072 million (2024 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$65.469 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "-$64.439 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$78.247 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "-$250.632 million (2021 est.)"
"text": "-$78.271 million (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2024": {
"text": "$1.158 billion (2024 est.)"
},
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"text": "$971.679 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$972.636 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$851.907 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$465.348 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Exports - partners": {
@ -859,15 +853,15 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2024": {
"text": "$1.473 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$1.428 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$1.31 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$1.117 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Imports - partners": {
@ -879,20 +873,20 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$783.106 million (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$837.881 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$729.566 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$769.65 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$1.55 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$1.385 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -900,6 +894,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Cabo Verdean escudos (CVE) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "101.922 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "101.805 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -911,9 +908,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "96.796 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "98.495 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
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}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "state-run TV and radio broadcast network plus a growing number of private broadcasters; Portuguese public TV and radio services for Africa are available; transmissions of a few international broadcasters are available (2019)"
"text": "state-run TV and radio network, plus a growing number of private broadcasters; Portuguese public TV and radio services for Africa are available; transmissions of a few international broadcasters are available (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".cv"
@ -1019,37 +1013,12 @@
}
},
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"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "2 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "5"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "140,429 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "1,728,152 (2015) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "D4"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "10 (2025)"
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"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "1,350 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "932 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "418 km (2013)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "44 (2023)"
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}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "the military has approximately 1,000 personnel (2023)"
"text": "the FACV has approximately 1,000-1,500 active personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FACV has a limited amount of mostly dated or second-hand equipment, largely from China, some European countries, and the former Soviet Union (2024)"

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"text": "<p>earthquakes; droughts; occasional cyclonic disturbances from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and flash floods</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> experiences limited volcanic activity; Ardoukoba (298 m) last erupted in 1978; Manda-Inakir, located along the Ethiopian border, is also historically active</p>"
},
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"text": "strategic location near world's busiest shipping lanes and close to Arabian oilfields; terminus of rail traffic into Ethiopia; mostly wasteland; Lac Assal (Lake Assal) is the lowest point in Africa and the saltiest lake in the world"
"text": "strategic location near world's busiest shipping lanes and close to Arabian oilfields; Lac Assal (Lake Assal) is the lowest point in Africa and the saltiest lake in the world"
}
},
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},
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"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "50.6"
"text": "48.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "47.5"
"text": "42.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "6.9"
"text": "6.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "14.4 (2021 est.)"
"text": "16 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -407,12 +407,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to unfavorable weather and high food prices - </em>about 250,000 people were estimated to have faced acute food insecurity between March and June 2023, mainly due to the lingering impact of a prolonged and severe drought between late 2020 and early 2023, and high food prices (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.26% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "19.98 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -484,7 +478,7 @@
"text": "UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the origin of the name is disputed; multiple descriptions, possibilities, and theories have been proposed"
"text": "the name is said to derive from the Afar word <em>gabouri</em>, meaning \"plate,\" in reference to a palm-fiber plate used for ceremonial purposes"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -497,7 +491,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 27 June (1977)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system based primarily on the French civil code (as it existed in 1997), Islamic religious law (in matters of family law and successions), and customary law"
"text": "mixed system based primarily on the French civil code (as it existed in 1997), Islamic religious law (in matters of family law and successions), and customary law"
},
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"history": {
@ -696,10 +690,10 @@
"text": "1.5% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "5.18% (2022 est.)"
"text": "5.2% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "1.18% (2021 est.)"
"text": "1.2% (2021 est.)"
},
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},
@ -748,30 +742,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "261,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "265,200 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
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"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "25.9% (2024 est.)"
},
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"text": "26.26% (2023 est.)"
"text": "26.2% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "26.37% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "27.55% (2021 est.)"
"text": "26.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
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"total": {
"text": "76.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "76.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "75.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "75.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "78.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "77.9% (2024 est.)"
},
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},
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"text": "35.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
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"Current account balance 2024": {
"text": "$610.124 million (2024 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "$718.559 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$721.349 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "$656.207 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "-$225.106 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
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"text": "$5.25 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$5.877 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$5.674 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$5.16 billion (2021 est.)"
},
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},
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},
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"text": "$4.765 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$5.269 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$5.096 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$5.483 billion (2021 est.)"
},
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},
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"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
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"text": "$348.725 million (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$502.034 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$589.437 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$588.418 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$2.672 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$2.531 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -896,6 +890,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Djiboutian francs (DJF) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "177.721 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "177.721 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -907,9 +904,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "177.721 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "177.721 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1009,7 +1003,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "state-owned Radiodiffusion-Television de Djibouti operates the sole terrestrial TV station, as well as the only 2 domestic radio networks; no private TV or radio stations; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available (2019)"
"text": "state-owned Radiodiffusion-T&eacute;l&eacute;vision de Djibouti operates the sole terrestrial TV station, as well as the 2 domestic radio networks; no private TV or radio stations; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".dj"
@ -1029,14 +1023,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "2 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "4"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "J2"
},
@ -1054,11 +1040,6 @@
"text": "97 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "2,893 km (2013)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "40 (2023)"
@ -1114,7 +1095,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 10,000 active-duty military personnel; approximately 2,000 Gendarmerie (2023)"
"text": "estimated 10-12,000 active military personnel, including Gendarmerie (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FAD's inventory is a mix of mostly older or secondhand equipment from a wide variety of suppliers, including China, France, Italy, Japan, Russia/former Soviet Union, South Africa, Turkey, and the US (2024)"

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@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
"text": "periodic droughts; frequent earthquakes; flash floods; landslides; hot, driving windstorms called khamsin occur in spring; dust storms; sandstorms"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "<strong>note:</strong> controls Sinai Peninsula, the only land bridge between Africa and remainder of Eastern Hemisphere; controls Suez Canal, a sea link between Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea; size, and juxtaposition to Israel, establish its major role in Middle Eastern geopolitics; dependence on upstream neighbors; dominance of Nile basin issues"
"text": "controls Sinai Peninsula, the only land bridge between Africa and remainder of Eastern Hemisphere; controls Suez Canal, a sea link between Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -168,16 +168,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "60.8"
"text": "65 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "53.2"
"text": "55.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "7.7"
"text": "9.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "13 (2021 est.)"
"text": "10.8 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands; increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam; desertification; oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats; other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents; limited natural freshwater resources away from the Nile, which is the only perennial water source; rapid growth in population overstraining the Nile and natural resources"
"text": "rapid growth in population straining natural resources; increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam; desertification; oil pollution in coastal ecosystems; water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents; limited natural freshwater resources away from the Nile"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -430,9 +430,6 @@
"text": "1.9% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.15% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "63.16 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -522,7 +519,7 @@
"text": "+1hr, begins last Friday in April; ends last Friday in October"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "from the Arabic \"al-Qahira,\" meaning \"the victorious\""
"text": "the ancient Egyptian name of the original city was Khere-ohe or Kheri-aha; the modern city's name may also derive from the Arabic <em>al-qahir</em>, meaning \"the victorious;\" this is an Arabic name for the planet Mars, which was in the ascendant on the day in 969 A.D. when construction on the new part of the city began"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -535,7 +532,7 @@
"text": "Revolution Day, 23 July (1952)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system based on Napoleonic civil and penal law, Islamic religious law, and vestiges of colonial-era laws; judicial review of the constitutionality of laws by the Supreme Constitutional Court"
"text": "mixed system based on Napoleonic civil and penal law, Islamic religious law, and vestiges of colonial-era laws; Supreme Constitutional Court reviews laws"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -776,13 +773,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "33.88% (2023 est.)"
"text": "33.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "13.9% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "5.21% (2021 est.)"
"text": "5.2% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -843,30 +840,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "34.065 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "33.749 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "7.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "7.31% (2023 est.)"
"text": "7.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "7.34% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "7.44% (2021 est.)"
"text": "7.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "19% (2023 est.)"
"text": "18.7% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "12.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "12.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "49.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "47.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -925,7 +922,7 @@
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data cover central government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are sold at public auctions"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "12.52% (of GDP) (2015 est.)",
"text": "12.5% (of GDP) (2015 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -981,20 +978,20 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$34.278 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$33.07 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$32.144 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$39.824 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$121.328 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$117.272 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -1002,6 +999,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Egyptian pounds (EGP) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "45.299 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "30.626 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -1013,9 +1013,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "15.759 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "16.771 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1158,7 +1155,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "mix of state-run and private broadcast media; state-run TV operates 2 national and 6 regional terrestrial networks, as well as a few satellite channels; dozens of private satellite channels and a large number of Arabic satellite channels are available for free; some limited satellite services are also available via subscription; state-run radio operates about 30 stations belonging to 8 networks; privately-owned radio includes 8 major stations, 4 of which belong to 1 network (2019)"
"text": "mix of state-run and private broadcast media; state-run TV operates 2 national and 6 regional terrestrial networks, as well as a few satellite channels; dozens of private satellite channels and a large number of Arabic satellite channels are available for free; some limited satellite services are also available via subscription; state-run radio operates about 30 stations belonging to 8 networks; privately-owned radio includes 8 major stations (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".eg"
@ -1181,20 +1178,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "14 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "101"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "12,340,832 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "437.63 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "SU"
},
@ -1204,9 +1187,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "60 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "486 km condensate, 74 km condensate/gas, 7,986 km gas, 957 km liquid petroleum gas, 5,225 km oil, 37 km oil/gas/water, 895 km refined products, 65 km water (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "5,085 km (2014)"
@ -1215,20 +1195,6 @@
"text": "5,085 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified)"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "65,050 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "48,000 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "17,050 km (2019)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "3,500 km (2018) (includes the Nile River, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in Nile Delta; the Suez Canal (193.5 km including approaches) is navigable by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 17.68 m)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "441 (2023)"
@ -1267,7 +1233,7 @@
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Egyptian Armed Forces (EAF): Army (includes Republican Guard), Navy (includes Coast Guard), Air Force, Air Defense Forces, Border Guard Forces<br><br>Interior Ministry: Public Security Sector Police, the Central Security Force, National Security Agency (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Public Security Sector Police are responsible for law enforcement nationwide; the Central Security Force protects infrastructure and is responsible for crowd control; the National Security Agency is responsible for internal security threats and counterterrorism along with other security services<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> in addition to its external defense duties, the EAF also has a mandate to assist police in protecting vital infrastructure during a state of emergency; military personnel were granted full arrest authority in 2011 but normally only use this authority during states of emergency and “periods of significant turmoil”"
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Public Security Sector Police are responsible for law enforcement nationwide; the Central Security Force protects infrastructure and is responsible for crowd control; the National Security Agency is responsible for internal security threats and counterterrorism along with other security services<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> in addition to its external defense duties, the EAF also has a mandate to assist police in protecting vital infrastructure during a state of emergency; military personnel were granted full arrest authority in 2011 but normally only use this authority during states of emergency and periods of \"significant turmoil”"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1287,7 +1253,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 450,000 EAF personnel (2024)"
"text": "estimated 450,000 active EAF personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the EAF's inventory is comprised of a mix of domestically produced, Soviet-era, and more modern, particularly Western, weapons systems; in recent years, the EAF has embarked on an equipment modernization program with significant purchases from foreign suppliers; major suppliers have included China, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and the US; Egypt has an established defense industry that produces a range of products from small arms to armored vehicles and naval vessels; it also has licensed and co-production agreements with several countries, including Germany and the US (2024)"

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@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
"text": "<p>violent windstorms; flash floods</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Santa Isabel (3,007 m), which last erupted in 1923, is the country's only historically active volcano; Santa Isabel, along with two dormant volcanoes, form Bioko Island in the Gulf of Guinea</p>"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "insular and continental regions widely separated; despite its name, no part of the Equator passes through Equatorial Guinea; the mainland part of the country is located just north of the Equator"
"text": "insular and continental regions widely separated; despite its name, no part of the equator passes through Equatorial Guinea -- the mainland part of the country is located just north of the equator"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -147,16 +147,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "72.2"
"text": "68.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "66.7"
"text": "60 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "5.4"
"text": "8.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "18.5 (2021 est.)"
"text": "11.9 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "deforestation (forests are threatened by agricultural expansion, fires, and grazing); desertification; water pollution (tap water is non-potable); wildlife preservation"
"text": "deforestation (agricultural expansion, fires, and grazing); desertification; water pollution; tap water non-potable; wildlife preservation"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -377,12 +377,6 @@
"text": "3.62% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "1.52% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "25.67 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -449,7 +443,7 @@
"text": "UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "named after King MALABO (Malabo Lopelo Melaka) (1837&ndash;1937), the last king of the Bubi, the ethnic group indigenous to the island of Bioko"
"text": "English settlers who founded the city in 1827 named it Port Clarence after the Duke of CLARENCE; the Spanish renamed it Santa Isabel in 1843, for Queen ISABELLA II of Spain; it was renamed again in 1973 after King MALABO (1837&ndash;1937), the last king of the Bubi (local ethnic group)"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -691,13 +685,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "4.79% (2022 est.)"
"text": "4.8% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "-0.1% (2021 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2020": {
"text": "4.77% (2020 est.)"
"text": "4.8% (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -746,30 +740,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "645,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "715,000 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "7.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "8.67% (2023 est.)"
"text": "8.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "8.75% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "9.19% (2021 est.)"
"text": "8.5% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "16.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "14.7% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "15.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "13.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "17.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "15.7% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -811,14 +805,14 @@
}
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$4.516 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$6.231 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$7.25 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$5.851 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Exports 2020": {
"text": "$4.041 billion (2020 est.)"
"text": "$5.513 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>GDP expenditure basis - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
@ -831,14 +825,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$3.065 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$4.297 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$3.948 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$4.351 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Imports 2020": {
"text": "$3.669 billion (2020 est.)"
"text": "$3.889 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>GDP expenditure basis - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
@ -866,6 +860,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "606.345 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "606.57 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -877,9 +874,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "575.586 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "585.911 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -993,7 +987,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "the state maintains control of broadcast media with domestic broadcast media limited to 1 state-owned TV station, 1 private TV station owned by the president's eldest son (who is the Vice President), 1 state-owned radio station, and 1 private radio station owned by the president's eldest son; satellite TV service is available; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are generally accessible (2019)"
"text": "the state maintains control of broadcast media; 1 state-owned TV station, 1 private TV station owned by the president's eldest son, 1 state-owned radio station, and 1 private radio station owned by the president's eldest son; satellite TV service is available; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are generally accessible (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".gq"
@ -1013,34 +1007,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "6 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "15"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "466,435 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "350,000 (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "3C"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "7 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "42 km condensate, 5 km condensate/gas, 79 km gas, 71 km oil (2013)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "2,880 km (2017)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "53 (2023)"
@ -1075,7 +1047,7 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Equatorial Guinea Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas de Guinea Ecuatorial, FAGE): Equatorial Guinea National Guard (Guardia Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial, GNGE (Army)), Navy, Air Force; Gendarmerie (Guardia Civil) (2024)",
"text": "Equatorial Guinea Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas de Guinea Ecuatorial, FAGE): Army, Navy, Air Force; Gendarmerie (Guardia Civil) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Police report to the Ministry of National Security, while the Gendarmerie reports to the Ministry of National Defense; police generally are responsible for maintaining law and order in the cities, while gendarmes are responsible for security outside cities and for special events"
},
"Military expenditures": {
@ -1096,7 +1068,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 1,500 active-duty troops (2024)"
"text": "estimated 2,000 active military personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FAGE is armed with mostly older (typically Soviet-era) and second-hand weapons systems; in recent years, it has sought to modernize its naval inventory with purchases of vessels from several countries, including Bulgaria and Israel; China and Russia have also supplied some equipment to the FAGE (2024)"

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@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
"text": "<p>frequent droughts, rare earthquakes and volcanoes; locust swarms</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Dubbi (1,625 m), which last erupted in 1861, was the country's only historically active volcano until Nabro (2,218 m) came to life on 12 June 2011</p>"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "strategic geopolitical position along world's busiest shipping lanes; Eritrea retained the entire coastline of Ethiopia along the Red Sea upon de jure independence from Ethiopia on 24 May 1993"
"text": "strategic geopolitical position along world's busiest shipping lanes"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -140,16 +140,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "77.9"
"text": "65.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "70.8"
"text": "59.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "7.1"
"text": "6.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "14 (2021 est.)"
"text": "15 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
"text": "UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the name means \"they [women] made them unite,\" which according to Tigrinya oral tradition refers to the women of the four clans in the Asmara area who persuaded their menfolk to unite and defeat their common enemy; the name has also been translated as \"live in peace\""
"text": "the name's origin is unclear; according to Tigrinya oral tradition, the name is part of a phrase meaning \"the women made them unite,\" referring to a group of women who made four clans unite to defeat a common enemy; <em>asmara </em>also means \"flowery wood\" in the Tigrinya language"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -481,7 +481,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 24 May (1991)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of civil, customary, and Islamic religious law"
"text": "mixed system of civil, customary, and Islamic religious law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -530,7 +530,25 @@
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the president is both chief of state and head of government and is head of the State Council and National Assembly"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"text": "<strong>note:</strong> in 1997, after the new constitution was adopted, the government formed a Transitional National Assembly to serve as the country's legislative body until countrywide elections to form a National Assembly could be held; the constitution stipulates that once past the transition stage, all National Assembly members will be elected by secret ballot of all eligible voters; National Assembly elections scheduled for December 2001 were postponed indefinitely due to the war with Ethiopia; as of 2025, no sitting legislative body exists"
"legislature name": {
"text": "National Assembly (Hagerawi Baito)"
},
"legislative structure": {
"text": "unicameral"
},
"number of seats": {
"text": "150 (all indirectly elected)"
},
"scope of elections": {
"text": "full renewal"
},
"term in office": {
"text": "4 years"
},
"most recent election date": {
"text": "2/1/1994"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> in 1997, after the new constitution was adopted, the government formed a Transitional National Assembly to serve as the country's legislative body until countrywide elections to form a National Assembly could be held; the constitution stipulates that once past the transition stage, all National Assembly members will be elected by secret ballot of all eligible voters; National Assembly elections scheduled for December 2001 were postponed indefinitely due to the war with Ethiopia; as of 2025, no sitting legislative body exists"
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest court(s)": {
@ -704,30 +722,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "1.666 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "1.71 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "5.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "5.87% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "5.94% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "6.34% (2021 est.)"
"text": "5.7% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "10% (2023 est.)"
"text": "9.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "8.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "8.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "11.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "10.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -777,6 +795,9 @@
},
"Imports 2016": {
"text": "$1.048 billion (2016 est.)"
},
"Imports 2010": {
"text": "$494.229 million (2010 est.)"
}
},
"Imports - partners": {
@ -801,7 +822,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$513.131 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$461.376 million (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -809,6 +830,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "nakfa (ERN) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "15.075 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "15.075 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -820,9 +844,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "15.075 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "15.075 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -908,7 +929,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "government controls broadcast media with private ownership prohibited; 1 state-owned TV station; 2 state-owned radio networks; purchases of satellite dishes and subscriptions to international broadcast media are permitted (2023)"
"text": "government controls broadcast media, with private ownership prohibited; 1 state-owned TV station; 2 state-owned radio networks; purchases of satellite dishes and subscriptions to international broadcast media are permitted (2023)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".er"
@ -928,17 +949,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "1"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "102,729 (2018)"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "E3"
},
@ -953,17 +963,6 @@
"text": "306 km (2018) 0.950-m gauge"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "16,000 km (2018)"
},
"paved": {
"text": "1,600 km (2000)"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "14,400 km (2000)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "9 (2023)"

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@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
"text": "<p>geologically active Great Rift Valley susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> volcanic activity in the Great Rift Valley; Erta Ale (613 m), which has caused frequent lava flows in recent years, is the country's most active volcano; Dabbahu became active in 2005, forcing evacuations; other historically active volcanoes include Alayta, Dalaffilla, Dallol, Dama Ali, Fentale, Kone, Manda Hararo, and Manda-Inakir</p>"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "<strong>note 1:</strong> landlocked -- entire coastline along the Red Sea was lost with the de jure independence of Eritrea on 24 May 1993; Ethiopia is, therefore, the most populous landlocked country in the world; the Blue Nile, the chief headstream of the Nile by water volume, rises in T'ana Hayk (Lake Tana) in northwest Ethiopia<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> three major crops may have originated in Ethiopia: coffee (almost certainly), grain sorghum, and castor bean"
"text": "the most populous landlocked country in the world; the Blue Nile, the chief headstream of the Nile by water volume, rises in T'ana Hayk (Lake Tana) in northwest Ethiopia"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -160,16 +160,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "75.7"
"text": "72.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "70.2"
"text": "66.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "5.5"
"text": "5.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "18.1 (2021 est.)"
"text": "17.3 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -438,12 +438,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to conflict in Tigray Region, drought conditions in southeastern areas, high food prices - </em>according to the 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan, about 20.1 million people are estimated to be in need of emergency food assistance; the difficult food security situation is mainly the result of the lingering impact of the conflict in northern areas, episodes of intercommunal violence across the country, and the drought in southern areas that are affecting food availability and access; food insecurity is exacerbated by severe macroeconomic challenges including insufficient foreign currency reserves and the continuous depreciation of the national currency, which constrains imports of key commodities including fertilizers, as well as a very high inflation, with the year‑on‑year inflation rate estimated at 30.8 percent in May 2023 (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "5.81% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "21.8 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -530,7 +524,7 @@
"text": "UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the name in Amharic means \"new flower\" and was bestowed on the city in 1889, three years after its founding"
"text": "the name in Amharic means \"new flower;\" Empress TAITU gave the name to the new capital city in 1887&nbsp;"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -779,13 +773,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "30.22% (2023 est.)"
"text": "30.2% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "33.89% (2022 est.)"
"text": "33.9% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "26.84% (2021 est.)"
"text": "26.8% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -846,30 +840,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "62.647 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "54.47 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "3.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "3.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "3.49% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "3.94% (2021 est.)"
"text": "3.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "5.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "4% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "7.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "7.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -923,12 +917,12 @@
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2019": {
"text": "31.45% of GDP (2019 est.)"
"text": "31.4% of GDP (2019 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "3.93% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"text": "3.9% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -984,20 +978,20 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": {
"text": "$3.046 billion (2020 est.)"
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$3.784 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2019": {
"text": "$2.993 billion (2019 est.)"
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$2.028 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2018": {
"text": "$3.987 billion (2018 est.)"
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$1.192 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$27.166 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$25.426 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -1155,20 +1149,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "75"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "11,501,244 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "2,089,280,000 (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "ET"
},
@ -1187,11 +1167,6 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> electric railway with redundant power supplies; under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia and managed by a Chinese contractor"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "180,000 km (2023)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "12 (2023)"
@ -1224,7 +1199,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "available information varies widely; estimated 150-300,000 active-duty troops (2024)"
"text": "available information varies widely; estimated 150-300,000 active-duty troops (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the ENDF's major weapons and equipment inventory has traditionally been comprised of Russian, Soviet, and Eastern bloc material; it suffered considerable equipment losses during the 2020-2022 Tigray conflict; in more recent years, Ethiopia has diversified its arms sources to include weapons from China, Israel, Turkey, Ukraine, and the UAE; Ethiopia has a modest industrial defense base centered on small arms and production of armored vehicles under license (2024)"

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@ -154,16 +154,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "85"
"text": "72.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "80.5"
"text": "65.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "4.5"
"text": "6.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "22.2 (2021 est.)"
"text": "15.8 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -417,12 +417,6 @@
"text": "3.75% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "2.47% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "39.1 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -486,7 +480,7 @@
"text": "UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "Banjul is located on Saint Mary's Island at the mouth of the Gambia River; the Mandinka used to gather fibrous plants on the island for the manufacture of ropes; \"bang julo\" is Mandinka for \"rope fiber\"; mispronunciation over time caused the term became the word Banjul"
"text": "the name derives from a misunderstanding between Portuguese colonists and inhabitants in the 15th century; when asked what the area was called, the inhabitants thought they were being asked what they were doing and replied, \"<em>bangjulo,\" or</em> \"rope making\""
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -499,7 +493,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 18 February (1965)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of English common law, Islamic law, and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of English common law, Islamic law, and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -703,13 +697,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "16.97% (2023 est.)"
"text": "17% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "11.51% (2022 est.)"
"text": "11.5% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "7.37% (2021 est.)"
"text": "7.4% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -758,30 +752,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "973,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "783,100 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "6.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "6.48% (2023 est.)"
"text": "6.5% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "6.08% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "6.21% (2021 est.)"
"text": "6.1% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "10.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "10.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "10.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "10.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "10.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "10.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -899,7 +893,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$971.426 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$902.421 million (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -1006,7 +1000,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "<p>1 state-run TV-channel; one privately-owned TV-station; 1 Online TV-station; three state-owned radio station and 31 privately owned radio stations; eight community radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available, some via shortwave radio; cable and satellite TV subscription services are obtainable in some parts of the country </p> (2019)"
"text": "<p>1 state-run TV-channel; one privately owned TV station; 1 online TV station; 3 state-owned and 31 privately owned radio stations; 8 community radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available; cable and satellite TV subscription services in some parts of the country </p> (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".gm"
@ -1026,37 +1020,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "2 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "6"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "53,735 (2018)"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "C5"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "1 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "2,977 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "518 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "2,459 km (2011)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "390 km (2010) (on River Gambia; small oceangoing vessels can reach 190 km)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "15 (2023)"
@ -1112,7 +1081,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "estimated 3,000 military personnel (2023)"
"text": "estimated 3,000-4,000 active military personnel (2024)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the military of Gambia has a limited inventory of mostly older, obsolescent, or donated equipment originating from several suppliers, including Taiwan, Turkey, the UK, and the US (2024)"

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@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
"text": "none"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "a small population and oil and mineral reserves have helped Gabon become one of Africa's wealthier countries; in general, these circumstances have allowed the country to maintain and conserve its pristine rain forest and rich biodiversity"
"text": "the country has maintained its pristine rain forest and rich biodiversity"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -151,16 +151,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "67.6"
"text": "63.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "61"
"text": "56.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "6.5"
"text": "7 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "15.3 (2021 est.)"
"text": "14.2 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "deforestation (the forests that cover three-quarters of the country are threatened by excessive logging); burgeoning population exacerbating disposal of solid waste; oil industry contributing to water pollution; wildlife poaching"
"text": "deforestation from logging; solid-waste disposal; water pollution from oil industry; wildlife poaching"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -391,12 +391,6 @@
"text": "2.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "2.6% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "26.29 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -466,7 +460,7 @@
"text": "UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "original site settled by freed slaves and the name means \"free town\" in French; named in imitation of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone"
"text": "the city was founded in 1849 by freed slaves, and the name means \"free town\" in French"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -479,7 +473,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 17 August (1960)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of French civil law and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of French civil law and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -511,19 +505,19 @@
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Brice OLIGUI Nguema (since 12 April 2025)"
"text": "President Brice OLIGUI Nguema (since 3 May 2025)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Prime Minister Raymond NDONG SIMA (since 7 September 2023)<br><br> <p> </p>"
"text": "President Brice OLIGUI Nguema (since 3 May 2025)<br> <p> </p>"
},
"cabinet": {
"text": "formerly the Council of Ministers, appointed by the prime minister in consultation with the president"
"text": "cabinet appointed by president"
},
"elections/appointments": {
"text": "formerly, the president directly elected by plurality vote for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held on 26 August 2023; prime minister appointed by the president; note - in August 2023, Gen. Brice OLIGUI Nguema led a military group called Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions in a coup in which President Ali BONGO Ondimba was arrested and detained, election results were canceled, and state institutions were dissolved; in September 2023, OLIGUI was sworn in as transitional president; a general election is planned for August 2025; note - November 2024 voters in Gabon voted on a referendum to extend the presidential term to seven years and replace the prime minister with a vice president, elections slated for August 2025"
"text": "the president directly elected by plurality vote to a 7-year term (no term limits); election last held on 12 April 2025"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em>2025: </em>Brice OLIGUI Nguema elected president; percent of vote- Brice OLIGUI Nguema (Ind.) 90.35%, Alain Claude Bilie By Nze (EPG) 3.02%, other 6.63%<br><em><br>2016: </em>Ali BONGO Ondimba reelected president; percent of vote - Ali BONGO Ondimba (PDG) 49.8%, Jean PING (UFC) 48.2%, other 2.0%<br>"
"text": "<em>2025: </em>Brice OLIGUI Nguema elected president; percent of vote - Brice OLIGUI Nguema (Ind.) 90.35%, Alain Claude Bilie By Nze (EPG) 3.02%, other 6.63%<br><em><br>2016: </em>Ali BONGO Ondimba reelected president; percent of vote - Ali BONGO Ondimba (PDG) 49.8%, Jean PING (UFC) 48.2%, other 2.0%"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
@ -704,14 +698,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "1.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "3.63% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "4.23% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "1.09% (2021 est.)"
"text": "4.2% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -772,30 +766,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "771,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "824,400 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "20.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "20.36% (2023 est.)"
"text": "20.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "20.5% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "21.23% (2021 est.)"
"text": "20.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "36.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "36% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "31.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "31.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "42.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "42.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -845,7 +839,7 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "9.49% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
"text": "9.5% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -861,14 +855,14 @@
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$12.356 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$12.935 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$13.814 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$11.229 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Exports 2020": {
"text": "$7.275 billion (2020 est.)"
"text": "$11.85 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> GDP expenditure basis - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
@ -881,14 +875,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$5.38 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$3.499 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$5.005 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$3.353 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Imports 2020": {
"text": "$3.454 billion (2020 est.)"
"text": "$4.746 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> GDP expenditure basis - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
@ -901,20 +895,20 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2019": {
"text": "$1.372 billion (2019 est.)"
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$1.447 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2018": {
"text": "$1.321 billion (2018 est.)"
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$1.415 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2017": {
"text": "$965.054 million (2017 est.)"
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$1.304 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$6.672 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$6.442 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -922,6 +916,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "606.345 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "606.57 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -933,9 +930,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "575.586 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "585.911 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1052,7 +1046,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "state owns and operates 2 TV stations and 2 radio broadcast stations; a few private radio and TV stations; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are accessible; satellite service subscriptions are available"
"text": "2 state-run TV stations and 2 state-run radio stations; a few private radio and TV stations; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are accessible; satellite service subscriptions are available"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".ga"
@ -1072,23 +1066,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "3 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "8"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "TR"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "42 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "807 km gas, 1,639 km oil, 3 km water (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "649 km (2014)"
@ -1097,20 +1080,6 @@
"text": "649 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "14,300 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "900 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "13,400 km (2001)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "1,600 km (2010) (310 km on Ogooue River)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "87 (2023)"
@ -1166,7 +1135,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 7,000 active-duty troops including the Republican Guard and Gendarmerie (2024)"
"text": "approximately 7,000 active-duty troops including the Republican Guard and Gendarmerie (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the Gabonese military has a mix of older and more modern weapons and equipment from a variety of suppliers including Brazil, China, France, Germany, Russia/former Soviet Union, and South Africa (2024)"

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@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
"text": "dry, dusty, northeastern harmattan winds from January to March; droughts"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "Lake Volta is the world's largest artificial lake (manmade reservoir) by surface area (8,482 sq km; 3,275 sq mi); the lake was created following the completion of the Akosombo Dam in 1965, which holds back the White Volta and Black Volta Rivers"
"text": "Lake Volta is the world's largest artificial lake (manmade reservoir) by surface area (8,482 sq km; 3,275 sq mi); the lake was created after the Akosombo Dam was completed in 1965"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -155,16 +155,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "68.7"
"text": "71.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "62.9"
"text": "64.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "5.9"
"text": "7.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "17 (2021 est.)"
"text": "13.2 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "recurrent drought in north severely affects agricultural activities; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching and habitat destruction threaten wildlife populations; water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water"
"text": "drought in north; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching and habitat destruction; water pollution; inadequate potable water"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -428,12 +428,6 @@
"text": "3.06% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "3.51% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "46.04 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -500,7 +494,7 @@
"text": "UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the name derives from the Akan word \"nkran\" meaning \"ants,\" and refers to the numerous anthills in the area around the capital"
"text": "the name derives from the Akan word <em>nkran</em>, meaning \"ant,\" and may refer to the nickname local forest dwellers gave to the Nigerian tribes who settled in the area in the 16th century"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -716,14 +710,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "22.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "38.11% (2023 est.)"
"text": "38.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "31.26% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "9.97% (2021 est.)"
"text": "31.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -784,30 +778,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "14.84 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "13.928 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "3% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "3.08% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "3.08% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "3.34% (2021 est.)"
"text": "3.1% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "5.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "5.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "5.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -934,8 +928,9 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$30.242 billion (2023 est.)"
}
"text": "$29.241 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
"Exchange rates": {
"Currency": {
@ -1076,7 +1071,7 @@
},
"Telecommunication systems": {
"general assessment": {
"text": "challenged by unreliable electricity and shortage of skilled labor, Ghana seeks to extend telecom services nationally; investment in fiber infrastructure and off-grid solutions provide data coverage to over 23 million people; launch of LTE has improved mobile data services, including m-commerce and banking; moderately competitive Internet market, most through mobile networks; international submarine cables, and terrestrial cables have improved Internet capacity; LTE services are widely available; the relatively high cost of 5G-compatible devices also inhibits most subscribers from migrating from 3G and LTE platforms (2022)"
"text": "challenged by unreliable electricity and shortage of skilled labor, Ghana seeks to extend telecom services nationally; investment in fiber infrastructure and off-grid solutions provide data coverage to over 23 million people; launch of LTE has improved mobile data services, including e-commerce and banking; moderately competitive Internet market, most through mobile networks; international submarine cables, and terrestrial cables have improved Internet capacity; LTE services are widely available; the relatively high cost of 5G-compatible devices also inhibits most subscribers from migrating from 3G and LTE platforms (2022)"
},
"domestic": {
"text": "fixed-line data less than 1 per 100 subscriptions; mobile-cellular subscriptions 123 per 100 persons (2021)"
@ -1106,17 +1101,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "3 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "21"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "467,438 (2018)"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "9G"
},
@ -1126,9 +1110,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "7 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "681.3 km gas, 11.4 km oil, 435 km refined products (2022)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "947 km (2022)"
@ -1137,23 +1118,6 @@
"text": "947 km (2022) 1.067-m gauge"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "65,725 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "14,948 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "50,777 km (2021)"
},
"urban": {
"text": "28,480 km 27% total paved 73% total unpaved"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "1,293 km (2011) (168 km for launches and lighters on Volta, Ankobra, and Tano Rivers; 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways on Lake Volta)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "52 (2023)"
@ -1188,7 +1152,8 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Ghana Armed Forces (GAF): Army, Air Force, Ghana Navy, Ghana Armed Forces Medical Service/Corps<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Ghana Police Service (2025)"
"text": "Ghana Armed Forces (GAF): Army, Air Force, Ghana Navy<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Ghana Police Service (2025)",
"note": "note: the GAF also has a Medical Service/Corps"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1208,7 +1173,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 16,000 active Armed Forces personnel (2024)"
"text": "estimated 15-20,000 active Armed Forces personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the military's inventory is a mix of older and some newer Chinese, Russian, and Western equipment, including US, which has donated items such as patrol boats; the government in recent years has committed to an increase in funding for equipment acquisitions, including armor, mechanized, and special forces capabilities for the Army, light attack aircraft for the Air Force, and more modern coastal patrol vessels for the Navy (2024)"

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@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
"text": "hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "the Niger and its important tributary the Milo River have their sources in the Guinean highlands"
"text": "the Niger and its important tributary, the Milo River, have their sources in the Guinean highlands"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -149,16 +149,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "82.4"
"text": "81.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "76.3"
"text": "74.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "6.1"
"text": "7.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "16.3 (2021 est.)"
"text": "13.7 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "deforestation; inadequate potable water; desertification; soil contamination and erosion; overfishing, overpopulation in forest region; poor mining practices lead to environmental damage; water pollution; improper waste disposal"
"text": "deforestation; inadequate potable water; desertification; soil contamination and erosion; overfishing, overpopulation in forest region; poor mining practices; water pollution; improper waste disposal"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -416,12 +416,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to reduced incomes - </em>levels of acute food insecurity are expected to increase in 2023; food prices are likely to remain at high levels, supported by the unfolding effects of the war in Ukraine on international trade; nearly 710,000 people are projected to be acutely food insecure during the June to August 2023 lean season, an improvement compared to 2022 when about 1.22 million people were estimated to face acute food insecurity; acute food insecurity is mainly driven by high food prices (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "4.81% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "37.57 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -500,7 +494,7 @@
"text": "UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "according to tradition, the name derives from the fusion of the name <em>Cona</em>, a Baga wine and cheese producer who lived on Tombo Island (the original site of the present-day capital), and the word <em>nakiri</em>, which in Susu means \"the other bank\" or \"the other side\"; supposedly, Baga's palm grove produced the best wine on the island and people traveling to sample his vintage, would say: \"I am going to Cona, on the other bank (<em>Cona-nakiri</em>),\" which over time became Conakry"
"text": "<p>the name derives from <em>konakri</em>, a Susu word meaning \"over the water\" and referring to the city's location on a peninsula; it was originally the name of a local village</p>"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -711,14 +705,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "8.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "7.8% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "10.49% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "12.6% (2021 est.)"
"text": "10.5% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -767,30 +761,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "4.465 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "4.534 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "5.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "5.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.2% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "5.33% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "5.77% (2021 est.)"
"text": "5.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "7.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "7.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "6.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "6.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "8.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "8% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -894,20 +888,20 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": {
"text": "$1.499 billion (2020 est.)"
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$1.887 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2019": {
"text": "$1.379 billion (2019 est.)"
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$2.11 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2018": {
"text": "$1.242 billion (2018 est.)"
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$2.183 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$3.981 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$3.764 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -1022,7 +1016,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "<p>Government maintains control over broadcast media; single state-run TV station; state-run radio broadcast station also operates several stations in rural areas; a dozen private television stations; a steadily increasing number of privately owned radio stations, nearly all in Conakry, and about a dozen community radio stations; foreign TV programming available via satellite and cable subscription services </p> (2022)"
"text": "<p>government maintains control over broadcast media; single state-run TV station; state-run radio also operates several stations in rural areas; a dozen private TV stations; many privately owned radio stations, nearly all in Conakry, and about a dozen community radio stations; foreign TV programming available via satellite and cable subscription services </p> (2022)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".gn"
@ -1062,20 +1056,6 @@
"text": "807 km (2017) 1.000-m gauge"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "44,301 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "3,346 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "40,955 km (2018)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "1,300 km (2011) (navigable by shallow-draft native craft in the northern part of the Niger River system)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "2 (2023)"
@ -1110,7 +1090,7 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Guinean (or National) Armed Forces (Forces Armées Guinéennes): Army (Armée de Terre), Air Force (Armée de l'Air), Navy (Armée de Mer), National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale) (2024)",
"text": "Guinean (or National) Armed Forces (Forces Armées Guinéennes): Army, Air Force, Navy, National Gendarmerie (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Gendarmerie is overseen by the Ministry of Defense, while the National Police is under the Ministry of Security; the Gendarmerie and National Police share responsibility for internal security, but only the Gendarmerie can arrest police or military officials; Guinea's military and security forces are sometimes collectively referred to as the Defense and Security Forces"
},
"Military expenditures": {
@ -1131,7 +1111,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "estimated 10-15,000 Armed Forces personnel (2024)"
"text": "estimated 10-12,000 active Armed Forces personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the Guinean military's inventory consists almost entirely of Soviet-era weapons and equipment along with small amounts of secondhand material from China, France, Russia, and South Africa&nbsp; (2024)"

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@ -159,16 +159,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "79.2"
"text": "73.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "74.9"
"text": "68.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "4.3"
"text": "4.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "19.3 (2021 est.)"
"text": "21.1 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "deforestation (most of the country's forests - once the largest in West Africa - have been heavily logged); water pollution from sewage, and from industrial, mining, and agricultural effluents"
"text": "deforestation; water pollution from sewage and from industrial, mining, and agricultural effluents"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -429,12 +429,6 @@
"text": "3.38% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "2.04% of GDP (2016 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "40.41 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -529,7 +523,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 7 August (1960)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the French civil code; judicial review of legislation held in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court"
"text": "civil law system based on the French civil code; Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court reviews legislation"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -761,14 +755,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "3.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "4.39% (2023 est.)"
"text": "4.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "5.28% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "4.09% (2021 est.)"
"text": "5.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -826,30 +820,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "11.793 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "12.595 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "2.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "2.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "2.43% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "2.59% (2021 est.)"
"text": "2.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "3.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "4.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "4.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -907,7 +901,7 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "11.94% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"text": "13.4% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -972,7 +966,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$27.931 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$26.576 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -980,6 +974,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "606.345 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "606.57 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -991,9 +988,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "575.586 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "585.911 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1108,7 +1102,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "state-controlled Radiodiffusion Television Ivoirieinne (RTI) is made up of 2 radio stations (Radio Cote d'Ivoire and Frequence2) and 2 television stations (RTI1 and RTI2), with nationwide coverage, broadcasts mainly in French; after 2011 post-electoral crisis, President OUATTARA's administration reopened RTI Bouake', the broadcaster's office in Cote d'Ivoire's 2nd largest city, where facilities were destroyed during the 2002 rebellion; Cote d'Ivoire is also home to 178 proximity radio stations, 16 religious radio stations, 5 commercial radio stations, and 5 international radios stations, according to the Haute Autorite' de la Communication Audiovisuelle (HACA); govt now runs radio UNOCIFM, a radio station previously owned by the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire; in Dec 2016, the govt announced 4 companies had been granted licenses to operate -Live TV, Optimum Media Cote d'Ivoire, the Audiovisual Company of Cote d'Ivoire (Sedaci), and Sorano-CI, out of the 4 companies only one has started operating (2019)"
"text": "state-controlled Radiodiffusion T&eacute;l&eacute;vision Ivoirienne (RTI) is made up of 2 radio stations (Radio Cote d'Ivoire and Fr&eacute;quence2) and 2 TV stations (RTI1 and RTI2) with nationwide coverage, broadcasting mainly in French; 178 proximity radio stations, 16 religious radio stations, 5 commercial radio stations, and 5 international radio stations; government now runs radio station UNOCIFM, previously owned by the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire; in 2016, 4 media companies were granted licenses: Live TV, Optimum Media Cote d'Ivoire, the Audiovisual Company of Cote d'Ivoire (Sedaci), and Sorano-CI (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".ci"
@ -1128,20 +1122,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "10"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "779,482 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "5.8 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "TU"
},
@ -1151,9 +1131,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "1 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "101 km condensate, 256 km gas, 118 km oil, 5 km oil/gas/water, 7 km water (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "660 km (2008)"
@ -1163,21 +1140,6 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "81,996 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "6,502 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "75,494 km (2007)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> includes intercity and urban roads; another 20,000 km of dirt roads are in poor condition and 150,000 km of dirt roads are impassable"
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "980 km (2011) (navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal lagoons)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "25 (2023)"
@ -1213,7 +1175,7 @@
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (Forces Armees de Cote d'Ivoire, FACI; aka Republican Forces of Ivory Coast, FRCI): Army, National Navy, Air Force, Special Forces; National Gendarmerie <br><br>Ministry of Security and Civil Protection: National Police (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Gendarmerie is a paramilitary force under the Ministry of Defense that is responsible for ensuring public safety, maintaining order, enforcing laws, and protecting institutions, people, and property; it is organized into mobile and territorial components; the Mobile Gendarmerie is responsible for maintaining and restoring order and is considered the backbone of the country’s domestic security; the Territorial Gendarmerie is responsible for the administrative, judicial, and military police; the Gendarmerie also has separate specialized units for security, intervention (counterterrorism, hostage rescue, etc), VIP protection, and surveillance<br>"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Gendarmerie is a paramilitary force under the Ministry of Defense that is responsible for ensuring public safety, maintaining order, enforcing laws, and protecting institutions, people, and property; it is organized into mobile and territorial components; the Mobile Gendarmerie is responsible for maintaining and restoring order and is considered the backbone of the country’s domestic security; the Territorial Gendarmerie is responsible for the administrative, judicial, and military police; the Gendarmerie also has separate specialized units for security, intervention (counterterrorism, hostage rescue, etc), VIP protection, and surveillance"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1233,7 +1195,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 20-25,000 active FACI troops; approximately 5,000 Gendarmerie (2024)"
"text": "approximately 25-30,000 active FACI troops, including Gendarmerie personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the inventory of the FACI consists mostly of older or second-hand equipment, typically of French or Soviet-era origin; Cote d'Ivoire was under a partial UN arms embargo from 2004 to 2016; in recent years it has received some new and secondhand equipment from a variety of suppliers, including Bulgaria, China, France, South Africa, and Turkey (2024)"

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"text": "<p>recurring drought; flooding during rainy seasons</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> limited volcanic activity; the Barrier (1,032 m) last erupted in 1921; South Island is the only other historically active volcano</p>"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "the Kenyan Highlands comprise one of the most successful agricultural production regions in Africa; glaciers are found on Mount Kenya, Africa's second highest peak; unique physiography supports abundant and varied wildlife of scientific and economic value; Lake Victoria, the world's largest tropical lake and the second largest fresh water lake, is shared among three countries: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda"
"text": "the Kenyan Highlands comprise one of the most successful agricultural production regions in Africa; glaciers are found on Mount Kenya, Africa's second-highest peak; unique physiography supports abundant and varied wildlife of scientific and economic value; Lake Victoria, the world's largest tropical lake and the second-largest freshwater lake, is shared among three countries: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -164,16 +164,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "70.2"
"text": "65.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "65.3"
"text": "59.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "4.8"
"text": "5.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "20.7 (2021 est.)"
"text": "18.3 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -371,7 +371,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "water pollution from urban and industrial wastes; water shortage and degraded water quality from increased use of pesticides and fertilizers; flooding; water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; poaching"
"text": "water pollution from urban and industrial wastes and from use of pesticides and fertilizers; flooding; water-hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; poaching"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -417,12 +417,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to weather extremes - </em>according to the latest estimates, about 5.4 million people were acutely food insecure between March and June 2023, reflecting the lingering impact of a prolonged and severe drought between late 2020 and early 2023 that affected crop and livestock production, mainly in northern and eastern pastoral and marginal agricultural areas (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "12.52 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -509,7 +503,7 @@
"text": "UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the name derives from the Maasai expression meaning \"cool waters\" and refers to a cold water stream that flowed through the area in the late 19th century"
"text": "the name derives from the Maasai expression meaning \"cool waters,\" which was used to refer to a local water hole, Enkare Nairobi"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -522,7 +516,7 @@
"text": "Jamhuri Day (Independence Day), 12 December (1963); note - Madaraka Day, 1 June (1963) marks the day Kenya attained internal self-rule"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of English common law, Islamic law, and customary law; judicial review in the new Supreme Court established by the new constitution"
"text": "mixed system of English common law, Islamic law, and customary law; Supreme Court reviews laws"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -762,14 +756,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "4.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "7.67% (2023 est.)"
"text": "7.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "7.66% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "6.11% (2021 est.)"
"text": "7.7% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -830,30 +824,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "25.52 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "23.781 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "5.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "5.68% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "5.81% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "5.69% (2021 est.)"
"text": "5.7% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "12.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "11.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "8.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "8.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "16.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "16% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -911,7 +905,7 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "13.99% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"text": "14% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -967,20 +961,20 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$10.065 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$7.342 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$7.969 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$9.491 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$33.484 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$31.451 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -988,6 +982,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Kenyan shillings (KES) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "134.822 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "139.846 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -999,9 +996,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "106.451 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "101.991 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1116,7 +1110,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "about a half-dozen large-scale privately owned media companies with TV and radio stations, as well as a state-owned TV broadcaster, provide service nationwide; satellite and cable TV subscription services available; state-owned radio broadcaster operates 2 national radio channels and provides regional and local radio services in multiple languages; many private radio stations broadcast on a national level along with over 100 private and non-profit regional stations broadcasting in local languages; TV transmissions of all major international broadcasters available, mostly via paid subscriptions; direct radio frequency modulation transmissions available for several foreign government-owned broadcasters (2019)"
"text": "about a half-dozen large, privately owned media companies with TV and radio stations, as well as a state-owned TV broadcaster, provide service nationwide; satellite and cable TV subscription services available; state-owned radio broadcaster operates 2 national radio channels and provides regional and local radio services in multiple languages; many private radio stations broadcast nationally, with over 100 private and non-profit regional stations broadcasting in local languages; TV transmissions of all major international broadcasters available, mostly via paid subscriptions (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".ke"
@ -1136,29 +1130,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "25 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "188"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "5,935,831 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "294.97 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "5Y"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "368 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "4 km oil, 1,432 km refined products (2018)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "3,819 km (2018)"
@ -1170,20 +1147,6 @@
"text": "3,334 km (2018) 1.000-m gauge"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "161,451 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "18,603 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "157,596 km (2023)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "(2011) none specifically; the only significant inland waterway is the part of Lake Victoria within the boundaries of Kenya; Kisumu is the main port and has ferry connections to Uganda and Tanzania"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "26 (2023)"
@ -1218,8 +1181,8 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Kenya Defense Forces (KDF): Kenya Army, Kenya Navy, Kenya Air Force (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the National Police Service maintains internal security and reports to the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government; it includes a paramilitary General Service Unit and Rapid Deployment Unit, as well as a Border Police Unit<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Kenya Coast Guard Service (established 2018) is under the Ministry of Interior but led by a military officer and comprised of personnel from the military, as well as the National Police Service, intelligence services, and other government agencies"
"text": "Kenya Defense Forces (KDF): Kenya Army, Kenya Navy, Kenya Air Force<br><br>Ministry of Interior: National Police Service, Kenya Coast Guard (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Police Service maintains internal security and includes a paramilitary General Service Unit and Rapid Deployment Unit, as well as a Border Police Unit"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1239,7 +1202,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 24,000 personnel (20,000 Army; 1,500 Navy; 2,500 Air Force) (2023)"
"text": "approximately 25,000 active KDF personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the KDF's inventory is a mix of older, donated/secondhand, and some modern weapon systems from a variety of sources; major suppliers have included China, France, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, and the US; in late 2023, the Kenyan Government unveiled a five-year spending plan to procure upgraded military equipment, including aerial surveillance drones, tactical vehicles, and air defense systems (2024)"
@ -1251,7 +1214,7 @@
"text": "400 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); approximately 1,400 Somalia (African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia or AUSSOM) (2024)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the KDF's chief security concerns and missions include protecting the country’s sovereignty and territory, regional disputes, the threat posed by the al-Shabaab terrorist group based in neighboring Somalia, maritime crime and piracy, and assisting civil authorities in responding to emergency, disaster, or political unrest as requested; it has conducted operations in neighboring Somalia since 2011 and taken part in numerous regional peacekeeping and security missions; the KDF is a leading member of the Africa Standby Force; it participates in multinational exercises, and has ties to a variety of foreign militaries, including those of France, the UK, and the US <br><br>Kenyan military forces intervened in Somalia in October 2011 to combat the al-Shabaab terrorist group, which had conducted numerous cross-border attacks into Kenya; in November 2011, the UN and the African Union invited Kenya to incorporate its forces into the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM); Kenyan forces were formally integrated into AMISOM (now the AU Transition Mission in Somalia or ATMIS) in February 2012<br><br>the Kenya Military Forces were created following independence in 1963; the current KDF was established and its composition laid out in the 2010 constitution; it is governed by the Kenya Defense Forces Act of 2012; the Army traces its origins back to the Kings African Rifles (KAR), a British colonial regiment raised from Britain's East Africa possessions from 1902 until independence in the 1960s; the KAR conducted both military and internal security functions within the colonial territories, and served outside the territories during both World Wars (2024)"
"text": "the KDF's chief security concerns and missions include protecting the country’s sovereignty and territory, regional disputes, the threat posed by the al-Shabaab terrorist group based in neighboring Somalia, maritime crime and piracy, and assisting civil authorities in responding to emergency, disaster, or political unrest as requested; it has conducted operations in neighboring Somalia since 2011 and taken part in numerous regional peacekeeping and security missions; the KDF is a leading member of the Africa Standby Force; it participates in multinational exercises, and has ties to a variety of foreign militaries, including those of France, the UK, and the US <br><br>the Kenya Military Forces were created following independence in 1963; the current KDF was established and its composition laid out in the 2010 constitution; it is governed by the Kenya Defense Forces Act of 2012; the Army traces its origins back to the Kings African Rifles (KAR), a British colonial regiment raised from Britain's East Africa possessions from 1902 until independence in the 1960s; the KAR conducted both military and internal security functions within the colonial territories, and served outside the territories during both World Wars (2025)"
}
},
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@ -148,16 +148,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "79.7"
"text": "72.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "73.7"
"text": "67.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "6"
"text": "5.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "16.7 (2021 est.)"
"text": "18 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "tropical rain forest deforestation; soil erosion; loss of biodiversity; hunting of endangered species for bushmeat; pollution of coastal waters from oil residue and raw sewage; pollution of rivers from industrial run-off; burning and dumping of household waste"
"text": "tropical rainforest deforestation; soil erosion; loss of biodiversity; hunting of endangered species for bushmeat; pollution of coastal waters from oil residue and raw sewage; pollution of rivers from industrial run-off; burning and dumping of household waste"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -412,12 +412,6 @@
"text": "<em><em>due to </em></em><em>high food prices and macroeconomic challenges </em><em>- </em>levels of acute food insecurity are expected to increase in 2023 associated with high food prices due to high international commodity prices and elevated transportation costs, exacerbated by the unfolding effects of the war in Ukraine on international trade and commodity prices; food availability and access are likely to remain limited by high food prices and below‑average imports; an expected further slowdown in economic domestic growth in 2023 is likely to compound food insecurity conditions for the most vulnerable households; in the June to August 2023 lean season period, over 531,000 people are projected to face acute food insecurity (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "13.27% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "35.8 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -475,7 +469,7 @@
"text": "UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "named after James MONROE (1758-1831), the fifth president of the United States and supporter of the colonization of Liberia by freed slaves; one of two national capitals named for a US president, the other is Washington, D.C."
"text": "named after James MONROE (1758-1831), the fifth president of the United States and supporter of Liberia's colonization by freed slaves"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -488,7 +482,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 26 July (1847)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of common law, based on Anglo-American law, and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of common law, based on Anglo-American law and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -722,13 +716,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "10.09% (2023 est.)"
"text": "10.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "7.59% (2022 est.)"
"text": "7.6% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "7.82% (2021 est.)"
"text": "7.8% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -776,30 +770,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "2.533 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "2.607 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "2.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "2.94% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "2.99% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "3.79% (2021 est.)"
"text": "3% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "2.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "2.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "2.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -913,7 +907,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$1.487 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$1.335 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -921,6 +915,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Liberian dollars (LRD) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "174.956 (2023 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2022": {
"text": "152.934 (2022 est.)"
},
@ -932,9 +929,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "186.43 (2019 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2018": {
"text": "144.056 (2018 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1031,7 +1025,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "8 private and 1 government-owned TV station; satellite TV service available; 1 state-owned radio station; approximately&nbsp;20 independent radio stations broadcasting in Monrovia, with approximately&nbsp;80 more local stations operating in other areas; transmissions of 4 international (including the British Broadcasting Corporation and Radio France Internationale) broadcasters are available (2019)"
"text": "8 private and 1 state-owned TV station; satellite TV service available; 1 state-owned radio station; about 20 independent radio stations broadcasting in Monrovia, with about 80 more local stations operating in other areas; transmissions of 4 international broadcasters are available (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".lr"
@ -1057,9 +1051,6 @@
"Airports": {
"text": "19 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "4 km oil (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "429 km (2008)"
@ -1072,17 +1063,6 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> most sections of the railways inoperable due to damage sustained during the civil wars from 1980 to 2003, but many are being rebuilt"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "10,600 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "657 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "9,943 km (2021)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "4,821 (2023)"
@ -1117,8 +1097,7 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL): Army, Liberian Coast Guard, Air Wing; Ministry of Justice: Liberia National Police, Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the AFL Air Wing was previously disbanded in 2005 and has been under redevelopment since 2019; the Liberian National Police and the Liberian Drug Enforcement Agency are under the Ministry of Justice"
"text": "Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL): Army, Liberian Coast Guard<br><br>Ministry of Justice: Liberia National Police, Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (2025)"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2022": {
@ -1138,7 +1117,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 2,000 active personnel (2023)"
"text": "approximately 2,000 active AFL personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the military has a limited inventory; in recent years, it has received small quantities of equipment, including donations, from countries such as China and the US (2024)"
@ -1147,7 +1126,7 @@
"text": "18-35 years of age for men and women for voluntary military service; no conscription (2024)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the AFL is responsible for external defense and also has some domestic security responsibilities if called upon, such as humanitarian assistance during natural disasters and support to law enforcement; it is a small, lightly equipped force comprised of two combat infantry battalions and supporting units; the infantry battalions were rebuilt with US assistance in 2007-2008 from the restructured AFL following the end of the second civil war in 2003 when military and police forces were disbanded and approximately 100,000 military, police, and rebel combatants were disarmed<br><br>the first militia unit established for defense of the Liberia colony was raised in 1832; the AFL traces its origins to the 1908 establishment of the Liberia Frontier Force, which became the Liberian National Guard in 1965; the AFL was established in 1970<br><br>the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) was established in 2003 as a peacekeeping force; at its height, UNMIL was comprised of about 15,000 personnel, including more than 3,000 troops absorbed from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) peacekeeping mission; Liberian forces reassumed full control of the country’s security in June of 2016, and the UNMIL mission was ended in 2018 (2024)"
"text": "the AFL is responsible for external defense and also has some domestic security responsibilities if called upon, such as humanitarian assistance during natural disasters and support to law enforcement; it is a small, lightly equipped force comprised of two combat infantry battalions and supporting units; the infantry battalions were rebuilt with US assistance in 2007-2008 from the restructured AFL following the end of the second civil war in 2003 when military and police forces were disbanded and approximately 100,000 military, police, and rebel combatants were disarmed<br><br>the first militia unit established for defense of the Liberia colony was raised in 1832; the AFL traces its origins to the 1908 establishment of the Liberia Frontier Force, which became the Liberian National Guard in 1965; the AFL was established in 1970<br><br>the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) was established in 2003 as a peacekeeping force; at its height, UNMIL was comprised of about 15,000 personnel, including more than 3,000 troops absorbed from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) peacekeeping mission; Liberian forces reassumed full control of the country’s security in June of 2016, and the UNMIL mission was ended in 2018 (2025)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
"text": "periodic droughts"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "landlocked, an enclave of (completely surrounded by) South Africa; mountainous, more than 80% of the country is 1,800 m above sea level"
"text": "landlocked, surrounded by South Africa; mountainous, more than 80% of the country is 1,800 m (5,900 ft) above sea level"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -143,16 +143,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "62.1"
"text": "59.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "55.3"
"text": "51 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "6.8"
"text": "8.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "14.7 (2021 est.)"
"text": "11.6 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "population pressure forcing settlement in marginal areas results in overgrazing, severe soil erosion, and soil exhaustion; desertification; Highlands Water Project controls, stores, and redirects water to South Africa"
"text": "overgrazing; severe soil erosion; soil exhaustion; desertification; Highlands Water Project controls, stores, and redirects water to South Africa"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -418,12 +418,6 @@
"text": "<em><em>due to h</em>igh food prices and economic downturn - </em>food insecurity conditions are primarily underpinned by the high food prices and a slow economic recovery that is impinging on households’ economic capacity to access food; Lesotho  is a net importer of key staple food commodities and energy, domestic prices have been largely influenced by the high level of international prices (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "3.34% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "17.6 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -496,7 +490,7 @@
"text": "UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "in the Sesotho language the name means \"[place of] red sandstones\""
"text": "the name means \"[place of] red sandstones\" in the Sesotho language"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -509,7 +503,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 4 October (1966)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of English common law and Roman-Dutch law; judicial review of legislative acts in High Court and Court of Appeal"
"text": "mixed system of English common law and Roman-Dutch law; High Court and Court of Appeal review legislative acts"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -737,14 +731,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "6.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "6.34% (2023 est.)"
"text": "6.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "8.27% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "6.05% (2021 est.)"
"text": "8.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -799,30 +793,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "980,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "884,200 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "16.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "16.46% (2023 est.)"
"text": "16.5% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "16.67% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "18.13% (2021 est.)"
"text": "16.7% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "24.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "24.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "17.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "17.7% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "34.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "36.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -868,36 +862,36 @@
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "2.99% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"text": "3% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "30.44% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"text": "30.4% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2024": {
"text": "$112.105 million (2024 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$143.202 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "-$148.064 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$265.366 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "-$195.013 million (2021 est.)"
"text": "-$268.876 million (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2024": {
"text": "$983.619 million (2024 est.)"
},
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$885.789 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$1.07 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$1.082 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Exports - partners": {
@ -909,14 +903,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2024": {
"text": "$2.089 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$2.074 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$2.078 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$2.244 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$2.223 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "$2.247 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
@ -942,7 +936,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$999.337 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$928.019 million (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -950,6 +944,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "maloti (LSL) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "18.329 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "18.45 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -961,9 +958,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "16.459 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "14.448 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1094,22 +1088,11 @@
},
"Airports": {
"text": "34 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "6,906 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "1,799 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "5,107 km (2022)"
}
}
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Lesotho Defense Force (LDF): Army (includes Air Wing) (2024)",
"text": "Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Lesotho Mounted Police Service is responsible for internal security and reports to the Minister of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs and Police"
},
"Military expenditures": {
@ -1130,16 +1113,16 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 2,000 personnel (2023)"
"text": "approximately 2,000 active personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the LDF is lightly armed and has a small inventory of mostly older or second-hand equipment of European, South African, and US origin (2024)"
"text": "the LDF is lightly armed and has a small inventory of mostly older or second-hand equipment of European, South African, and US origin (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-30 years of age for voluntary military service for both men and women (women can serve in combat arms); no conscription (2024)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "Lesotho's declared policy for its military is the maintenance of the country's sovereignty and the preservation of internal security; in practice, external security is guaranteed by South Africa; the LDF is a small force comprised of about a half dozen infantry companies; it began in 1964 as the Police Mobile Unit (PMU); the PMU was designated as the Lesotho Paramilitary Force in 1980 and became the Royal Lesotho Defense Force in 1986; it was renamed the Lesotho Defense Force in 1993 (2024)"
"text": "Lesotho's declared policy for its military is the maintenance of the country's sovereignty and the preservation of internal security; in practice, external security is guaranteed by South Africa; the LDF is a small force comprised of about a half dozen infantry companies; it began in 1964 as the Police Mobile Unit (PMU); the PMU was designated as the Lesotho Paramilitary Force in 1980 and became the Royal Lesotho Defense Force in 1986; it was renamed the Lesotho Defense Force in 1993 (2025)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
"text": "hot, dry, dust-laden ghibli is a southern wind lasting one to four days in spring and fall; dust storms, sandstorms"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "<strong>note 1:</strong> more than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the volcano Waw an Namus lies in south central Libya in the middle of the Sahara; the caldera is an oasis -- the name means \"oasis of mosquitoes\" -- containing several small lakes surrounded by vegetation and hosting various insects and a large diversity of birds"
"text": "<strong>note 1:</strong> more than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the volcano Waw an Namus lies in south central Libya in the middle of the Sahara; the caldera is an oasis -- the name means \"oasis of mosquitoes\" -- containing several small lakes that host many species of insects and birds"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -156,16 +156,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "50.8"
"text": "58.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "43.5"
"text": "51.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "7.3"
"text": "7.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "13.8 (2021 est.)"
"text": "13.9 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "desertification; limited natural freshwater resources; the Great Manmade River Project, the largest water development scheme in the world, brings water from large aquifers under the Sahara to coastal cities; water pollution is a significant problem; the combined impact of sewage, oil byproducts, and industrial waste threatens Libya's coast and the Mediterranean Sea"
"text": "desertification; limited natural freshwater resources; water pollution; threats to coastal ecosystem from sewage, oil byproducts, and industrial waste"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -394,12 +394,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to civil insecurity, economic and political instability, and high food prices -</em> a 2023 analysis states that about 300,000 people are estimated to be in need of humanitarian assistance in 2023; the country relies heavily on imports (up to 90%) to cover its cereal consumption requirements (mostly wheat for human consumption and barley for feed); between 2016 and 2020, the country sourced over 30% of its wheat imports from Ukraine, and 20% from the Russian Federation; almost 65% of total maize imports of 650,000 mt, and 50% of total barley imports of 1 million mt originated from Ukraine, making the Libya vulnerable to disruptions in shipments from the Black Sea region (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.06% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "29.84 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -469,7 +463,7 @@
"text": "UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "originally founded by the Phoenicians as Oea in the 7th century B.C., the city changed rulers many times over the successive centuries; by the beginning of the 3rd century A.D. the region around the city was referred to as Regio Tripolitana by the Romans, meaning \"region of the three cities\" - namely Oea (i.e., modern Tripoli), Sabratha (to the west), and Leptis Magna (to the east); over time, the shortened name of \"Tripoli\" came to refer to just Oea, which derives from the Greek words <em>tria </em>and <em>polis</em> meaning \"three cities\""
"text": "the name derives from the Greek words <em>tri </em>and <em>polis</em>, meaning \"three cities;\" the modern-day city was founded in the 14th century to replace the three ancient cities of Pallantium, Tegea, and Mantineia"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -482,7 +476,7 @@
"text": "Liberation Day, 23 October (2011)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "Libya's post-revolution legal system is in flux and driven by state and non-state entities"
"text": "Libya's post-revolution system is in flux and driven by state and non-state entities"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -663,14 +657,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "2.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "2.37% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "4.51% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "2.87% (2021 est.)"
"text": "4.5% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -719,30 +713,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "2.534 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "2.585 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "18.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "18.74% (2023 est.)"
"text": "18.8% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "19.32% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "19.6% (2021 est.)"
"text": "19.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "49.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "49.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "41.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "41.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "68% (2023 est.)"
"text": "68.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -827,21 +821,24 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$80.592 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$92.427 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$86.683 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$82.262 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Exchange rates": {
"Currency": {
"text": "Libyan dinars (LYD) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "4.832 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "4.813 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -853,9 +850,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "1.389 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "1.398 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -986,31 +980,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "9 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "55"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "927,153 (2018)"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "5A"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "75 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "882 km condensate, 3,743 km gas, 7,005 km oil (2013)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "34,000 km (2021)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "96 (2023)"
@ -1045,8 +1020,8 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) has access to various ground, air, and naval/coast guard forces comprised of a mix of formations and equipment from the QADHAFI regime, semi-regular and nominally integrated units, tribal armed groups/militias, civilian volunteers, and foreign private military contractors and mercenaries; the GNU has a Ministry of Defense, but has limited control over its security forces<br><br>the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), under de facto LNA commander Khalifa HAFTER, also includes various ground, air, and naval forces comprised of semi-regular military personnel, militias, and foreign private military contractors and mercenaries; the LNA operates independently from the GNU and exerts influence throughout eastern, central, and southern Libya; some of the armed groups nominally under the LNA operate under their own command structures and engage in their own operations (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Stabilization Support Apparatus (SSA) is a state-funded militia established in January 2021 by the GNA; it is tasked with securing government buildings and officials, participating in combat operations, apprehending those suspected of national security crimes, and cooperating with other security bodies; other forces operating in western Libya include the Misrata Counter Terrorism Force, Special Deterrence Forces (aka Radaa), 444 Brigade, 111 Brigade, Nawasi Brigade, and the Joint Operations Force <br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>the national police force under the Ministry of Interior oversees internal security (with support from military forces under the Ministry of Defense), but much of Libya's security-related police work generally falls to informal armed groups, which receive government salaries but lack formal training, supervision, or consistent accountability"
"text": "the Libyan Armed Forces of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) have various ground, air, and naval/coast guard forces, which include a mix of formations and equipment from the QADHAFI regime, semi-regular and nominally integrated units, tribal armed groups/militias, civilian volunteers, and foreign private military contractors; the GNU has a Ministry of Defense, but has limited control over its security forces<br><br>the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA; aka Libyan Arab Armed Forces, LAAF), under de facto LNA commander Khalifa HAFTER, also includes various ground, air, and naval forces comprised of semi-regular military personnel, militias, and foreign private military contractors; the LNA operates independently from the GNU and exerts influence throughout eastern, central, and southern Libya; some of the armed groups nominally under the LNA operate under their own command structures and engage in their own operations (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the national police force under the GNU's Ministry of Interior oversees internal security (with support from military forces under the Ministry of Defense), but much of Libya's security-related police work generally falls to informal armed groups, which receive government salaries but lack formal training, supervision, or consistent accountability"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"text": "not available"

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"text": "<p>periodic cyclones; drought; and locust infestation</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Madagascar's volcanoes have not erupted in historical times</p>"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "world's fourth-largest island; strategic location along Mozambique Channel; despite Madagascar’s close proximity to the African continent, ocean currents isolate the island resulting in high rates of endemic plant and animal species; approximately 90% of the flora and fauna on the island are found nowhere else"
"text": "world's fourth-largest island; strategic location along Mozambique Channel; despite Madagascar&rsquo;s close proximity to the African continent, ocean currents isolate the island, resulting in high rates of endemic plant and animal species; approximately 90% of the flora and fauna on the island are found nowhere else"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -146,16 +146,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "74.5"
"text": "69.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "68.8"
"text": "62.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "5.8"
"text": "6.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "17.4 (2021 est.)"
"text": "15.1 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "erosion and soil degredation results from deforestation and overgrazing; desertification; agricultural fires; surface water contaminated with raw sewage and other organic wastes;&nbsp;wildlife preservation (endangered species of flora and fauna unique to the island)"
"text": "erosion and soil degradation from deforestation and overgrazing; desertification; agricultural fires; water pollution from raw sewage and other organic wastes; wildlife preservation&nbsp;"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -424,12 +424,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to the effects of extreme weather events and slow economic recovery - </em>in 2023, an estimated 2.2 million people are projected to face crisis levels of acute food insecurity in southern and southeastern areas, due to successive years of droughts; cyclone Freddy in February 2023 caused disruptions to livelihoods and resulted in crop damage, which further aggravated food insecurity (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "4.34% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "16.02 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -496,7 +490,7 @@
"text": "UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the name, which means \"City of the Thousand,\" was bestowed by 17th century King ADRIANJAKA to honor the soldiers assigned to guard the city"
"text": "the name means \"City of the Thousand,\" from the Malagasy <em>an</em>- (a prefix denoting a place name), <em>tanana </em>(town), and <em>arivo </em>(thousand); in the 17th century, King ADRIANJAKA named the original fortress after the 1,000 soldiers stationed there"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -737,13 +731,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "9.87% (2023 est.)"
"text": "9.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "8.16% (2022 est.)"
"text": "8.2% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "5.81% (2021 est.)"
"text": "5.8% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -792,30 +786,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "16.061 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "16.519 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "3% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "3.06% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "3.19% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "3.42% (2021 est.)"
"text": "3.2% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "5.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "5.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "5.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -846,7 +840,7 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "9.36% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"text": "9.4% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -902,20 +896,20 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$2.785 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$2.632 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$2.16 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$2.335 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$3.991 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$3.548 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -923,6 +917,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Malagasy ariary (MGA) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "4,525.425 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "4,429.579 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -934,9 +931,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "3,787.754 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "3,618.322 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1059,20 +1053,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "4 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "18"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "541,290 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "16.25 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "5R"
},
@ -1087,14 +1067,6 @@
"text": "836 km (2018) 1.000-m gauge"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "31,640 km (2017)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "600 km (2011) (432 km navigable)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "29 (2023)"
@ -1129,8 +1101,8 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Madagascar People's Armed Forces (PAF): Army, Navy, Air Force; National Gendarmerie (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the National Gendarmerie is separate from the PAF under the Ministry of Defense and is responsible for maintaining law and order in rural areas at the village level, protecting government facilities, and operating a maritime police contingent; the National Police under the Ministry of Security is responsible for maintaining law and order in urban areas"
"text": "Madagascar Armed Forces (aka Armed forces of the Republic of Madagascar); Malagasy Army, Naval Forces (or National Navy), Air Force; Malagasy National Gendarmerie (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the National Gendarmerie is under the Ministry of Defense but separate from the PAF and is responsible for maintaining law and order in rural areas at the village level, protecting government facilities, and operating a maritime police contingent; the National Police under the Ministry of Security is responsible for maintaining law and order in urban areas"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1150,16 +1122,16 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "estimated 13,000 personnel (12,000 Army; 500 Navy; 500 Air Force); estimated 10,000 Gendarmerie (2023)"
"text": "estimated 13,000 Armed Forces personnel; estimated 10,000 Gendarmerie (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the PAF's inventory consists mostly of older or secondhand weapons and equipment originating from countries such as France, South Africa, the UAE, the UK, and the former Soviet Union&nbsp; (2024)"
"text": "the military's inventory consists mostly of older or secondhand weapons and equipment originating from countries such as France, South Africa, the UAE, the UK, and the former Soviet Union (2024)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-25 years of age for men and women; service obligation 18 months; no conscription; women are permitted to serve in all branches (2023)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the PAF&rsquo;s responsibilities include ensuring sovereignty and territorial integrity and protecting Madagascar&rsquo;s maritime domain, particularly against piracy, drug trafficking, and smuggling; it also assists the Gendarmerie with maintaining law and order in rural areas, largely in areas affected by banditry, cattle rustling, and criminal groups; the PAF has a history of having influence in domestic politics and a lack of accountability; members of the Army and the Gendarmerie were arrested for coup plotting as recently as 2021; its closest defense partners have been India and Russia; the PAF&rsquo;s small Navy has traditionally looked to India for assistance with maritime security (2023)"
"text": "the military&rsquo;s responsibilities include ensuring sovereignty and territorial integrity and protecting Madagascar&rsquo;s maritime domain, particularly against piracy, drug trafficking, and smuggling; it also assists the Gendarmerie with maintaining law and order in rural areas, largely in areas affected by banditry, cattle rustling, and criminal groups; the military has a history of having influence in domestic politics and a lack of accountability; members of the Army and the Gendarmerie were arrested for coup plotting as recently as 2021; its closest defense partners have been India and Russia, although France has provided some training and China has sought to strengthen security ties; Madagascar's small Navy has traditionally looked to India for assistance with maritime security (2024)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
"text": "flooding; droughts; earthquakes"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "landlocked; Lake Nyasa, some 580 km long, is the country's most prominent physical feature; it contains more fish species than any other lake on earth"
"text": "landlocked; Lake Nyasa, about 580 km (360 mi) long, is the country's most prominent physical feature; it contains more fish species than any other lake on earth"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -152,16 +152,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "84.7"
"text": "71.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "79.7"
"text": "64.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "5"
"text": "6.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "20.1 (2021 est.)"
"text": "15 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "deforestation; land degradation; water pollution from agricultural runoff, sewage, industrial wastes; siltation of spawning grounds endangers fish populations; negative effects of climate change (extreme high temperatures, changing precipitation patterns)"
"text": "deforestation; land degradation; water pollution from agricultural runoff, sewage, industrial wastes; siltation of fish spawning grounds; high temperatures and changing precipitation patterns"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -430,12 +430,6 @@
"text": "<em><em>due to </em>weather extremes and high food prices - </em>the latest analysis indicates that about 3.8 million people (20 percent of the population) are estimated to have faced high levels of acute food insecurity between January and March 2023; this figure is more than double the number in the corresponding months of 2022; high food prices are the key reason for the deterioration in food insecurity, which, in the absence of a substantial increase in incomes, are severely constraining households’ economic access to food; production shortfalls in southern districts in 2022, areas that have the highest prevalence of food insecurity, are a further contributing factor; the impact of Cyclone Freddy (February-March 2023) on southern districts, including crop losses and destruction of infrastructure as well as high food prices, are expected to aggravate food insecurity conditions in 2023 (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "6.19% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0.03% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "18.57 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -516,7 +510,7 @@
"text": "UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "named after the Lilongwe River that flows through the city"
"text": "named after the Lilongwe River that flows through the city; the origin of the river's name is unclear"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -529,7 +523,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 6 July (1964); note - also called Republic Day since 6 July 1966"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court of Appeal"
"text": "mixed system of English common law and customary law; Supreme Court of Appeal reviews legislative acts"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -728,14 +722,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "32.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "28.79% (2023 est.)"
"text": "28.8% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "20.95% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "9.33% (2021 est.)"
"text": "21% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -780,30 +774,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "8.541 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "8.602 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "5% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "5.04% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "5.05% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "5.59% (2021 est.)"
"text": "5% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "6.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "6.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "6.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "6.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "7.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "7.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -923,7 +917,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$2.551 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$2.269 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -1053,7 +1047,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "radio is the main broadcast medium; privately owned Zodiak radio has the widest national broadcasting reach, followed by state-run radio; numerous private and community radio stations broadcast in cities and towns around the country; the largest TV network is government-owned, but at least 4 private TV networks broadcast in urban areas; relays of multiple international broadcasters are available (2019)"
"text": "radio is the main broadcast medium; privately owned Zodiak radio has the widest national reach, followed by state-run radio; numerous private and community radio stations broadcast in cities and towns; the largest TV network is state-owned, but at least 4 private TV networks broadcast in urban areas; relays of multiple international broadcasters are available (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".mw"
@ -1073,20 +1067,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "2 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "9"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "10,545 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "10,000 (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "7Q"
},
@ -1100,25 +1080,11 @@
"narrow gauge": {
"text": "767 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "15,451 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "4,038 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "11,413 km (2022)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "700 km (2010) (on Lake Nyasa [Lake Malawi] and Shire River)"
}
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Malawi Defense Force (MDF): Land Forces (Army), Maritime Force, Air Force, National Service (reserve force)<br><br>Ministry of Homeland Security: Malawi Police Service (2024)",
"text": "Malawi Defense Force (MDF): Malawi Army (Land Forces), Malawi Maritime Force (MMF), Malawi Air Force (MAF), Malawi National Service (MNS)<br><br>Ministry of Homeland Security: Malawi Police Service (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the MDF reports directly to the president as commander in chief"
},
"Military expenditures": {
@ -1139,7 +1105,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "estimated 10,000 active military personnel (2023)"
"text": "estimated 10,000 active military personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the MDF's inventory is a mix of mostly older or secondhand equipment originating from such countries as France, South Africa, and the UK&nbsp; (2024)"
@ -1148,7 +1114,7 @@
"text": "18-30years of age for men and women for voluntary military service; high school equivalent required for enlisted recruits and college equivalent for officer recruits; initial engagement is 7 years for enlisted personnel and 10 years for officers (2023)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "740 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO; note - as of early 2024, MONUSCO forces were drawing down towards a complete withdrawal by the end of 2024) (2024)"
"text": "750 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the MDF’s primary responsibility is external security; it is also tasked as necessary with providing support to civilian authorities during emergencies, supporting the Police Service, protecting national forest reserves, and participating in regional peacekeeping missions, as well as assisting with infrastructure development; it is generally considered to be a professional and effective service, although most of its equipment is aging and obsolescent; Malawi contributes regularly to African Union and UN peace support operations<br><br>the MDF was established in 1964 from elements of the Kings African Rifles (KAR), a British colonial regiment raised from Great Britain's various possessions in East Africa from 1902 until independence in the 1960s; the KAR conducted both military and internal security functions within the colonial territories, and served outside the territories during the World Wars (2023)"

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@ -153,16 +153,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "99.3"
"text": "99.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "94.5"
"text": "93.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "4.9"
"text": "6.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "20.6 (2021 est.)"
"text": "16.2 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -431,12 +431,6 @@
"text": "<p><em>due to civil insecurity and </em><em>high food prices </em><em>- </em>according to the latest analysis, about 1.26 million people are projected to face acute food insecurity during the June to August 2023 lean season period; in total however, the number of food insecure is lower in 2023 compared to 2022; food insecurity conditions are primarily underpinned by the impact of the conflict in central and northern areas, which has caused the displacement of over 375,000 people, as of April 2023; persistent high food prices affect vulnerable households across the country, but limit in particular the food access of people in conflict-affected areas due to market disruptions and limited access to sources of income and humanitarian assistance</p> (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "2.02% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "38.55 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -517,7 +511,7 @@
"text": "UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the name in the Bambara language can mean either \"crocodile tail\" or \"crocodile river\" and three crocodiles appear on the city seal"
"text": "the origin of the name is unclear, but it comes from the Bambara language and can refer either to a crocodile or to a person's name"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -530,7 +524,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 22 September (1960)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the French civil law model and influenced by customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Constitutional Court"
"text": "civil law system based on the French civil law model and influenced by customary law; Constitutional Court reviews legislative acts"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -730,14 +724,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "3.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "2.06% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "9.62% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "3.93% (2021 est.)"
"text": "9.6% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -792,30 +786,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "8.527 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "9.126 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "3.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "3.01% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "3.09% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "2.29% (2021 est.)"
"text": "2.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "4.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "4% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "4.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "4% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "4.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -865,31 +859,31 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "14.16% (of GDP) (2020 est.)",
"text": "14.2% (of GDP) (2020 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$1.61 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$1.475 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "-$1.469 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2020": {
"text": "-$379.683 million (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$6.13 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$5.855 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$5.381 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Exports 2020": {
"text": "$5.196 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Exports - partners": {
@ -901,15 +895,15 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$8.066 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$7.942 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$7.596 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Imports 2020": {
"text": "$6.339 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Imports - partners": {
@ -930,7 +924,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$4.535 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$4.085 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -938,6 +932,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "606.345 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "606.57 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -949,9 +946,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "575.586 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "585.911 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1074,11 +1068,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "0 (2020)"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "TZ, TT"
},
@ -1095,19 +1084,11 @@
"narrow gauge": {
"text": "593 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "139,107 km (2014)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "1,800 km (2011) (downstream of Koulikoro; low water levels on the River Niger cause problems in dry years; in the months before the rainy season the river is not navigable by commercial vessels)"
}
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Malian Armed Forces (Forces Armées Maliennes or FAMa): Land Forces (l’Armée de Terre), Air Force (l’Armée de l’Air); National Guard (la Garde Nationale du Mali or GNM); General Directorate of the National Gendarmerie (la Direction Générale de la Gendarmerie Nationale or DGGN) (2024)",
"text": "Malian Armed Forces (Forces Armées Maliennes or FAMa): Army (l’Armée de Terre), Air Force (l’Armée de l’Air); National Guard (la Garde Nationale du Mali); National Gendarmerie of Mali (Gendarmerie Nationale du Mali) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Gendarmerie and the National Guard are under the authority of the Ministry of Defense and Veterans Affairs (Ministere De La Defense Et Des Anciens Combattants, MDAC), but operational control is shared with the Ministry of Internal Security and Civil Protection which also controls the National Police; the National Police has responsibility for law enforcement and maintenance of order in urban areas and supports the FAMa in internal military operations<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>the Gendarmerie's primary mission is internal security and public order; its duties also include territorial defense, humanitarian operations, intelligence gathering, and protecting private property, mainly in rural areas; it also has a specialized border security unit<br><br><strong>note 3: </strong>the National Guard is a military force responsible for providing security to government facilities and institutions, prison service, public order, humanitarian operations, some border security, and intelligence gathering; its forces include a camel corps for patrolling the deserts and borders of northern Mali<br><br><strong>note 4: </strong>there are also pro-government militias operating in Mali, such as the Imghad Tuareg Self-Defense Group and Allies (GATIA); the leader of GATIA is also a general in the national army"
},
"Military expenditures": {
@ -1128,7 +1109,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "information varies; estimated 35-40,000 total active military and paramilitary personnel, including approximately 20-25,000 FAMa (up to 2,000 Air Force), 5-7,000 Gendarmerie, and 10,000 National Guard (2023)"
"text": "information varies; estimated 35-40,000 active FAMa, Gendarmerie, and National Guard personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FAMa's inventory includes a large amount of Soviet-era weapons and equipment along with smaller quantities of secondhand and some more modern material from a variety of other countries, including China, Czechia, France, Russia, Turkey, and the UAE (2024)"

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@ -162,18 +162,17 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "52.2"
"text": "51.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "40.9"
"text": "38.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "11.3"
"text": "12.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "8.9 (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> does not include data from the former Western Sahara"
"text": "7.8 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
"total": {
@ -399,7 +398,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "in the north, land degradation/desertification (soil erosion resulting from farming of marginal areas, overgrazing, destruction of vegetation); water and soil pollution due to dumping of industrial wastes into the ocean and inland water sources, and onto the land; in the south, desertification; overgrazing; sparse water and lack of arable land",
"text": "in the north: land degradation and desertification, with soil erosion from farming, overgrazing, and vegetation removal; water and soil pollution from industrial-waste dumping; in the south: desertification; overgrazing; sparse water",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong>  data does not include former Western Sahara"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
@ -444,12 +443,6 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong>  data does not include former Western Sahara"
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.13% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "13.44 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -537,7 +530,7 @@
"text": "UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "name derives from the Arabic title \"Ribat el-Fath,\" meaning \"stronghold of victory,\" applied to the newly constructed citadel in 1170"
"text": "derives from the Arabic name Ribat el-Fath, from the words <em>ribat </em>(fortified monastery) and <em>fath </em>(conquest); the third Almohad sultan, Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Manṣur, gave the name to a fort on the site in the 12th century "
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -551,7 +544,7 @@
"text": "Throne Day (accession of King MOHAMMED VI to the throne), 30 July (1999)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of civil law based on French civil law and Islamic (sharia) law; judicial review of legislative acts by Constitutional Court"
"text": "mixed system of civil law based on French civil law and Islamic (sharia) law; Constitutional Court reviews legislative acts"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -784,14 +777,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "1% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "6.09% (2023 est.)"
"text": "6.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "6.66% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "1.4% (2021 est.)"
"text": "6.7% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -852,30 +845,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "12.284 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "12.475 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "8.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "9.11% (2023 est.)"
"text": "9% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "9.53% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "10.54% (2021 est.)"
"text": "9.5% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "22.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "22.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "22.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "22% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "23% (2023 est.)"
"text": "22.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -914,7 +907,7 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "22.11% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"text": "21% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -970,20 +963,20 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$35.269 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$36.328 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$32.314 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$35.648 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$44.353 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$42.262 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -991,6 +984,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Moroccan dirhams (MAD) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "9.942 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "10.131 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -1002,9 +998,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "9.497 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "9.617 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1136,7 +1129,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "2 TV broadcast networks with state-run Radio-Television Marocaine (RTM) operating one network and the state partially owning the other; foreign TV broadcasts are available via satellite dish; 3 radio broadcast networks with RTM operating one; the government-owned network includes 10 regional radio channels in addition to its national service (2019)"
"text": "2 TV broadcast networks with state-run Radio-Television Marocaine (RTM) operating one network and the state partially owning the other; foreign TV is available via satellite dish; 3 radio broadcast networks, with RTM operating one; the state-owned network includes 10 regional radio channels in addition to its national service (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".ma"
@ -1159,20 +1152,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "3 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "76"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "8,132,917 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "97.71 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "CN"
},
@ -1182,9 +1161,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "17 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "944 km gas, 270 km oil, 175 km refined products (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "2,067 km (2014)"
@ -1193,11 +1169,6 @@
"text": "2,067 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (1,022 km electrified)"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "57,300 km (2018)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "94 (2023)"
@ -1232,8 +1203,8 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Royal Armed Forces (FAR): Royal Moroccan Army (includes the Moroccan Royal Guard), Royal Moroccan Navy (includes Coast Guard, marines), Royal Moroccan Air Force, Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie<br><br>Ministry of Interior: National Police (DGSN), Auxiliary Forces (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Moroccan Royal Guard is officially part of the Royal Moroccan Army, but is under the direct operational control of the Royal Military Household of His Majesty the King; it provides for the security and safety of the King and royal family; it was established in the 11th century and is considered one of the world's oldest active units still in military service<strong><br><br></strong><strong>note 2:  </strong>the National Police manage internal law enforcement in cities; the Royal Gendarmerie (Administration of National Defense) is responsible for law enforcement in rural regions and on national highways; the Gendarmerie operates mobile and fixed checkpoints along the roads in border areas and at the entrances to major municipalities; it also has a counterterrorism role; the Auxiliary Forces provide support to the Gendarmerie and National Police and includes a Mobile Intervention Corps, a motorized paramilitary security force that supplements the military and the police as needed"
"text": "Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR): Royal Moroccan Army (includes the Moroccan Royal Guard), Royal Moroccan Navy (includes Coast Guard, marines), Royal Moroccan Air Force, Moroccan Royal Guard, Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie<br><br>Ministry of Interior: General Directorate for National Security (DGSN; aka National Police), Auxiliary Forces (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Royal Guard is officially part of the Army, but is under the direct operational control of the Royal Military Household of His Majesty the King; it provides for the security and safety of the King and royal family; it was established in the 11th century and is considered one of the world's oldest active units still in military service<strong><br><br></strong><strong>note 2:  </strong>the DGSN manages internal law enforcement in cities; the Gendarmerie is responsible for law enforcement in rural regions and on national highways and has a counterterrorism role; the Auxiliary Forces provide support to the Gendarmerie and DGSN "
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1253,7 +1224,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 200,000 active personnel (175,000 Army; 10,000 Navy; 15,000 Air Force); estimated 20,000 Gendarmerie; estimated 5,000 Mobile Intervention Corps; estimated 25-30,000 Auxiliary Forces (2023)"
"text": "estimated 220,000 active Armed Forces personnel (175,000 Army; 10,000 Navy; 15,000 Air Force, 20,000 Gendarmerie) (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the Moroccan military's inventory is comprised of mostly older French and US equipment, although in recent years it has embarked on a modernization program and received quantities of more modern equipment from a variety of countries, particularly France, Spain, and the US (2024)"

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@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
"text": "cyclones (November to April); almost completely surrounded by reefs that may pose maritime hazards"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "the main island, from which the country derives its name, is of volcanic origin and is almost entirely surrounded by coral reefs; former home of the dodo, a large flightless bird related to pigeons, driven to extinction by the end of the 17th century through a combination of hunting and the introduction of predatory species"
"text": "the main island, from which the country derives its name, is of volcanic origin and is almost entirely surrounded by coral reefs; former home of the extinct dodo, a large flightless bird related to pigeons"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -142,16 +142,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "40.7"
"text": "40.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "23.4"
"text": "21.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "17.3"
"text": "19.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "5.8 (2021 est.)"
"text": "5.1 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "water pollution, degradation of coral reefs; soil erosion; wildlife preservation; solid waste disposal"
"text": "water pollution, degradation of coral reefs; soil erosion; wildlife preservation; solid-waste disposal"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -400,12 +400,6 @@
"text": "0.28% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "10.48 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -470,7 +464,7 @@
"text": "UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "named after LOUIS XV, who was king of France in 1736 when the port became the administrative center of Mauritius and a major reprovisioning stop for French ships traveling between Europe and Asia"
"text": "named after LOUIS XV, who was king of France in 1736 when the port became the administrative center of Mauritius&nbsp;"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -483,7 +477,7 @@
"text": "Independence and Republic Day, 12 March (1968 & 1992); note - became independent and a republic on the same date in 1968 and 1992 respectively"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil legal system based on French civil law with some elements of English common law"
"text": "civil system based on French civil law with some elements of English common law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -690,14 +684,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "4.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "7.05% (2023 est.)"
"text": "7.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "10.77% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "4.03% (2021 est.)"
"text": "10.8% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -752,30 +746,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "594,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "594,700 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "5.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "6.06% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "6.32% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "7.72% (2021 est.)"
"text": "6.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "20.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "16.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "19% (2023 est.)"
"text": "15.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "23.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "18.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -821,12 +815,12 @@
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2019": {
"text": "57.96% of GDP (2019 est.)"
"text": "58% of GDP (2019 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "19.79% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"text": "19.8% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -843,13 +837,13 @@
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$5.495 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$6.381 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$5.004 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$6.138 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$3.194 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "$4.213 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
@ -882,20 +876,20 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$7.465 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$7.248 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$7.793 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$8.563 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$3.77 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$3.632 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -903,6 +897,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Mauritian rupees (MUR) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "46.415 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "45.267 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -914,9 +911,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "39.347 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "35.474 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1019,7 +1013,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation is the national public television and radio broadcaster; it broadcasts programming in French, English, Hindi, Creole and Chinese, it provides 17 television channels in Mauritius; there are nine Mauritian FM radio stations and two operating on the AM band<br> (2022)"
"text": "the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) is the national public TV and radio broadcaster, with programming in French, English, Hindi, Creole, and Chinese; MBC provides 17 television channels in Mauritius;  9 FM radio stations and 2 AM radio stations<br> (2022)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".mu"
@ -1039,20 +1033,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "13"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "1,745,291 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "233.72 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "3B"
},
@ -1062,17 +1042,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "1 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "2,428 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "2,379 km (includes 99 km of expressways)"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "49 km (2015)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "32 (2023)"
@ -1107,8 +1076,7 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "no regular military forces; the Mauritius Police Force (MPF) under the Ministry of Defense includes a paramilitary unit known as the Special Mobile Force, which includes some motorized infantry and light armored units; the MPF also has a Police Helicopter Squadron, a Special Support Unit (riot police), and the National Coast Guard (also includes an air squadron) (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the MPF is responsible for law enforcement and maintenance of order within the country; a police commissioner heads the force and has authority over all police and other security forces, including the Coast Guard and Special Mobile Forces; the Special Mobile Forces share responsibility with police for internal security"
"text": "no regular military forces; the Mauritius Police Force (MPF) under the Ministry of Defense is responsible for the country's security; it includes a paramilitary unit known as the Special Mobile Force, which includes some motorized infantry and light armored units; the MPF also has a Police Helicopter Squadron, a Special Support Unit (riot police), and the National Coast Guard (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the MPF's inventory is comprised of mostly secondhand equipment from Western European countries and India (2024)"

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"text": "hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind primarily in March and April; periodic droughts"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "Mauritania is considered both a part of North Africa's Maghreb region and West Africa's Sahel region; most of the population is concentrated in the cities of Nouakchott and Nouadhibou and along the Senegal River in the southern part of the country"
"text": "Mauritania is considered part of both North Africa's Maghreb region and West Africa's Sahel region; most of the population is concentrated in the cities of Nouakchott and Nouadhibou and along the Senegal River in the southern part of the country"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -163,16 +163,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "82.7"
"text": "85.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "76.8"
"text": "78.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "6"
"text": "6.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "16.8 (2021 est.)"
"text": "14.5 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -392,7 +392,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "overgrazing, deforestation, and soil erosion aggravated by drought are contributing to desertification; limited natural freshwater resources away from the Senegal, which is the only perennial river; locust infestation"
"text": "desertification caused in part by overgrazing, deforestation, and drought-aggravated soil erosion; limited natural freshwater resources; locust infestation"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -438,12 +438,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to high food prices - </em>according to the latest analysis, over 472,000 people are projected to be in need of humanitarian assistance during the June to August 2023 lean season; this would be an improvement compared to the previous year, mostly due to a substantial increase in cereal production in 2022; high food prices, in particular of imported wheat, continue to worsen acute food security (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "41.98 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -522,7 +516,7 @@
"text": "UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "may derive from the Berber \"nawakshut\" meaning \"place of the winds\""
"text": "the meaning of the name is unclear; it may derive from the Berber <em>nawakshut</em>, meaning \"place of the winds;\" other variants could translate as \"the place where water appears in a new well,\" \"the land where shells abound,\" \"a place with pasture,\" \"a windy place,\" or \"without ears\" (the last referring to a local chieftain who could have been the place's namesake)"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -535,7 +529,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 28 November (1960)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of Islamic and French civil law"
"text": "mixed system of Islamic and French civil law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -739,13 +733,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "4.95% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "9.53% (2022 est.)"
"text": "9.5% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "3.57% (2021 est.)"
"text": "3.6% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -795,30 +789,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "1.178 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "1.21 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "10.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "10.51% (2023 est.)"
"text": "10.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "10.6% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "11.07% (2021 est.)"
"text": "10.5% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "23.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "23.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "20.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "19.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "30.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "30.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -935,7 +929,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$3.385 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$3.072 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -1058,7 +1052,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "12 TV stations: 6 government-owned and 6 private (the 6th was started in early 2022, owed by the President of Mauritanian Businessmen); in October 2017, the government suspended most private TV stations due to non-payment of broadcasting fees, but they later negotiated payment options with the government and are back since 2019. There are 19 radio broadcasters: 15 government-owned, 4 (Radio Nouakchott Libre, Radio Tenwir, Radio Kobeni and Mauritanid) private; all 4 private radio stations broadcast from Nouakchott; of the 15 government stations, 4 broadcast from Nouakchott (Radio Mauritanie, Radio Jeunesse, Radio Koran and Mauritanid) and the other 12 broadcast from each of the 12 regions outside Nouakchott; Radio Jeunesse and Radio Koran are now also being re-broadcast in all the regions. (2022)"
"text": "12 TV stations, 6 state-owned and 6 private; 19 radio broadcasters, including 15 state-owned and 4 (Radio Nouakchott Libre, Radio Tenwir, Radio Kobeni and Mauritanid) private; of the 15 government stations, 4 broadcast from Nouakchott (Radio Mauritanie, Radio Jeunesse, Radio Koran and Mauritanid) and the other 12 broadcast from each of the 12 regions outside Nouakchott (2022)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".mr"
@ -1078,17 +1072,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "6"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "454,435 (2018)"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "5T"
},
@ -1106,20 +1089,6 @@
"text": "728 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "12,253 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "3,988 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "8,265 km"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "1,086 km (2022) (some navigation possible on the Senegal River)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "11 (2023)"
@ -1154,8 +1123,8 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Mauritanian Armed Forces (aka Armée Nationale Mauritanienne): National Army, National Navy (Marine Nationale), Mauritania Islamic Air Force; Gendarmerie (Ministry of Defense)<br><br>Ministry of Interior and Decentralization: National Police, National Guard (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the National Police are responsible for enforcing the law and maintaining order in urban areas, while the paramilitary Gendarmerie is responsible for maintaining civil order around metropolitan areas and providing law enforcement services in rural areas; like the Mauritanian Armed Forces, the Gendarmerie is under the Ministry of Defense, but also supports the ministries of Interior and Justice<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the National Guard performs a limited police function in keeping with its peacetime role of providing security at government facilities, to include prisons; regional authorities may call upon the National Guard to restore civil order during riots and other large-scale disturbances; the National Guard includes the nomadic Camel Corps, also known as the Méhariste"
"text": "Mauritanian Armed Forces (aka Armée Nationale Mauritanienne): National Army, National Navy, Air Force; Gendarmerie <br><br>Ministry of Interior and Decentralization: National Police, National Guard (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the National Police are responsible for enforcing the law and maintaining order in urban areas, while the paramilitary Gendarmerie is responsible for maintaining civil order around metropolitan areas and providing law enforcement services in rural areas; like the Mauritanian Armed Forces, the Gendarmerie is under the Ministry of Defense, but also supports the ministries of Interior and Justice<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the National Guard performs a limited police function in keeping with its peacetime role of providing security at government facilities, to include prisons; regional authorities may call upon the National Guard to restore civil order during riots and other large-scale disturbances; the National Guard includes the nomadic Camel Corps or Nomad Group, also known as the Méhariste"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1175,7 +1144,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 16,000 Mauritanian Armed Forces personnel (15,000 Army; 700 Navy; 300 Air Force); estimated 3,000 Gendarmerie; estimated 2,000 National Guard (2023)"
"text": "estimated 17,000 Mauritanian Armed Forces personnel; estimated 3,000 Gendarmerie (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the military's inventory is limited and made up largely of older French and Soviet-era equipment; in recent years, Mauritania has received some secondhand and new military equipment, including unmanned aircraft (drones), from several suppliers, including China and the UAE (2024)"

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "86.1"
"text": "90.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "81.3"
"text": "85.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "4.8"
"text": "5.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "20.8 (2021 est.)"
"text": "18.2 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "increased migration of the population to urban and coastal areas with adverse environmental consequences; desertification; soil erosion; deforestation; water pollution caused by artisanal mining; pollution of surface and coastal waters; wildlife preservation (elephant poaching for ivory)"
"text": "increased population migration to urban and coastal areas; desertification; soil erosion; deforestation; water pollution from artisanal mining; pollution of surface and coastal waters; wildlife preservation (elephant poaching for ivory)"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -420,12 +420,6 @@
"text": "<p><em>due to shortfall in insecurity in northern areas and extreme weather events - </em>food insecurity estimates for 2023 are not yet available, but the landing of cyclone Freddy in February 2023 is expected to have caused disruptions to livelihoods and resulted in crop damage, aggravating food insecurity of the affected population</p> (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "6.46% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "4.17% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "16.45 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -509,7 +503,7 @@
"text": "UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "reputedly named after the Maputo River, which drains into Maputo Bay south of the city"
"text": "named after the Maputo River, which drains into Maputo Bay south of the city; the river is said to be named after the son of Muagobe, a local chief in the 18th century"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -522,7 +516,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 25 June (1975)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of Portuguese civil law and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of Portuguese civil law and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -723,13 +717,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "7.13% (2023 est.)"
"text": "7.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "10.28% (2022 est.)"
"text": "10.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "6.41% (2021 est.)"
"text": "6.4% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -790,30 +784,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "14.685 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "15.173 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "3.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "3.54% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.5% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "3.62% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "3.98% (2021 est.)"
"text": "3.6% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "7.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "7.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "7.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "7.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "7.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "7.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -859,36 +853,36 @@
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "76.64% of GDP (2022 est.)"
"text": "76.6% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "22.66% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"text": "22.7% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2024": {
"text": "-$2.498 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$2.426 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "-$2.207 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$6.88 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "-$3.436 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "-$6.367 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2024": {
"text": "$9.358 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$9.289 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$9.405 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$9.409 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$6.526 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Exports - partners": {
@ -900,15 +894,15 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2024": {
"text": "$10.488 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$11.18 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$15.932 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$10.534 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Imports - partners": {
@ -920,26 +914,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$3.513 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$3.637 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$2.939 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$3.781 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$8.92 billion (2023 est.)"
}
"text": "$8.274 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
"Exchange rates": {
"Currency": {
"text": "meticais (MZM) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "63.905 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "63.886 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -951,9 +949,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "69.465 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "62.548 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1085,7 +1080,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "1 state-run TV station supplemented by private TV station; Portuguese state TV's African service, RTP Africa, and Brazilian-owned TV Miramar are available; state-run radio provides nearly 100% territorial coverage and broadcasts in multiple languages; a number of privately owned and community-operated stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available (2019)"
"text": "1 state-run TV station supplemented by a private TV station; Portuguese state TV's African service, RTP Africa, and Brazilian-owned TV Miramar are available; state-run radio provides nearly 100% territorial coverage and broadcasts in multiple languages; a number of privately owned and community-operated stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".mz"
@ -1105,29 +1100,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "2 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "11"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "540,124 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "4.78 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "C9"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "92 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "972 km gas, 278 km refined products (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "4,787 km (2014)"
@ -1136,20 +1114,6 @@
"text": "4,787 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "30,562 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "5,958 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "24,604 km (2018)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "460 km (2010) (Zambezi River navigable to Tete and along Cahora Bassa Lake)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "36 (2023)"
@ -1184,8 +1148,8 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Armed Forces for the Defense of Mozambique (Forcas Armadas de Defesa de Mocambique, FADM): Mozambique Army (Ramo do Exercito), Mozambique Navy (Marinha de Guerra de Mocambique, MGM), Mozambique Air Force (Forca Aerea de Mocambique, FAM)<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Mozambique National Police (PRM), the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC), Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR; police special forces), Border Security Force; other security forces include the Presidential Guard and the Force for the Protection of High-Level Individuals (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the FADM and other security forces are referred to collectively as the Mozambican Defense and Security Forces (FDS)<br><strong><br>note 2:</strong> the PRM, SERNIC, and the UIR are responsible for law enforcement and internal security; the Border Security Force is responsible for protecting the country’s international borders and for carrying out police duties within 24 miles of borders<br><strong><br>note 3</strong>: the Presidential Guard provides security for the president, and the Force for the Protection of High-level Individuals provides security for senior-level officials at the national and provincial levels<br><br><strong>note 4:</strong> in 2023, the Mozambique Government legalized local militias that have been assisting security forces operating in Cabo Delgado against Islamic militants since 2020; this Local Force is comprised of ex-combatants and other civilians and receives training, uniforms, weapons, and logistical support from the FADM"
"text": "Armed Forces for the Defense of Mozambique (Forcas Armadas de Defesa de Mocambique, FADM): Army, Mozambique Navy, Mozambique Air Force <br><br>Ministry of Interior: Mozambique National Police (PRM; includes the Rapid Intervention Unit, UIR), the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC), Border Security Force; other security forces include the Presidential Guard and the Force for the Protection of High-Level Individuals (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the FADM and other security forces are referred to collectively as the Mozambican Defense and Security Forces (FDS)<br><strong><br>note 2:</strong> the PRM, SERNIC, and the UIR are responsible for law enforcement and internal security; the Border Security Force is responsible for protecting the country’s international borders and for carrying out police duties within 24 miles of borders<br><br><strong>note 3:</strong> in 2023, the Mozambique Government legalized local militias that have been assisting security forces operating in Cabo Delgado against Islamic militants since 2020; this Local Force is comprised of ex-combatants and other civilians and receives training, uniforms, weapons, and logistical support from the FADM"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1205,7 +1169,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "information limited and varied; estimated 12,000 active personnel (11,000 Army and about 1,000 Air Force and Navy) (2023)"
"text": "estimated 12,000 active FADM personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FADM's inventory consists primarily of Russian and Soviet-era equipment, although in recent years it has received some more modern equipment from a variety of countries, mostly as aid/donations (2024)"

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"text": "recurring droughts"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "landlocked; one of the hottest countries in the world; northern four-fifths is desert, southern one-fifth is savanna, suitable for livestock and limited agriculture"
"text": "landlocked; one of the hottest countries in the world; northern four-fifths is desert, southern one-fifth is savanna that is suitable for livestock and limited agriculture"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -152,16 +152,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "105.4"
"text": "109.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "100.4"
"text": "103.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "5"
"text": "5.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "20.1 (2021 est.)"
"text": "17.7 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -373,7 +373,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "overgrazing; soil erosion; deforestation; desertification; contaminated water; inadequate potable water; wildlife populations (such as elephant, hippopotamus, giraffe, and lion) threatened because of poaching and habitat destruction"
"text": "overgrazing; soil erosion; deforestation; desertification; contaminated water; inadequate potable water; wildlife populations (such as elephant, hippopotamus, giraffe, and lion) threatened by poaching and habitat destruction"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -419,12 +419,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to internal conflict, high food prices, and floods - </em>about 3.28 million people are projected to be acutely food insecure during the June to August 2023 lean season period; this would be an improvement on the situation in 2022, mostly reflecting the sharp upturn in crop yields following the below average cereal output in 2021; persistent insecurity continues to disrupt livelihoods and has displaced over 370,000 people, mostly in the Diffa, Tahoua and Tillabery regions, as of May 2023; high food prices, as well as the floods in 2022 that affected about 327,000 people, are additional factors that have aggravated food insecurity (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "4.41% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0.03% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "50.15 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -510,7 +504,7 @@
"text": "UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "according to tradition, the site was originally a fishing village named after a prominent local tree referred to as \"nia niam\""
"text": "the origin of the name is unclear; one of many stories says that an African chief told his seven slaves \"<em>Wa niammane</em>,\" meaning \"stay here,\" and the name was later shortened to its present form"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -523,7 +517,7 @@
"text": "Republic Day, 18 December (1958); note - commemorates the founding of the Republic of Niger which predated independence from France in 1960"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "note - following the 26 July 2023 military coup, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland assumed control of all government institutions and rules by decree; formerly, mixed legal system of civil law, based on French civil law, Islamic law, and customary law"
"text": "<strong>note:</strong> following the 26 July 2023 military coup, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland assumed control of all government institutions and rules by decree; formerly, mixed system of civil law, based on French civil law, Islamic law, and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -700,14 +694,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "9.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "3.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "4.23% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "3.84% (2021 est.)"
"text": "4.2% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -762,30 +756,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "10.189 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "10.486 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "0.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "0.55% (2023 est.)"
"text": "0.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "0.55% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "0.82% (2021 est.)"
"text": "0.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "0.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "0.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "0.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "0.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "0.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "0.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -837,27 +831,27 @@
"text": "21.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$2.333 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$2.5 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "-$2.099 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2020": {
"text": "-$1.816 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$1.223 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$1.376 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$1.487 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Exports 2020": {
"text": "$1.338 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Exports - partners": {
@ -869,15 +863,15 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$3.808 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$4.194 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$4.027 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Imports 2020": {
"text": "$3.542 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Imports - partners": {
@ -898,7 +892,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$4.198 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$3.793 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -906,6 +900,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "606.345 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "606.57 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -917,9 +914,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "575.586 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "585.911 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1039,7 +1033,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "state-run TV station; 3 private TV stations provide a mix of local and foreign programming; state-run radio has only radio station with national coverage; about 30 private radio stations operate locally; as many as 100 community radio stations broadcast; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available"
"text": "state-run TV station; 3 private TV stations provide a mix of local and foreign programming; state-run radio has the only radio station with national coverage; about 30 private local radio stations; as many as 100 community radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".ne"
@ -1059,42 +1053,17 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "2 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "3"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "5U"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "26 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "2,444 km oil (2024)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "18,949 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "3,979 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "14,969 km (2018)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "563 km (2024) (the Niger, the only major river, is navigable to Gaya between September and March)"
}
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Nigerien Air Force, Niger Gendarmerie (GN)<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Niger National Guard (GNN), National Police (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Gendarmerie (GN) and the National Guard (GNN) are paramilitary forces; the GN has primary responsibility for rural security while the GNN is responsible for domestic security and the protection of high-level officials and government buildings; the GNN in past years was known as the National Forces of Intervention and Security and the Republican Guard<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>the National Police includes the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance, which is charged with border management"
"text": "Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Nigerien Air Force, Niger Gendarmerie (GN)<br><br>Ministry of Interior, Public Safety and Decentralization: Niger National Guard (GNN), National Police (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Gendarmerie (GN) and the National Guard (GNN) are paramilitary forces; the GN has primary responsibility for rural security while the GNN is responsible for domestic security and the protection of high-level officials and government buildings<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>the National Police includes the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance, which is charged with border management"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1114,7 +1083,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "information varies; estimated 30-35,000 active FAN troops; estimated 5-10,000 paramilitary Gendarmerie and National Guard personnel (2024)",
"text": "estimated 35-40,000 active FAN troops, including Gendarmerie; estimated 5-10,000 National Guard personnel (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>in 2020, the Nigerien Government announced it intended to increase the size of the FAN to 50,000 by 2025 and 100,000 by 2030"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {

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@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
"text": "periodic droughts; flooding"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "the Niger River enters the country in the northwest and flows southward through tropical rain forests and swamps to its delta in the Gulf of Guinea"
"text": "the Niger River enters the country in the northwest and flows southward through tropical rainforests and swamps to its delta in the Gulf of Guinea"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -160,16 +160,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "86"
"text": "77.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "80.6"
"text": "71.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "5.5"
"text": "6 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "18 (2021 est.)"
"text": "16.6 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "serious overpopulation and rapid urbanization have led to numerous environmental problems; urban air and water pollution; rapid deforestation; soil degradation; loss of arable land; oil pollution - water, air, and soil have suffered serious damage from oil spills"
"text": "urban air and water pollution; rapid deforestation; soil degradation; loss of arable land; water, air, and soil pollution from oil spills"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -425,12 +425,6 @@
"text": "<em><em>due to persistent civil conflict in the northern areas, </em></em><em>floods, high food prices, and an economic slowdown </em><em>- </em>about 24.86 million people are projected to face acute food insecurity during the June to August 2023 lean season, which is more than the 19.45 million people estimated to be acutely food insecure in 2022; acute food insecurity is mostly the result of worsening insecurity and conflicts in northern states, which, as well as impeding farmers’ physical access to their lands and disrupting agricultural activities, led to the displacement of about 3.57 million people as of April 2023; macroeconomic challenges, marked by persistent high inflation, depreciation of the naira on the informal market, high fuel prices and the lingering impacts of cash shortages following the introduction of new banknotes at the start of 2023, have aggravated the food security conditions of vulnerable households (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "1.02% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "55.64 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -502,7 +496,7 @@
"text": "UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "Abuja is a planned capital city, it replaced Lagos in 1991; situated in the center of the country, Abuja takes its name from a nearby town, now renamed Suleja"
"text": "the newly built city of Abuja replaced Lagos as the capital city in 1991; Abuja takes its name from a nearby town, now renamed Suleja, that was named after Abu JA (\"Abu the Red\") in 1828"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -515,7 +509,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day (National Day), 1 October (1960)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of English common law, Islamic law (in 12 northern states), and traditional law"
"text": "mixed system of English common law, Islamic law (in 12 northern states), and traditional law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -759,13 +753,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "24.66% (2023 est.)"
"text": "24.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "18.85% (2022 est.)"
"text": "18.8% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "16.95% (2021 est.)"
"text": "17% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -825,30 +819,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "78.812 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "113.35 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "3% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "3.07% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "3.83% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "5.39% (2021 est.)"
"text": "3.8% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "5.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "4.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.7% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "7.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "6.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -960,20 +954,20 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$38.612 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$32.035 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$35.564 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$40.476 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": {
"text": "$36.73 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$47.022 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$45.009 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -981,6 +975,12 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "nairas (NGN) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "1,478.965 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "645.194 (2023 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2022": {
"text": "425.979 (2022 est.)"
},
@ -989,12 +989,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "358.811 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "306.921 (2019 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2018": {
"text": "306.084 (2018 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1129,7 +1123,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "nearly 70 federal government-controlled national and regional TV stations; all 36 states operate TV stations; several private TV stations operational; cable and satellite TV subscription services are available; network of federal government-controlled national, regional, and state radio stations; roughly 40 state government-owned radio stations typically carry their own programs except for news broadcasts; about 20 private radio stations; transmissions of international broadcasters are available; digital broadcasting migration process completed in three states in 2018 (2019)"
"text": "nearly 70 federal government-controlled national and regional TV stations; all 36 states operate TV stations; several private TV stations; cable and satellite TV subscription services are available; network of federal government-controlled national, regional, and state radio stations; roughly 40 state government-owned radio stations; about 20 private radio stations; transmissions of international broadcasters are available; transition to digital completed in three states in 2018 (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".ng"
@ -1149,20 +1143,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "13 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "104"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "8,169,192 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "19.42 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "5N"
},
@ -1172,9 +1152,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "15 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "124 km condensate, 4,045 km gas, 164 km liquid petroleum gas, 4,441 km oil, 3,940 km refined products (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "3,798 km (2014)"
@ -1187,20 +1164,6 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> as of the end of 2018, there were only six operational locomotives in Nigeria primarily used for passenger service; the majority of the rail lines are in a severe state of disrepair and need to be replaced"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "195,000 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "60,000 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "135,000 km (2019)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "8,600 km (2011) (Niger and Benue Rivers and smaller rivers and creeks)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "928 (2023)"
@ -1235,8 +1198,8 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN): Army, Navy (includes Coast Guard), Air Force<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC); Ministry of Police Affairs: Nigeria Police Force (NPF) (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the NSCDC is a paramilitary agency commissioned to assist the military in the management of threats to internal security, including attacks and natural disasters<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Office of the National Security Advisor is responsible for coordinating all security and enforcement agencies, including the Department of State Security (DSS), the NSCDC, the Ministry of Justice, and the Police; border security responsibilities are shared among the NPF, the DSS, the NSCDC, Nigeria Customs Service, Immigration Service, and the AFN<br><br><strong>note 3: </strong>some states have created local security forces akin to neighborhood watches in response to increased violence, insecurity, and criminality that have exceeded the response capacity of federal government security forces, but official security forces remained the constitutional prerogative of the federal government; in 2023, the federal government began deploying thousands of \"agro rangers\" across 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory to help safeguard farmland and mediate conflicts, especially in areas hit by farmer-herder clashes "
"text": "Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN): Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy (includes Coast Guard), Nigerian Air Force<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC); Ministry of Police Affairs: Nigeria Police Force (NPF) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the NSCDC is a paramilitary agency commissioned to assist the military in the management of threats to internal security, including attacks and natural disasters<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>some states have created local security forces akin to neighborhood watches in response to increased violence, insecurity, and criminality that have exceeded the response capacity of federal government security forces, but official security forces remained the constitutional prerogative of the federal government; in 2023, the federal government began deploying thousands of \"agro rangers\" across 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory to help safeguard farmland and mediate conflicts, especially in areas hit by farmer-herder clashes"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1256,7 +1219,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "information varies; approximately 135,000 active-duty armed forces personnel (100,000 Army; 20,000 Navy/Coast Guard; 15,000 Air Force); approximately 80,000 Security and Civil Defense Corps; approximately 370,000 police (2023)"
"text": "information varies; estimated 150,000 active armed forces personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the military's inventory consists of a wide variety of imported weapons systems of Chinese, European, Middle Eastern, Russian (including Soviet-era), and US origin; the military is undergoing a modernization program, and in recent years has received equipment from a range of suppliers, including Brazil, China, France, Italy, Russia, Turkey, and the US; Nigeria is also developing a defense-industry capacity, including small arms, armored personnel vehicles, and small-scale naval production (2024)"

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@ -144,16 +144,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "80.8"
"text": "80.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "74.7"
"text": "76.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "6.1"
"text": "4.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "18.4 (2021 est.)"
"text": "21.1 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water; wildlife conservation and loss of biodiversity; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; periodic drought"
"text": "water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water; wildlife conservation and loss of biodiversity; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; drought"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -365,9 +365,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to economic downturn, the lingering effects of floods, and prolonged internal conflict -</em> despite sustained humanitarian assistance, food insecurity still affects large segments of the population, owing to rampant inflation and insufficient food supplies due to stagnant agricultural production, the effects of consecutive years with widespread floods, and the escalation of organized violence at the sub-national level since 2020; about 7.76 million people, almost two thirds of the total population, are expected to face severe acute food insecurity in the lean season between April and July 2023; the high levels of cereal prices are mainly due to insufficient supplies, low foreign currency reserves, a weak national currency and high fuel prices; further upward pressure was exerted by reduced imports from neighboring Uganda, where exportable surpluses shrunk in 2022 following a reduced cereal production (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "2.65% of GDP (2015 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "20.18 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -414,7 +411,7 @@
"text": "South Sudan"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "self-descriptive name from the country's former position within Sudan prior to independence; the name \"Sudan\" derives from the Arabic \"bilad-as-sudan\" meaning \"Land of the Black [peoples]\""
"text": "self-descriptive name from the country's geographic position within Sudan prior to independence; the name Sudan derives from the Arabic <em>balad-as-sudan</em>, meaning \"Land of the Black [peoples]\""
}
},
"Government type": {
@ -431,7 +428,7 @@
"text": "UTC+2 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the name derives from Djouba, another name for the Bari people of South Sudan"
"text": "the name comes from the name of a small Bari village that was located near the present-day city"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -649,13 +646,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "2.38% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "-6.69% (2022 est.)"
"text": "-6.7% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "10.52% (2021 est.)"
"text": "10.5% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -695,30 +692,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "4.883 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "5.091 million (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "12.27% (2023 est.)"
"text": "12.5% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "12.4% (2022 est.)"
"text": "12.5% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "13.87% (2021 est.)"
"text": "14% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "18.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "18.5% (2023 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "19.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "17.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "17.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -818,14 +815,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": {
"text": "$183.615 million (2020 est.)"
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$72.881 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2019": {
"text": "$378.282 million (2019 est.)"
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$94.914 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2018": {
"text": "$36.396 million (2018 est.)"
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$341.932 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
@ -940,7 +937,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "<p>a single TV channel and a radio station are controlled by the government; several community and commercial FM stations are operational, mostly sponsored by outside aid donors; some foreign radio broadcasts are available</p> (2019)"
"text": "<p>1 state-controlled TV channel and radio station; several community and commercial FM stations, mostly sponsored by outside aid donors; some foreign radio broadcasts available</p> (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".ss"
@ -960,17 +957,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "2 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "2"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "0 mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "Z8"
},
@ -985,26 +971,11 @@
"text": "248 km (2018)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> a narrow gauge, single-track railroad between Babonosa (Sudan) and Wau, the only existing rail system, was repaired in 2010 with $250 million in UN funds, but is not currently operational"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "90,200 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "300 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "89,900 km (2015)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> most of the road network is unpaved and much of it is in disrepair; the Juba-Nimule highway connecting Juba to the border with Uganda is the main paved road in South Sudan "
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "see entry for Sudan"
}
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF): Land Forces (includes Presidential Guard), Air Forces, Marines (Riverine Forces), Reserve Forces; National (or Necessary) Unified Forces (NUF)<br><br>Ministry of Interior: South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) (2024)",
"text": "South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF): Land Forces (includes Presidential Guard), Air Forces, Marine (Riverine) Forces, Reserve Forces; National (or Necessary) Unified Forces (NUF)<br><br>Ministry of Interior: South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the NUF are being formed by retraining rebel and pro-government militia fighters into military, police, and other government security forces; the first operational NUF deployed in November 2023<strong><br><br>note 2:</strong> numerous irregular forces operate in the country with official knowledge, including militias operated by the National Security Service (an internal security force under the Ministry of National Security) and proxy forces"
},
"Military expenditures": {
@ -1025,7 +996,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "estimated 150-200,000 active personnel, mostly ground forces with small contingents of air and riverine forces (2023)",
"text": "information varies; the SSPDF has an estimated 150-200,000 active personnel (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>some active SSPDF personnel may be militia; the National/Necessary Unified Forces (NUF) are expected to have up to 80,000 personnel when training and integration is completed; the first batch of approximately 20,000 NUF personnel completed training in late 2022"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {

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"text": "hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "this small country is swampy along its western coast and low-lying inland"
"text": "this small country is swampy along its western coast and is low-lying inland"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -145,16 +145,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "76.6"
"text": "83.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "71.6"
"text": "77.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "5"
"text": "5.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "20.1 (2021 est.)"
"text": "17.6 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "deforestation (rampant felling of trees for timber and agricultural purposes); soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing"
"text": "deforestation (overharvesting of trees for timber and agricultural purposes); soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -400,12 +400,6 @@
"text": "3.22% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "9.24% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "34.85 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -475,7 +469,7 @@
"text": "UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the meaning of Bissau is uncertain, it might be an alternative name for the Papel people who live in the area of the city of Bissau"
"text": "the name is derived from the local Bijuga people and is used to distinguish the country from neighboring Guinea"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -488,7 +482,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 24 September (1973)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of civil law, which incorporated Portuguese law at independence and influenced by Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), African Francophone Public Law, and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of civil law, which incorporated Portuguese law at independence; influenced by Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), African Francophone Public Law, and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -673,13 +667,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "9.39% (2022 est.)"
"text": "9.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "2.24% (2021 est.)"
"text": "2.2% (2021 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2020": {
"text": "1.14% (2020 est.)"
"text": "1.1% (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -728,30 +722,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "732,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "845,300 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "2.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "3.18% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "3.2% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "3.63% (2021 est.)"
"text": "2.7% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "3.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "4.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -801,7 +795,7 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "8.57% (of GDP) (2019 est.)",
"text": "8.6% (of GDP) (2019 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -866,7 +860,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$962.442 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$896.812 million (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -874,6 +868,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "606.345 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "606.57 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -885,9 +882,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "575.586 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "585.911 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -978,7 +972,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "1 state-owned TV station, Televisao da Guine-Bissau (TGB) and a second station, Radio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP) Africa, is operated by Portuguese public broadcaster (RTP); 1 state-owned radio station, several private radio stations, and some community radio stations; multiple international broadcasters are available (2019)"
"text": "1 state-owned TV station, Televisao da Guine-Bissau (TGB) and a second station, Radio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP) Africa, operated by Portuguese public broadcaster (RTP); 1 state-owned radio station, several private radio stations, and some community radio stations; multiple international broadcasters are available (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".gw"
@ -1004,20 +998,6 @@
"Airports": {
"text": "7 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "4,400 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "453 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "3,947 km (2016)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "1,367 km (2022) major rivers Geba- 550km, Corubal 560 km, Cacheu 257 km (rivers are partially navigable; many inlets and creeks provide shallow-water access to much of interior)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "20 (2023)"
@ -1073,7 +1053,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 4,000 active troops, including a few hundred air and naval personnel (2024)"
"text": "estimated 4,000 active FARP personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FARP is outfitted mostly with Soviet-era weapons and equipment, along with a handful of secondhand items from France and Spain (2024)"

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "72.5"
"text": "67.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "67.1"
"text": "62.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "5.4"
"text": "5.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "18.4 (2021 est.)"
"text": "19.4 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "deforestation results from uncontrolled cutting of trees for fuel; overgrazing; land degradation; soil erosion; a decline in soil fertility (soil exhaustion); wetland degradation and loss of biodiversity; widespread poaching"
"text": "deforestation; overgrazing; land degradation; soil erosion; a decline in soil fertility (soil exhaustion); wetland degradation and loss of biodiversity; widespread poaching"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -417,12 +417,6 @@
"text": "3.07% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "3.75% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "35.66 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -500,7 +494,7 @@
"text": "UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the city takes its name from nearby Mount Kigali; the name \"Kigali\" is composed of the Bantu prefix <em>ki</em> and the Rwandan <em>gali</em> meaning \"broad\" and likely refers to the broad, sprawling hill that has been dignified with the title of \"mount\""
"text": "the city takes its name from nearby Mount Kigali; the name is composed of the Bantu prefix <em>ki-</em> and the Rwandan word <em>gali</em>, meaning \"broad,\" which is probably meant to describe the terrain"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -513,7 +507,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 1 July (1962)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of civil law, based on German and Belgian models, and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court"
"text": "mixed system of civil law, based on German and Belgian models, and customary law; Supreme Court reviews legislative acts"
},
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"history": {
@ -745,14 +739,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "1.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "19.79% (2023 est.)"
"text": "19.8% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "17.69% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "-0.39% (2021 est.)"
"text": "17.7% (2022 est.)"
},
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},
@ -813,30 +807,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "5.259 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "5.671 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "12% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "14.93% (2023 est.)"
"text": "12.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "15.09% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "15.79% (2021 est.)"
"text": "15.1% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "22% (2023 est.)"
"text": "17.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "20.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "15.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "23.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "19.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -886,7 +880,7 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "15.07% (of GDP) (2020 est.)",
"text": "13.7% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -942,20 +936,20 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$2.406 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$1.834 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$1.726 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$1.867 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$6.087 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$5.531 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -963,6 +957,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Rwandan francs (RWF) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "1,318.128 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "1,160.099 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -974,9 +971,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "943.278 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "899.351 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1096,7 +1090,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "13 TV stations; 35 radio stations registered, including international broadcasters, government owns most popular TV and radio stations; regional satellite-based TV services available"
"text": "13 TV stations; 35 radio stations, including international broadcasters; government owns most popular TV and radio stations; regional satellite-based TV available"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".rw"
@ -1116,41 +1110,16 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "12"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "1,073,528 (2018)"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "9XR"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "8 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "7,797 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "2,652 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "5,145 km (2024)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "90 km (2022) (Lake Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft)"
}
},
"Military and Security": {
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"text": "Rwanda Defense Force (RDF; Ingabo z’u Rwanda): Rwanda Army (Rwanda Land Force), Rwanda Air Force (Force Aerienne Rwandaise, FAR), Rwanda Reserve Force, Special Units<br><br>Ministry of Internal Security: Rwanda National Police (2024)"
"text": "Rwanda Defense Force (RDF; Ingabo z’u Rwanda): Rwanda Army (Rwanda Land Force), Rwanda Air Force (Force Aerienne Rwandaise, FAR), Rwanda Reserve Force, Special Units<br><br>Ministry of Internal Security: Rwanda National Police (2025)"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1170,7 +1139,7 @@
}
},
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"text": "approximately 33,000 active RDF personnel (32,000 Army; 1,000 Air Force) (2023)"
"text": "approximately 30-35,000 active RDF personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the RDF's inventory includes a mix of older and some modern equipment from suppliers such as China, France, Israel, Russia and the former Soviet Union, South Africa, and Turkey (2024)"

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"text": "lies outside the cyclone belt, so severe storms are rare; occasional short droughts"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "the smallest African country in terms of both area and population; the constitution of the Republic of Seychelles lists 155 islands, 42 granitic and 113 coralline; by far the largest island is Mahe, which is home to about 90% of the population and the site of the capital city of Victoria"
"text": "the smallest African country in terms of both area and population; the constitution of the Republic of Seychelles lists 155 islands, including 42 granitic and 113 coralline; the largest island by far is Mahe, which is home to about 90% of the population and is the site of the capital city of Victoria"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -142,16 +142,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "45"
"text": "38.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "33.6"
"text": "24.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "11.4"
"text": "13.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "8.7 (2021 est.)"
"text": "7.3 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "water supply depends on catchments to collect rainwater; water pollution; biodiversity maintainance"
"text": "limited freshwater resources; water pollution; biodiversity"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -397,12 +397,6 @@
"text": "0.99% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.09% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "16.96 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -466,7 +460,7 @@
"text": "UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
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"text": "founded as L'etablissement in 1778 by French colonists, the town was renamed in 1841 by the British after Queen VICTORIA (1819-1901); \"victoria\" is the Latin word for \"victory\""
"text": "the British named the town Port Victoria in 1841 after Queen VICTORIA; the name was later shortened"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -479,7 +473,7 @@
"text": "Constitution Day, 18 June (1993); Independence Day (National Day), 29 June (1976)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of English common law, French civil law, and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of English common law, French civil law, and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -673,14 +667,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "0.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "-1.04% (2023 est.)"
"text": "-1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "2.63% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "9.77% (2021 est.)"
"text": "2.6% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -859,21 +853,24 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$773.678 million (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$682.794 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$638.961 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$702.585 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Exchange rates": {
"Currency": {
"text": "Seychelles rupees (SCR) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "14.53 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "14.018 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -885,9 +882,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "17.617 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "14.033 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -975,7 +969,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "<p>the national broadcaster, Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), which is funded by taxpayer money, operates the only terrestrial TV station, which provides local programming and airs broadcasts from international services; a privately owned Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) channel also provides local programming multi-channel cable and satellite TV are available through 2 providers; the national broadcaster operates 1 AM and 1 FM radio station; there are 2 privately operated radio stations; transmissions of 2 international broadcasters are accessible in Victoria</p> (2019)"
"text": "<p>state-run national broadcaster Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) has the only terrestrial TV station, which also airs broadcasts from international services; privately owned Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) channel; multi-channel cable and satellite TV available through 2 providers; SBC operates 1 AM and 1 FM radio station; 2 privately operated radio stations; transmissions of 2 international broadcasters available in Victoria</p> (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".sc"
@ -995,20 +989,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "7"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "455,201 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "7.79 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "S7"
},
@ -1018,17 +998,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "6 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "526 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "514 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "12 km (2015)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "30 (2023)"
@ -1063,8 +1032,8 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Seychelles Defense Forces (SDF): Army (includes infantry, special forces, and a presidential security unit), Coast Guard, and Air Force<br><br>Ministry of Internal Affairs: Seychelles Police Force (includes unarmed police and an armed paramilitary Police Special Support Wing, and the Marine Police Unit) (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the SDF reports to the president, who acts as minister of defense  "
"text": "Seychelles People's Defense Forces (SPDF; aka Seychelles Defense Forces, SDF): Army (includes infantry, special forces, and a presidential security unit), Coast Guard, and Air Force<br><br>Ministry of Internal Affairs: Seychelles Police Force (2025)",
"note": "<br>  "
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1084,7 +1053,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 500-1,000 personnel (2023)"
"text": "approximately 500 active personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the SDF's inventory primarily consists of Soviet-era equipment delivered in the 1970s and 1980s; in recent years, the SDF has received limited amounts of more modern equipment, mostly donations of patrol boats and aircraft, from several suppliers, including Bahrain, China, India, and the UAE (2024)"

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"text": "<p>prolonged droughts</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> the volcano forming Marion Island in the Prince Edward Islands, which last erupted in 2004, is South Africa's only active volcano</p>"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "<strong>note 1:</strong> South Africa completely surrounds Lesotho and almost completely surrounds Eswatini<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> though sometimes mistaken for the southernmost point of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope is more accurately described as the southwestern-most point of the African continent; Cape Agulhas, the meeting point of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, is the southernmost point of the African continent"
"text": "<strong>note 1:</strong> South Africa completely surrounds Lesotho and almost completely surrounds Eswatini<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> sometimes mistaken for the southernmost point of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope is more accurately described as the southwestern-most point of the African continent; Cape Agulhas, the meeting point of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, is the southernmost point of the African continent"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -166,16 +166,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "52.2"
"text": "53.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "43.9"
"text": "41.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "8.4"
"text": "11.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "10.9 (2021 est.)"
"text": "8.7 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -391,7 +391,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures; growth in water usage outpacing supply; pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff and urban discharge; air pollution resulting in acid rain; deforestation; soil erosion; land degradation; desertification; solid waste pollution; disruption of fragile ecosystem has resulted in significant floral extinctions"
"text": "limited freshwater resources due to lack of major rivers or lakes; pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff and urban waste; air pollution resulting in acid rain; deforestation; soil erosion; land degradation; desertification; solid waste pollution; significant floral extinctions"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -432,9 +432,6 @@
"text": "1.72% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "2.4% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "19.75 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -513,7 +510,7 @@
"text": "UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "Pretoria is named in honor of Andries PRETORIUS, the father of voortrekker (pioneer) leader Marthinus PRETORIUS; Cape Town reflects its location on the Cape of Good Hope; Bloemfontein is a combination of the Dutch words <em>bloem</em> (flower) and <em>fontein</em> (fountain) meaning \"fountain of flowers\""
"text": "Pretoria was named in honor of Boer statesman Andries PRETORIUS in 1855; Cape Town's name refers to its location on the Cape of Good Hope; Bloemfontein was named after the farm on which it was built in 1846, whose name combined the Dutch words <em>bloem</em> (flower) and <em>fontein</em> (fountain)"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -526,7 +523,7 @@
"text": "Freedom Day, 27 April (1994)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of Roman-Dutch civil law, English common law, and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of Roman-Dutch civil law, English common law, and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -761,14 +758,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "4.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "6.07% (2023 est.)"
"text": "6.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "7.04% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "4.61% (2021 est.)"
"text": "7% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -829,30 +826,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "27.137 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "27.766 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "33.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "27.99% (2023 est.)"
"text": "32.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "28.84% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "28.77% (2021 est.)"
"text": "33.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "49.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "60.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "45.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "57.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "53.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "65.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -906,12 +903,12 @@
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "76.24% of GDP (2022 est.)"
"text": "76.2% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "26.01% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"text": "26% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -967,20 +964,20 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$54.912 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$62.492 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$60.553 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$57.597 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$95.555 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$93.879 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -988,6 +985,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "rand (ZAR) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "18.329 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "18.45 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -999,9 +999,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "16.459 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "14.448 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1153,7 +1150,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) operates 6 free-to-air TV stations; e.tv, a private station, is accessible to more than half the population; multiple subscription TV services provide a mix of local and international channels; well-developed mix of public and private radio stations at the national, regional, and local levels; the SABC radio network, state-owned and controlled but nominally independent, operates 18 stations, one for each of the 11 official languages, 4 community stations, and 3 commercial stations; more than 100 community-based stations extend coverage to rural areas"
"text": "the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) operates 6 free-to-air TV stations; 1 private TV station; multiple subscription TV services with mix of local and international channels; mix of public and private radio stations at the national, regional, and local levels; state-owned SABC radio network has 18 stations, including one for each of the 11 official languages, 4 community stations, and 3 commercial stations; over 100 community stations with rural coverage"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".za"
@ -1173,20 +1170,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "17 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "243"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "23,921,748 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "716.25 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "ZS"
},
@ -1196,9 +1179,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "49 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "94 km condensate, 1,293 km gas, 992 km oil, 1,460 km refined products (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "30,400 km (2021)"
@ -1210,17 +1190,6 @@
"text": "19,756 km (2014) 1.065-m gauge (8,271 km electrified)"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "750,000 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "158,124 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "591,876 km (2016)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "110 (2023)"
@ -1255,8 +1224,7 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "South African National Defense Force (SANDF): South African Army (includes Reserve Force), South African Navy (SAN), South African Air Force (SAAF), South African Military Health Services<br><br>Ministry of Police: South African Police Service (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the South African Police Service includes a Special Task Force for counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, and hostage rescue operations"
"text": "South African National Defense Force (SANDF): South African Army (includes Reserve Force), South African Navy (SAN), South African Air Force (SAAF), South African Military Health Services<br><br>Ministry of Police: South African Police Service (2025)"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1276,7 +1244,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 73,000 active-duty personnel (40,000 Army; 7,000 Navy; 10,000 Air Force; 8,000 Military Health Service; 8,000 other, including administrative, logistics, military police); 180,000 South African Police Service (2024)"
"text": "approximately 65-70,000 active-duty SAF personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the SANDF's inventory consists of a mix of domestically produced and foreign-supplied equipment; South Africa's domestic defense industry produced most of the Army's major weapons systems (some were jointly produced with foreign companies), while the Air Force and Navy inventories include a mix of aging European-, Israeli-, and US-origin weapons and equipment; South Africa has one of Africa's leading defense industries (2024)"
@ -1286,7 +1254,7 @@
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> in 2023, women comprised nearly 30% of the military"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "1,150 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2024)"
"text": "estimated 3,000 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO and Southern African Development Community regional military force) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the SANDF’s primary responsibilities include territorial and maritime defense, supporting the Police Service, protecting key infrastructure, and participating in international peacekeeping missions; the SANDF historically has been one of Africa’s most capable militaries, but in recent years its operational readiness and modernization programs have been widely viewed as hampered by funding shortfalls<br><br>the SANDF participates regularly in African and UN peacekeeping missions and is a member of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Standby Force; in 2021, it sent about 1,500 troops to Mozambique as part of a multinational SADC force to help combat an insurgency, and South African forces have been a key component of the UN’s Force Intervention Brigade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; in recent years, the SANDF has been deployed internally to assist the Police Service with quelling unrest and assisting with border security<br><br>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 (2024)"

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "81.5"
"text": "78.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "75.8"
"text": "72.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "5.7"
"text": "6.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "17.4 (2021 est.)"
"text": "16.4 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; periodic droughts; seasonal flooding; overfishing; weak environmental protective laws; wildlife populations threatened by poaching"
"text": "deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; droughts; seasonal flooding; overfishing; weak environmental laws; poaching"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -432,12 +432,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to localized shortfalls in cereal production and reduced incomes - </em>the latest analysis indicates that about 1.26 million people are projected to be acutely food insecure during the June to August 2023 lean season; this would be a significant deterioration compared to the previous year; the main drivers of acute food insecurity are macroeconomic challenges and high prices of basic food items (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "1.46% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "38.21 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -513,7 +507,7 @@
"text": "UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, D.C., during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the Atlantic coast trading settlement of Ndakaaru came to be called \"Dakar\" by French colonialists"
"text": "the name comes from the Wolof word <em>n'dakar</em>, meaning \"tamarind tree\""
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -526,7 +520,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 4 April (1960)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on French law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Council"
"text": "civil law system based on French law; Constitutional Council reviews legislative acts"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -730,13 +724,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "5.94% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "9.7% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "2.18% (2021 est.)"
"text": "2.2% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -794,30 +788,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "5.578 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "5.763 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "3% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "2.93% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.8% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "2.97% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "3.37% (2021 est.)"
"text": "2.8% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "4.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "4.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "2.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "6.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "6.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -863,31 +857,31 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "19.44% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"text": "19.4% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$6.072 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$5.542 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "-$3.327 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2020": {
"text": "-$2.662 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2019": {
"text": "-$1.898 billion (2019 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$7.001 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$7.418 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$6.78 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Exports 2020": {
"text": "$5.063 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"Exports 2019": {
"text": "$5.836 billion (2019 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Exports - partners": {
@ -899,15 +893,15 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$14.916 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$14.698 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$12.278 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Imports 2020": {
"text": "$9.627 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"Imports 2019": {
"text": "$9.17 billion (2019 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Imports - partners": {
@ -928,7 +922,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$16.004 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$14.985 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -936,6 +930,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "606.345 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "606.57 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -947,9 +944,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "575.586 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "585.911 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1072,7 +1066,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "Senegal&rsquo;s media environment includes over 25 private television stations, hundreds of radio stations, and more than 45 newspapers. &nbsp;State-run Radiodiffusion Television Senegalaise (RTS) broadcasts from five cities in Senegal and a wide range of independent TV programming is available via satellite; transmissions of several international broadcasters are accessible on FM in Dakar"
"text": "over 25 private TV stations; state-run Radiodiffusion T&eacute;l&eacute;vision S&eacute;n&eacute;galaise (RTS) broadcasts from five cities; wide range of independent TV available via satellite; hundreds of radio stations; transmissions of several international broadcasters are accessible on FM in Dakar"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".sn"
@ -1092,29 +1086,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "2 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "11"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "21,038 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "40,000 (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "6V"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "20 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "43 km gas, 8 km refined products (2017)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "906 km (2017) (713 km operational in 2017)"
@ -1123,20 +1100,6 @@
"text": "906 km (2017) 1.000-m gauge"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "16,665 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "6,126 km (includes 241 km of expressways)"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "10,539 km (2017)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "1,000 km (2012) (primarily on the Senegal, Saloum, and Casamance Rivers)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "36 (2023)"
@ -1171,8 +1134,8 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Senegalese Armed Forces (les Forces Armées Sénégalaises, FAS): Army (l’Armée de Terre, AT), Senegalese National Navy (Marine Séenéegalaise, MNS), Senegalese Air Force (l'Arméee de l'Air du Séenéegal, AAS), National Gendarmerie (includes Territorial and Mobile components)<br><br>Ministry of Interior: National Police (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Police operates in major cities, while the Gendarmerie under the FAS primarily operates outside urban areas; both services have specialized anti-terrorism units"
"text": "Senegalese Armed Forces (les Forces Armées Sénégalaises, FAS): Army (l’Armée de Terre, AT), Senegalese National Navy (Marine Séenéegalaise, MNS), Senegalese Air Force (l'Arméee de l'Air du Séenéegal, AAS), National Gendarmerie<br><br>Ministry of Interior: National Police (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Police operates in major cities, while the Gendarmerie under the FAS primarily operates outside urban areas; both services have specialized anti-terrorism units, and the Gendarmerie has both Territorial and Mobile components"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1192,7 +1155,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 27,000 active personnel (15,000 Army; 1,500 Navy; 1,500 Air Force; 16,000 National Gendarmerie); 15,000 National Police (2023)"
"text": "approximately 25,000 active personnel including the Gendarmerie (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the military's inventory includes a mix of older, secondhand, and more modern equipment from a variety of countries, including France, South Africa, and Russia/former Soviet Union; in recent years, the military has undertaken a modernization program and has received newer equipment from more than 10 countries, including France and the US (2024)"

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@ -140,16 +140,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "68.6 NA"
"text": "50.4 (2024 est.) NA"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "23.6 NA"
"text": "21.5 (2024 est.) NA"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "45.1 NA"
"text": "28.9 (2024 est.) NA"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "2.2 (2021) NA"
"text": "3.5 (2024 est.) NA"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -280,9 +280,6 @@
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
"text": "NA"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "NA"
},
"Literacy": {
"total population": {
"text": "NA"
@ -297,7 +294,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "development threatens unique biota on Saint Helena"
"text": "development threatens wildlife on Saint Helena"
},
"Climate": {
"text": "<p><strong>Saint Helena:</strong> tropical marine; mild, tempered by trade winds</p> <p><strong>Ascension Island:</strong> tropical marine; mild, semi-arid</p> <p><strong>Tristan da Cunha:</strong> temperate marine; mild, tempered by trade winds (tends to be cooler than Saint Helena)</p>"
@ -360,7 +357,7 @@
"text": "UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "founded in 1659 and named after James, Duke of York, who would become King JAMES II of England (r. 1785-1788)"
"text": "founded in 1659 and named after James, Duke of York, who would become King JAMES II of England&nbsp;"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -560,7 +557,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "Saint Helena has no local TV station; 2 local radio stations, one of which is relayed to Ascension Island; satellite TV stations rebroadcast terrestrially; Ascension Island has no local TV station but has 1 local radio station and receives relays of broadcasts from 1 radio station on Saint Helena; broadcasts from the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) are available, as well as TV services for the US military; Tristan da Cunha has 1 local radio station and receives BFBS TV and radio broadcasts"
"text": "<em>Saint Helena</em>: no local TV station; 2 local radio stations, one of which is relayed to Ascension Island; satellite TV stations rebroadcast terrestrially<br><br><em>Ascension Island</em>: no local TV station; 1 local radio station and receives relays of broadcasts from radio station on Saint Helena; broadcasts from the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) available, as well as US military TV <br><br><em>Tristan da Cunha</em>: 1 local radio station and receives BFBS TV and radio broadcasts"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".sh; note - Ascension Island assigned .ac"
@ -592,17 +589,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "2 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "198 km (Saint Helena 138 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 20 km)"
},
"paved": {
"text": "168 km (Saint Helena 118 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km)"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "30 km (2002) (Saint Helena 20 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km)"
}
},
"Ports": {
"total ports": {
"text": "4 (2024)"
@ -627,7 +613,7 @@
}
},
"Transportation - note": {
"text": "the new airport on Saint Helena opened for limited operations in July 2016, and the first commercial flight took place on 14 October 2017, marking the start of weekly air service between Saint Helena and South Africa via Namibia; the military airport on Ascension Island is closed to civilian traffic; there is no air connection to Tristan da Cunha and very limited sea connections making it one of the most isolated communities on the planet"
"text": "the new airport on Saint Helena opened for limited operations in 2016, and the first commercial flight took place in 2017; the military airport on Ascension Island is closed to civilian traffic; there is no air connection to Tristan da Cunha and very limited sea connections"
}
},
"Military and Security": {

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"text": "dry, sand-laden harmattan winds blow from the Sahara (December to February); sandstorms, dust storms"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "rainfall along the coast can reach 495 cm (195 inches) a year, making it one of the wettest places along coastal, western Africa"
"text": "rainfall along the coast can reach 495 cm (195 in) a year, making it one of the wettest places along coastal western Africa"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -151,16 +151,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "74"
"text": "74.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "68.5"
"text": "69.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "5.5"
"text": "4.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "18.3 (2020 est.)"
"text": "22.6 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "rapid population growth pressuring the environment; overharvesting of timber, expansion of cattle grazing, and slash-and-burn agriculture have resulted in deforestation, soil exhaustion, and flooding; loss of biodiversity; air pollution; water pollution; overfishing"
"text": "overharvesting of timber, expansion of cattle grazing, and slash-and-burn agriculture resulting in deforestation, soil exhaustion, and flooding; loss of biodiversity; air pollution; water pollution; overfishing"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -415,12 +415,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to high food prices and reduced incomes - </em>according to the latest analysis, about 1.18 million people are projected to be in need of humanitarian assistance between the June to August 2023 lean season; acute food insecurity is underpinned by elevated food prices, in part driven by a weak currency, and low purchasing power of vulnerable households (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "6.92% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "39.42 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -470,7 +464,7 @@
"text": "Sierra Leone"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the Portuguese explorer Pedro de SINTRA named the country \"Serra Leoa\" (Lion Mountains) for the impressive mountains he saw while sailing the West African coast in 1462"
"text": "Portuguese explorer Pedro de SINTRA is usually credited with naming the country \"Serra da Leao\" (Lion Mountains) in 1462, but Venetian explorer Alvise CA' DA MOSTO recorded the name as \"Serre-Lionne\" in 1457, referring to the rumbling of thunder over the mountains"
}
},
"Government type": {
@ -487,7 +481,7 @@
"text": "UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "name derived from the fact that the original settlement served as a haven for free-born and freed African Americans, as well as for liberated Africans rescued from slave ships"
"text": "the name described the original settlement in 1781, which served as a haven for free-born and freed African Americans"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -500,7 +494,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 27 April (1961)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of English common law and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of English common law and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -692,14 +686,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "28.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "47.64% (2023 est.)"
"text": "47.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "27.21% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "11.87% (2021 est.)"
"text": "27.2% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -748,30 +742,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "2.803 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "2.863 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "3.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "3.17% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.2% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "3.19% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "3.52% (2021 est.)"
"text": "3.2% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "3.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "4.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "4.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "2.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -824,25 +818,25 @@
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$320.42 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "-$606.358 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$156.702 million (2022 est.)"
"text": "-$452.094 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "-$395.465 million (2021 est.)"
"text": "-$522.815 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$1.304 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$1.382 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$1.195 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$1.202 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$1.114 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "$928.689 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
@ -856,13 +850,13 @@
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$2.044 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$2.264 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$2.013 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$2.074 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$1.906 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "$1.91 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
@ -888,7 +882,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$1.586 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$1.451 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -998,7 +992,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "<p>1 government-owned TV station; 3 private TV stations; a pay-TV service began operations in late 2007; 1 government-owned national radio station; about two-dozen private radio stations primarily clustered in major cities; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available </p> (2019)"
"text": "<p>1 state-owned TV station; 3 private TV stations; 1 pay-TV service; 1 state-owned national radio station; about 24 private radio stations; transmissions of several international broadcasters available </p> (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".sl"
@ -1018,14 +1012,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "50,193 (2015)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "0 (2015) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "9L"
},
@ -1035,26 +1021,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "3 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "11,701 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "1,051 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "10,650 km (2015)"
},
"urban": {
"text": "3,000 km (2015)"
},
"non-urban": {
"text": "8,700 km (2015)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "800 km (2011) (600 km navigable year-round)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "584 (2023)"
@ -1089,7 +1055,7 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF): Land Forces, Maritime Forces, Air Wing<br><br>Ministry of Internal Affairs: Sierra Leone Police (2024)"
"text": "Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF): organized as a Joint Force Command with land, air, and maritime components<br><br>Ministry of Internal Affairs: Sierra Leone Police (2025)"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1109,7 +1075,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 8,500 personnel, mostly ground forces&nbsp; (2023)"
"text": "the Armed Forces have an estimated 10,000 active personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the RSLAF has a small inventory that includes a mix of Soviet-origin and other older foreign-supplied equipment; in recent years, it has received limited amounts of newer equipment, mostly as donations (2024)"

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "99.4"
"text": "100.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "94.2"
"text": "97.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "5.2"
"text": "3.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "19.3 (2021 est.)"
"text": "30.8 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -331,7 +331,7 @@
}
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "0.3% of GDP (2019) NA"
"text": "0.3% of GDP (2019)"
},
"Literacy": {
"total population": {
@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "water scarcity; contaminated water contributes to human health problems; improper waste disposal; deforestation; land degradation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification"
"text": "water scarcity; contaminated water; improper waste disposal; deforestation; land degradation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -445,7 +445,7 @@
"text": "British Somaliland, Italian Somaliland, Somali Republic, Somali Democratic Republic"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "\"Land of the Somali\" (ethnic group)"
"text": "the name means \"Land of the Somali,\" a local ethnic group; the origin of the group's name is unclear but may come from 1) a Cushitic word meaning \"dark,\" 2) the local phrase <em>soo mal</em>, meaning \"go and milk\" (referring to offering guests milk), 3) the name of a local chief, or 4) the Arabic <em>zamla</em>, meaning \"cattle\""
}
},
"Government type": {
@ -462,7 +462,7 @@
"text": "UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "several theories attempt to explain the city's name; one of the more plausible is that it derives from \"maq'ad-i-shah\" meaning \"the seat of the shah,\" reflecting the city's links with Persia"
"text": "the name is probably derived from the Arabic word <em>mukaddas</em>, meaning \"holy\""
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -475,7 +475,7 @@
"text": "Foundation of the Somali Republic, 1 July (1960); note - 26 June (1960) in Somaliland"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of civil law, Islamic (sharia) law, and customary law (referred to as Xeer)"
"text": "mixed system of civil law, Islamic (sharia) law, and customary law (referred to as Xeer)"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -731,30 +731,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "3.339 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "3.439 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "18.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "19.03% (2023 est.)"
"text": "18.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "19.13% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "19.55% (2021 est.)"
"text": "19% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "34.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "33.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "32.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "32.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "37.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "37% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -785,7 +785,7 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "0% (of GDP) (2020 est.)",
"text": "0% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -797,9 +797,16 @@
}
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2014": {
"text": "$819 million (2014 est.)"
}
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$2.164 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$1.804 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$1.532 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> GDP expenditure basis - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Exports - partners": {
"text": "UAE 35%, Saudi Arabia 27%, Oman 18%, Djibouti 8%, India 3% (2023)",
@ -810,12 +817,16 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2018": {
"text": "$94.43 billion (2018 est.)"
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$8.002 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2017": {
"text": "$80.07 billion (2017 est.)"
}
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$7.456 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$5.969 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> GDP expenditure basis - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Imports - partners": {
"text": "UAE 29%, China 19%, India 15%, Turkey 8%, Oman 5% (2023)",
@ -832,8 +843,9 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$2.743 billion (2023 est.)"
}
"text": "$2.563 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
"Exchange rates": {
"Currency": {
@ -850,6 +862,9 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2014": {
"text": "20,230.929 (2014 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2013": {
"text": "19,283.8 (2013 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -948,7 +963,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "2 private TV stations rebroadcast Al-Jazeera and CNN; Somaliland has 1 government-operated TV station and Puntland has 1 private TV station; the transitional government operates Radio Mogadishu; 1 SW and roughly 10 private FM radio stations broadcast in Mogadishu; several radio stations operate in central and southern regions; Somaliland has 1 government-operated radio station; Puntland has roughly a half-dozen private radio stations; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are available (2019)"
"text": "2 private TV stations rebroadcast Al-Jazeera and CNN; 1 state-operated TV station and 1 private TV station; state-operated Radio Mogadishu; 1 SW and roughly 10 private FM radio stations in Mogadishu; several radio stations in central and southern regions; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters available (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".so"
@ -968,28 +983,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "6 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "7"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "4,486 (2018)"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "6O"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "40 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "15,000 km (2013)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "4 (2023)"
@ -1024,8 +1023,8 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Somali National Armed Forces (SNAF; aka Somali National Defense Force): Land Forces (Somali National Army or SNA), Somali Navy, Somali Air Force<br><br>Ministry of Internal Security: Somali National Police (SNP, includes Coast Guard and a commando unit known as Harmacad or Cheetah) <br><br>National Security and Intelligence Agency (includes a commando/counterterrorism unit) (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong> the Somali Navy and Air Force have only a few hundred personnel, little equipment, and are not operational; in early 2024, Somalia signed an agreement with Turkey to build, train and equip the Somali Navy<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> Somalia has numerous militia (\"macawisley\") and regional forces operating throughout the country; these forces include ones that are clan- and warlord-based, semi-official paramilitary and special police forces (\"darwish\"), and externally sponsored militias<br><br><strong>note 3: </strong>Somaliland and Puntland have separate military and security forces"
"text": "Somali Armed Forces (SAF; aka Somali Defense Force): Somali National Army (SNA; aka Land Forces), Somali Navy, Somali Air Force<br><br>Ministry of Internal Security: Somali National Police (SNP, includes Coast Guard, commando unit) (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> Somalia has numerous militia (\"macawisley\") and regional/state forces operating throughout the country; these forces include ones that are clan- and warlord-based, semi-official paramilitary and special police forces (\"darwish\"), and externally sponsored militias<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>Somaliland and Puntland have separate military, security, and paramilitary forces"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2021": {
@ -1045,7 +1044,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "estimated 20,000 regular military personnel (2024)",
"text": "estimated 20,000 regular military personnel (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>tens of thousands of militia forces are also active in Somalia"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
@ -1055,7 +1054,7 @@
"text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription of men aged 18-40 and women aged 18-30 is authorized, but not currently utilized (2023)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Somali National Army (SNA) is a lightly armed force of more than a dozen brigades; its most effective units are assessed to be the US-trained Danab (\"Lightning\") Advanced Infantry Brigade and those of the Turkish-trained Gorgor (\"Eagle\") Special Division; SNA soldiers have also received training from Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the EU, Uganda, and the UK; the SNA and supporting security and militia forces are actively conducting operations against the al-Shabaab terrorist group; al-Shabaab controls large parts of southern and central Somalia<br><br>the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) operated in the country with the approval of the UN from 2007-2022; its mission included assisting Somali forces in providing security for a stable political process, enabling the gradual handing over of security responsibilities from AMISOM to the Somali security forces, and reducing the threat posed by al-Shabaab and other armed opposition groups; in April 2022, AMISOM was reconfigured and replaced with the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS); the ATMIS mission was to support the Somalia Federal Government (FGS) in implementing the security objectives of the FGS's security transition plan, a comprehensive strategy developed by the FGS and its international partners in 2018 and updated in 2021 to gradually transfer security responsibilities from ATMIS to Somali security forces; originally about 20,000-strong (civilians, military, and police), ATMIS began reducing its staffing levels in mid-2023 and ended its mission at the end of 2024; the follow-on force for ATMIS, the Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) was formed in January 2025 and was slated to have about 12,000 personnel, including soldiers, police and civilian support staff (2025)"
"text": "the Somali National Army (SNA) is a lightly armed force of more than a dozen brigades; its most effective units are assessed to be the US-trained Danab (\"Lightning\") Advanced Infantry Brigade and those of the Turkish-trained Gorgor (\"Eagle\") Special Division; SNA soldiers have also received training from Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the EU, Uganda, and the UK; the SNA and supporting security and militia forces are actively conducting operations against the al-Shabaab terrorist group; al-Shabaab controls large parts of southern and central Somalia<br><br>the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) operated in the country with the approval of the UN from 2007-2022; its mission included assisting Somali forces in providing security for a stable political process, enabling the gradual handing over of security responsibilities from AMISOM to the Somali security forces, and reducing the threat posed by al-Shabaab and other armed opposition groups; in April 2022, AMISOM was reconfigured and replaced with the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS); the ATMIS mission was to support the Somalia Federal Government (FGS) in implementing the security objectives of the FGS's security transition plan, a comprehensive strategy developed by the FGS and its international partners in 2018 and updated in 2021 to gradually transfer security responsibilities from ATMIS to Somali security forces; originally about 20,000-strong (civilians, military, and police), ATMIS began reducing its staffing levels in mid-2023 and ended its mission at the end of 2024; the follow-on force for ATMIS, the Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) was formed in January 2025 and slated to have about 12,000 personnel, including soldiers, police and civilian support staff (2025)"
}
},
"Terrorism": {

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "76.9"
"text": "76.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "74"
"text": "70.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "6.2"
"text": "5.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "16.2 (2021 est.)"
"text": "17.5 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -335,9 +335,6 @@
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "61.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "NA"
},
"Literacy": {
"definition": {
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
@ -366,7 +363,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "<p>water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water; water scarcity and periodic drought; wildlife populations threatened by excessive hunting; soil erosion; desertification; deforestation; loss of biodiversity</p> <p><strong> </strong></p>"
"text": "<p>water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water; water scarcity and drought; overhunting; soil erosion; desertification; deforestation; loss of biodiversity</p> <p><strong> </strong></p>"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -412,12 +409,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to conflict, civil insecurity, and soaring food prices - </em>about 19.9 million people are currently expected to require emergency food and livelihood assistance, due to the conflict that broke out in mid-April 2023 which severely damaged livelihoods, paralyzed economic activities, triggered a surge in the already high food prices and caused large-scale displacements, with about 1.67 million people displaced inside of the country and about 528,000 people having fled to neighboring countries (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "3.01% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "21.43 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -476,7 +467,7 @@
"text": "Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Sudan"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the name \"Sudan\" derives from the Arabic \"bilad-as-sudan\" meaning \"Land of the Black [peoples]\""
"text": "the name derives from the Arabic <em>balad-as-sudan</em>, meaning \"Land of the Black [peoples]\""
}
},
"Government type": {
@ -493,7 +484,7 @@
"text": "UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "several explanations of the name exist; two of the more plausible are that it is derived from Arabic \"al-jartum\" meaning \"elephant's trunk\" or \"hose,\" and likely referring to the narrow strip of land extending between the Blue and White Niles; alternatively, the name could derive from the Dinka words \"khar-tuom,\" indicating a \"place where rivers meet\""
"text": "the name derives from the Arabic words <em>ras </em>(head or end) and <em>al-khurtum</em> (elephant's trunk), referring to the narrow strip of land between the Blue and White Niles where the city is located"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -507,7 +498,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 1 January (1956)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of Islamic law and English common law; note - in mid-July 2020, Sudan amended 15 provisions of its 1991 penal code"
"text": "mixed system of Islamic law and English common law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -679,13 +670,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "138.81% (2022 est.)"
"text": "138.8% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "359.09% (2021 est.)"
"text": "359.1% (2021 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2020": {
"text": "163.26% (2020 est.)"
"text": "163.3% (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -734,7 +725,7 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "14.149 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "10.949 million (2022 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
@ -742,22 +733,22 @@
"text": "11.45% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "7.53% (2022 est.)"
"text": "7.5% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "11.47% (2021 est.)"
"text": "11% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "18.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "12% (2022 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "18.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "11.8% (2022 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "17.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "13.1% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -803,7 +794,7 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "7.39% (of GDP) (2016 est.)",
"text": "7.4% (of GDP) (2016 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -872,7 +863,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$21.878 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$21.65 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -1007,7 +998,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "Following the establishment of Sudan&rsquo;s transitional government in August 2019, government-owned broadcasters became increasingly independent from government and military control. Following the October 2021 military takeover, additional restrictions were imposed on these government-owned broadcasters, which now practice a heightened degree of self-censorship but still operate more independently than in the pre-2019 environment. (2022)"
"text": "state-owned broadcasters that self-censor but are somewhat independent (2022)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".sd"
@ -1027,17 +1018,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "9 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "42"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "269,958 (2018)"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "ST"
},
@ -1047,9 +1027,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "8 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "156 km gas, 4,070 km oil, 1,613 km refined products (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "7,251 km (2014)"
@ -1059,23 +1036,6 @@
},
"note": "1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "30,000 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "8,000 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "22,000 km"
},
"urban": {
"text": "1,000 km (2019)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "4,068 km (2011) (1,723 km open year-round on White and Blue Nile Rivers)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "14 (2023)"
@ -1110,8 +1070,8 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF): Ground Force, Navy, Sudanese Air Force; Rapid Support Forces (RSF); Border Guards<br><br>Ministry of Interior: security police, special forces police, traffic police, Central Reserve Police (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the RSF is a semi-autonomous paramilitary force formed in 2013 to fight armed rebel groups in Sudan, with Mohammed Hamdan DAGALO (aka Hemeti) as its commander; it was initially placed under the National Intelligence and Security Service, then came under the direct command of former president Omar al-BASHIR, who boosted the RSF as his own personal security force; as a result, the RSF was better funded and equipped than the regular armed forces; the RSF has since recruited from all parts of Sudan beyond its original Darfuri Arab groups but remains under the personal patronage and control of DAGALO; the RSF has participated in combat operations in Yemen and in counterinsurgency operations in Darfur, South Kordofan, and the Blue Nile State; it has also been active along the borders with Libya and the Central African Republic and has been used to respond to anti-regime demonstrations; the RSF has been accused of committing human rights abuses against civilians and is reportedly involved in business enterprises, such as gold mining; in 2023, heavy fighting broke out between the SAF and the RSF<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Central Reserve Police (aka Abu Tira) is a combat-trained paramilitary force that has been used against demonstrators and sanctioned by the US for human rights abuses"
"text": "Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF): Ground Force (Sudanese Army), Sudanese Navy, Sudanese Air Force; Rapid Support Forces (RSF); Border Guards<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Sudan Police Forces (SPF), Central Reserve Police (CRP) (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the RSF is a semi-autonomous paramilitary force formed in 2013 to fight armed rebel groups in Sudan, with Mohammed Hamdan DAGALO (aka Hemeti) as its commander; it was initially placed under the National Intelligence and Security Service, then came under the direct command of former president Omar al-BASHIR, who boosted the RSF as his own personal security force; as a result, the RSF was better funded and equipped than the regular armed forces; the RSF has since recruited from all parts of Sudan beyond its original Darfuri Arab groups but remains under the personal patronage and control of DAGALO; the RSF has participated in military operations in Yemen, Darfur, South Kordofan, and the Blue Nile State; it has also been used to respond to anti-regime demonstrations; the RSF has been accused of committing human rights abuses against civilians and is reportedly involved in business enterprises, such as gold mining<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Central Reserve Police (aka Abu Tira) is a combat-trained paramilitary force that has been used against demonstrators and sanctioned by the US for human rights abuses"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2021": {
@ -1132,7 +1092,7 @@
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> many defense expenditures are probably off-budget"
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "prior to the outbreak of fighting between the SAF and the RSF in 2023, size estimates for Sudanese armed forces varied widely: up to 200,000 SAF personnel; up to 100,000 RSF fighters; up to 80,000 Central Reserve Police (2023)"
"text": "prior to the outbreak of fighting between the SAF and the RSF in 2023, size estimates for Sudan's armed forces varied widely: up to 200,000 SAF personnel; up to 100,000 RSF fighters; up to 80,000 Central Reserve Police (2023)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the SAF's inventory includes a mix of mostly Chinese, Russian, Soviet-era, and domestically produced weapons systems; Sudan has one of the largest defense industries in Africa, which includes state-owned companies with military involvement; it has mostly manufactured weapons systems under license from China, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine (2024)",

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@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
"text": "hot, dry harmattan wind can reduce visibility in north during winter; periodic droughts"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "the country's length allows it to stretch through six distinct geographic regions; climate varies from tropical to savanna"
"text": "stretches through six distinct geographic regions; climate varies from tropical to savanna"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -146,16 +146,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "76.5"
"text": "75.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "71"
"text": "67.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "5.5"
"text": "7.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "18.3 (2021 est.)"
"text": "13.2 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "deforestation attributable to slash-and-burn agriculture and the use of wood for fuel; very little rain forest still present and what remains is highly degraded; desertification; water pollution presents health hazards and hinders the fishing industry; air pollution increasing in urban areas"
"text": "deforestation from slash-and-burn agriculture and the use of wood for fuel; very little rainforest still present and what remains is highly degraded; desertification; water pollution; air pollution in urban areas"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -419,12 +419,6 @@
"text": "3.6% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "3.96% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "35.66 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -483,7 +477,7 @@
"text": "French Togoland"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "derived from the Ewe words \"to\" (river) and \"godo\" (on the other side) to give the sense of \"on the other side of the river\"; originally, this designation applied to the town of Togodo (now Togoville) on the northern shore of Lake Togo, but the name was eventually extended to the entire nation"
"text": "the name derives from the town of Togodo (now Togoville) on the northern shore of Lake Togo; the town's name probably comes from the lake's name, which is composed of the Ewe words <em>to </em>(\"water\") and <em>go </em>(\"shore\")"
}
},
"Government type": {
@ -500,7 +494,7 @@
"text": "UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "Lome comes from \"alotime\" which in the native Ewe language means \"among the alo plants\"; alo trees dominated the city's original founding site"
"text": "the name comes from a local word meaning \"little market\""
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -545,16 +539,16 @@
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Faure GNASSINGBE (since 4 May 2005)"
"text": "President Jean-Lucien Kwassi Savi de TOVE (since 3 May 2025)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Prime Minister Victoire TOMEGAH Dogb&eacute; (since 25 September 2020)"
"text": "President of Council of Ministers Faure GNASSINGBE (since 3 May 2025)"
},
"cabinet": {
"text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister"
"text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the advice of the president of the council of ministers"
},
"elections/appointments": {
"text": "president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held on 22 February 2020 (next to be held in 2025); prime minister appointed by the president<br>note- on 21 May 2024 the Prime Minister and her cabinet resigned. The President requested they continue serving during the government transition."
"text": "president is appointed by the national assembly for one six-year term<br>the president of the council of ministers is the leader of the majority party in the national assembly and is confirmed by the Constitutional Court with no term limits <br>note- on 6 May 2024 the President signed into law changes to the constitution converting the presidential system to a parliamentary republic and creating the President of Council of Ministers position"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br><em>2020:</em> Faure GNASSINGBE reelected president; percent of vote - Faure GNASSINGBE (UNIR) 70.8%, Agbeyome KODJO (MPDD) 19.5%, Jean-Pierre FABRE (ANC) 4.7%, other 5%<br><br><em>2015:</em> Faure GNASSINGBE reelected president; percent of vote - Faure GNASSINGBE (UNIR) 58.8%, Jean-Pierre FABRE (ANC) 35.2%, Tchaboure GOGUE (ADDI) 4%, other 2% <p> </p>"
@ -748,14 +742,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "5.5% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "7.97% (2022 est.)"
"text": "8% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "4.19% (2021 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2020": {
"text": "1.7% (2020 est.)"
"text": "4.2% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -813,30 +807,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "3.241 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "3.345 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "1.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "2.05% (2023 est.)"
"text": "1.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "2.07% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "2.29% (2021 est.)"
"text": "2% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "3.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "4.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "2.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -886,7 +880,7 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "14.19% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"text": "14.8% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -951,7 +945,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$2.111 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$1.923 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -959,6 +953,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "606.345 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "606.57 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -970,9 +967,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "575.586 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "585.911 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1089,7 +1083,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "1&nbsp;state-owned TV station with multiple transmission sites; five private TV stations broadcast locally; cable TV service is available; state-owned radio network with two stations (in Lome and Kara); several dozen private radio stations and a few community radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters available (2019)"
"text": "1 state-owned TV station with multiple transmission sites; five private local TV stations; cable TV available; state-owned radio network with two stations; several dozen private radio stations and a few community radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters available (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".tg"
@ -1109,29 +1103,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "8"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "566,295 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "10.89 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "5V"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "7 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "62 km gas"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "568 km (2014)"
@ -1140,23 +1117,6 @@
"text": "568 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "9,951 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "1,794 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "8,157 km"
},
"urban": {
"text": "1,783 km (2018)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "50 km (2011) (seasonally navigable by small craft on the Mono River depending on rainfall)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "397 (2023)"
@ -1191,8 +1151,8 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Togolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Togolaise, FAT): Togolese Army (l'Armee de Terre), Togolese Navy (Forces Naval Togolaises), Togolese Air Force (Armee de l’Air), National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale Togolaise or GNT)<br><br>Ministry of Security and Civil Protection: National Police Directorate (Direction de la Police Nationale) (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Police Directorate and GNT are responsible for law enforcement and maintenance of order within the country; the GNT is also responsible for migration and border enforcement; the GNT falls under the Ministry of the Armed Forces but also reports to the Ministry of Security and Civil Protection on many matters involving law enforcement and internal security; in 2022, the Ministry of the Armed Forces was made part of the Office of the Presidency"
"text": "Togolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Togolaise, FAT): Togolese Army, Togolese Navy, Togolese Air Force, National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale Togolaise or GNT)<br><br>Ministry of Security and Civil Protection: Togolese Police (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Police and GNT are responsible for law enforcement and maintenance of order within the country; the GNT is also responsible for migration and border enforcement; the GNT falls under the Ministry of the Armed Forces but also reports to the Ministry of Security and Civil Protection on many matters involving law enforcement and internal security; in 2022, the Ministry of the Armed Forces was made part of the Office of the Presidency"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1212,8 +1172,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "estimated 15,000 active-duty personnel, including approximately 3,000 Gendarmerie (2023)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> in January 2022, the Togolese Government announced its intent to boost the size of the FAT to more than 20,000 by 2025"
"text": "estimated 15-20,000 active Armed Forces personnel, including Gendarmerie (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FAT has a small inventory of mostly older equipment originating from a variety of countries, including Brazil, Russia/former Soviet Union, Turkey, the US, and some European nations, particularly France (2024)"

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@ -138,16 +138,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "77.9"
"text": "65.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "71.2"
"text": "60.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "6.7"
"text": "5.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "14.9 (2021 est.)"
"text": "18.6 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "deforestation and illegal logging; soil erosion and exhaustion; inadequate sewage treatment in cities;&nbsp;biodiversity preservation"
"text": "deforestation and illegal logging; soil erosion and exhaustion; inadequate sewage treatment in cities; biodiversity&nbsp;"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -411,12 +411,6 @@
"text": "2.96% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "1.9% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "33.75 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -480,7 +474,7 @@
"text": "UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "named after Saint Thomas the Apostle"
"text": "named after Saint THOMAS the Apostle by the Portuguese, who discovered the island on 21 December 1470 (or 1471), the saint's feast day"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -493,7 +487,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 12 July (1975)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of civil law based on the Portuguese model and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of civil law based on the Portuguese model and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -677,13 +671,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "21.26% (2023 est.)"
"text": "21.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "18.01% (2022 est.)"
"text": "18% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "8.14% (2021 est.)"
"text": "8.1% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -731,30 +725,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "77,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "34,500 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "9.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "14.21% (2023 est.)"
"text": "9.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "14.12% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "15.04% (2021 est.)"
"text": "9% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "21.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "8.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "15.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "8% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "33.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "9.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -872,7 +866,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$352.814 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$327.248 million (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -976,7 +970,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "1 government-owned TV station; 2 government-owned radio stations; 7 independent local radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available"
"text": "1 state-owned TV station; 2 state-owned radio stations; 7 independent local radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".st"
@ -996,31 +990,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "1"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "S9"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "2 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "1,300 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "230 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "1,070 km (2018)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "25 (2023)"

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@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
"text": "flooding; earthquakes; droughts"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "strategic location in central Mediterranean; Malta and Tunisia are discussing the commercial exploitation of the continental shelf between their countries, particularly for oil exploration"
"text": "strategic location in central Mediterranean"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -154,16 +154,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "50.9"
"text": "53.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "36.3"
"text": "37.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "13.3"
"text": "16 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "7.5 (2021 est.)"
"text": "6.3 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "toxic and hazardous waste disposal is ineffective and poses health risks; water pollution from raw sewage; limited natural freshwater resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification"
"text": "toxic and hazardous waste disposal; water pollution from raw sewage; limited freshwater resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -417,12 +417,6 @@
"text": "1.34% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.21% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "26.52 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -495,7 +489,7 @@
"text": "UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "three possibilities exist for the derivation of the name; originally a Berber settlement (earliest reference 4th century B.C.), the strategic site fell to the Carthaginians (Phoenicians) and the city could be named after the Punic goddess Tanit, since many ancient cities were named after patron deities; alternatively, the Berber root word \"ens,\" which means \"to lie down\" or \"to pass the night,\" may indicate that the site was originally a camp or rest stop; finally, the name may be the same as the city of Tynes, mentioned in the writings of some ancient authors"
"text": "the origin of the ancient name is unclear; it is sometimes associated with the name of the Phoenician goddess Tanith"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -508,7 +502,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 20 March (1956); Revolution and Youth Day, 14 January (2011)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of civil law, based on the French civil code and Islamic (sharia) law; some judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court in joint session"
"text": "mixed system of civil law, based on the French civil code and Islamic (sharia) law; Supreme Court reviews some legislative acts in joint session"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -543,7 +537,7 @@
"text": "President Kais SAIED (since 23 October 2019)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Prime Minister Kamel MADDOURI (since 8 August 2024); President Kais SAIED dismissed Prime Minister Ahmed HACHANI on 7 August 2024 and appointed Kamel MADDOURI as prime minister"
"text": "Prime Minister Sarra ZAAFRANI Zenzri (since 21 March 2025)"
},
"cabinet": {
"text": "prime minister appointed by the president; cabinet members appointed by the president in consultation with the prime minister"
@ -737,14 +731,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "7.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "9.33% (2023 est.)"
"text": "9.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "8.31% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "5.71% (2021 est.)"
"text": "8.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -805,30 +799,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "4.367 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "4.247 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "16.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "15.11% (2023 est.)"
"text": "15.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "15.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "16.51% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "37.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "40.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "38.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "41.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "35.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "37.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -940,20 +934,20 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$8.77 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$9.24 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$8.094 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$8.846 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$22.336 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$21.212 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -961,6 +955,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Tunisian dinars (TND) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "3.107 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "3.106 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -972,9 +969,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "2.812 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "2.934 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1103,7 +1097,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "2 state-owned TV stations; 10 private TV stations broadcast locally; satellite TV service is available; state-owned radio network with 2 stations; several dozen private radio stations and community radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters available (2019)"
"text": "2 state-owned TV stations; 10 private local TV stations; satellite TV service available; state-owned radio network with 2 stations; several dozen private radio stations and community radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters available (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".tn"
@ -1123,20 +1117,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "7 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "53"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "4,274,199 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "13.23 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "TS"
},
@ -1146,9 +1126,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "11 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "68 km condensate, 3,111 km gas, 1,381 km oil, 453 km refined products (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "2,173 km (2014) (1,991 in use)"
@ -1163,17 +1140,6 @@
"text": "8 km (2014) 1.435-1.000-m gauge"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "32,332 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "12,264 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "20,068 km (2020)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "72 (2023)"
@ -1208,8 +1174,8 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Tunisian Armed Forces (Forces Armées Tunisiennes, FAT): Tunisian Army (includes Air Defense Force), Tunisian Navy, Tunisia Air Force<br><br>Ministry of Interior (MoI): National Police, National Guard (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Police has primary responsibility for law enforcement in the major cities, while the National Guard (gendarmerie) oversees border security and patrols smaller towns and rural areas; the National Police Anti-Terrorism Brigade and the National Guard Special Unit have the lead for MOI counterterrorism operations "
"text": "Tunisian Armed Forces (Forces Armées Tunisiennes, FAT): Tunisian Army (includes Air Defense Force), Tunisian Navy, Tunisia Air Force<br><br>Ministry of Interior (MoI): Internal Security Forces (National Police, National Guard) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Police has primary responsibility for law enforcement in the major cities, while the National Guard (gendarmerie) oversees border security and patrols smaller towns and rural areas"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1229,13 +1195,13 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 35,000 active-duty personnel (25,000 Army; 5,000 Navy; 5,000 Air Force); estimated 10,000 National Guard (2023)"
"text": "approximately 35,000 active-duty personnel (25,000 Army; 5,000 Navy; 5,000 Air Force) (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the Tunisian military's inventory consists mostly of older or second-hand equipment from a wide variety of suppliers, including Brazil, China, Turkey, and the US, as well as several European countries, such as France, Germany, and Italy (2024)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-23 years of age for voluntary service for men and women; 20-23 years of age for compulsory service for men with a 12-month service obligation; individuals engaged in higher education or vocational training programs prior to their military drafting are allowed to delay service until they have completed their programs (up to age 35); exemptions allowed for males considered to a family's sole provider;  (2023)",
"text": "18-23 years of age for voluntary service for men and women; 20-23 years of age for compulsory (national) service for men with a 12-month service obligation; individuals engaged in higher education or vocational training programs prior to their military drafting are allowed to delay service until they have completed their programs (up to age 35); exemptions allowed for males considered to a family's sole provider (2023)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> women have been allowed in the service since 1975 as volunteers; as of 2023, women constituted about 8% of the military and served in all three services"
},
"Military deployments": {

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"text": "<p>flooding on the central plateau during the rainy season; drought</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> limited volcanic activity; Ol Doinyo Lengai (2,962 m) has emitted lava in recent years; other historically active volcanoes include Kieyo and Meru</p>"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa and one of only three mountain ranges on the continent that has glaciers (the others are Mount Kenya in Kenya and the Ruwenzori Mountains on the Uganda-Democratic Republic of the Congo border); Tanzania is bordered by three of the largest lakes on the continent: Lake Victoria (the world's second-largest freshwater lake) in the north, Lake Tanganyika (the world's second deepest) in the west, and Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) in the southwest"
"text": "Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa and one of only three mountain ranges on the continent that has glaciers (the others are Mount Kenya in Kenya and the Ruwenzori Mountains on the Uganda-Democratic Republic of the Congo border); Tanzania is bordered by three of the largest lakes on the continent: Lake Victoria (the world's second-largest freshwater lake) in the north, Lake Tanganyika (the world's second-deepest) in the west, and Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) in the southwest"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -163,16 +163,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "87.7"
"text": "82.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "81.9"
"text": "76.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "5.9"
"text": "5.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "20.4 (2021 est.)"
"text": "17.5 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "water pollution; improper management of liquid waste; indoor air pollution caused by the burning of fuel wood or charcoal for cooking and heating is a large environmental health issue; soil degradation; deforestation; desertification; destruction of coral reefs threatens marine habitats; wildlife threatened by illegal hunting and trade, especially for ivory; loss of biodiversity; solid waste disposal"
"text": "water pollution; improper management of liquid waste; indoor air pollution from burning wood or charcoal for cooking and heating; soil degradation; deforestation; desertification; coral reef destruction; illegal hunting and animal trade, especially ivory; loss of biodiversity; solid waste disposal"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -441,12 +441,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to localized shortfalls in staple food production - </em>according to the latest analysis, an estimated 990,000 million people were facing severe acute food insecurity between March and May 2023, 839,000 people in 28 mainland districts and 151,000 on Zanzibar Island; the food insecurity situation was mainly driven by a reduced crop production in 2022 due to dry weather conditions and by high food prices (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "2.19% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0.02% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "15.36 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -526,7 +520,7 @@
},
"Capital": {
"name": {
"text": "Dodoma; note - Dodoma was designated the national capital in 1996; Dar es Salaam, the original national capital, is the country's largest city and commercial center&nbsp;"
"text": "Dodoma"
},
"geographic coordinates": {
"text": "6 48 S, 39 17 E"
@ -535,7 +529,7 @@
"text": "UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "Dodoma, in the native Gogo language, means \"it has sunk\"; supposedly, one day during the rainy season, an elephant drowned in the area; the villagers in that place were so struck by what had occurred, that ever since the locale has been referred to as the place where \"it (the elephant) sunk\""
"text": "the name comes from the name of a nearby mountain; the origin of the mountain's name is unclear"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -751,14 +745,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "3.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "3.8% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "4.35% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "3.69% (2021 est.)"
"text": "4.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -813,30 +807,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "31.054 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "32.983 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "2.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "2.61% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "2.61% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "2.81% (2021 est.)"
"text": "2.6% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "3.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "2.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "4.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "4.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -894,7 +888,7 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "11.49% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"text": "11.5% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -963,7 +957,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$19.178 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$17.513 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -1110,7 +1104,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "according to statistics from the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA), Tanzania had 45 television stations as of 2020; 13 of those stations provided national content services (commercially broadcasting free-to-air television); there are 196 radio stations, most operating at the district level, but also including 5 independent nationally broadcasting stations and 1 state-owned national radio station; international broadcasting is available through satellite television which is becoming increasingly widespread; there are 3 major satellite TV providers (2020)"
"text": "about 45 TV stations, with 13 national that broadcast free-to-air TV; 196 radio stations, most operating at the district level, but also including 5 independent national stations and 1 state-owned national radio station; international broadcasts widely available through satellite TV; 3 major satellite TV providers (2020)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".tz"
@ -1130,29 +1124,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "11 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "91"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "1,481,557 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "390,000 (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "5H"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "206 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "311 km gas, 891 km oil, 8 km refined products (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "4,097 km (2022)"
@ -1167,20 +1144,6 @@
"text": "2,707 km (2022) 1.000 m guage"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "145,203 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "11,201 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "134,002 km (2022)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "1,594 km (2022) (Lake Tanganyika 673 km, Lake Victoria 337 km, and Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) 584 km are the principal avenues of commerce with neighboring countries; the rivers are not navigable)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "381 (2023)"
@ -1215,8 +1178,8 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Tanzania People's Defense Forces (TPDF or Jeshi la Wananchi la Tanzania, JWTZ): Land Forces, Naval Forces, Air Force, National Building Army (Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa, JKT), People's Militia (Reserves)<br><br>Ministry of Home Affairs: Tanzania Police Force (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the National Building Army (aka National Services) is a paramilitary organization under the Defense Forces that provides six months of military and vocational training to individuals as part of their two years of public service; after completion of training, some graduates join the regular Defense Forces while the remainder become part of the People's (or Citizen's) Militia<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Tanzania Police Force includes the Police Field Force (aka Field Force Unit), a special police division with the responsibility for controlling unlawful demonstrations and riots"
"text": "Tanzania People's Defense Forces (TPDF or Jeshi la Wananchi la Tanzania, JWTZ): Land Forces, Naval Forces, Air Force, Nation Building Army (Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa, JKT), Reserve Forces<br><br>Ministry of Home Affairs: Tanzania Police Force (Jeshi la Polisi Tanzania) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Nation Building Army (aka National Services) is a paramilitary organization under the Defense Forces that provides six months of military and vocational training to individuals as part of their two years of public service; after completion of training, some graduates join the regular Defense Forces while the remainder become part of the Reserves<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Tanzania Police Force includes the Police Field Force (aka Field Force Unit), a special police division with the responsibility for controlling unlawful demonstrations and riots"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1236,7 +1199,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 25,000 active-duty personnel (21,000 Land Forces; 1,000 Naval Forces; 3,000 Air Force) (2023)"
"text": "approximately 25,000 active Defense Forces personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the TPDF's inventory includes mostly Chinese and Russian/Soviet-era weapons and equipment (2024)"
@ -1245,7 +1208,7 @@
"text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 6-year commitment (2-year contracts afterwards); selective conscription for 2 years of public service (2024)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "520 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 850 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 125 Lebanon (UNIFIL); approximately 300 Mozambique (under bi-lateral agreement to assist with combatting an insurgency) (2024)"
"text": "520 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); more than 1,000 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO and Southern African Development Community regional force); 125 Lebanon (UNIFIL); approximately 300 Mozambique (under bi-lateral agreement to assist with combatting an insurgency) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the TDPF&rsquo;s primary concerns are maritime piracy and smuggling, border security, terrorism, animal poaching, and spillover from instability in neighboring countries, particularly Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); it participates in multinational training exercises, regional peacekeeping deployments, and has ties with a variety of foreign militaries, including those of China, India, and the US; it has contributed troops to the UN&rsquo;s Force Intervention Brigade in the DRC; the TPDF also participated in the former Southern African Development Community intervention force in Mozambique, which assisted the Mozambique military in combating fighters affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); the regional force withdrew in 2024, but the TPDF continues to maintain troops in Mozambique as part of a separate bilateral security agreement; since 2020, the TPDF has reinforced the border with Mozambique following several cross-border attacks by ISIS fighters (2024)"

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@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
"text": "droughts; floods; earthquakes; landslides; hailstorms"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "landlocked; fertile, well-watered country with many lakes and rivers; Lake Victoria, the world's largest tropical lake and the second largest freshwater lake, is shared among three countries: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda"
"text": "landlocked; fertile, well-watered country with many lakes and rivers; Lake Victoria, the world's largest tropical lake and second-largest freshwater lake, is shared among three countries: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -145,16 +145,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "88.2"
"text": "97.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "85.1"
"text": "93 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "3.2"
"text": "4.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "31.7 (2021 est.)"
"text": "21 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -412,12 +412,6 @@
"text": "<em><em>due to weather extremes, </em></em><em>civil insecurity, and high food prices </em><em>- </em>the latest analysis, conducted in the northeastern agro-pastoral Karamoja region, estimates that about 582,000 million people are facing acute food insecurity between April and August 2023; these conditions reflect the adverse impact of weather shocks, crop and livestock diseases, civil insecurity and high food prices; the significant deterioration of the food security situation during the last 12 months in Karamoja Region is mainly due to protracted insecurity that has caused livelihood losses and consecutive poor local harvests; in 2023, the national average price of maize increased by 20% between January and May 2023, with seasonal patterns compounded by a fast depletion of stocks due to a drought‑reduced production in 2022 (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "7.32% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "31.31 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -475,7 +469,7 @@
"text": "Uganda"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "from the name \"Buganda,\" adopted by the British as the designation for their East African colony in 1894; Buganda had been a powerful East African state during the 18th and 19th centuries"
"text": "the name is derived from the Swahili word <em>u</em>, meaning \"land\" or \"country,\" and the Ganda people; the origin of the Ganda name is unclear"
}
},
"Government type": {
@ -492,7 +486,7 @@
"text": "UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the site of the original British settlement was referred to by its native name as Akasozi ke'Empala (\"hill of the impala\" [plural]); over time this designation was shortened to K'empala and finally Kampala"
"text": "the name is said to come from an African antelope, the impala"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -505,7 +499,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 9 October (1962)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of English common law and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of English common law and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -707,15 +701,15 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "3.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "5.35% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "7.2% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "2.2% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
@ -775,30 +769,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "19.077 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "22.829 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "2.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "2.83% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.8% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "2.93% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "3.42% (2021 est.)"
"text": "2.9% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "4.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "4.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "3.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "5.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -851,13 +845,13 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenses converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "53.89% of GDP (2022 est.)"
"Public debt 2023": {
"text": "53.1% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "12.55% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"text": "13% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -865,7 +859,7 @@
"text": "-$3.766 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$4.065 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "-$4.064 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "-$3.605 billion (2021 est.)"
@ -874,10 +868,10 @@
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$9.085 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$9.084 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$6.115 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$6.116 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$6.231 billion (2021 est.)"
@ -926,7 +920,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$11.436 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$10.469 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -934,20 +928,20 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Ugandan shillings (UGX) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "3,757.262 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "3,726.14 (2023 est.)"
"text": "3,726.142 (2023 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2022": {
"text": "3,689.817 (2022 est.)"
"text": "3,689.818 (2022 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2021": {
"text": "3,587.052 (2021 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "3,718.249 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "3,704.049 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1067,7 +1061,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "public broadcaster, Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), operates radio and TV networks; 31 Free-To-Air (FTA) TV stations, 2 digital terrestrial TV stations, 3 cable TV stations, and 5 digital satellite TV stations; 258 operational FM stations"
"text": "public broadcaster, Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), operates radio and TV networks; 31 Free-To-Air (FTA) TV stations, 2 digital terrestrial TV stations, 3 cable TV stations, and 5 digital satellite TV stations; 258 FM stations"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".ug"
@ -1087,17 +1081,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "6 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "26"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "21,537 (2018)"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "5X"
},
@ -1111,25 +1094,11 @@
"narrow gauge": {
"text": "1,244 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "20,544 km (excludes local roads)"
},
"paved": {
"text": "4,257 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "16,287 km (2017)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "907 km (2022) (there are no long navigable stretches of river in Uganda; parts of the Albert Nile ( 210 km) that flow out of Lake Albert (160 km) in the northwestern part of the country are navigable; several lakes including Lake Victoria (337 km) and Lake Kyoga (199.5) have substantial traffic; Lake Albert is navigable along a 200-km stretch from its northern tip to its southern shores)"
}
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF): Land Force (includes marines), Air Force, Special Forces Command, Reserve Force <br><br>Ministry of Internal Affairs: Uganda Police Force (2024)",
"text": "Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF): Land Force (includes marines), Air Force, Special Forces Command, Reserve Force <br><br>Ministry of Internal Affairs: Uganda Police Force (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Special Forces Command is a separate branch within the UPDF; it evolved from the former Presidential Guard Brigade and has continued to retain presidential protection duties in addition to its traditional missions, such as counterinsurgency<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Uganda Police Force includes air, field, territorial, and marine units, as well as a presidential guard force<br><br><strong>note 3:</strong> in 2018, President MUSEVENI created a volunteer force of Local Defense Units under the military to beef up local security in designated parts of the country"
},
"Military expenditures": {
@ -1150,13 +1119,13 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 45-50,000 active-duty troops (2023)"
"text": "approximately 45-50,000 active Defense Force troops (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the UPDF's inventory is mix of older and some more modern weapons and equipment; it is comprised mostly of Russian/Soviet-era arms with smaller quantities of Chinese, Israeli, North Korean, South African, UK, US, and domestically-produced items; Uganda has a small defense industry that assembles or manufactures light armored vehicles and performs maintenance on some military equipment, including its Russian-made helicopters (2024)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military duty for men and women; 18-30 for those with degrees/diplomas in specialized fields such as medicine, engineering, chemistry, and education, or possess qualifications in some vocational skills; 9-year service obligation (2024)"
"text": "18-22 years of age for voluntary military duty for men and women; 9-year service obligation (2025)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "as many as 4-5,000 Democratic Republic of Congo; approximately 4,500 Somalia (African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia or AUSSOM) (2025)"

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@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
"text": "recurring droughts"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "landlocked savanna cut by the three principal rivers of the Black, Red, and White Voltas"
"text": "landlocked savanna cut by the three principal rivers, the Black, Red, and White Voltas"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -143,16 +143,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "87.4"
"text": "80.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "82.6"
"text": "74.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "4.8"
"text": "5.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "20.9 (2021 est.)"
"text": "17.2 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "recent droughts and desertification severely affecting agricultural activities, population distribution, and the economy; overgrazing; soil degradation; deforestation (2019)"
"text": "droughts; desertification; overgrazing; soil degradation; deforestation (2019)"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -410,12 +410,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to civil insecurity in the north and high food prices - </em>according to the latest analysis, about 3.53 million people are projected to face acute food insecurity during the June to August 2023 lean season period; this would be a slight increase compared to the preceding year; acute food insecurity is primarily underpinned by poor insecurity in northern and eastern areas, and in particular by the use of siege tactics by non-state armed groups in the country’s Sahel region; as of March 2023, civil insecurity resulted in the displacement of about 2.06 million people; persistent high food prices are affecting vulnerable households across the country, particularly those in conflict-affected areas due to market disruptions as well as constrained access to sources of income and humanitarian assistance (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "4.54% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "40.74 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -507,7 +501,7 @@
"text": "Republic Day, 11 December (1958); note - commemorates the day that Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law based on the French model and customary law; in mid-2019, the National Assembly amended the penal code"
"text": "civil law based on the French model and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -706,14 +700,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "4.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "0.74% (2023 est.)"
"text": "0.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "14.29% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "3.65% (2021 est.)"
"text": "14.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -768,30 +762,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "8.633 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "6.461 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "5.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "5.29% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "5.35% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "5.11% (2021 est.)"
"text": "5.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "8.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "7.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "7.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "8.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "8.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -837,36 +831,36 @@
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "62.53% of GDP (2022 est.)"
"text": "62.5% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "17.67% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"text": "17.7% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$1.017 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$1.404 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "$77.255 million (2021 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2020": {
"text": "$743.232 million (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$5.912 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$5.814 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$6.234 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Exports 2020": {
"text": "$5.356 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Exports - partners": {
@ -878,15 +872,15 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$6.834 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$6.761 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$5.835 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Imports 2020": {
"text": "$4.779 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Imports - partners": {
@ -907,7 +901,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$3.977 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$3.565 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -915,6 +909,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "606.345 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "606.57 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -926,9 +923,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "575.586 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "585.911 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1031,7 +1025,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "since the official inauguration of Terrestrial Digital Television (TNT) in December 2017, Burkina Faso now has 14 digital TV channels among which 2 are state-owned; there are more than 140 radio stations (commercial, religious, community) available throughout the country including a national and regional state-owned network; the state-owned Radio Burkina and the private Radio Omega are among the most widespread stations and both include broadcasts in French and local languages (2019)"
"text": "14 digital TV channels, of which 2 are state-owned; over 140 national radio stations (commercial, religious, community), including a national and regional state-owned network; state-owned Radio Burkina and private Radio Omega are among the most widely available and broadcast in both French and local languages (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".bf"
@ -1051,20 +1045,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "3"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "151,531 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "100,000 (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "XT"
},
@ -1079,23 +1059,12 @@
"text": "622 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> another 660 km of this railway extends into Cote d'Ivoire"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "15,304 km (2017)"
},
"paved": {
"text": "3,642 km (2014)"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "11,662 km (2014)"
}
}
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Armed Forces of Burkina Faso (FABF; aka National Armed Forces (FAN), aka Defense and Security Forces (Forces de Défense et de Sécurité or FDS)): Army of Burkina Faso (L’Armee de Terre), Air Force of Burkina Faso (Force Aerienne de Burkina Faso), National Gendarmerie, National Fire Brigade (Brigade Nationale de Sapeurs-Pompiers or BNSP); Homeland Defense Volunteers (Forcés de Volontaires de Défense pour la Patrie or VDP)<br><br>Ministry of Territorial Administration, Decentralization and Security (Ministère de l'Administration Territoriale, de la Décentralisation et de la Sécurité): National Police of Burkina Faso (includes Border Police, Judicial Police, and Intervention Units, as well as State and Public Security forces) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the National Gendarmerie is under the Ministry of Defense, but usually operates in support of the Ministry of Territorial Administration, Decentralization, and Security; the Gendarmerie's primary mission is counterterrorism<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the VDP is a lightly-armed civilian defense/militia force established in 2019 to act as auxiliaries to the Army; the volunteers receive two weeks of training and typically assist with carrying out surveillance, information-gathering, and escort duties, as well as local defense; they are based in each of the country's more than 300 municipalities"
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the National Gendarmerie is under the Ministry of Defense, but usually operates in support of the Ministry of Territorial Administration, Decentralization, and Security; the Gendarmerie's primary mission is counterterrorism<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the VDP is a lightly armed civilian defense/militia force established in 2019 to act as auxiliaries to the Army; the volunteers receive two weeks of training and typically assist with carrying out surveillance, information-gathering, and escort duties, as well as local defense; they are based in each of the country's more than 300 municipalities"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1115,7 +1084,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 15-20,000 Armed Forces personnel; approximately 50,000 Homeland Defense Volunteers (2024)",
"text": "estimated 20,000 Armed Forces personnel; estimated 50,000 Homeland Defense Volunteers (2025)",
"note": "<br><strong><br><br></strong>"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {

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@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
"text": "prolonged periods of drought"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "the Namib Desert, after which the country is named, is considered to be the oldest desert in the world; Namibia is the first country in the world to incorporate the protection of the environment into its constitution; some 14% of the land is protected, including virtually the entire Namib Desert coastal strip; Namib-Naukluft National Park (49,768 sq km), is the largest game park in Africa and one of the largest in the world"
"text": "the Namib Desert, after which the country is named, is considered to be the oldest desert in the world; some 14% of the land is protected, including virtually the entire Namib Desert coastal strip"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -156,16 +156,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "67.3"
"text": "61.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "60.6"
"text": "55 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "6.7"
"text": "6.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "14.8 (2021 est.)"
"text": "15.7 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "depletion and degradation of water and aquatic resources; desertification; land degradation; loss of biodiversity and biotic resources; wildlife poaching"
"text": "depletion and degradation of water and aquatic resources; desertification; land degradation; loss of biodiversity; wildlife poaching"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -412,12 +412,6 @@
"text": "<em><em>due to localized shortfalls in cereal production and </em></em><em>rising food prices </em><em>- </em>an estimated 390,000 people faced acute food insecurity in the January to March 2023 period, lower than the figure in the corresponding period of 2022; high food prices and localized weather induced shortfalls in cereal production in 2022 were the key drivers (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.47% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "11.81 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -499,7 +493,7 @@
"text": "UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "may derive from the Afrikaans word \"wind-hoek\" meaning \"windy corner\""
"text": "the name is an Afrikaans word meaning \"windy corner;\" a local Khoikhoin chief first used the name in the 19th century and may have derived it from the name of his childhood South African village of Winterhoek"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -512,7 +506,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 21 March (1990)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of uncodified civil law based on Roman-Dutch law and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of uncodified civil law based on Roman-Dutch law and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -743,14 +737,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "4.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "5.88% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "6.08% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "3.62% (2021 est.)"
"text": "6.1% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -808,30 +802,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "1.106 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "1.131 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "19.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "19.42% (2023 est.)"
"text": "19.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "19.75% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "20.88% (2021 est.)"
"text": "19.7% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "38% (2023 est.)"
"text": "37.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "37.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "36.7% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "38.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "38% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -882,18 +876,18 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "27.17% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"text": "27.2% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$1.831 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "-$1.809 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$1.634 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "-$1.611 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "-$1.407 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "-$1.393 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
@ -919,7 +913,7 @@
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$8.283 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$8.286 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$7.424 billion (2022 est.)"
@ -938,21 +932,24 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$3.356 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$2.956 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$2.803 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$2.764 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Exchange rates": {
"Currency": {
"text": "Namibian dollars (NAD) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "18.329 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "18.446 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -964,9 +961,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "16.463 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "14.449 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1083,7 +1077,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "1 private and 1 state-run TV station; satellite and cable TV service available; state-run radio service broadcasts in multiple languages; about a dozen private radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters available"
"text": "1 private and 1 state-run TV station; satellite and cable TV service available; state-run radio broadcasts in multiple languages; about a dozen private radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters available"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".na"
@ -1103,20 +1097,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "2 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "21"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "602,893 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "26.29 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "V5"
},
@ -1134,17 +1114,6 @@
"text": "2,628 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "48,875 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "7,893 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "40,982 km (2018)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "15 (2023)"
@ -1179,7 +1148,7 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Namibian Defense Force (NDF): Army, Navy, Air Force (2024)",
"text": "Namibian Defense Force (NDF): Namibian Army, Namibian Navy, Namibian Air Force (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Namibian Police Force is under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security; it has a paramilitary Special Field Force responsible for protecting borders and government installations"
},
"Military expenditures": {
@ -1200,7 +1169,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "information varies; approximately 12,000 personnel (10,000 Army; 1,000 Navy; 1,000 Air Force) (2024)"
"text": "estimated 12,000 active NDF personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the NDF's inventory consists of a mix of Soviet-era and some more modern systems from a variety of countries, including Brazil, China, Germany, India, and South Africa; most of the Navy's vessels and the Air Force's fighter aircraft were acquired from China; Namibia has a small defense industry that produces items such as armored personnel carriers (2024)"
@ -1210,7 +1179,7 @@
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> as of 2022, women comprised about 23% of the active-duty military"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the NDF’s primary responsibility is defending Namibia's territorial integrity and national interests; it has participated in UN and regional peacekeeping and security missions and provides assistance to civil authorities as needed; it also participates in multinational training exercises<br><br>the NDF was created in 1990, largely from demobilized former members of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) and the South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF); the 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 (2024)"
"text": "the NDF’s primary responsibility is defending Namibia's territorial integrity and national interests; it has participated in UN and regional peacekeeping and security missions and provides assistance to civil authorities as needed; it also participates in multinational training exercises<br><br>the NDF was created in 1990, largely from demobilized former members of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) and the South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF); the 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 (2025)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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@ -137,16 +137,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "64"
"text": "55.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "57.4"
"text": "49.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "6.5"
"text": "6.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "15.3 (2021 est.)"
"text": "16 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "limited supplies of potable water; wildlife populations being depleted because of excessive hunting; population growth, deforestation, and overgrazing lead to soil erosion and soil degradation"
"text": "limited supplies of potable water; overhunting depleting wildlife; population growth, deforestation, and overgrazing lead to soil erosion and soil degradation"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -400,12 +400,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to higher staple food prices - </em>the latest analysis indicates that nearly 259,000 people faced acute food insecurity between January and March 2023, an improvement compared to the previous year; food insecurity in 2022-23 is driven by high food prices and a slowdown in economic growth, curbing households’ income earning opportunities (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "2.25% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0.1% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "15.07 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -473,7 +467,7 @@
"text": "UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "named after a Swati chief, Mbabane KUNENE, who lived in the area at the onset of British settlement"
"text": "the origin of the name is unclear; it may come from the Mbabane River next to the city, whose name is said to derive from the word <em>lubabe</em>, a type of shrub; another theory cites a local chief, Mbabane KUNENE, as the source of the name"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -486,7 +480,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day (Somhlolo Day), 6 September (1968)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of civil, common, and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of civil, common, and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -711,10 +705,10 @@
"text": "2.6% (2019 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2018": {
"text": "4.82% (2018 est.)"
"text": "4.8% (2018 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2017": {
"text": "6.22% (2017 est.)"
"text": "6.2% (2017 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -766,30 +760,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "416,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "390,600 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "34.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "37.64% (2023 est.)"
"text": "35.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "37.85% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "35.71% (2021 est.)"
"text": "35.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "65% (2023 est.)"
"text": "58.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "62.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "56% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "67.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "60.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -835,11 +829,12 @@
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "36.25% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"text": "36.2% of GDP (2021 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "24.7% (of GDP) (2021 est.)"
"text": "24.7% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
@ -907,7 +902,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$959.627 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$923.266 million (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -915,6 +910,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "emalangeni per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "18.318 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "18.454 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -926,9 +924,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "16.47 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "14.452 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1040,7 +1035,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "1 state-owned TV station; satellite dishes are able to access South African providers; state-owned radio network with 3 channels; 1 private radio station (2019)"
"text": "1 state-owned TV station; satellite dishes can access South African providers; state-owned radio network with 3 channels; 1 private radio station (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".sz"
@ -1076,17 +1071,6 @@
"narrow gauge": {
"text": "301 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge"
}
},
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"total": {
"text": "4,594 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "1,500 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "3,000 km (2022)"
}
}
},
"Military and Security": {

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"text": "periodic drought; tropical storms (November to April)"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with Zimbabwe; Lake Kariba on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border forms the world's largest reservoir by volume (180 cu km; 43 cu mi)"
"text": "landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural river boundary with Zimbabwe; Lake Kariba on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border forms the world's largest reservoir by volume (180 cu km; 43 cu mi)"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -152,16 +152,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "81.8"
"text": "81.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "78.7"
"text": "76.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "3.2"
"text": "5.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "31.6 (2021 est.)"
"text": "19.8 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -373,7 +373,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "air pollution and resulting acid rain in the mineral extraction and refining region; chemical runoff into watersheds; loss of biodiversity; poaching seriously threatens rhinoceros, elephant, antelope, and large cat populations; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; lack of adequate water treatment presents human health risks"
"text": "air pollution and acid rain in the mineral extraction and refining region; chemical runoff into watersheds; loss of biodiversity; poaching; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; lack of adequate water treatment"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -419,12 +419,6 @@
"text": "<em>due to reduced incomes and localized shortfalls in cereal production -</em>an estimated 1.95 million people were projected to face acute food insecurity between October 2022 and March 2023, an increase compared to the 1.6 million people estimated in 2021/22; the high level of acute food insecurity is associated with the effects of a below-average cereal harvest and high food prices that adversely impacted households’ food availability and access (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "4.45% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0.04% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "16.9 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -482,7 +476,7 @@
"text": "Northern Rhodesia"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "name derived from the Zambezi River, which flows through the western part of the country and forms its southern border with neighboring Zimbabwe"
"text": "name is derived from the Zambezi River, which flows through the western part of the country and forms the southern border with Zimbabwe"
}
},
"Government type": {
@ -499,7 +493,7 @@
"text": "UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "named after a village called Lusaka, located at Manda Hill, near where Zambia's National Assembly building currently stands; the village was named after a headman (chief) LUSAKASA"
"text": "named after a village with a headman (chief) called LUSAAKAS"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -512,7 +506,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 24 October (1964)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of English common law and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of English common law and customary law"
},
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"history": {
@ -715,13 +709,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "10.88% (2023 est.)"
"text": "10.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "10.99% (2022 est.)"
"text": "11% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "22.02% (2021 est.)"
"text": "22% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -782,30 +776,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "7.165 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "7.407 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "6% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "5.91% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "5.99% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "5.2% (2021 est.)"
"text": "6% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "9.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "9.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "9.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "10.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "9.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "9.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -851,12 +845,12 @@
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "71.41% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"text": "71.4% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "16.78% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
"text": "16.8% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -912,26 +906,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$3.173 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$2.968 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$2.754 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020": {
"text": "$1.203 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$17.613 billion (2023 est.)"
}
"text": "$16.597 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
"Exchange rates": {
"Currency": {
"text": "Zambian kwacha (ZMK) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "26.166 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "20.212 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -943,9 +941,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "18.344 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "12.89 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1060,7 +1055,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "<p>according to the Independent Broadcast Authority, there are 137 radio stations and 47 television stations in Zambia; out of the 137 radio stations, 133 are private (categorized as either commercial or community radio stations), while 4 are public-owned; state-owned Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) operates 2 television channels and 3 radio stations; ZNBC owns 75% shares in GoTV, 40% in MultiChoice, and 40% in TopStar Communications Company, all of which operate in-country</p> (2019)"
"text": "<p>47 state-controlled and private TV stations; state-owned Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) has 2 TV channels, controls 1, and owns shares in 2 more; 137 radio stations, with 133 private and 4 state-owned</p> (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".zm"
@ -1080,20 +1075,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "3 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "6"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "8,904 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "75.08 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "9J"
},
@ -1103,9 +1084,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "4 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "771 km oil (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "3,126 km (2014)"
@ -1115,20 +1093,6 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> includes 1,860 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "67,671 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "10,150 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "57,520 km (2021)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "2,250 km (2010) (includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula Rivers)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "2 (2023)"
@ -1140,8 +1104,8 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Zambia Defense Force (ZDF): Zambia Army, Zambia Air Force, Zambia National Service; Defense Force Medical Service<br><br>Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security: Zambia Police (includes a paramilitary battalion) (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Zambia National Service is a support organization that also does public work projects; its main objectives revolve around land development, agriculture, industries, youth skills training as well as arts, sports and culture  <br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Zambia Army comprises the Regular Force, the Home Guard, and the Territorial reserve"
"text": "Zambia Defense Force (ZDF): Zambia Army, Zambia Air Force, Zambia National Service<br><br>Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security: Zambia Police (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Zambia National Service is a support organization that also does public work projects; its main objectives revolve around land development, agriculture, industries, youth skills training as well as arts, sports and culture; the ZDF also includes a Defense Force Medical Service<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Zambia Army comprises the Regular Force, the Home Guard, and the Territorial Reserve"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1161,7 +1125,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 17,000 active troops (15,000 Army; 2,000 Air) (2024)"
"text": "approximately 16,000 active Defense Force personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the ZDF's inventory is largely comprised of Chinese, Russian, and Soviet-era weapons and equipment along with smaller quantities of items--particularly aircraft--from such suppliers as Israel and the US (2024)"

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"text": "recurring droughts; floods and severe storms are rare"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with Zambia; in full flood (February-April) the massive Victoria Falls on the river forms the world's largest curtain of falling water; Lake Kariba on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border forms the world's largest reservoir by volume (180 cu km; 43 cu mi)"
"text": "landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural river boundary with Zambia; in full flood (February-April), the massive Victoria Falls on the river forms the world's largest curtain of falling water; Lake Kariba on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border forms the world's largest reservoir by volume (180 cu km; 43 cu mi)"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -147,16 +147,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "79.4"
"text": "73 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "73.4"
"text": "66.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "6"
"text": "6.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "16.6 (2021 est.)"
"text": "14.8 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "deforestation; soil erosion; land degradation; air and water pollution; the black rhinoceros herd - once the largest concentration of the species in the world - has been significantly reduced by poaching; poor mining practices have led to toxic waste and heavy metal pollution"
"text": "deforestation; soil erosion; land degradation; air and water pollution; poaching; toxic waste and heavy metal pollution from mining"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -425,12 +425,6 @@
"text": "<em><em>due to high food prices</em></em><em> </em><em>-</em> based on a government assessment, an estimated 3.8 million people are expected to be in need of humanitarian assistance between January and March 2023; this number is higher than the level estimated in the first quarter of 2022; the downturn in food security conditions is largely on account of poor food access resulting from prevailing high food prices and reduced incomes owing to the effects of an economic downturn; a decline in cereal production in 2022 has also aggravated conditions (2023)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "1.61% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0.4% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "13.08 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -489,7 +483,7 @@
"text": "Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe-Rhodesia"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "takes its name from the Kingdom of Zimbabwe (13th-15th century) and its capital of Great Zimbabwe, the largest stone structure in pre-colonial southern Africa"
"text": "takes its name from the Kingdom of Zimbabwe (13th-15th century) and its capital of Great Zimbabwe, which was built of stone; the name Zimbabwe comes from the Bantu phrase <em>zimba we bahwe</em>, meaning \"houses of stones;\" the former name, Rhodesia, was derived from the name of British colonial administrator Cecil RHODES"
}
},
"Government type": {
@ -519,7 +513,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 18 April (1980)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of English common law, Roman-Dutch civil law, and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of English common law, Roman-Dutch civil law, and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -758,10 +752,10 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "104.71% (2022 est.)"
"text": "104.7% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "98.55% (2021 est.)"
"text": "98.5% (2021 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2020": {
"text": "557.2% (2020 est.)"
@ -813,30 +807,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "6.32 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "6.386 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "8.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "8.76% (2023 est.)"
"text": "8.8% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "10.09% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "9.54% (2021 est.)"
"text": "10.1% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "14.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "14% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "13.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "12.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "15.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "15.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -885,7 +879,7 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "7.21% (of GDP) (2018 est.)",
"text": "7.2% (of GDP) (2018 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -910,7 +904,7 @@
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$6.575 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> GDP expenditure basis - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Exports - partners": {
"text": "UAE 45%, China 18%, South Africa 15%, Mozambique 4%, Hong Kong 2% (2023)",
@ -930,7 +924,7 @@
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$8.104 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> GDP expenditure basis - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Imports - partners": {
"text": "South Africa 37%, China 15%, Bahamas, The 5%, Singapore 5%, UAE 4% (2023)",
@ -941,26 +935,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$261.373 million (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$115.53 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$598.622 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$838.78 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$6.814 billion (2023 est.)"
}
"text": "$6.671 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
"Exchange rates": {
"Currency": {
"text": "Zimbabwean dollars (ZWD) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "3,266.332 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "3,509.172 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -973,9 +971,6 @@
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "51.329 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "16.446 (2019 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>ongoing hyperinflation rendered Zimbabwean dollar essentially worthless; introduction of Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) as new currency effective April 2024"
}
},
@ -1093,7 +1088,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "government owns all local radio and TV stations; foreign shortwave broadcasts and satellite TV are available to those who can afford antennas and receivers; in rural areas, access to TV broadcasts is extremely limited; analog TV only, no digital service (2017)"
"text": "government owns all local radio and TV stations; foreign shortwave broadcasts and satellite TV available; in rural areas, access to TV broadcasts is extremely limited; analog TV only, no digital service (2017)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".zw"
@ -1113,20 +1108,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "2 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "12"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "285,539 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "670,000 (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "Z"
},
@ -1136,9 +1117,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "5 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "270 km refined products (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "3,427 km (2014)"
@ -1146,25 +1124,11 @@
"narrow gauge": {
"text": "3,427 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified)"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "97,267 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "18,481 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "78,786 km (2023)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "223 km (2022) some navigation possible on Lake Kariba (223 km)"
}
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF): Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ)<br><br>Ministry of Home Affairs: Zimbabwe Republic Police (2024)"
"text": "Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF): Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ)<br><br>Ministry of Home Affairs: Zimbabwe Republic Police (2025)"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1184,7 +1148,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "information varies; approximately 30,000 active-duty troops, including about 4,000 Air Force personnel (2023)"
"text": "approximately 30,000 active Zimbabwe Defense Force troops (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the ZDF inventory is comprised mostly of Russian/Soviet-era and Chinese armaments with smaller quantities of older or obsolescent material from countries such as Brazil, France, Italy, South Africa, the UK, and the US; since the early 2010s, Zimbabwe has been under an arms embargo from the EU, as well as targeted sanctions from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US (2024)"

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"text": "katabatic (gravity-driven) winds blow coastward from the high interior; frequent blizzards form near the foot of the plateau; cyclonic storms form over the ocean and move clockwise along the coast; large icebergs may calve from ice shelf<br><br><strong>volcanism:</strong> volcanic activity on Deception Island and isolated areas of West Antarctica; other seismic activity rare and weak"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "the coldest, windiest, highest (on average), and driest continent; during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent period <br><br>mostly uninhabitable, 99% of the land area is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, the largest single mass of ice on earth covering an area of 14 million sq km (5.4 million sq mi) and containing 26.5 million cu km (6.4 million cu mi) of ice (this is almost 62% of all of the world's fresh water); if all this ice were converted to liquid water, one estimate is that it would be sufficient to raise the height of the world's oceans by 58 m (190 ft)"
"text": "the coldest, windiest, highest (on average), and driest continent; during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent period <br><br>mostly uninhabitable, 99% of the land area is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, the largest single mass of ice on earth covering an area of 14 million sq km (5.4 million sq mi) and containing 26.5 million cu km (6.4 million cu mi) of ice (this is almost 62% of all of the world's fresh water)"
}
},
"People and Society": {
"Population": {
"text": "no indigenous inhabitants, but staff is present at year-round and summer-only research stations<br><br><strong>note: </strong>56 countries have signed the 1959 Antarctic Treaty; 30 of those operate through their National Antarctic Program a number of seasonal-only (summer) and year-round research stations on the continent and its nearby islands south of 60 degrees south latitude (the region covered by the Antarctic Treaty); the population engaging in and supporting science or managing and protecting the Antarctic region varies from approximately 5,000 in summer to 1,100 in winter; in addition, approximately 1,000 personnel, including ship's crew and scientists doing onboard research, are present in the waters of the treaty region<br><br>as of 2024, peak summer (December-February) maximum capacity in scientific stations - 4,713 total; Argentina 425, Australia 238, Belarus 15, Belgium 55, Brazil 64, Bulgaria 25, Chile 375, China 164, Czechia 32, Ecuador 35, Finland 16, France 136, France and Italy jointly 70, Germany 60, India 72, Italy 150, Japan 130, South Korea 158, New Zealand 85, Norway 60, Peru 30, Poland 41, Russia 211, South Africa 80, Spain 79, Sweden 16, Ukraine 15, United Kingdom 315, United States 1,495 , Uruguay 66 (2024)<br><br>winter (June-August) maximum capacity in scientific stations - 1,056 total; Argentina 221, Australia 52, Brazil 15, Chile 114, China 32, France 24, France and Italy jointly 13, Germany 9, India 48, Japan 40, Netherlands 10, South Korea 25, NZ 11, Norway 7, Poland 16, Russia 125, South Africa 15, Ukraine 12, UK 44, US 215, Uruguay 8 (2024)<br><br>in addition, during the austral summer, some nations have numerous occupied locations such as tent camps, summer-long temporary facilities, and mobile traverses in support of research"
"text": "no permanent inhabitants, but staff is present at year-round and summer-only research stations<br><br><strong>note: </strong>56 countries have signed the 1959 Antarctic Treaty; 30 of those operate a number of seasonal-only (summer) and year-round research stations on the continent and its nearby islands; the population  varies from approximately 5,000 in summer to 1,100 in winter, with about 1,000 support personnel on ships nearby<br><br>as of 2024, peak summer (December-February) maximum capacity in scientific stations - 4,713 total; Argentina 425, Australia 238, Belarus 15, Belgium 55, Brazil 64, Bulgaria 25, Chile 375, China 164, Czechia 32, Ecuador 35, Finland 16, France 136, France and Italy jointly 70, Germany 60, India 72, Italy 150, Japan 130, South Korea 158, New Zealand 85, Norway 60, Peru 30, Poland 41, Russia 211, South Africa 80, Spain 79, Sweden 16, Ukraine 15, United Kingdom 315, United States 1,495 , Uruguay 66 (2024)<br><br>winter (June-August) maximum capacity in scientific stations - 1,056 total; Argentina 221, Australia 52, Brazil 15, Chile 114, China 32, France 24, France and Italy jointly 13, Germany 9, India 48, Japan 40, Netherlands 10, South Korea 25, NZ 11, Norway 7, Poland 16, Russia 125, South Africa 15, Ukraine 12, UK 44, US 215, Uruguay 8 (2024)"
}
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "the discovery of a large Antarctic ozone hole in the earth's stratosphere (the ozone layer) - first announced in 1985 - spurred the signing of the Montreal Protocol in 1987, an international agreement phasing out the use of ozone-depleting chemicals; the ozone layer prevents most harmful wavelengths of ultra-violet (UV) light from passing through the earth's atmosphere; ozone depletion has been shown to harm a variety of Antarctic marine plants and animals (plankton); in 2016, a gradual trend toward \"healing\" of the ozone hole was reported; since the 1990s, satellites have shown accelerating ice loss driven by ocean change; although considerable uncertainty remains, scientists are increasing our understanding and ability to model potential impacts of ice loss"
"text": "size of ozone hole over continent; ice loss"
},
"Climate": {
"text": "the coldest, windiest, and driest continent on Earth; severe low temperatures vary with latitude, elevation, and distance from the ocean; East Antarctica is colder than West Antarctica because of its higher elevation; Antarctic Peninsula has the most moderate climate; higher temperatures occur in January along the coast and average slightly below freezing; summers characterized by continuous daylight, while winters bring continuous darkness; persistent high pressure over the interior brings dry, subsiding air that results in very little cloud cover"
@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
"Communications": {
"Telecommunication systems": {
"general assessment": {
"text": "<p>general assessment: scientists with the United States Antarctic Program at McMurdo Station have a designated Starlink terminal, which has improved connectivity to carry out research; this was made possible through laser links between the SpaceX satellites in orbit that eliminate the need for ground stations at the poles, and makes Antarctica the seventh and final continent to receive Starlink internet coverage (2022)</p> (2022)"
"text": "<p>scientists with the US Antarctic Program at McMurdo Station have a designated Starlink terminal, which has improved connectivity to carry out research; this was made possible through laser links between the SpaceX satellites in orbit that eliminate the need for ground stations at the poles</p> (2022)"
},
"domestic": {
"text": "commercial cellular networks operating in a small number of locations (2019)"

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@ -89,13 +89,11 @@
"Population": {
"total": {
"text": "uninhabited"
}
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>a small, seasonal research station is located in the northwest corner of Bouvet Island"
}
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "none; almost entirely ice covered"
},
"Climate": {
"text": "antarctic"
},
@ -137,7 +135,7 @@
"text": "territory of Norway; administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice and Oslo Police"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "the laws of Norway apply where applicable"
"text": "the laws of Norway apply&nbsp;"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "the flag of Norway is used"

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"text": "<p>Ile Amsterdam and Ile Saint-Paul are inactive volcanoes; Iles Eparses subject to periodic cyclones; Bassas da India is a maritime hazard since it is under water for a period of three hours prior to and following the high tide and surrounded by reefs</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Reunion Island - Piton de la Fournaise (2,632 m), which has erupted many times in recent years including 2010, 2015, and 2017, is one of the world's most active volcanoes; although rare, eruptions outside the volcano's caldera could threaten nearby cities</p>"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "<p>islands' component is widely scattered across remote locations in the southern Indian Ocean</p><p><strong>Bassas da India (Iles Eparses):</strong> atoll is a circular reef atop a long-extinct, submerged volcano; </p><p><strong>Europa Island and Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses):</strong> wildlife sanctuary for seabirds and sea turtles; </p><p><strong>Glorioso Island (Iles Eparses):</strong> islands and rocks are surrounded by an extensive reef system; </p><p><strong>Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses):</strong> climatologically important location for forecasting cyclones in the western Indian Ocean; wildlife sanctuary (seabirds, tortoises)</p>"
"text": "<p>islands are widely scattered across remote locations in the southern Indian Ocean</p> <p><strong>Bassas da India (Iles Éparses):</strong> atoll is a circular reef atop a long-extinct, submerged volcano</p> <p><strong>Europa Island and Juan de Nova Island (Iles Éparses):</strong> wildlife sanctuary for seabirds and sea turtles</p> <p><strong>Glorioso Island (Iles Éparses):</strong> islands and rocks are surrounded by an extensive reef system</p> <p><strong>Tromelin Island (Iles Éparses):</strong> climatologically important location for forecasting cyclones in the western Indian Ocean; wildlife sanctuary (seabirds, tortoises)</p>"
}
},
"People and Society": {
"Population": {
"total": {
"text": "no indigenous inhabitants"
"text": "no permanent inhabitants"
},
"note": "<strong>Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): </strong>uninhabited but has a meteorological station<br><strong>Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): </strong>uninhabited but is frequently visited by fishermen and has a scientific research cabin for short stays<br><strong>Iles Crozet</strong>: uninhabited except for 18 to 30 people staffing the Alfred Faure research station on Ile del la Possession<br><strong>Iles Kerguelen:</strong> 50 to 100 scientists are located at the main base at Port-aux-Francais on Ile Kerguelen<br><strong>Bassas da India (Iles Eparses): </strong>uninhabitable<br><strong>Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses): </strong>a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists on each possession; visited by scientists<br><strong>Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses): </strong>uninhabited, visited by scientists"
"note": "<strong>Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul)</strong>: uninhabited but has a meteorological station<br><strong>Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul)</strong>: uninhabited but is visited by fishermen and researchers<br><strong>Iles Crozet</strong>: uninhabited except for staff of the Alfred Faure research station on Ile del la Possession<br><strong>Iles Kerguelen</strong>: researchers are located at the main base at Port-aux-Francais on Ile Kerguelen<br><strong>Bassas da India (Iles Eparses)</strong>: uninhabitable<br><strong>Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses)</strong>: a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists on each possession; visited by researchers<br><strong>Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses)</strong>: uninhabited, visited by researchers"
}
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "introduction of foreign species on Iles Crozet has caused severe damage to the original ecosystem; overfishing of Patagonian toothfish around Iles Crozet and Iles Kerguelen"
"text": "problems from introduction of foreign species on Iles Crozet; overfishing of Patagonian toothfish around Iles Crozet and Iles Kerguelen"
},
"Climate": {
"text": "<p><strong>Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul:</strong> oceanic with persistent westerly winds and high humidity</p> <p><strong>Iles Crozet:</strong> windy, cold, wet, and cloudy</p> <p><strong>Iles Kerguelen:</strong> oceanic, cold, overcast, windy</p> <p><strong>Iles Eparses:</strong> tropical</p>"
@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
"text": "none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 5 administrative districts named Iles Crozet, Iles &Eacute;parses, Iles Kerguelen, Ile Saint-Paul et Ile Amsterdam; the fifth district is the \"Adelie Land\" claim in Antarctica that the US does not recognize"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "the laws of France, where applicable, apply"
"text": "the laws of France apply"
},
"Citizenship": {
"text": "see France"

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"text": "Mawson Peak, an active volcano, is on Heard Island"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "Mawson Peak on Heard Island is the highest Australian mountain (at 2,745 meters, it is taller than Mt. Kosciuszko in Australia proper), and one of only two active volcanoes located in Australian territory, the other being McDonald Island; in 1992, McDonald Island broke its dormancy and began erupting; it has erupted several times since, most recently in 2005"
"text": "Mawson Peak on Heard Island is the highest Australian mountain; at 2,745 m (9,006 ft), Mawson is taller than Mt. Kosciuszko in mainland Australia), and one of only two active volcanoes located in Australian territory; in 1992, McDonald Island, the other active volcano, broke its dormancy and began erupting; it has erupted several times since"
}
},
"People and Society": {
"Population": {
"total": {
"text": "uninhabited"
}
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>limited scientific research and expeditions"
}
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "none; uninhabited and mostly ice covered"
},
"Climate": {
"text": "antarctic"
},
@ -115,10 +113,10 @@
}
},
"Dependency status": {
"text": "territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (Australian Antarctic Division)"
"text": "territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Agriculture, Water, and the Environment (Australian Antarctic Division)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "the laws of Australia apply where applicable"
"text": "the laws of Australia apply&nbsp;"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"text": "none (territory of Australia)"

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@ -136,16 +136,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "52.3"
"text": "51.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "41.9"
"text": "38.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "10.4"
"text": "13.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "9.6 (2021)"
"text": "7.6 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -326,12 +326,6 @@
"text": "0.26% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "18,989 tons (2016 est.)"
@ -372,7 +366,7 @@
"time difference": {
"text": "UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> pronounced pahn-go pahn-go"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> pronounced PAHN-go PAHN-go"
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "none (territory of the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 3 districts and 2 islands* at the second order; Eastern, Manu'a, Rose Island*, Swains Island*, Western"
@ -402,7 +396,7 @@
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Joseph R. BIDEN Jr. (since 20 January 2021)"
"text": "President Donald J. TRUMP (since 20 January 2025)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Governor Nikolao PULA (since 3 January 2025)"
@ -447,7 +441,7 @@
}
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "a large white triangle edged in red that is based on the fly side and extends to the hoist side and is charged with an eagle, all on a blue field; the red, white, and blue colors are those traditionally used by both the United States and Samoa; the brown and white American bald eagle flies toward the hoist side and carries 2 traditional Samoan symbols of authority, a war club known as a \"fa'alaufa'i\" (upper; left talon), and a coconut-fiber fly whisk known as a \"fue\" (lower; right talon); the combination of symbols broadly mimics that seen on the US Great Seal and reflects the relationship between the US and American Samoa"
"text": "a large white triangle edged in red that is based on the fly side and extends to the hoist side and is charged with an eagle, all on a blue field; the red, white, and blue colors are those traditionally used by both the United States and Samoa; the brown and white American bald eagle flies toward the hoist side and carries two traditional Samoan symbols of authority, a war club known as a \"fa'alaufa'i\" (upper; left talon), and a coconut-fiber fly whisk known as a \"fue\" (lower; right talon); the combination of symbols broadly mimics that seen on the US Great Seal and reflects the relationship between the US and American Samoa"
},
"National symbol(s)": {
"text": "a fue (coconut fiber fly whisk; representing wisdom) crossed with a to'oto'o (staff; representing authority); national colors: red, white, blue"
@ -505,14 +499,6 @@
"text": "$871 million (2022 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2015": {
"text": "-0.5% (2015 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2014": {
"text": "1.4% (2014 est.)"
}
},
"GDP - composition, by end use": {
"household consumption": {
"text": "71.3% (2022 est.)"
@ -540,9 +526,6 @@
"Industries": {
"text": "tuna canneries (largely supplied by foreign fishing vessels), handicrafts"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "17,850 (2015 est.)"
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$249 million (2016 est.)"
@ -661,7 +644,7 @@
},
"Telecommunication systems": {
"general assessment": {
"text": "American Samoa Telecommunications Authority, ASTCA, supplies telecommunication services to the residents of the American Samoan islands, a territory of the United States, which are found in a remote area of the Pacific Ocean; the primary system between the islands consists of fiber-optic cables and satellite connections; over Independence Day weekend 2021, the undersea fiber-optic cable linking the Tutuila and Manu&rsquo;a Islands failed, completely stranding the Manu&rsquo;a Islands from all telecommunication services; telecommunication services were restored to the people of Manu&rsquo;a islands through microwave link between Tutuila to the Manu&rsquo;a Islands; the link is now providing a steady 1Gbps backhaul most of the time of the year with 600Mbps at four 9&rsquo;s availability, over this extremely long distance (2022)"
"text": "American Samoa Telecommunications Authority, ASTCA, supplies telecommunication services to the residents of American Samoa, a US territory; the primary system between the islands consists of fiber-optic cables and satellite connections; in 2021, the undersea fiber-optic cable linking the Tutuila and Manu&rsquo;a Islands failed, cutting off Manu&rsquo;a Island; telecommunication services were restored through microwave link, and the link now provides a steady 1Gbps backhaul&nbsp; (2022)"
},
"domestic": {
"text": "nearly 22 per 100 fixed-line tele density (2021)"
@ -686,11 +669,6 @@
"Airports": {
"text": "3 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "241 km (2016)"
}
},
"Ports": {
"total ports": {
"text": "1 (2024)"

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@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
"text": "<p>cyclones along the coast; severe droughts; forest fires</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> volcanic activity on Heard and McDonald Islands</p>"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "<strong>note 1:</strong> world's smallest continent but sixth-largest country; the largest country in Oceania, the largest country entirely in the Southern Hemisphere, and the largest country without land borders<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Great Dividing Range that runs along eastern Australia is that continent’s longest mountain range and the third-longest land-based range in the world; the term \"Great Dividing Range\" refers to the fact that the mountains form a watershed crest from which all of the rivers of eastern Australia flow – east, west, north, and south<br><br><strong>note 3:</strong> Australia is the only continent without glaciers; it is the driest inhabited continent on earth; the invigorating sea breeze known as the \"Fremantle Doctor\" affects the city of Perth on the west coast and is one of the most consistent winds in the world; Australia is home to 10% of the world's biodiversity, and a great number of its flora and fauna exist nowhere else in the world"
"text": "<strong>note 1:</strong> world's smallest continent but sixth-largest country; the largest country in Oceania, the largest country entirely in the Southern Hemisphere, and the largest country without land borders<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Great Dividing Range that runs along eastern Australia is that continent’s longest mountain range and the third-longest land-based range in the world; the term \"Great Dividing Range\" refers to the fact that the mountains form a watershed crest from which all of the rivers of eastern Australia flow – east, west, north, and south<br><br><strong>note 3:</strong> Australia is the only continent without glaciers; it is the driest inhabited continent on earth; Perth on the west coast is home to the invigorating sea breeze known as the \"Fremantle Doctor,\" one of the most consistent winds in the world; Australia hosts 10% of the world's biodiversity, and a great number of its flora and fauna exist nowhere else in the world"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -166,16 +166,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "53.7"
"text": "54.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "28.2"
"text": "28.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "25.5"
"text": "26.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "3.9 (2020 est.)"
"text": "3.8 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "soil erosion from overgrazing, deforestation, industrial development, urbanization, and poor farming practices; limited natural freshwater resources; soil salinity rising due to the use of poor quality water; drought, desertification; clearing for agricultural purposes threatens the natural habitat of many unique animal and plant species; disruption of the fragile ecosystem has resulted in significant floral extinctions; the Great Barrier Reef off the northeast coast, the largest coral reef in the world, is threatened by increased shipping and its popularity as a tourist site; overfishing, pollution, and invasive species are also problems"
"text": "soil erosion from overgrazing, deforestation, industrial development, urbanization, and poor farming practices; limited natural freshwater resources; soil salinity from use of poor-quality water, drought, desertification; habitat loss from agricultural clearing; floral extinctions; Great Barrier Reef preservation; overfishing; pollution; invasive species"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -427,12 +427,6 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data include Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island"
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.13% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0.78% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "8.93 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -519,7 +513,7 @@
"text": "Australia has six time zones, including Lord Howe Island (UTC+11)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the name is claimed to derive from either Kambera or Camberry, which are names corrupted from the original native designation for the area \"Nganbra\" or \"Nganbira\""
"text": "the name may derive from the Aboriginal word <em>nganbirra</em>, meaning \"meeting place\""
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -647,7 +641,7 @@
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest court(s)": {
"text": "High Court of Australia (consists of 7 justices, including the chief justice); note - each of the 6 states, 2 territories, and Norfolk Island has a Supreme Court; the High Court is the final appellate court beyond the state and territory supreme courts"
"text": "High Court of Australia (consists of 7 justices, including the chief justice); each of the 6 states, 2 territories, and Norfolk Island has a Supreme Court; the High Court is the final appellate court"
},
"judge selection and term of office": {
"text": "justices appointed by the governor-general in council for life with mandatory retirement at age 70"
@ -730,7 +724,7 @@
}
},
"National coat of arms": {
"text": "King George V granted the current Commonwealth Coat of Arms to Australia on 19 September 1912. The center of the shield has the symbols of Australia&rsquo;s six states. The kangaroo and the emu symbolize a nation moving forward, based on the fact that neither animal can move backwards easily. The gold Commonwealth Star sits above the shield, with six of the star&rsquo;s points representing the Australian states and the seventh point representing the territories. The gold and blue in the wreath under the star are the \"livery,\" or \"identifying,\" colors for the coat of arms. Australia&rsquo;s floral emblem, the golden wattle, frames the shield."
"text": "King George V granted the current Commonwealth Coat of Arms to Australia on 19 September 1912. The center of the shield has the symbols of Australia&rsquo;s six states. The kangaroo and the emu symbolize a nation moving forward, since neither animal can move backward easily. The gold Commonwealth Star sits above the shield, with six of the star&rsquo;s points representing the Australian states and the seventh point representing the territories. The gold and blue in the wreath under the star are the livery, or identifying, colors for the coat of arms. Australia&rsquo;s floral emblem, the golden wattle, frames the shield."
}
},
"Economy": {
@ -778,14 +772,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "3.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "5.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "6.59% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "2.86% (2021 est.)"
"text": "6.6% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -846,30 +840,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "14.504 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "14.752 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "4.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "3.67% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "3.7% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "5.12% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "8.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "9.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "9.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "10.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "7.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "8.7% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -922,35 +916,35 @@
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "58.05% of GDP (2022 est.)"
"text": "58% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "23.63% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"text": "23.6% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2024": {
"text": "-$34.402 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "$4.402 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "-$5.186 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "$14.293 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "$48.838 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "$5.707 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2024": {
"text": "$425.16 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$447.064 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$448.507 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$464.688 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$389.158 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "$465.99 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
@ -963,14 +957,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2024": {
"text": "$405.336 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$379.066 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$389.211 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$370.66 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$299.549 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "$379.981 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
@ -983,21 +977,24 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$54.455 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$61.703 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$56.702 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$57.878 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Exchange rates": {
"Currency": {
"text": "Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "1.515 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "1.505 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -1009,9 +1006,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "1.453 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "1.439 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1133,7 +1127,7 @@
},
"Telecommunication systems": {
"general assessment": {
"text": "the Australian telecom market since 2020 has been impacted by the pandemic, which forced many people to school and work from home and thus adopt fixed-line broadband services; internet traffic, both fixed and mobile, increased substantially as a result; in the fixed sector, there is an ongoing migration from copper-based platforms to fiber; the extension of fixed wireless access will mean that up to 120,000 premises currently dependent on satellite broadband will be able to access 5G-based fixed services; the fixed-line market has been falling steadily over the past five years; in the Australian fixed broadband market, there is a dynamic shift among customers to fiber networks; the DSL sector is steadily shrinking while subscribers on HFC infrastructure will continue to be provided by existing cable, with a steady migration to full fiber connectivity (2022)"
"text": "in the fixed internet traffic sector, there is an ongoing migration from copper-based platforms to fiber; the extension of fixed wireless access will mean that up to 120,000 premises currently dependent on satellite broadband will be able to access 5G-based fixed services; the fixed-line market has been falling steadily over the past five years; in the Australian fixed broadband market, there is a dynamic shift among customers to fiber networks; the DSL sector is steadily shrinking while subscribers on HFC infrastructure will continue to be provided by existing cable, with a steady migration to full fiber connectivity (2022)"
},
"domestic": {
"text": "18 per 100 fixed-line telephone subscriptions and 105 per 100 mobile-cellular; more subscribers to mobile services than there are people; 90% of all mobile device sales are now smartphones, growth in mobile traffic brisk (2021)"
@ -1143,7 +1137,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Australia's media scene is creatively, technologically and economically advanced, there is a tradition of public broadcasting, but privately-owned TV and radio have the biggest audiences, the ownership of print and broadcast media is concentrated, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) runs national and local public radio and TV, the other main public broadcaster is the multilingual Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), National commercial TV is dominated by three big free-to-air networks, broadcasters must carry a minimum percentage of Australian-made programs, pay TV via cable, satellite and IPTV has a strong foothold, sports, news, game shows, imported and home-made dramas top the TV ratings, the industry has successfully exported its productions to English-speaking markets overseas</p> (2023)"
"text": "<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">tradition of public broadcasting, but privately owned TV and radio have the biggest audiences; ownership of print and broadcast media is concentrated; Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) runs national and local public radio and TV; other main public broadcaster is the multilingual Special Broadcasting Service (SBS); national commercial TV is dominated by three big free-to-air networks; broadcasters must carry a minimum percentage of Australian-made programs; pay TV via cable, satellite, and IPTV has a strong foothold</p> (2023)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".au"
@ -1163,20 +1157,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "25 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "583"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "75,667,645 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "2,027,640,000 (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "VH"
},
@ -1186,9 +1166,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "392 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "637 km condensate/gas, 30,054 km gas, 240 km liquid petroleum gas, 3,609 km oil, 110 km oil/gas/water, 72 km refined products (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "32,606 km (2022) 3,448 km electrified"
@ -1203,20 +1180,6 @@
"text": "2,685 km (2022) 1.600 mm"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "873,573 km"
},
"urban": {
"text": "145,928 km"
},
"non-urban": {
"text": "727,645 km (2015)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "2,000 km (2011) (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling River systems)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "604 (2023)"
@ -1272,7 +1235,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 60,000 active troops (30,000 Army; 15,000 Navy; 15,000 Air Force) (2023)"
"text": "approximately 60,000 active ADF personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the military's inventory includes a mix of domestically produced and imported Western weapons systems; in recent years, the US has been the largest supplier of arms; the Australian defense industry produces a variety of land and sea weapons platforms; the defense industry also participates in joint development and production ventures with other Western countries, including the US and Canada (2024)",

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@ -78,20 +78,20 @@
"text": "surrounded by shoals and reefs that can pose maritime hazards"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve established in August 1983; Cartier Island Marine Reserve established in 2000"
"text": "Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve established in 1983; Cartier Island Marine Reserve established in 2000"
}
},
"People and Society": {
"Population": {
"total": {
"text": "(2021 est.) no indigenous inhabitants"
"text": "no permanent inhabitants"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Indonesian fishermen are allowed access to the lagoon and fresh water at Ashmore Reef's West Island; access to East and Middle Islands is by permit only"
}
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "illegal killing of protected wildlife by traditional Indonesian fisherman, as well as fishing by non-traditional Indonesian vessels, are ongoing problems; sea level rise, changes in sea temperature, and ocean acidification are concerns; marine debris"
"text": "illegal killing of protected wildlife; overfishing; sea-level rise, changes in sea temperature, and ocean acidification; marine debris"
},
"Climate": {
"text": "tropical"

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@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
"text": "<p>tropical cyclones, but rarely destructive; geologically active region with frequent earthquakes, tremors, and volcanic activity; tsunamis</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Tinakula (851 m) has frequent eruption activity, while an eruption of Savo (485 m) could affect the capital Honiara on nearby Guadalcanal</p>"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "strategic location on sea routes between the South Pacific Ocean, the Solomon Sea, and the Coral Sea; Rennell Island, the southernmost in the Solomon Islands chain, is one of the world&rsquo;s largest raised coral atolls; the island&rsquo;s Lake Tegano, formerly a lagoon on the atoll, is the largest lake in the insular Pacific (15,500 hectares)"
"text": "strategic location on sea routes between the South Pacific Ocean, the Solomon Sea, and the Coral Sea; Rennell Island, the southernmost in the Solomon Islands chain, is one of the world&rsquo;s largest raised coral atolls; the island&rsquo;s Lake Tegano, formerly a lagoon on the atoll, is the largest lake in the insular Pacific (15,500 hectares; 38,300 acres)"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -140,16 +140,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "74.8"
"text": "55.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "68.8"
"text": "47.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "6"
"text": "8.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "16.5 (2021 est.)"
"text": "12.2 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "deforestation; soil erosion; many of the surrounding coral reefs are dead or dying, exhibiting the effects of climate change and rising sea levels"
"text": "deforestation; soil erosion; damage to coral reefs"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -388,12 +388,6 @@
"text": "3.57% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "20.27% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "7.83 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -449,7 +443,7 @@
"text": "UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the name derives from \"nagho ni ara,\" which in one of the Guadalcanal languages roughly translates as \"facing the eastern wind\""
"text": "the name derives from the local term <em>nagho ni ara</em>, meaning \"place of the east wind\" or \"facing the trade winds\""
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -462,7 +456,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 7 July (1978)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of English common law and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of English common law and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -660,13 +654,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "5.89% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "5.52% (2022 est.)"
"text": "5.5% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "-0.12% (2021 est.)"
"text": "-0.1% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -721,30 +715,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "423,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "435,600 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "1.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "1.55% (2023 est.)"
"text": "1.5% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "1.58% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "0.87% (2021 est.)"
"text": "1.5% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "2.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "3.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
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},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "15.39% of GDP (2022 est.)"
"text": "15.4% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "20.67% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"text": "20.7% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2024": {
"text": "-$66.231 million (2024 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$178.197 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$218.534 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "-$78.192 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2024": {
"text": "$642.877 million (2024 est.)"
},
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$546.025 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$411.359 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$413.657 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Exports - partners": {
@ -812,15 +806,15 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2024": {
"text": "$857.128 million (2024 est.)"
},
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"text": "$883.611 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$764.641 million (2022 est.)"
},
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"text": "$619.46 million (2021 est.)"
},
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},
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},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$201.529 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$184.191 million (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
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"Currency": {
"text": "Solomon Islands dollars (SBD) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "8.455 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "8.376 (2023 est.)"
},
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},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "8.213 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "8.173 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -955,7 +949,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) does not broadcast television; multi-channel pay-TV is available; SIBC operates 2 national radio stations and 2 provincial stations; there are 2 local commercial radio stations; Radio Australia is available via satellite feed (since 2009) (2019)"
"text": "multi-channel pay-TV is available; Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) operates 2 national radio stations and 2 provincial stations; 2 local commercial radio stations; Radio Australia is available via satellite (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".sb"
@ -975,20 +969,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "6"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "427,806 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "3.84 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "H4"
},
@ -998,18 +978,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "2 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "1,390 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "34 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "1,356 km (2011)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> includes 920 km of private plantation roads"
},
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"total": {
"text": "25 (2023)"
@ -1044,7 +1012,7 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "no regular military forces; the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) is responsible for internal and external security and reports to the Ministry of Police, National Security, and Correctional Services (2024)"
"text": "no regular military forces; the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "from 2003 to 2017, at the request of the Solomon Islands Governor-General, the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI), consisting of police, military, and civilian advisors drawn from 15 countries, assisted in reestablishing and maintaining civil and political order while reinforcing regional stability and security; from November 2021 to August 2024, an Australian-led Solomon Islands Assistance Force (SIAF) provided support to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in maintaining stability; the SIAF also included military and police personnel from New Zealand, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea; following the conclusion of the SIAF mission, Australia continued to provide security assistance to the Solomon Islands; the Solomon Islands Government has also signed police and security agreements with China (2024)"

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"text": "cyclone season is October to April"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "<strong>note: </strong>there are 27 coral islands in the group; apart from North Keeling Island, which lies 30 km north of the main group, the islands form a horseshoe-shaped atoll surrounding a lagoon; North Keeling Island was declared a national park in 1995 and is administered by Parks Australia; the population on the two inhabited islands generally is split between the ethnic Europeans on West Island and the ethnic Malays on Home Island; the islands are thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation"
"text": "there are 27 coral islands in the group; apart from North Keeling Island, which lies 30 km north of the main group, the islands form a horseshoe-shaped atoll around a lagoon"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "freshwater resources are limited to rainwater accumulations in natural underground reservoirs; illegal fishing a concern"
"text": "limited freshwater resources; illegal fishing"
},
"Climate": {
"text": "tropical with high humidity, moderated by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year"
@ -353,17 +353,6 @@
"Transportation": {
"Airports": {
"text": "1 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "22 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "10 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "12 km (2007)"
}
}
},
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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "46"
"text": "47.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "31.7"
"text": "32.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "14.3"
"text": "15.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "7 (2021)"
"text": "6.6 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -277,9 +277,6 @@
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
"text": "NA"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "NA"
},
"Literacy": {
"total population": {
"text": "NA"
@ -294,7 +291,7 @@
},
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"text": "contamination of groundwater on Saipan may contribute to disease; clean-up of landfill; protection of endangered species conflicts with development"
"text": "contamination of groundwater on Saipan; clean-up of landfill; protection of endangered species"
},
"Climate": {
"text": "tropical marine; moderated by northeast trade winds, little seasonal temperature variation; dry season December to June, rainy season July to October"
@ -327,9 +324,6 @@
"text": "0.36% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
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"text": "32,761 tons (2013 est.)"
@ -364,7 +358,7 @@
"text": "a commonwealth in political union with and under the sovereignty of the US; republican form of government with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches"
},
"Dependency status": {
"text": "commonwealth in political union with and under the sovereignty of the US; federal funds to the Commonwealth administered by the US Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs, Washington, DC"
"text": "commonwealth in political union with and under the sovereignty of the US; federal funds administered by the US Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs"
},
"Capital": {
"name": {
@ -377,7 +371,7 @@
"text": "UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
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"text": "the entire island of Saipan is organized as a single municipality and serves as the capital; according to legend, when the first native voyagers arrived in their outrigger canoes they found an uninhabited island; to them it was like an empty voyage, so they named the island <em>saay</em> meaning \"a voyage,\" and <em>peel</em> meaning \"empty\"; over time <em>Saaypeel</em> - \"island of the empty voyage\" - became Saipan"
"text": "the origin of the name is unclear; it probably comes from a local word meaning \"deserted\" or \"uninhabited,\" but stories vary on how it came to be used"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -408,7 +402,7 @@
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Joseph R. BIDEN Jr. (since 20 January 2021)"
"text": "President Donald J. TRUMP (since 20 January 2025)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Governor Arnold PALACIOS (since 9 January 2023)"
@ -572,15 +566,15 @@
"text": "31.4% (of GDP) (2016 est.)"
},
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"text": "$244 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$55 million (2021 est.)"
},
"Exports 2020": {
"text": "$128 million (2020 est.)"
},
"Exports 2019": {
"text": "$500 million (2019 est.)"
},
"Exports 2018": {
"text": "$660 million (2018 est.)"
},
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},
"Exports - partners": {
@ -592,14 +586,14 @@
"note": "top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
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"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$777 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$666 million (2021 est.)"
},
"Imports 2020": {
"text": "$536 million (2020 est.)"
},
"Imports 2019": {
"text": "$735 million (2019 est.)"
},
"Imports 2018": {
"text": "$754 million (2018 est.)"
"text": "$556 million (2020 est.)"
},
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},
@ -650,7 +644,7 @@
}
},
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"text": "1 TV broadcast station on Saipan; multi-channel cable TV services are available on Saipan; 9 licensed radio broadcast stations (2009)"
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},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".mp"
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"Heliports": {
"text": "7 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "536 km (2008)"
}
},
"Ports": {
"total ports": {
"text": "3 (2024)"

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"People and Society": {
"Population": {
"total": {
"text": "(2021) no indigenous inhabitants"
"text": "no permanent inhabitants"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> a staff of four operates the meteorological station on Willis Island"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Willis Island is inhabited by meteorological staff"
}
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "no permanent freshwater resources; damaging activities include coral mining, destructive fishing practices (overfishing, blast fishing)"
"text": "no permanent freshwater resources; damaging activities include coral mining, fishing practices (overfishing, blast fishing)"
},
"Climate": {
"text": "tropical"
@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
"text": "territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "the common law legal system of Australia applies where applicable"
"text": "the common law system of Australia applies"
},
"Citizenship": {
"text": "see Australia"

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@ -140,16 +140,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "53.8"
"text": "51.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "36.4"
"text": "27.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "17.4"
"text": "24.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "5.8 (2021)"
"text": "4.1 (2024 est.)"
}
},
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@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
},
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"text": "limited land presents solid and liquid waste disposal problems; soil destruction and deforestation; environmental degradation due to indiscriminate use of pesticides; improper disposal of pollutants; overfishing and destructive fishing practices; over dredging of lagoons and coral rubble beds; unregulated building"
"text": "solid- and liquid-waste disposal; soil degradation; deforestation; use of pesticides; improper disposal of pollutants; overfishing and destructive fishing practices; over-dredging of lagoons and coral rubble beds; unregulated building"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -414,7 +414,7 @@
"text": "parliamentary democracy"
},
"Dependency status": {
"text": "self-governing in free association with New Zealand; Cook Islands is fully responsible for internal affairs and conducts its own international relations, including establishing diplomatic relationships with foreign countries; New Zealand has a constitutional responsibility to respond to requests for assistance with foreign affairs, disasters, and defense from the Government of the Cook Islands"
"text": "self-governing in free association with New Zealand; Cook Islands is fully responsible for internal affairs and conducts its own international relations, including establishing diplomatic relationships with foreign countries; New Zealand has a constitutional responsibility to respond to requests for assistance with foreign affairs, disasters, and defense&nbsp;"
},
"Capital": {
"name": {
@ -720,7 +720,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "1 privately owned TV station broadcasts from Rarotonga providing a mix of local news and overseas-sourced programs (2019)"
"text": "1 privately owned TV station in Rarotonga provides a mix of local news and overseas-sourced programs (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".ck"
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}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
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"text": "6"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "E5"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "10 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "295 km"
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"paved": {
"text": "207 km"
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"text": "88 km (2018)"
}
},
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"total": {
"text": "190 (2023)"

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "53"
"text": "50.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "44.2"
"text": "37.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "8.7"
"text": "13.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "11.4 (2021 est.)"
"text": "7.5 (2024 est.)"
}
},
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@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "the widespread practice of waste incineration is a major contributor to air pollution in the country, as are vehicle emissions in urban areas; deforestation and soil erosion are significant problems; a contributory factor to erosion is clearing of land by bush burning, a widespread practice that threatens biodiversity"
"text": "air pollution from waste incineration and vehicle emissions; deforestation and soil erosion; soil erosion from clearing land by bush burning"
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@ -399,12 +399,6 @@
"text": "1.37% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.59% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
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"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
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"text": "7.36 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -474,7 +468,7 @@
"text": "UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the name means \"little hill\" in the native Fijian (iTaukei) language and refers to a mound where a temple once stood"
"text": "the name means \"little hill\" in the native Fijian language and may refer to a mound where a temple once stood"
}
},
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},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "2.15% (2023 est.)"
"text": "2.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "4.52% (2022 est.)"
"text": "4.5% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "0.16% (2021 est.)"
"text": "0.2% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -754,30 +748,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "390,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "387,800 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "4.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "4.33% (2023 est.)"
"text": "4.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "4.48% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "4.68% (2021 est.)"
"text": "4.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "15.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "15.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "11.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "11.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "22.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "22.5% (2024 est.)"
},
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},
@ -827,7 +821,7 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "15.87% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
"text": "20.7% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -883,20 +877,20 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$1.597 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$1.548 billion (2023 est.)"
},
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"text": "$1.557 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$1.518 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$1.499 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$1.397 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -904,6 +898,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Fijian dollars (FJD) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "2.268 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "2.25 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -915,9 +912,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "2.169 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "2.16 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1020,7 +1014,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "Fiji TV, a publicly traded company, operates a free-to-air channel; Digicel Fiji operates the Sky Fiji and Sky Pacific multi-channel pay-TV services; state-owned commercial company, Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, Ltd, operates 6 radio stations - 2 public broadcasters and 4 commercial broadcasters with multiple repeaters; 5 radio stations with repeaters operated by Communications Fiji, Ltd; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available"
"text": "Fiji TV, a publicly traded company, operates a free-to-air channel; Digicel Fiji operates the Sky Fiji and Sky Pacific multi-channel pay-TV services; state-owned commercial company, Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, Ltd, operates 6 radio stations, including 2 public broadcasters and 4 commercial broadcasters with multiple repeaters; 5 radio stations with repeaters operated by Communications Fiji, Ltd; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".fj"
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}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "2 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "16"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "1,670,216 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "106.83 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "DQ"
},
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},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation; used to haul sugarcane during the harvest season, which runs from May to December"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "7,500 km (2023)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "203 km (2012) (122 km are navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "74 (2023)"
@ -1134,7 +1106,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 4,000 active personnel (2024)"
"text": "approximately 4,000 active Republic of Fiji Military Forces personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the RFMF is lightly armed and equipped; Australia has provided patrol boats and a few armored personnel carriers; it also provides logistical support for RFMF regional or UN operations; in recent years, China and the US have provided small amounts of equipment&nbsp; (2024)"

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "57.7"
"text": "48.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "48.4"
"text": "40.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "9.3"
"text": "8.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "10.8 (2021 est.)"
"text": "11.8 (2024 est.)"
}
},
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@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
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"text": "overfishing; sea level rise due to climate change threatens land; water pollution, toxic pollution from mining; solid waste disposal"
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},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -358,9 +358,6 @@
"text": "1.52% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.02% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
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"text": "7.79 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -433,7 +430,7 @@
"text": "Constitution Day, 10 May (1979)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of common and customary law"
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},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
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"text": "5.41% (2022 est.)"
"text": "5.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "3.19% (2021 est.)"
"text": "3.2% (2021 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2020": {
"text": "0.55% (2020 est.)"
"text": "0.6% (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -677,17 +674,6 @@
"text": "0.78% (2023 est.)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "18.9% (2014)"
},
"male": {
"text": "10.4%"
},
"female": {
"text": "29.9%"
}
},
"Remittances": {
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"text": "5.07% of GDP (2023 est.)"
@ -711,12 +697,12 @@
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "27.86% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"text": "27.9% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "7.05% (of GDP) (2020 est.)",
"text": "7% (of GDP) (2020 est.)",
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},
"Current account balance": {
@ -732,16 +718,16 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
"Exports": {
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"text": "$125.789 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$90.466 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$179 million (2021 est.)"
"text": "$78.392 million (2021 est.)"
},
"Exports 2020": {
"text": "$122 million (2020 est.)"
},
"Exports 2019": {
"text": "$130 million (2019 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> GDP expenditure basis - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Exports - partners": {
"text": "Thailand 64%, China 16%, Philippines 11%, Japan 5%, Ecuador 1% (2023)",
@ -752,16 +738,16 @@
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> top export commodities based on value in dollars over $500,000"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$310.669 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$274.334 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$126 million (2021 est.)"
"text": "$263.273 million (2021 est.)"
},
"Imports 2020": {
"text": "$133 million (2020 est.)"
},
"Imports 2019": {
"text": "$121 million (2019 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> GDP expenditure basis - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Imports - partners": {
"text": "USA 35%, China 20%, Japan 13%, Taiwan 6%, Philippines 4% (2023)",
@ -842,7 +828,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "no TV broadcast stations; each state has a multi-channel cable service with TV transmissions carrying roughly 95% imported programming and 5% local programming; about a half-dozen radio stations (2009)"
"text": "no TV broadcast stations; each state has a multi-channel cable service with TV transmissions carrying roughly 95% imported programming and 5% local programming; about half a dozen radio stations (2009)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".fm"
@ -868,12 +854,6 @@
"Airports": {
"text": "7 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "388 km (2022)"
},
"note": "note - paved and unpaved circumferential roads, most interior roads are unpaved"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "38 (2023)"
@ -908,7 +888,7 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "no military forces; Federated States of Micronesia National Police (includes a maritime wing); the Department of Justice oversees the National Police; State police forces are responsible for law enforcement in their respective states and are under the jurisdiction of each state&rsquo;s director of public safety (2024)"
"text": "no military forces; Federated States of Micronesia National Police (includes a maritime wing) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "defense is the responsibility of the US; in 1982, the FSM signed a Compact of Free Association (COFA) with the US, which granted the FSM financial assistance and access to many US domestic programs in exchange for exclusive US military access and defense responsibilities; the COFA entered into force in 1986 and its funding was renewed in 2003; Micronesians can serve in the US armed forces<br><br>the FSM has a \"shiprider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within the FSM's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; \"shiprider\" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2024)"

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@ -141,16 +141,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "45.6"
"text": "45.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "31.6"
"text": "29.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "14"
"text": "16.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "7.1 (2021 est.)"
"text": "6.2 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "sea level rise; extreme weather events (cyclones, storms, and tsunamis producing floods, landslides, erosion, and reef damage); droughts; fresh water scarcity"
"text": "sea-level rise; cyclones, storms, and tsunamis producing floods, landslides, erosion, and reef damage; droughts; fresh water scarcity"
},
"Climate": {
"text": "tropical, but moderate"
@ -379,7 +379,8 @@
"text": "parliamentary democracy (Assembly of French Polynesia); an overseas collectivity of France"
},
"Dependency status": {
"text": "overseas country of France; note - overseas territory of France from 1946-2003; overseas collectivity of France since 2003, though it is often referred to as an overseas country due to its degree of autonomy"
"text": "overseas country of France",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> overseas territory of France from 1946-2003; overseas collectivity of France since 2003, but it is often referred to as an overseas country due to its degree of autonomy"
},
"Capital": {
"name": {
@ -392,7 +393,7 @@
"text": "UTC-10 (5 hours behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the name means \"water basket\" and refers to the fact that the islanders originally used calabashes enclosed in baskets to fetch water at a spring in the area"
"text": "the name derives from the Tahitian words <em>pape </em>(water) and <em>ete </em>(basket), referring to a place where people came to get water"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -405,7 +406,7 @@
"text": "F&ecirc;te de la F&eacute;d&eacute;ration, 14 July (1790); note - the local holiday is Internal Autonomy Day, 29 June (1880)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "the laws of France, where applicable, apply"
"text": "the laws of France apply"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -519,7 +520,7 @@
}
},
"Government - note": {
"text": "under certain acts of France, French Polynesia has acquired autonomy in all areas except those relating to police, monetary policy, tertiary education, immigration, and defense and foreign affairs; the duties of its president are fashioned after those of the French prime minister"
"text": "French Polynesia has acquired autonomy from France in all areas except those relating to police, monetary policy, tertiary education, immigration, and defense and foreign affairs; the duties of its president are similar to those of the French prime minister"
}
},
"Economy": {
@ -566,14 +567,6 @@
"text": "$5.815 billion (2022 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2015": {
"text": "0% (2015 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2014": {
"text": "0.3% (2014 est.)"
}
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "2.3% (2019 est.)"
@ -619,30 +612,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "127,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "119,100 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "11.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "11.72% (2023 est.)"
"text": "11.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "11.91% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "12.49% (2021 est.)"
"text": "11.9% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "37.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "36.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "33.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "33.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "42% (2023 est.)"
"text": "41.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -714,6 +707,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (XPF) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "110.306 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "110.347 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -725,9 +721,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "104.711 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "106.589 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -807,7 +800,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "French public overseas broadcaster Reseau Outre-Mer provides 2 TV channels and 1 radio station; 1 government-owned TV station; a small number of privately owned radio stations (2019)"
"text": "French public overseas broadcaster R&eacute;seau Outre-Mer provides 2 TV channels and 1 radio station; 1 government-owned TV station; a small number of privately owned radio stations (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".pf"
@ -827,31 +820,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "2 (2020) (registered in France)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "19 (registered in France)"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "F-OH"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "54 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "2,590 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "1,735 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "855 km (1999)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "24 (2023)"
@ -889,7 +863,7 @@
"text": "no regular military forces"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "defense is the responsibility of France, and it maintains a military garrison in French Polynesia"
"text": "defense is the responsibility of France, and it maintains a military garrison in French Polynesia (Forces Arm&eacute;es en Polyn&eacute;sie Fran&ccedil;aise, FAPF)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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@ -136,16 +136,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "60.7"
"text": "59.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "42.3"
"text": "42.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "18.4"
"text": "17.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "5.4 (2021 est.)"
"text": "5.8 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "fresh water scarcity; reef damage; inadequate sewage treatment; extermination of native bird populations by the rapid proliferation of the brown tree snake, an exotic, invasive species"
"text": "freshwater scarcity; reef damage; inadequate sewage treatment; rapid proliferation of the non-native brown tree snake&nbsp;"
},
"Climate": {
"text": "tropical marine; generally warm and humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season (January to June), rainy season (July to December); little seasonal temperature variation"
@ -329,12 +329,6 @@
"text": "0.84% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Waste and recycling": {
"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
"text": "141,500 tons (2012 est.)"
@ -372,7 +366,7 @@
"text": "unincorporated organized territory of the US with local self-government; republican form of territorial government with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches"
},
"Dependency status": {
"text": "unincorporated organized territory of the US with policy relations between Guam and the Federal Government under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior, Washington, DC"
"text": "unincorporated, organized territory of the US, with policy relations between Guam and the Federal government under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior"
},
"Capital": {
"name": {
@ -385,7 +379,7 @@
"text": "UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the name is derived from the Chamoru word \"haga,\" meaning \"blood\", and may refer to the bloodlines of the various families that established the original settlement"
"text": "the name Hagatna is derived from the Chamorro word <em>haga</em>, meaning \"life's blood\" and referring to the town's role as the center of government for the island "
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -413,7 +407,7 @@
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Joseph R. BIDEN Jr. (since 20 January 2021)"
"text": "President Donald J. TRUMP (since 20 January 2025)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Governor Lourdes LEON GUERRERO (since 7 January 2019)"
@ -583,30 +577,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "77,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "77,700 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "5.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "5.42% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "5.53% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "6% (2021 est.)"
"text": "5.5% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "12.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "13.7% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "12.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "13.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "13.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "14.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -635,14 +629,14 @@
"text": "21.4% (of GDP) (2016 est.)"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$545 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$186 million (2021 est.)"
"text": "$193 million (2021 est.)"
},
"Exports 2020": {
"text": "$371 million (2020 est.)"
},
"Exports 2019": {
"text": "$1.403 billion (2019 est.)"
"text": "$379 million (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>GDP expenditure basis - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
@ -655,14 +649,14 @@
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> top export commodities based on value in dollars over $500,000"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$4.421 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$3.667 billion (2021 est.)"
"text": "$3.662 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Imports 2020": {
"text": "$3.383 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"Imports 2019": {
"text": "$3.552 billion (2019 est.)"
"text": "$3.388 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>GDP expenditure basis - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
@ -754,7 +748,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "about a dozen TV channels, including digital channels; multi-channel cable TV services are available; roughly 20 radio stations"
"text": "about a dozen TV channels, including digital; multi-channel cable TV services are available; roughly 20 radio stations"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".gu"
@ -783,11 +777,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "2 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "1,045 km (2008)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "3 (2023)"

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@ -140,16 +140,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "66.4"
"text": "47.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "60.2"
"text": "39.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "6.2"
"text": "7.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "16.1 (2021 est.)"
"text": "12.7 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "heavy pollution in lagoon of south Tarawa atoll due to overcrowding mixed with traditional practices such as lagoon latrines and open-pit dumping; ground water at risk; potential for water shortages, disease; coastal erosion"
"text": "heavy pollution in lagoon of south Tarawa atoll due to overcrowding mixed with traditional practices such as lagoon latrines and open-pit dumping; coastal erosion"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -399,12 +399,6 @@
"text": "2.77% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.04% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "7.62 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -464,7 +458,7 @@
"text": "Kiribati has three time zones: the Gilbert Islands group at UTC+12, the Phoenix Islands at UTC+13, and the Line Islands at UTC+14"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "in Kiribati creation mythology, \"tarawa\" was what the spider Nareau named the land to distinguish it from \"karawa\" (the sky) and \"marawa\" (the ocean)"
"text": "the name is said to derive from the I-Kiribati words <em>te </em>(the) and <em>rawa </em>(run), referring to a channel through a nearby reef"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -664,13 +658,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "9.28% (2023 est.)"
"text": "9.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "5.35% (2022 est.)"
"text": "5.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "2.05% (2021 est.)"
"text": "2.1% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -774,7 +768,7 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "18.31% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"text": "18.3% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -833,6 +827,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "1.515 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "1.505 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -845,9 +842,6 @@
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "1.453 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "1.439 (2019 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Australian dollar circulates as legal tender"
}
},
@ -950,31 +944,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "2 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "8"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "66,567 (2018)"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "T3"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "21 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "670 km (2017)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "5 km (2012) (small network of canals in Line Islands)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "74 (2023)"
@ -1009,7 +984,7 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "no regular military forces; Kiribati Police and Prison Service (Ministry of Justice) (2024)"
"text": "Kiribati Police Service (includes Maritime Police) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "Australia, NZ, and the US have provided security assistance; Kiribati has a \"ship rider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Kiribati's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; ship rider agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2024)"

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@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
"text": "Australia Day (commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet of Australian settlers), 26 January (1788)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "legal system is under the authority of the governor general of Australia and Australian law"
"text": "system is under the authority of the governor general of Australia and Australian law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -367,17 +367,6 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the 18-km Christmas Island Phosphate Company Railway between Flying Fish Cove and South Point was decommissioned in 1987; some tracks and scrap remain in place"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "142 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "32 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "110 km (2011)"
}
},
"Ports": {
"total ports": {
"text": "1 (2024)"

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@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
"text": "<p>cyclones, most frequent from November to March</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Matthew and Hunter Islands are historically active</p>"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "consists of the main island of New Caledonia (one of the largest in the Pacific Ocean), the archipelago of Iles Loyaute, and numerous small, sparsely populated islands and atolls"
"text": "consists of the main island of New Caledonia (one of the largest in the Pacific Ocean), the archipelago of Iles Loyaut&eacute;, and numerous small, sparsely populated islands and atolls"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -141,16 +141,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "49.6"
"text": "46.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "33.6"
"text": "30.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "16"
"text": "15.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "6.3 (2021 est.)"
"text": "6.3 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -373,7 +373,8 @@
"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, 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&nbsp;"
"text": "special collectivity of France",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> independence referenda took place in 2018, 2020, and 2021, with a majority voting in each case to reject independence in favor of the status quo"
},
"Capital": {
"name": {
@ -386,7 +387,7 @@
"text": "UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "established in 1854 as Port-de-France, the settlement was renamed Noumea in 1866, in order to avoid any confusion with Fort-de-France in Martinique; the New Caledonian language of Ndrumbea (also spelled Ndumbea, Dubea, and Drubea) spoken in the area gave its name to the capital city, Noumea, as well as to the neighboring town (suburb) of Dumbea"
"text": "established in 1854 as Port-de-France, the settlement was renamed Noumea in 1866 to avoid confusion with Fort-de-France in Martinique; the name Noumea may come from the local name of the peninsula the city was founded on"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -560,10 +561,10 @@
"text": "1.4% (2017 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2016": {
"text": "0.58% (2016 est.)"
"text": "0.6% (2016 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2015": {
"text": "0.57% (2015 est.)"
"text": "0.6% (2015 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -612,30 +613,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "130,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "130,800 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "11.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "11.22% (2023 est.)"
"text": "10.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "11.29% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "12.54% (2021 est.)"
"text": "10.7% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "32.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "32.7% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "29.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "30.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "35.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "35.7% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -664,9 +665,6 @@
"text": "6.5% of GDP (2015 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "20.4% (of GDP) (2015 est.)"
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2016": {
"text": "-$654.237 million (2016 est.)"
@ -723,6 +721,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (XPF) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "110.306 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "110.347 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -734,9 +735,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "104.711 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "106.589 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -848,25 +846,12 @@
}
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"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "3 (2020) (registered in France)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "15 (registered in France)"
}
},
"Airports": {
"text": "21 (2025)"
},
"Heliports": {
"text": "2 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "5,622 km (2006)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "23 (2023)"
@ -901,10 +886,10 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "no regular military forces; France bases land, air, and naval forces on New Caledonia (Forces Arm&eacute;es de la Nouvelle-Cal&eacute;donie, FANC) (2024)"
"text": "no regular military forces; Territorial Directorate of the National Police of New Caledonia (DTPN), Gendarmerie of New Caledonia (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "defense is the responsibility of France"
"text": "defense is the responsibility of France, which bases land, air, and naval forces on New Caledonia (Forces Arm&eacute;es de la Nouvelle-Cal&eacute;donie, FANC)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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@ -97,15 +97,14 @@
"People and Society": {
"Population": {
"total": {
"text": "1,681 (2022)"
"text": "1,815 (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "827"
"text": "877 (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "854"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> because of the island's limited economic and educational opportunities, Niueans have emigrated for decades - primarily to New Zealand but also to Australia and other Pacific island states; Niue's population peaked in 1966 at 5,194, but by 2005 had fallen to 1,508; since then, it has rebounded slightly; as of 2013, 23,883 people of Niuean ancestry lived in New Zealand - with more than 20% Niue-born - or about 15 times as many persons of Niuean ancestry living in New Zealand as in Niue"
"text": "938 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Nationality": {
"noun": {
@ -127,16 +126,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "70.4"
"text": "64.6 (2024)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "44.9"
"text": "38.2 (2024)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "25.4"
"text": "26.4 (2024)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "3.9 (2021)"
"text": "3.8 (2024)"
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
@ -206,7 +205,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "increasing attention to conservationist practices to counter loss of soil fertility from traditional slash and burn agriculture"
"text": "increasing attention to conservationist practices to counter loss of soil fertility from traditional slash-and-burn agriculture"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -276,7 +275,7 @@
"text": "parliamentary democracy"
},
"Dependency status": {
"text": "self-governing in free association with New Zealand since 1974; Niue is fully responsible for internal affairs; under the Niue Constitution Act of 1974, New Zealand provides necessary economic and administrative assistance to Niue, as well as assistance with foreign affairs, defense, and security if requested by the Niue Government"
"text": "self-governing in free association with New Zealand since 1974; Niue is fully responsible for internal affairs; under the Niue Constitution Act of 1974, New Zealand provides necessary economic and administrative assistance to Niue, as well as assistance with foreign affairs, defense, and security if requested"
},
"Capital": {
"name": {
@ -287,6 +286,9 @@
},
"time difference": {
"text": "UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "a traditional name for an area of the island; became the name for the newly declared capital in the 20th century"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -537,7 +539,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "1 government-owned TV station with many of the programs supplied by Television New Zealand; 1 government-owned radio station broadcasting in AM and FM (2019)"
"text": "1 state-owned TV station, with many of the programs supplied by Television New Zealand; 1 state-owned radio station broadcasting in AM and FM (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".nu"
@ -552,17 +554,6 @@
"Airports": {
"text": "1 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "234 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "210 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "24 km (2017)"
}
},
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"total": {
"text": "70 (2023)"
@ -597,7 +588,7 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force"
"text": "no regular indigenous military forces; Niue Police Department"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "defense is the responsibility of New Zealand"

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"text": "tropical cyclones (especially May to July)"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "most of the 32 km coastline consists of almost inaccessible cliffs, but the land slopes down to the sea in one small southern area on Sydney Bay, where the capital of Kingston is situated"
"text": "most of the 32-km (20-mi) coastline consists of almost inaccessible cliffs, but the land slopes down to the sea in one small southern area on Sydney Bay, where the capital of Kingston is located"
}
},
"People and Society": {
"Population": {
"total": {
"text": "2,188 (2021)"
"text": "1,739 (2021)"
},
"male": {
"text": "823"
},
"female": {
"text": "916"
}
},
"Nationality": {
@ -131,7 +137,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "inadequate solid waste management; most freshwater obtained through rainwater catchment; preservation of unique ecosystem"
"text": "inadequate solid-waste management; most freshwater obtained through rainwater catchment; preservation of unique ecosystem"
},
"Climate": {
"text": "subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation"
@ -173,7 +179,7 @@
"text": "non-self-governing overseas territory of Australia; note - the Norfolk Island Regional Council, which began operations 1 July 2016, is responsible for planning and managing a variety of public services, including those funded by the Government of Australia"
},
"Dependency status": {
"text": "self-governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities &amp; Regional Development"
"text": "self-governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities, &amp; Regional Development"
},
"Capital": {
"name": {
@ -189,7 +195,7 @@
"text": "+1hr, begins first Sunday in October; ends first Sunday in April"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the name is a blending of the words \"king's\" and \"town\"; the British king at the time of the town's settlement in the late 18th century was GEORGE III"
"text": "the name blends the words \"king's\" and \"town;\" the English king at the time of the town's settlement in the late 18th century was GEORGE III"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -381,17 +387,6 @@
"Airports": {
"text": "1 (2025)"
},
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"total": {
"text": "80 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "53 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "27 km (2008)"
}
},
"Ports": {
"total ports": {
"text": "1 (2024)"

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@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
"text": "<p>tropical cyclones (January to April); volcanic eruption on Aoba (Ambae) island began on 27 November 2005, volcanism also causes minor earthquakes; tsunamis</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> significant volcanic activity with multiple eruptions in recent years; Yasur (361 m), one of the world's most active volcanoes, has experienced continuous activity in recent centuries; other historically active volcanoes include Aoba, Ambrym, Epi, Gaua, Kuwae, Lopevi, Suretamatai, and Traitor's Head</p>"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "a Y-shaped chain of four main islands and 80 smaller islands; several of the islands have active volcanoes and there are several underwater volcanoes as well"
"text": "a Y-shaped chain of four main islands and 80 smaller islands; several of the islands have active volcanoes, including several underwater volcanoes"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -145,16 +145,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "76.5"
"text": "56.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "69.9"
"text": "48.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "12.3"
"text": "7.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "15.2 (2021 est.)"
"text": "12.7 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "population growth; water pollution, most of the population does not have access to a reliable supply of potable water; inadequate sanitation; deforestation"
"text": "water pollution; limited potable water; inadequate sanitation; deforestation"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -389,12 +389,6 @@
"text": "2.55% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.54% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "8.42 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -439,7 +433,7 @@
"text": "New Hebrides"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "derived from the words \"vanua\" (home or land) and \"tu\" (stand) that occur in several of the Austonesian languages spoken on the islands and which provide a meaning of \"the land remains\" but which also convey a sense of \"independence\" or \"our land\""
"text": "the name means \"Our land forever\" in several of the Austronesian languages spoken on the islands; the former name, New Hebrides, was given by Captain James COOK in 1774 because he thought they looked similar to the Hebrides islands off the coast of Scotland"
}
},
"Government type": {
@ -456,7 +450,7 @@
"text": "UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "there are two possibilities for the origin of the name: early European settlers were Portuguese and \"vila\" means \"village or town\" in Portuguese, hence \"Port-Vila\" would mean \"Port Town\"; alternatively, the site of the capital is referred to as \"Efil\" or \"Ifira\" in native languages, \"Vila\" is a likely corruption of these names"
"text": "the local name of Vila is sometimes used alone for the the port town; its meaning is unknown"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -469,7 +463,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 30 July (1980)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of English common law, French law, and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of English common law, French law, and customary law"
},
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"history": {
@ -662,14 +656,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "11.2% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "6.68% (2022 est.)"
"text": "6.7% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "2.34% (2021 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2020": {
"text": "5.33% (2020 est.)"
"text": "2.3% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -718,30 +712,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "137,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "118,100 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "5.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "5.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "5.17% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "4.73% (2021 est.)"
"text": "5.1% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "10.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "11.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "8.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "9.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "13% (2023 est.)"
"text": "14% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -786,12 +780,12 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "87.07% of GDP (2021 est.)"
"Public debt 2023": {
"text": "71.7% of GDP (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "15.88% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
"text": "17.4% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -860,7 +854,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$329.915 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$299.746 million (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -869,19 +863,19 @@
"text": "vatu (VUV) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "119.113 (2023 est.)"
"text": "119.112 (2023 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2022": {
"text": "115.354 (2022 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2021": {
"text": "109.453 (2021 est.)"
"text": "109.452 (2021 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "115.38 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "114.733 (2019 est.)"
"text": "114.732 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -973,7 +967,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "1 state-owned TV station; multi-channel pay TV is available; state-owned Radio Vanuatu operates 2 radio stations; 2 privately owned radio broadcasters (Capital FM 107 and Laef FM); programming from multiple international broadcasters is available (2023)"
"text": "1 state-owned TV station; multi-channel pay TV available; state-owned Radio Vanuatu has 2 radio stations; 2 privately owned radio broadcasters; multiple international broadcasts available (2023)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".vu"
@ -993,31 +987,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "8"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "374,603 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "1.66 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "YJ"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "31 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "2,958 km (2023)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "338 (2023)"
@ -1052,11 +1027,11 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "no regular military forces; Ministry of Internal Affairs: Vanuatu Police Force (VPF) (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the VPF includes the Vanuatu Mobile Force (VMF) and Police Maritime Wing (VPMW); the paramilitary VMF also has external security responsibilities"
"text": "no regular military forces; Vanuatu Police Force (VPF) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the VPF includes the paramilitary Vanuatu Mobile Force (VMF) and Police Maritime Wing (VMW); the VMF has external security responsibilities"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the separate British and French police forces were unified in 1980 as the New Hebrides Constabulary, which was commanded by Ni-Vanuatu officers while retaining some British and French officers as advisors; the Constabulary was subsequently renamed the Vanuatu Police Force later in 1980<br><br>the Vanuatu Mobile Force has received training and other support from Australia, China, France, New Zealand, and the US<br><br>Vanuatu has a \"shiprider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Vanuatu's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; \"shiprider\" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2024)"
"text": "the separate British and French police forces were unified in 1980 as the New Hebrides Constabulary, which was commanded by Ni-Vanuatu officers while retaining some British and French officers as advisors; the Constabulary was subsequently renamed the Vanuatu Police Force later in 1980<br><br>the Vanuatu Mobile Force has received training and other support from Australia, China, France, New Zealand, and the US<br><br>Vanuatu has a \"shiprider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Vanuatu's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; \"shiprider\" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2025)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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"text": "periodic droughts"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "Nauru is the third-smallest country in the world behind the Holy See (Vatican City) and Monaco; it is the smallest country in the Pacific Ocean, the smallest country outside Europe, the world's smallest island country, and the world's smallest independent republic; situated just 53 km south of the Equator, Nauru is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean -- the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Makatea in French Polynesia"
"text": "Nauru is the third-smallest country in the world behind the Holy See (Vatican City) and Monaco; it is the smallest country in the Pacific Ocean, the smallest country outside Europe, the world's smallest island country, and the world's smallest independent republic; situated just 53 km south of the equator, Nauru is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean -- the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Makatea in French Polynesia"
}
},
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@ -140,16 +140,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "69.9"
"text": "51.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "66"
"text": "44.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "3.9"
"text": "6.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "25.8 (2021)"
"text": "14.9 (2024 est.)"
}
},
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@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "limited natural freshwater resources, roof storage tanks that collect rainwater and desalination plants provide water; a century of intensive phosphate mining beginning in 1906 left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland; cadmium residue, phosphate dust, and other contaminants have caused air and water pollution with negative impacts on health; climate change has brought on rising sea levels and inland water shortages"
"text": "limited natural freshwater resources; effects of intensive phosphate mining that left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland; air and water pollution from cadmium residue, phosphate dust, and other contaminants; rising sea levels"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -375,9 +375,6 @@
"text": "0.18% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "7.4 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -440,7 +437,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 31 January (1968)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of common law based on the English model and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of common law based on the English model and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -714,6 +711,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "1.515 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "1.505 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -725,9 +725,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "1.453 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "1.439 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -799,7 +796,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "1 government-owned TV station broadcasting programs from New Zealand sent via satellite or on videotape; 1 government-owned radio station, broadcasting on AM and FM, utilizes Australian and British programs (2019)"
"text": "1 state-owned TV station broadcasting programs from New Zealand; 1 state-owned radio station, broadcasting on AM and FM, uses Australian and British programs (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".nr"
@ -819,37 +816,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
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"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "5"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "45,457 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "7.94 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "C2"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "1 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "30 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "24 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "6 km (2002)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "6 (2023)"
@ -884,7 +856,7 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security 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 (2024)"
"text": "no regular military forces; Nauru Police Force (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "under an informal agreement, defense is the responsibility of Australia; under the terms of a security deal signed in December 2024, Nauru pledged to seek Australia’s agreement before it signed any bilateral accords on maritime security, defense, and policing, and would receive economic assistance from Australia, including to its police force<br><br>Nauru has a \"shiprider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Nauru's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; \"shiprider\" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2024)"

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@ -154,16 +154,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "53.4"
"text": "55.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "29"
"text": "29.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "24.4"
"text": "26.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "4.1 (2021 est.)"
"text": "3.8 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -413,12 +413,6 @@
"text": "0.92% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.5% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0.03% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "8.61 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -493,7 +487,7 @@
"text": "New Zealand has two time zones: New Zealand standard time (UTC+12) and Chatham Islands time (45 minutes in advance of New Zealand standard time; UTC+12:45)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "named in 1840 after Arthur WELLESLEY, the first Duke of Wellington and victorious general at the Battle of Waterloo"
"text": "named in 1840 after Arthur WELLESLEY, the first Duke of Wellington, who was famous for his victory at Waterloo in 1815 and was a benefactor of the New Zealand Company that settled North Island"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -670,7 +664,7 @@
}
},
"National coat of arms": {
"text": "The first quarter of the shield shows four stars that represent the Southern Cross constellation, then three ships symbolizing New Zealand's sea trade. In the second quarter, a fleece represents the sheep farming industry. The wheat sheaf in the third quarter represents the agricultural industry, and the crossed hammers in the fourth quarter represent mining. On either side of the shield are a Māori chieftain holding a <em>taiaha </em>(a Māori war weapon) and a European woman holding the New Zealand flag. St Edward's Crown, shown above the shield, symbolizes the British monarch."
"text": "The first quarter of the shield shows four stars that represent the Southern Cross constellation and three ships that symbolize New Zealand's sea trade. In the second quarter, a fleece represents the sheep farming industry. The wheat sheaf in the third quarter represents the agricultural industry, and the crossed hammers in the fourth quarter represent mining. On either side of the shield are a Māori chieftain holding a <em>taiaha </em>(a Māori war weapon) and a European woman holding the New Zealand flag. St Edward's Crown, shown above the shield, symbolizes the British monarch."
}
},
"Economy": {
@ -718,14 +712,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "2.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "5.73% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "7.17% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "3.94% (2021 est.)"
"text": "7.2% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -786,30 +780,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "3.073 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "3.079 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "4.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "3.74% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "3.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "3.78% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "10.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "14.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "10.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "14.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "10.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "14% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -844,12 +838,12 @@
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "54.57% of GDP (2022 est.)"
"text": "54.6% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "29.93% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"text": "29.9% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -905,21 +899,24 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$22.065 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$15.487 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$14.4 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$16.114 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Exchange rates": {
"Currency": {
"text": "New Zealand dollars (NZD) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "1.652 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "1.628 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -931,9 +928,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "1.542 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "1.518 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -1062,7 +1056,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "state-owned Television New Zealand operates multiple TV networks and state-owned Radio New Zealand operates 3 radio networks and an external shortwave radio service to the South Pacific region; a small number of national commercial TV and radio stations and many regional commercial television and radio stations are available; cable and satellite TV systems are available, as are a range of streaming services (2019)"
"text": "state-owned Television New Zealand operates multiple TV networks; state-owned Radio New Zealand operates 3 radio networks and an external shortwave radio service to the South Pacific region; a small number of national commercial TV and radio stations and many regional commercial TV and radio stations are available; cable and satellite TV systems are available (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".nz"
@ -1082,20 +1076,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "15 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "199"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "17,249,049 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "1,349,300,000 (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "ZK"
},
@ -1105,9 +1085,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "62 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "331 km condensate, 2,500 km gas, 172 km liquid petroleum gas, 288 km oil, 198 km refined products (2018)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "4,128 km (2018)"
@ -1116,17 +1093,6 @@
"text": "4,128 km (2018) 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified)"
}
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "94,000 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "61,600 km (includes 199 km of expressways)"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "32,400 km (2017)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "117 (2023)"
@ -1161,7 +1127,7 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF): New Zealand Army, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force (2024)",
"text": "New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF): New Zealand Army, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the New Zealand Police, under the Minister of Police, are responsible for internal security"
},
"Military expenditures": {
@ -1182,21 +1148,21 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 8,800 active-duty (Regular Force) troops (4,300 Army; 2,100 Navy; 2,400 Air Force) (2024)",
"text": "approximately 8,800 active-duty (Regular Force) troops (4,300 Army; 2,100 Navy; 2,400 Air Force) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the total NZDF complement is about 15,300 including the Regular Force, Reserves, and civilians"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the NZDF's inventory is comprised of domestically produced and Western-supplied weapons and equipment, including from Australia, Canada, the US, and the UK (2024)"
"text": "the NZDF's inventory is comprised of domestically produced and Western-supplied weapons and equipment, including from Australia, Canada, the US, and the UK (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "17 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; soldiers cannot be deployed until the age of 18; no conscription (2024)",
"text": "17 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; soldiers cannot be deployed until the age of 18; no conscription (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>New Zealand opened up all military occupations to women in 2000; as of 2024, women accounted for about 20% of Regular Force personnel"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "small numbers of NZ military personnel are deployed on a variety of international missions in Africa, Antarctica, the Asia-Pacific region, and the Middle East (2024)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the NZDF is a small military with considerable overseas experience; it supports the country’s national security objectives by protecting New Zealand’s sovereignty, promoting its interests, safeguarding peace and security, and conducting peacekeeping, humanitarian, and other international missions<br><br>New Zealand is a member of the Five Powers Defense Arrangements (FPDA), a series of mutual assistance agreements reached in 1971 embracing Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the UK; the FPDA commits the members to consult with one another in the event or threat of an armed attack on any of the members and to mutually decide what measures should be taken, jointly or separately; there is no specific obligation to intervene militarily <br><br>New Zealand has been part of the Australia, New Zealand, and US Security (ANZUS) Treaty since 1951; however, the US suspended its ANZUS security obligations to New Zealand in 1986 after New Zealand implemented a policy barring nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered warships from its ports; the US and New Zealand signed the Wellington Declaration in 2010, which reaffirmed close ties between the two countries, and in 2012 signed the Washington Declaration, which provided a framework for future security cooperation and defense dialogues; in 2016, a US naval ship conducted the first bilateral warship visit to New Zealand since the 1980s; New Zealand has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation (2024)"
"text": "the NZDF is a small military with considerable overseas experience; it supports the country’s national security objectives by protecting New Zealand’s sovereignty, promoting its interests, safeguarding peace and security, and conducting peacekeeping, humanitarian, and other international missions<br><br>New Zealand is a member of the Five Powers Defense Arrangements (FPDA), a series of mutual assistance agreements reached in 1971 embracing Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the UK; the FPDA commits the members to consult with one another in the event or threat of an armed attack on any of the members and to mutually decide what measures should be taken, jointly or separately; there is no specific obligation to intervene militarily <br><br>New Zealand has been part of the Australia, New Zealand, and US Security (ANZUS) Treaty since 1951; however, the US suspended its ANZUS security obligations to New Zealand in 1986 after New Zealand implemented a policy barring nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered warships from its ports; the US and New Zealand signed the Wellington Declaration in 2010, which reaffirmed close ties between the two countries, and in 2012 signed the Washington Declaration, which provided a framework for future security cooperation and defense dialogues; in 2016, a US naval ship conducted the first bilateral warship visit to New Zealand since the 1980s; New Zealand has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation (2025)"
}
},
"Space": {

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"text": "occasional tropical cyclones (especially November to March), but generally only heavy tropical storms; landslides"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "Britain's most isolated dependency; only the larger island of Pitcairn is inhabited but it has no port or natural harbor; supplies must be transported by longboat from larger ships stationed offshore"
"text": "Britain's most isolated dependency; only the larger island of Pitcairn is inhabited, but it has no port or natural harbor; supplies must be transported by longboat from larger ships stationed offshore"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
"text": "UTC-9 (4 hours behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "named after John ADAMS (1767&ndash;1829), the last survivor of the Bounty mutineers who settled on Pitcairn Island in January 1790"
"text": "named after John ADAMS (1767&ndash;1829), the last survivor of the Bounty mutineers who settled on Pitcairn Island in 1790"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {

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@ -143,16 +143,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "43.8"
"text": "40.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "30.2"
"text": "24.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "13.7"
"text": "15.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "7.3 (2021)"
"text": "6.3 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "inadequate facilities for disposal of solid waste; threats to the marine ecosystem from sand and coral dredging, illegal and destructive fishing practices, and overfishing; climate change contributes to rising sea level and coral bleaching; drought"
"text": "inadequate facilities for disposal of solid waste; threats to the marine ecosystem from sand and coral dredging, illegal fishing practices, and overfishing; rising sea level; coral bleaching; drought"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -378,9 +378,6 @@
"text": "1.59% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "7.82 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -436,9 +433,8 @@
"text": "UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the Palauan meaning is \"place of fermented 'mud'\" ('mud' being the native name for the keyhole angelfish); the site of the new capitol (established in 2006) had been a large hill overlooking the ocean,&nbsp;Ngerulmud, on which women would communally gather to offer fermented angelfish to the gods"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>Ngerulmud, on Babeldaob Island, is the smallest national capital on earth by population, with only a few hundred people; the name is pronounced en-jer-al-mud; Koror, on Koror Island, with over 11,000 residents is by far the largest settlement in Palau; it served as the country's capital from independence in 1994 to 2006"
"text": "the name comes from a Palauan term meaning \"place of fermented angelfish;\" the site of the capital was the traditional location for women to gather and offer fermented angelfish to the gods"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "16 states; Aimeliik, Airai, Angaur, Hatohobei, Kayangel, Koror, Melekeok, Ngaraard, Ngarchelong, Ngardmau, Ngatpang, Ngchesar, Ngeremlengui, Ngiwal, Peleliu, Sonsorol"
@ -450,7 +446,7 @@
"text": "Constitution Day, 9 July (1981), day of a national referendum to pass the new constitution; Independence Day, 1 October (1994)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of civil, common, and customary law"
"text": "mixed system of civil, common, and customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -684,14 +680,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "2.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "12.8% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "12.35% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "2.61% (2021 est.)"
"text": "12.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -741,16 +737,6 @@
"Labor force": {
"text": "11,610 (2016)"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2015": {
"text": "1.7% (2015 est.)"
}
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "5.6% (2014)"
}
},
"Remittances": {
"Remittances 2023": {
"text": "0.69% of GDP (2023 est.)"
@ -779,7 +765,7 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "18.08% (of GDP) (2020 est.)",
"text": "18.1% (of GDP) (2020 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -905,31 +891,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "1"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "T8"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "3 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "121 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "85 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "36 km (2018)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "427 (2023)"
@ -964,7 +931,7 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "no regular military forces; the Ministry of Justice includes divisions/bureaus for public security, police functions, and maritime law enforcement (2024)"
"text": "no regular military forces; the Bureau of Public Safety (Ministry of Justice) has divisions for police functions and maritime security (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "under the Compact of Free Association between Palau and the US, the US is responsible for the defense of Palau and the US military is granted access to the islands; the COFA also allows citizens of Palau to serve in the US armed forces<br><br>Palau has a \"shiprider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Palau's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; \"shiprider\" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2024)"

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@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
"text": "infrequent typhoons"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "the islands of Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein atoll surrounds the world's largest lagoon and is used as a US missile test range; the island city of Ebeye is the second largest settlement in the Marshall Islands, after the capital of Majuro, and one of the most densely populated locations in the Pacific"
"text": "Kwajalein atoll surrounds the world's largest lagoon; the island city of Ebeye is the second largest settlement in the Marshall Islands, after the capital of Majuro, and one of the most densely populated locations in the Pacific"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -149,16 +149,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "59.9"
"text": "55.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "53"
"text": "46.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "6.8"
"text": "8.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "14.7 (2021)"
"text": "11.2 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "inadequate supplies of potable water; pollution of Majuro lagoon from household waste and discharges from fishing vessels; sea level rise"
"text": "inadequate potable water; pollution of Majuro lagoon from household waste and discharges from fishing vessels; sea-level rise"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -387,9 +387,6 @@
"text": "0.61% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "7.21 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -445,7 +442,7 @@
},
"Capital": {
"name": {
"text": "Majuro; note - the capital is an atoll of 64 islands; governmental buildings are housed on three fused islands on the eastern side of the atoll: Djarrit, Uliga, and Delap"
"text": "Majuro"
},
"geographic coordinates": {
"text": "7 06 N, 171 23 E"
@ -454,8 +451,9 @@
"text": "UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "Majuro means \"two openings\" or \"two eyes\" and refers to the two major northern passages through the atoll into the Majuro lagoon"
}
"text": "Majuro means \"two openings\" or \"two eyes\" and refers to the two major passages through the atoll into the Majuro lagoon"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the capital is an atoll of 64 islands; governmental buildings are housed on three fused islands on the eastern side of the atoll: Djarrit, Uliga, and Delap"
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "24 municipalities; Ailinglaplap, Ailuk, Arno, Aur, Bikini &amp; Kili, Ebon, Enewetak &amp; Ujelang, Jabat, Jaluit, Kwajalein, Lae, Lib, Likiep, Majuro, Maloelap, Mejit, Mili, Namorik, Namu, Rongelap, Ujae, Utrik, Wotho, Wotje"
@ -467,7 +465,7 @@
"text": "Constitution Day, 1 May (1979)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of US and English common law, customary law, and local statutes"
"text": "mixed system of US and English common law, customary law, and local statutes"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -775,12 +773,12 @@
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2019": {
"text": "41.56% of GDP (2019 est.)"
"text": "41.6% of GDP (2019 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "17.16% (of GDP) (2020 est.)",
"text": "17.2% (of GDP) (2020 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -884,7 +882,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "no TV broadcast station; a cable network is available on Majuro with programming via videotape replay and satellite relays; 4 radio broadcast stations; American Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) provides satellite radio and television service to Kwajalein Atoll (2019)"
"text": "no TV broadcast station; a cable network is available on Majuro with programming via videotape replay and satellite relays; 4 radio broadcast stations; US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) provides satellite radio and TV service to Kwajalein Atoll (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".mh"
@ -907,37 +905,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "3"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "24,313 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "130,000 (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "V7"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "33 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "2,028 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "75 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "1,953 km (2007)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "4,180 (2023)"
@ -972,7 +945,7 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "no regular military forces; the national police (Marshall Islands Police Department, MIPD), local police forces, and the Sea Patrol (maritime police) are responsible for security; the MIPD and Sea Patrol report to the Ministry of Justice; local police report to their respective local government councils (2024)"
"text": "no regular military forces; Marshall Islands Police Department (includes a Sea Patrol Division) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "defense is the responsibility of the US; in 1982, the Marshall Islands signed a Compact of Free Association (COFA) with the US, which granted the Marshall Islands financial assistance and access to many US domestic programs in exchange for exclusive US military access and defense responsibilities; the COFA entered into force in 1986, and its funding was renewed in 2003; the Marshall Islands hosts a US Army missile test site <br><br>the Marshall Islands have a \"shiprider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within its designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; \"shiprider\" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2024)"

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@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
"text": "lies in Pacific cyclone belt"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "consists of three atolls (Atafu, Fakaofo, Nukunonu), each with a lagoon surrounded by a number of reef-bound islets of varying length and rising to over 3 m above sea level"
"text": "consists of three atolls (Atafu, Fakaofo, Nukunonu), each with a lagoon surrounded by a number of reef-bound islets of varying length and rising to over 3 m (10 ft) above sea level"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -100,10 +100,10 @@
"text": "2,453 (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "1,201"
"text": "1,201 (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "1,252"
"text": "1,252 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Nationality": {
@ -126,16 +126,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "60.4"
"text": "52.7 (2024)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "47"
"text": "40 (2024)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "13.4"
"text": "12.6 (2024)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "7.5 (2021)"
"text": "7.9 (2024)"
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "overexploitation of certain fish and other marine species, coastal sand, and forest resources; pollution of freshwater lenses and coastal waters from improper disposal of chemicals"
"text": "overfishing; damage to forest resources; pollution of freshwater and coastal waters from improper disposal of chemicals"
},
"Climate": {
"text": "tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November)"
@ -249,14 +249,14 @@
"text": "Union Islands, Tokelau Islands"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "\"tokelau\" is a Polynesian word meaning \"north wind\""
"text": "the name comes from the Polynesian word <em>tokelau</em>, meaning \"north wind;\" the name \"Tokelau Islands\" was adopted in 1946, and the shortened form in 1976"
}
},
"Government type": {
"text": "<p>parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy</p>"
},
"Dependency status": {
"text": "self-administering territory of New Zealand; note - Tokelau and New Zealand have agreed to a draft constitution as Tokelau moves toward free association with New Zealand; a UN-sponsored referendum on self governance in October 2007 did not meet the two-thirds majority vote necessary for changing the political status"
"text": "Tokelau is a non-self-governing territory of New Zealand and part of the Realm of New Zealand; Tokelau has its own political institutions, judicial system, public services (including telecommunications and shipping), and budget control"
},
"Capital": {
"time difference": {
@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
"text": "King CHARLES III (since 8 September 2022); represented by Governor-General of New Zealand Dame Cindy KIRO (since 21 September 2021); New Zealand is represented by Administrator Don HIGGINS (since June 2022)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "(Ulu o Tokelau) Alapati TAVITE (since 12 March 2024)"
"text": "(Ulu o Tokelau) Esera Fofō Filipo Tuisano TUISANO (since 17 March 2025)"
},
"cabinet": {
"text": "Council for the Ongoing Government of Tokelau (or Tokelau Council) functions as a cabinet; consists of 3 village leaders (Faipule) and 3 village mayors (Pulenuku)"
@ -424,12 +424,6 @@
"Labor force": {
"text": "1,100 (2019 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2015": {
"text": "2% (2015 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Underemployment may be as high as 6.6%"
},
"Budget": {
"revenues": {
"text": "$24,324,473 (2017 est.)"
@ -508,7 +502,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "Sky TV access for around 30% of the population; each atoll operates a radio service that provides shipping news and weather reports (2019)"
"text": "Sky TV access for about a third of the population; each atoll operates a radio service with shipping news and weather reports (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".tk"
@ -520,11 +514,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "10 km (2019)"
}
}
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military - note": {

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@ -140,16 +140,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "68.6"
"text": "58.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "58.5"
"text": "46.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "10.5"
"text": "11.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "9.5 (2021 est.)"
"text": "8.5 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -410,12 +410,6 @@
"text": "0.99% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.03% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "7.52 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -454,7 +448,7 @@
"text": "Friendly Islands"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "\"tonga\" means \"south\" in the Tongan language and refers to the country's geographic position in relation to central Polynesia"
"text": "the name is of local origin and is said to mean \"island;\" the former name, the Friendly Islands, came from Captain James COOK in 1773, based on the welcome he received from the inhabitants"
}
},
"Government type": {
@ -474,7 +468,7 @@
"text": "+1hr, begins first Sunday in November; ends second Sunday in January"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "composed of the words <em>nuku</em>, meaning \"residence or abode,\" and <em>alof</em>a, meaning \"love,\" to signify \"abode of love\""
"text": "name is said to be composed of the local words <em>nuku</em>, meaning \"residence or abode,\" and <em>alofa</em>, meaning \"love;\" it may also mean \"the south,\" describing Tonga's position in relation to most other Polynesian islands"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -671,14 +665,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "3.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "6.35% (2023 est.)"
"text": "6.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "10.97% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "5.64% (2021 est.)"
"text": "11% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -727,30 +721,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "36,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "34,800 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "2.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "2.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "2.35% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "2.11% (2021 est.)"
"text": "2.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "6.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "6.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "4.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "10.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "10% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -795,35 +789,36 @@
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "43.92% of GDP (2020 est.)"
"text": "43.9% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "20.79% (of GDP) (2020 est.)"
"text": "23.8% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2024": {
"text": "-$21.165 million (2024 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$30.073 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "-$30.087 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$27.749 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "-$32.382 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2024": {
"text": "$119.511 million (2024 est.)"
},
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$95.345 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$59.926 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$57.534 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Exports - partners": {
@ -835,15 +830,15 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2024": {
"text": "$392.888 million (2024 est.)"
},
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$383.462 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$383.475 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$330.306 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$298.304 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Imports - partners": {
@ -868,7 +863,7 @@
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$168.587 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$159.276 million (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -969,7 +964,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "1 state-owned TV station and 3 privately owned TV stations; satellite and cable TV services are available; 1 state-owned and&nbsp;5 privately owned radio stations; Radio Australia broadcasts available via satellite (2019)"
"text": "1 state-owned TV station and 3 privately owned TV stations; satellite and cable TV services available; 1 state-owned and 5 privately owned radio stations; Radio Australia available via satellite (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".to"
@ -989,31 +984,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "1"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "A3"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "6 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "680 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "184 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "496 km (2011)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "29 (2023)"
@ -1048,7 +1024,7 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "His Majesty's Armed Forces Tonga (aka Tonga Defense Services): Tonga Royal Guard, Land Force (Royal Tongan Marines), Tonga Navy, Air Wing <br><br>Ministry of Police and Fire Services: Tonga Police Force (2024)"
"text": "His Majesty's Armed Forces Tonga (HMAF; aka Tonga Defense Services): Tonga Royal Guard, Tonga Land Force (Royal Tongan Marines), Tonga Navy, Air Wing <br><br>Ministry of Police and Fire Services: Tonga Police Force (2024)"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
@ -1068,7 +1044,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 600 personnel (2024)"
"text": "approximately 600 active armed forces personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the military's inventory consists of light weapons, as well as some naval patrol vessels from Australia and a few US-origin aircraft (2024)"

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@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
"text": "severe tropical storms are usually rare, but in 1997 there were three cyclones; low levels of islands make them sensitive to changes in sea level"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "one of the smallest and most remote countries on Earth; six of the nine coral atolls -- Nanumea, Nui, Vaitupu, Nukufetau, Funafuti, and Nukulaelae -- have lagoons open to the ocean; Nanumaya and Niutao have landlocked lagoons; Niulakita does not have a lagoon"
"text": "one of the smallest and most remote countries on earth; six of the nine coral atolls -- Nanumea, Nui, Vaitupu, Nukufetau, Funafuti, and Nukulaelae -- have lagoons open to the ocean; Nanumaya and Niutao have landlocked lagoons; Niulakita does not have a lagoon"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -142,16 +142,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "60.9"
"text": "58.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "50.9"
"text": "46.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "10"
"text": "12.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "10 (2021)"
"text": "8.3 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "water needs met by catchment systems; the use of sand as a building material has led to beachhead erosion; deforestation; damage to coral reefs from increasing ocean temperatures and acidification; rising sea levels threaten water table; in 2000, the government appealed to Australia and New Zealand to take in Tuvaluans if rising sea levels should make evacuation necessary"
"text": "limited freshwater resources; beach erosion; deforestation; damage to coral reefs; rising sea levels"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -388,9 +388,6 @@
"text": "2.08% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "6.81 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -435,7 +432,7 @@
"text": "Ellice Islands"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "\"tuvalu\" means \"group of eight\" or \"eight standing together\" referring to the country's eight traditionally inhabited islands"
"text": "the name in the local language means \"group of eight\" or \"eight standing together,\" referring to eight of the country's nine islands; the remaining island, Nui, was left out of the original grouping because its inhabitants spoke a different language; the former name was given in honor of Canadian shipping company owner Alexander Ellice, who owned a ship that visited the islands in 1819"
}
},
"Government type": {
@ -443,7 +440,7 @@
},
"Capital": {
"name": {
"text": "Funafuti; note - the capital is an atoll of some 29 islets; administrative offices are in Vaiaku Village on Fongafale Islet"
"text": "Funafuti"
},
"geographic coordinates": {
"text": "8 31 S, 179 13 E"
@ -452,8 +449,9 @@
"text": "UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the atoll is named after a founding ancestor chief, Funa, from the island of Samoa"
}
"text": "the town has the same name as the island it is located on; the name may either come from the Polynesian word <em>futi </em>(banana) or the name Futi, one of the wives of a local ruler, with the word <em>funa </em>added as a feminine prefix"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the capital is an atoll of 29 islets; administrative offices are in Vaiaku Village on Fongafale Islet"
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "7 island councils and 1 town council*; Funafuti*, Nanumaga, Nanumea, Niutao, Nui, Nukufetau, Nukulaelae, Vaitupu"
@ -465,7 +463,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 1 October (1978)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of English common law and local customary law"
"text": "mixed system of English common law and local customary law"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -771,6 +769,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Tuvaluan dollars or Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "1.515 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "1.505 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -782,9 +783,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "1.453 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "1.439 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -830,7 +828,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "no TV stations; many households use satellite dishes to watch foreign TV stations; 1 government-owned radio station, Radio Tuvalu, includes relays of programming from international broadcasters (2019)"
"text": "no TV stations; many households use satellite dishes to watch foreign TV; 1 state-owned radio station, Radio Tuvalu, includes relays from international broadcasters (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".tv"
@ -856,11 +854,6 @@
"Airports": {
"text": "1 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "16 km (2022)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "270 (2023)"
@ -895,10 +888,10 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "no regular military forces; Tuvalu Police Force (Ministry of Justice, Communications, and Foreign Affairs) (2024)"
"text": "no regular military forces; Tuvalu Police Force (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "Tuvalu has a security pact with Australia; Australia also provides support to the Tuvalu Police Force, including donations of patrol boats<br><br>Tuvalu has a \"shiprider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Tuvalu's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; \"shiprider\" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2024)"
"text": "as part of the Falepili Union treaty between Australia and Tuvalu, which entered into force in August 2024, Australia committed to assist Tuvalu in response to a major natural disaster, health pandemic, or military aggression; Tuvalu pledged to mutually agree with Australia any partnership, arrangement, or engagement with any other State or entity on security and defense-related matters in Tuvalu<br><br>Tuvalu has a \"shiprider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Tuvalu's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; \"shiprider\" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2025)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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@ -65,20 +65,17 @@
"text": "<p><strong>Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands:</strong> the narrow fringing reef surrounding the island poses a maritime hazard; </p><p><strong>Kingman Reef:</strong> wet or awash most of the time, maximum elevation of less than 2 m makes Kingman Reef a maritime hazard; </p><p><strong>Midway Islands, Johnston, and Palmyra Atolls:</strong> NA</p>"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "<p><strong>Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands:</strong> scattered vegetation consisting of grasses, prostrate vines, and low growing shrubs; primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife; closed to the public; </p><p><strong>Johnston Atoll:</strong> Johnston Island and Sand Island are natural islands, which have been expanded by coral dredging; North Island (Akau) and East Island (Hikina) are manmade islands formed from coral dredging; the egg-shaped reef is 34 km in circumference; closed to the public; </p><p><strong>Kingman Reef:</strong> barren coral atoll with deep interior lagoon; closed to the public; </p><p><strong>Midway Islands:</strong> a coral atoll managed as a National Wildlife Refuge and open to the public for wildlife-related recreation in the form of wildlife observation and photography; </p><p><strong>Palmyra Atoll:</strong> the high rainfall and resulting lush vegetation make the environment of this atoll unique among the US Pacific Island territories; supports a large undisturbed stand of Pisonia beach forest</p>"
"text": "<p><strong>Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands:</strong> scattered vegetation consisting of grasses, vines, and low-growing shrubs; primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife; closed to the public</p> <p><strong>Johnston Atoll:</strong> Johnston Island and Sand Island are natural islands that have been expanded by coral dredging; North Island (Akau) and East Island (Hikina) are manmade islands formed from coral dredging; the egg-shaped reef is 34 km (21 mi) in circumference; closed to the public</p> <p><strong>Kingman Reef:</strong> barren coral atoll with deep interior lagoon; closed to the public</p> <p><strong>Midway Islands:</strong> a coral atoll managed as a National Wildlife Refuge and open to the public for wildlife observation and photography</p> <p><strong>Palmyra Atoll:</strong> high rainfall and lush vegetation make the environment of this atoll unique among the US Pacific Island territories; supports a large undisturbed stand of Pisonia beach forest</p>"
}
},
"People and Society": {
"Population": {
"total": {
"text": "no indigenous inhabitants"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> public entry is only by special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service and generally restricted to scientists and educators; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service <br><br><strong>Jarvis Island:</strong> Millersville settlement on western side of island occasionally used as a weather station from 1935 until World War II, when it was abandoned; reoccupied in 1957 during the International Geophysical Year by scientists who left in 1958; currently unoccupied <br><br><strong>Johnston Atoll:</strong> in previous years, an average of 1,100 US military and civilian contractor personnel were present; as of May 2005, all US Government personnel had left the island <br><br><strong>Midway Islands:</strong> approximately 40 people make up the staff of US Fish and Wildlife Service and their services contractor living at the atoll <br><br><strong>Palmyra Atoll:</strong> 4 to 20 Nature Conservancy, US Fish and Wildlife staff, and researchers"
"text": "<p><strong>note</strong>: entry is only allowed through a Special Use Permit when the activity is deemed appropriate with purposes to the refuge establishment. </p>"
}
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "<p><strong>Baker Island: </strong>no natural freshwater resources; feral cats, introduced in 1937 during a short-lived colonization effort, ravaged the avian population and were eradicated in 1965<br><strong><br>Howland Island: </strong>no natural freshwater resources; the island habitat has suffered from invasive exotic species; black rats, introduced in 1854, were eradicated by feral cats within a year of their introduction in 1937; the cats preyed on the bird population and were eliminated by 1985<br><br><strong>Jarvis Island</strong><strong>:</strong> no natural freshwater resources; feral cats, introduced in the 1930s during a short-lived colonization venture, were not completely removed until 1990<br><strong><br>Johnston Atoll: </strong>no natural freshwater resources; the seven decades under US military administration (1934-2004) left the atoll environmentally degraded and required large-scale remediation efforts; a swarm of Anoplolepis (crazy) ants invaded the island in 2010 damaging native wildlife; eradication has been largely, but not completely, successful<br><strong><br>Midway Islands:</strong>  many exotic species introduced, 75% of the roughly 200 plant species on the island are non-native; plastic pollution harms wildlife, via entanglement, ingestion, and toxic contamination</p> <p><strong>Kingman Reef:</strong> none<br><br><strong>Palmyra Atoll:</strong> black rats, believed to have been introduced to the atoll during the US military occupation of the 1940s, severely degraded the ecosystem outcompeting native species (seabirds, crabs); following a successful rat removal project in 2011, native flora and fauna have begun to recover</p>"
"text": "<p><strong>Baker Island: </strong>no natural freshwater resources<br><strong><br>Howland Island: </strong>no natural freshwater resources<br><br><strong>Jarvis Island</strong><strong>:</strong> no natural freshwater resources<br><strong><br>Johnston Atoll: </strong>no natural freshwater resources; invasion of non-native species<br><strong><br>Midway Islands:</strong>  pollution from plastic; predominantly non-native plant species </p> <p><strong>Kingman Reef:</strong> none<br><br><strong>Palmyra Atoll:</strong> none</p>"
},
"Climate": {
"text": "<p><strong>Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands:</strong> equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun</p> <p><strong>Johnston Atoll and Kingman Reef:</strong> tropical, but generally dry; consistent northeast trade winds with little seasonal temperature variation</p> <p><strong>Midway Islands:</strong> subtropical with cool, moist winters (December to February) and warm, dry summers (May to October); moderated by prevailing easterly winds; most of the 107 cm of annual rainfall occurs during the winter</p> <p><strong>Palmyra Atoll:</strong> equatorial, hot; located within the low pressure area of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) where the northeast and southeast trade winds meet, it is extremely wet with between 400-500 cm of rainfall each year</p>"
@ -102,11 +99,11 @@
}
},
"Dependency status": {
"text": "with the exception of Palmyra Atoll, the constituent islands are unincorporated, unorganized territories of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Palmyra Atoll is partly privately owned and partly federally owned; the federally owned portion is administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as an incorporated, unorganized territory of the US; the Office of Insular Affairs of the US Department of the Interior continues to administer nine excluded areas comprising certain tidal and submerged lands within the 12 nm territorial sea or within the lagoon"
"text": "with the exception of Palmyra Atoll, the constituent islands are unincorporated, unorganized territories of the US; administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Palmyra Atoll is part privately owned and part federally owned; the Office of Insular Affairs of the US Department of the Interior continues to administer nine excluded areas comprising certain tidal and submerged lands within the 12 nm territorial sea or within the lagoon"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "the laws of the US apply where applicable"
"text": "the laws of the US apply"
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"text": "none (territories of the US)"

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "57"
"text": "48.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "36.6"
"text": "29.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "20.4"
"text": "18.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "4.9 (2021)"
"text": "5.3 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -274,9 +274,6 @@
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "56% (2023)"
},
"Education expenditures": {
"text": "NA"
},
"Literacy": {
"total population": {
"text": "NA"
@ -291,7 +288,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "deforestation (only small portions of the original forests remain) largely as a result of the continued use of wood as the main fuel source; as a consequence of cutting down the forests, the mountainous terrain of Futuna is particularly prone to erosion; there are no permanent settlements on Alofi because of the lack of natural freshwater resources; lack of soil fertility on the islands of Uvea and Futuna negatively impacts agricultural productivity"
"text": "deforestation (only small portions of the original forests remain) due to wood as the main fuel source; soil erosion; lack of natural freshwater resources; lack of soil fertility on the islands of Uvea and Futuna"
},
"Climate": {
"text": "tropical; hot, rainy season (November to April); cool, dry season (May to October); rains 250-300 cm per year (80% humidity); average temperature 26.6 degrees Celsius"
@ -343,7 +340,7 @@
"text": "Hoorn Islands is the former name of the Futuna Islands"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "Wallis Island is named after British Captain Samuel WALLIS, who discovered it in 1767; Futuna is derived from the native word \"futu,\" which is the name of the fish-poison tree found on the island"
"text": "Wallis Island is named after British Captain Samuel WALLIS, who visited in 1767; Futuna is a local name, and the meaning is unclear"
}
},
"Government type": {
@ -489,9 +486,6 @@
"text": "$34.18 million (2015 est.)"
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "16.7% (of GDP) (2015 est.)"
},
"Exports - partners": {
"text": "Denmark 35%, Sweden 14%, Netherlands 14%, Pakistan 9%, Poland 7% (2023)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export partners based on percentage share of exports"
@ -557,7 +551,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "the publicly owned French Overseas Network (RFO), which broadcasts to France's overseas departments, collectivities, and territories, is carried on the RFO Wallis and Fortuna TV and radio stations (2019)"
"text": "publicly owned French Overseas Network (RFO), which broadcasts to France's overseas departments, collectivities, and territories, is carried on the RFO Wallis and Fortuna TV and radio stations (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".wf"

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"text": "subject to occasional typhoons"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean; emergency landing location for transpacific flights"
"text": "strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean"
}
},
"People and Society": {
"Population": {
"total": {
"text": "(2018 est.) no indigenous inhabitants"
"text": "no permanent inhabitants"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> approximately 100 military personnel and civilian contractors maintain and operate the airfield and communications facilities"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> personnel maintain and operate the airfield and weather station"
}
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "potable water obtained through a catchment rainwater system and a desalinization plant for brackish ground water; hazardous wastes moved to an accumulation site for storage and eventual transport off site via barge"
"text": "limited potable water; hazardous waste disposal"
},
"Climate": {
"text": "tropical"
@ -112,11 +112,11 @@
"text": "Wake Island"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "although first discovered by British Captain William WAKE in 1792, the island is named after British Captain Samuel WAKE, who rediscovered the island in 1796"
"text": "the name comes from one of two explorers who sighted the islands in the late 1700s; British Captain William WAKE visited in 1792, as did his relative, British Captain Samuel WAKE, in 1796, and sources disagree on which captain claimed the honor of naming the island"
}
},
"Dependency status": {
"text": "unincorporated unorganized territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Department of the Interior; activities in the atoll are currently conducted by the 11th US Air Force and managed from Pacific Air Force Support Center"
"text": "unincorporated, unorganized territory of the US; administered by the Department of the Interior; the 11th US Air Force currently conducts activities on the atoll, and it is managed from Pacific Air Force Support Center"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (territory of the US)"
@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "American Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) provides satellite radio/TV broadcasts (2018)"
"text": "US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) provides satellite radio/TV broadcasts (2018)"
}
},
"Transportation": {
@ -189,14 +189,11 @@
"key ports": {
"text": "Wake Island"
}
},
"Transportation - note": {
"text": "there are no commercial or civilian flights to and from Wake Island, except in direct support of island missions; emergency landing is available"
}
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military - note": {
"text": "defense is the responsibility of the US; the island serves as a trans-Pacific refueling stop for military aircraft and supports US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) testing activities; the US Air Force is responsible for overall administration and operation of the island facilities while the launch support facility is administered by the MDA (2024)"
"text": "defense is the responsibility of the US; the island serves as a trans-Pacific refueling stop for military aircraft and supports US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) testing activities; Wake is managed by the US Air Force (2025)"
}
},
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@ -140,16 +140,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "74.9"
"text": "51.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "66"
"text": "40.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "8.9"
"text": "11 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "11.2 (2020 est.)"
"text": "9.1 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "soil erosion, deforestation, invasive species, overfishing"
"text": "soil erosion; deforestation; invasive species; overfishing"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -395,12 +395,6 @@
"text": "-0.03% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.27% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "7.78 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -460,9 +454,6 @@
},
"time difference": {
"text": "UTC+13 (18 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "name derives from the native village around which the capital was constructed in the 1850s; the village still exists within the larger modern capital"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -475,7 +466,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day Celebration, 1 June (1962); note - 1 January 1962 is the date of independence from the New Zealand-administered UN trusteeship, but it is observed in June"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts with respect to fundamental rights of the citizen"
"text": "mixed system of English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts involving fundamental citizen rights"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -673,14 +664,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "2.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "8.12% (2023 est.)"
"text": "7.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "10.96% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "3.13% (2021 est.)"
"text": "11% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -729,30 +720,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "72,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "57,200 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "4.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "9.75% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "9.92% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "10.37% (2021 est.)"
"text": "5% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "19.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "11.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "13.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "7.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "29.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "20.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -787,12 +778,12 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "25.02% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
"text": "25% (of GDP) (2021 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "$39.968 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$39.966 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$74.107 million (2022 est.)"
@ -804,7 +795,7 @@
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$346.189 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$346.187 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$175.377 million (2022 est.)"
@ -843,20 +834,20 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$507.74 million (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$447.09 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$321.163 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$294.682 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$289.446 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$269.974 million (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -864,6 +855,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "tala (SAT) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "2.754 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "2.738 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -875,9 +869,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "2.665 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "2.649 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -969,7 +960,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "state-owned TV station privatized in 2008; 4 privately owned television broadcast stations; about a half-dozen privately owned radio stations and one state-owned radio station; TV and radio broadcasts of several stations from American Samoa are available (2019)"
"text": "state-owned TV station privatized in 2008; 4 privately owned TV stations; about a half-dozen privately owned radio stations and one state-owned; TV and radio broadcasts of several stations from American Samoa are available (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".ws"
@ -989,28 +980,12 @@
}
},
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"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "4"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "137,770 (2018)"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "5W"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "4 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "1,150 km (2018)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "13 (2023)"
@ -1045,10 +1020,10 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
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"text": "no regular military forces; Ministry of Police, Prisons, and Correction Services: Samoa Police Force (2024)"
"text": "no regular military forces; Samoa Police Service (includes a maritime unit) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "informal defense ties exist with New Zealand, which is required to consider any Samoan request for assistance under the 1962 Treaty of Friendship <br><br>Samoa has a \"shiprider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Somoa's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; \"shiprider\" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2024)"
"text": "informal defense ties exist with New Zealand, which pledged to afford assistance to Samoa in the conduct of its international relations under the 1962 Treaty of Friendship; New Zealand naval vessels patrol Samoan waters<br><br>Samoa has a \"shiprider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Somoa's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; \"shiprider\" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2025)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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"text": "hurricanes; lies outside the Caribbean hurricane belt and is rarely threatened"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "a flat, riverless island renowned for its white sand beaches; its tropical climate is moderated by constant trade winds from the Atlantic Ocean; the temperature is almost constant at about 27 degrees Celsius (81 degrees Fahrenheit)"
"text": "a flat, riverless island known for its white sand beaches; its tropical climate is moderated by constant trade winds from the Atlantic Ocean; the temperature is almost constant at about 27 degrees Celsius (81 degrees Fahrenheit)"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -137,16 +137,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "47.8"
"text": "52.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "24.8"
"text": "26.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "23"
"text": "26.1 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "4.4 (2021 est.)"
"text": "3.8 (2024 est.)"
}
},
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@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
},
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"text": "difficulty in properly disposing of waste produced by large numbers of tourists; waste burning that occurs in the landfill causes air pollution and poses an environmental and health risk; ocean environmental damage due to plastic pollution"
"text": "difficulty in properly disposing waste from tourists; air pollution from waste-burning; water pollution from plastics"
},
"Climate": {
"text": "tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation"
@ -344,9 +344,6 @@
"text": "0.77% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "0% of GDP (2017 est.)"
},
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"text": "0.88 megatons (2016 est.)"
@ -386,7 +383,7 @@
"text": "parliamentary democracy; part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands"
},
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"text": "constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs obtained in 1986 upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs"
"text": "constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs obtained in 1986 upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles; Dutch government responsible for defense and foreign affairs"
},
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"name": {
@ -399,7 +396,7 @@
"text": "UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
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"text": "translates as \"orange city\" in Dutch; in 1824, the city was named after the royal family of the Netherlands, the House of Orange-Nassau&nbsp;"
"text": "translates as \"orange city\" in Dutch; in 1824, the city was named after the royal family of the Netherlands, the House of Orange-Nassau"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
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},
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"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2019": {
"text": "4.26% (2019 est.)"
"text": "4.3% (2019 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2018": {
"text": "3.63% (2018 est.)"
"text": "3.6% (2018 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2017": {
"text": "-1.03% (2017 est.)"
"text": "-1% (2017 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -654,27 +651,27 @@
"text": "25.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "$194.498 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "$230.556 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "$79.257 million (2021 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2020": {
"text": "-$316.455 million (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
"Exports": {
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"text": "$3.153 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$2.853 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$2.201 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Exports 2020": {
"text": "$1.444 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
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@ -686,15 +683,15 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Imports": {
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"text": "$2.565 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$2.429 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$1.947 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"Imports 2020": {
"text": "$1.644 billion (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
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"Currency": {
"text": "Aruban guilders/florins per US dollar -"
},
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"text": "1.79 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "1.79 (2023 est.)"
},
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},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "1.79 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "1.79 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -815,7 +812,7 @@
},
"Telecommunication systems": {
"general assessment": {
"text": "the telecom sector has seen a decline in subscriber numbers (particularly for prepaid mobile services the mainstay of short term visitors) and revenue; fixed and mobile broadband services are two areas that have benefited from the crisis as employees and students have resorted to working from home; one area of the telecom market that is not prepared for growth is 5G mobile; governments, regulators, and even the mobile network operators have shown that they have not been investing in 5G opportunities at the present time; network expansion and enhancements remain concentrated around improving LTE coverage (2021)"
"text": "declines in subscriber numbers, particularly for prepaid mobile services&nbsp; (the mainstay of short-term visitors), and revenue; governments, regulators, and MNOs have not been investing in 5G opportunities; network expansion and enhancements remain concentrated around improving LTE coverage (2021)"
},
"domestic": {
"text": "33 per 100 fixed-line telephone subscriptions and 130 per 100 mobile-cellular (2021)"
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}
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"text": "<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Aruba observes freedom of the press, as guaranteed under Dutch law, the newspapers are in the Papiamento language, there are two commercial TV stations, a cable TV subscription service provides access to foreign channels and there are a wide range of commercial radio stations available</p> (2023)"
"text": "<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">freedom of the press respected, as guaranteed under Dutch law; newspapers are in the Papiamento language; 2 commercial TV stations, with a cable TV subscription service providing access to foreign channels; wide range of commercial radio stations available</p> (2023)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".aw"
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}
},
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"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "3 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "19"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "274,280 (2018)"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "P4"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "1 (2025)"
},
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"total": {
"text": "1,000 km (2010)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "1 (2023)"

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "40.9"
"text": "47.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "26.5"
"text": "32.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "14.4"
"text": "15.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "7 (2020 est.)"
"text": "6.4 (2024 est.)"
}
},
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@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "water management - a major concern because of limited natural freshwater resources - is further hampered by the clearing of trees to increase crop production, causing rainfall to run off quickly"
"text": "limited natural freshwater resources; water management hampered by tree-clearing to increase crop production, causing rapid rainfall runoff"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -367,12 +367,6 @@
"text": "0.87% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "8.3 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -659,13 +653,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "5.07% (2023 est.)"
"text": "5.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "7.53% (2022 est.)"
"text": "7.5% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "2.06% (2021 est.)"
"text": "2.1% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -713,11 +707,6 @@
"text": "3.89% (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2014": {
"text": "11% (2014 est.)"
}
},
"Remittances": {
"Remittances 2023": {
"text": "1.72% of GDP (2023 est.)"
@ -749,19 +738,19 @@
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$262.098 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "-$271.047 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$296.147 million (2022 est.)"
"text": "-$291.674 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "-$287.548 million (2021 est.)"
"text": "-$284.882 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$1.217 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$1.185 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$1.111 billion (2022 est.)"
@ -781,13 +770,13 @@
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$1.3 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$1.273 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$1.234 billion (2022 est.)"
"text": "$1.227 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$872.781 million (2021 est.)"
"text": "$867.846 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
@ -800,21 +789,24 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$358.441 million (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$364.367 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$396.506 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$367.512 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Exchange rates": {
"Currency": {
"text": "East Caribbean dollars (XCD) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "2.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "2.7 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -826,9 +818,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "2.7 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "2.7 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -900,7 +889,7 @@
},
"Telecommunication systems": {
"general assessment": {
"text": "the telecom sector has seen a decline in subscriber numbers (particularly for prepaid mobile services the mainstay of short term visitors) and revenue; fixed and mobile broadband services are two areas that have benefited from the crisis as employees and students have resorted to working from home; one area of the telecom market that is not prepared for growth is 5G mobile; governments, regulators, and even the mobile network operators have shown that they have not been investing in 5G opportunities at the present time; network expansion and enhancements remain concentrated around improving LTE coverage (2021)"
"text": "declines in subscriber numbers, particularly for prepaid mobile services&nbsp; (the mainstay of short-term visitors), and revenue; governments, regulators, and MNOs are not investing in 5G opportunities; network expansion and enhancements remain concentrated around improving LTE coverage (2021)"
},
"domestic": {
"text": "fixed-line teledensity roughly 27 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity is about 200 per 100 persons (2021)"
@ -930,20 +919,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "10"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "580,174 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "290,000 (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "V2"
},
@ -953,17 +928,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "2 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "1,170 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "386 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "784 km (2011)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "614 (2023)"
@ -998,16 +962,16 @@
},
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"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (ABDF): Antigua and Barbuda Regiment, Air Wing, Coast Guard<br><br>Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda (RPFAB) (2024)"
"text": "Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (ABDF): Antigua and Barbuda Regiment, Air Wing, Coast Guard<br><br>Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda (RPFAB) (2025)"
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 250 active military personnel (2024)"
"text": "approximately 300 active military personnel (2024)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the ABDF's equipment inventory is limited to small arms, light weapons, and soft-skin vehicles; the Coast Guard maintains ex-US patrol vessels and some smaller boats (2024)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-23 years of age for voluntary military service for both men and women; no conscription (2024)"
"text": "18-23 years of age for voluntary military service for both men and women; no conscription (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the ABDF’s responsibilities include providing for internal security and support to the police in maintaining law and order, interdicting narcotics smuggling, responding to natural disasters, and monitoring the country’s territorial waters and maritime resources; established in 1981 from colonial forces originally created in 1897, it is one of the world’s smallest militaries<br><br>the country has been a member of the Caribbean Regional Security System (RSS) since its creation in 1982; RSS signatories (Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) agreed to prepare contingency plans and assist one another, on request, in national emergencies, prevention of smuggling, search and rescue, immigration control, fishery protection, customs and excise control, maritime policing duties, protection of off-shore installations, pollution control, national and other disasters, and threats to national security (2024)"

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "38.6"
"text": "48.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "24.4"
"text": "30.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "14.1"
"text": "17.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "7.1 (2021)"
"text": "5.8 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "supplies of potable water sometimes cannot meet increasing demand largely because of poor distribution system"
"text": "inadequate potable water"
},
"Climate": {
"text": "tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds"
@ -629,7 +629,7 @@
},
"Telecommunication systems": {
"general assessment": {
"text": "in the telecom sector, with declines seen in subscriber numbers (particularly for prepaid mobile services &mdash; the mainstay of short-term visitors) and revenue; fixed and mobile broadband services are two areas that have benefited from the crisis to a small extent as employees and students have resorted to working from home, but their contribution to the sector has been insufficient to offset steep falls in other areas of the market; one area of the telecom market that does not yet appear poised for growth is 5G mobile; governments, regulators, and even the mobile network operators have shown that they have little appetite for investing in 5G opportunities at the present time; network expansion and enhancements remain concentrated around improving LTE coverage; until the economies and markets stabilize, and overseas visitors return there is unlikely to be much momentum towards implementing 5G capabilities anywhere in the region (2021)"
"text": "declines in subscriber numbers, particularly for prepaid mobile services&nbsp; (the mainstay of short-term visitors), and revenue; governments, regulators, and MNOs have shown little interest in investing in 5G opportunities; network expansion and enhancements remain concentrated around improving LTE coverage (2021)"
},
"domestic": {
"text": "fixed-line teledensity is about 38 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity is roughly 170 per 100 persons (2021)"
@ -659,31 +659,12 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "2 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "4"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "VP-A"
},
"Airports": {
"text": "1 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "175 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "82 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "93 km (2004)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "2 (2023)"

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "49"
"text": "49.2 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "25.6"
"text": "24.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "23.4"
"text": "24.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "4.3 (2021 est.)"
"text": "4.1 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "pollution of coastal waters from waste disposal by ships; soil erosion; illegal solid waste disposal threatens contamination of aquifers"
"text": "pollution of coastal waters from waste disposal by ships; soil erosion; illegal solid-waste disposal&nbsp;"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -380,12 +380,6 @@
"text": "0.46% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.01% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "9.79 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -449,7 +443,7 @@
"text": "UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "named after a bridge constructed over the swampy area (known as the Careenage) around the Constitution River that flows through the center of Bridgetown"
"text": "originally named Indian Bridge in 1628 for a bridge built beside Carlisle Bay, then called St. Michael's Town until the 19th century; now named after a bridge built over the Constitution River that flows through the center of the city"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -572,7 +566,7 @@
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest court(s)": {
"text": "Supreme Court (consists of the High Court with 8 justices) and the Court of Appeal (consists of the High Court chief justice and president of the court and 4 justices; note - in 2005, Barbados acceded to the Caribbean Court of Justice as the final court of appeal, replacing that of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)"
"text": "Supreme Court (consists of the High Court with 8 justices) and the Court of Appeal (consists of the High Court chief justice and president of the court and 4 justices; Caribbean Court of Justice is the final court of appeal"
},
"judge selection and term of office": {
"text": "Supreme Court chief justice appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister and opposition leader of Parliament; other justices appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission, a 5-member independent body consisting of the Supreme Court chief justice, the commission head, and presidential appointees recommended by the prime minister; justices serve until mandatory retirement at age 65"
@ -697,13 +691,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "9.79% (2023 est.)"
"text": "9.8% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2019": {
"text": "4.1% (2019 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2018": {
"text": "3.67% (2018 est.)"
"text": "3.7% (2018 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -761,30 +755,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "145,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "147,200 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "7.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "7.95% (2023 est.)"
"text": "7.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "8.49% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "9.42% (2021 est.)"
"text": "8.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "24.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "23.7% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "28.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "27.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "20.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "19.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -816,7 +810,7 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "24.91% (of GDP) (2016 est.)",
"text": "24.9% (of GDP) (2016 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -887,6 +881,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Barbadian dollars (BBD) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "2 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "2 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -899,9 +896,6 @@
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "2 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "2 (2019 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Barbadian dollar is pegged to the US dollar"
}
},
@ -1015,7 +1009,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "government-owned Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) operates the lone terrestrial TV station; CBC also operates a multi-channel cable TV subscription service; roughly a dozen radio stations, consisting of a CBC-operated network operating alongside privately owned radio stations (2019)"
"text": "government-owned Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) operates the lone terrestrial TV station; CBC also has a multi-channel cable TV subscription service; roughly a dozen CBC-operated radio stations operate alongside privately owned radio stations (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".bb"
@ -1044,17 +1038,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "1 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "33 km gas, 64 km oil, 6 km refined products (2013)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "1,700 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "1,700 km (2015)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "272 (2023)"
@ -1110,7 +1093,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 600 active personnel (2023)"
"text": "approximately 600 active personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the BDF's major equipment inventory is comprised mostly of donated items from China, the Netherlands, and the US&nbsp; (2024)"

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "39.3"
"text": "42.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "27.3"
"text": "30.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "11.9"
"text": "12.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "8.4 (2021 est.)"
"text": "8.1 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -354,12 +354,6 @@
"text": "1.02% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.01% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "5.2 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -414,7 +408,7 @@
"text": "+1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "named after William III (1650-1702), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, who was a member of the House of Nassau"
"text": "named after King WILLIAM III of England (1650-1702), who was a member of the House of Orange-Nassau"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -427,7 +421,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 10 July (1973)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "common law system based on the English model"
"text": "common-law system based on the English model"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -655,10 +649,10 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "3.05% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.1% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "5.61% (2022 est.)"
"text": "5.6% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "2.9% (2021 est.)"
@ -719,30 +713,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "235,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "237,100 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "8.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "9.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "8.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "9.87% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "11.69% (2021 est.)"
"text": "9.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "23.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "17.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "21.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "17.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "26.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "17.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -767,13 +761,13 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "82.16% of GDP (2022 est.)"
"Public debt 2023": {
"text": "78.5% of GDP (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "16.43% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"text": "17.3% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
@ -943,7 +937,7 @@
},
"Telecommunication systems": {
"general assessment": {
"text": "the two local providers ensure&nbsp; good telecoms coverage across the archipelago; fiber-to-home investments have been prioritized with 5G adoption pending (2023)"
"text": "two local providers ensure good telecoms coverage across the archipelago; fiber-to-home investments have been prioritized, with 5G adoption pending (2023)"
},
"domestic": {
"text": "22 per 100 fixed-line, 115 per 100 mobile-cellular (2020)"
@ -953,7 +947,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "The Bahamas has 4 major TV providers that provide service to all major islands in the archipelago; 1 TV station is operated by government-owned, commercially run Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas (BCB) and competes freely with&nbsp;4 privately owned TV stations; multi-channel cable TV subscription service is widely available; there are 32 licensed broadcast (radio) service providers,&nbsp;31 are privately owned FM radio stations operating on New Providence, Grand Bahama Island, Abaco Island, and on smaller islands in the country; the BCB operates a multi-channel radio broadcasting network that has national coverage; the sector is regulated by the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (2019)"
"text": "4 major TV providers; 1 TV station is operated by government-owned, commercially run Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas (BCB) and competes with 4 privately owned TV stations; multi-channel cable TV subscription service is widely available; 32 licensed broadcast (radio) service providers, with 31 privately owned FM radio stations; the BCB operates a multi-channel radio network with national coverage; the sector is regulated by the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".bs"
@ -973,20 +967,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "5 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "35"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "1,197,116 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "160,000 (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "C6"
},
@ -996,17 +976,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "9 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "2,700 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "1,620 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "1,080 km (2011)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "1,274 (2023)"

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "49.7"
"text": "49.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "42.3"
"text": "41.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "7.4"
"text": "8.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "13.5 (2021 est.)"
"text": "12 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "deforestation; water pollution, including pollution of Belize's Barrier Reef System, from sewage, industrial effluents, agricultural runoff; inability to properly dispose of solid waste"
"text": "deforestation; water pollution from sewage, industrial effluents, agricultural runoff; inability to properly dispose of solid waste"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -415,12 +415,6 @@
"text": "2.3% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.31% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "10.51 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -481,7 +475,7 @@
"text": "UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the name is formed from the union of two words: \"Belize,\" the name of the longest river in the country, and \"Mopan,\" one of the rivers in the area that empties into the Belize River"
"text": "the name is formed from two words: \"Belize,\" the name of the longest river in the country, and \"Mopan,\" one of the rivers in the area that empties into the Belize River"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -596,7 +590,7 @@
"text": "28.6%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "March 2025"
"text": "May 2025"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
@ -726,14 +720,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "3.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "4.39% (2023 est.)"
"text": "4.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "6.28% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "3.24% (2021 est.)"
"text": "6.3% (2022 est.)"
},
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},
@ -791,30 +785,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
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"text": "191,000 (2023 est.)",
"text": "190,000 (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
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"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "7% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "8.26% (2023 est.)"
"text": "8.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "8.72% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "10.16% (2021 est.)"
"text": "8.8% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "17.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "16.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "12.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "10.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "26.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "25.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -846,31 +840,31 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "21.34% (of GDP) (2017 est.)",
"text": "21.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2024": {
"text": "-$51.762 million (2024 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$19.753 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "-$19.761 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$235.566 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "-$157.868 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2024": {
"text": "$1.64 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$1.536 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$1.369 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$1.043 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
"Exports - partners": {
@ -882,15 +876,15 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2024": {
"text": "$1.724 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$1.573 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$1.574 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$1.249 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
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@ -902,20 +896,20 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$498.087 million (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$473.729 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$482.146 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$420.103 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$1.287 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$1.235 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
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"Currency": {
"text": "Belizean dollars (BZD) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "2 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "2 (2023 est.)"
},
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},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "2 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "2 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
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}
},
"Transportation": {
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"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "2 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "28"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "1,297,533 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "3.78 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "V3"
},
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"Heliports": {
"text": "5 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "3,281 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "601 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "2,680 km (2017)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "825 km (2011) (navigable only by small craft)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "774 (2023)"
@ -1157,7 +1123,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 1,500 BDF personnel (2024)"
"text": "approximately 1,500 BDF personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the military has a small inventory consisting mostly of UK- and US-origin equipment (2024)"

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"People and Society": {
"Population": {
"total": {
"text": "uninhabited; transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island"
"text": "uninhabited"
}
}
},
@ -106,10 +106,10 @@
}
},
"Dependency status": {
"text": "unorganized, unincorporated territory of the US; administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior from the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge in Boqueron, Puerto Rico; in September 1996, the Coast Guard ceased operations and maintenance of the Navassa Island Light, a 46-meter-tall lighthouse on the southern side of the island; Haiti has claimed the island since the 19th century"
"text": "unorganized, unincorporated territory of the US; administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, from the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge in Boqueron, Puerto Rico; Haiti has claimed the island since the 19th century"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "the laws of the US apply where applicable"
"text": "the laws of the US apply"
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"embassy": {

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@ -141,16 +141,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "32.6"
"text": "51.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "22.3"
"text": "26.4 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "10.4"
"text": "25.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "9.6 (2021)"
"text": "4 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "no natural freshwater resources; drinking water supplies are met by reverse osmosis desalination plants and rainwater catchment; trash washing up on the beaches or being deposited there by residents; no recycling or waste treatment facilities; deforestation (trees being cut down to create space for commercial use)"
"text": "no natural freshwater resources; trash washing up or being deposited on beaches; no recycling or waste-treatment facilities; deforestation&nbsp;"
},
"Climate": {
"text": "tropical marine; warm, rainy summers (May to October) and cool, relatively dry winters (November to April)"
@ -322,12 +322,6 @@
"text": "1.13% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"carbon dioxide emissions": {
"text": "0.55 megatons (2016 est.)"
@ -374,7 +368,7 @@
"text": "UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "named after English King GEORGE III (1738-1820)"
"text": "originally named Hogstyes, the town was renamed in honor of English King GEORGE III (1738-1820) around 1800"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -405,7 +399,7 @@
"text": "King CHARLES III (since 8 September 2022); represented by Governor Jane OWEN (since 21 April 2023)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Premier Juliana O'CONNOR-CONNOLLY (since 15 November 2023)"
"text": "Premier Andr&eacute; Martin EBANKS (since 6 May 2025)"
},
"cabinet": {
"text": "Cabinet selected from the Parliament and appointed by the governor on the advice of the premier"
@ -483,6 +477,9 @@
"text": "Leila E. ROSS"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1993; served as an unofficial anthem since 1930; as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in addition to the local anthem, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)"
},
"National coat of arms": {
"text": "<p>The Cayman Islands is a British dependency, and the Queen of England approved its coat of arms – which was designed with input from the public -- in 1958. The shield features the<em> </em>lion of England and three green stars that symbolize the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman. The green turtle recalls the islands’ seafaring history, and the rope under it refers to the thatch rope industry. The pineapple references historical ties with Jamaica. The motto comes from Psalms 24, acknowledging the Caymans’ Christian heritage.</p> <p> </p>"
}
},
"Economy": {
@ -534,10 +531,10 @@
"text": "2% (2017 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2016": {
"text": "-0.63% (2016 est.)"
"text": "-0.6% (2016 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2015": {
"text": "-2.35% (2015 est.)"
"text": "-2.3% (2015 est.)"
},
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},
@ -590,17 +587,6 @@
"text": "3.45% (2022 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "13.8% (2015 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "16.4%"
},
"female": {
"text": "11.4%"
}
},
"Remittances": {
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"text": "0.14% of GDP (2023 est.)"
@ -692,6 +678,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "Caymanian dollars (KYD) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "0.833 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "0.833 (2023 est.)"
},
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},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "0.833 (2020 est.)"
},
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"text": "0.833 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -785,7 +771,7 @@
}
},
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"text": "4 TV stations; cable and satellite subscription services offer a variety of international programming; government-owned Radio Cayman operates 2 networks broadcasting on 5 stations; 10 privately owned radio stations operate alongside Radio Cayman"
"text": "4 TV stations; cable and satellite subscription services offer&nbsp; international programming; government-owned Radio Cayman operates 2 networks broadcasting on 5 stations; 10 privately owned radio stations operate alongside Radio Cayman"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".ky"
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}
},
"Transportation": {
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"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "6"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "VP-C"
},
@ -822,14 +800,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "5 (2025)"
},
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"total": {
"text": "785 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "785 km (2007)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "130 (2023)"

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "45.1"
"text": "42.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "29.8"
"text": "26.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "15.3"
"text": "15.8 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "6.5 (2021 est.)"
"text": "6.3 (2024 est.)"
}
},
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@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "deforestation and land use change, largely a result of the clearing of land for cattle ranching and agriculture; soil erosion; coastal marine pollution; fisheries protection; solid waste management; air pollution"
"text": "deforestation, largely from clearing land for cattle ranching and agriculture; soil erosion; coastal marine pollution; fisheries protection; solid waste management; air pollution"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -417,12 +417,6 @@
"text": "1.5% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.82% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
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"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "14.7 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -492,7 +486,7 @@
"text": "UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "named in honor of Saint Joseph"
"text": "Spanish settlers originally named the city Villa Nueva in 1736; it was later renamed for Saint Joseph"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -505,7 +499,7 @@
"text": "Independence Day, 15 September (1821)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on Spanish civil code; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court"
"text": "civil law system based on Spanish civil code; Supreme Court reviews legislative acts"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -616,7 +610,7 @@
"text": "[1] (202) 265-4795"
},
"email address and website": {
"text": "<br>embcr-us@rree.go.cr<br><br>http://www.costarica-embassy.org/index.php?q=node/21"
"text": "<br>embcr-us@rree.go.cr<br>https://www.embassycr.org/"
},
"consulate(s) general": {
"text": "Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Washington DC"
@ -665,6 +659,9 @@
"selected World Heritage Site locales": {
"text": "Guanacaste Conservation Area (n); Cocos Island National Park (n); Precolumbian Stone Spheres (c); La Amistad International Park (n)"
}
},
"National coat of arms": {
"text": "<p>The Costa Rican coat of arms highlights the country’s natural beauty and history. Three volcanoes, each topped with a white cloud, are surrounded with water, symbolizing the seaports of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The rising sun in the background commemorates the birth of a new nation, and the seven white stars stand for the country's seven provinces. The two merchant ships carrying Costa Rica’s flag are a reminder of the maritime trade that shaped the country's history.</p> <p> </p>"
}
},
"Economy": {
@ -712,14 +709,14 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024": {
"text": "-0.4% (2024 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "0.53% (2023 est.)"
"text": "0.5% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "8.27% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "1.73% (2021 est.)"
"text": "8.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -780,30 +777,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "2.372 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "2.357 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "7.8% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "8.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "11.33% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "15.14% (2021 est.)"
"text": "11.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "24.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "23% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "21% (2023 est.)"
"text": "20.7% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "28.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "26.2% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -861,12 +858,12 @@
}
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {
"text": "14.35% (of GDP) (2022 est.)",
"text": "13.9% (of GDP) (2023 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$1.238 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "-$1.239 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$2.272 billion (2022 est.)"
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"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$14.177 billion (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$13.225 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$8.554 billion (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$6.921 billion (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$15.89 billion (2023 est.)"
"text": "$15.574 billion (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
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"Currency": {
"text": "Costa Rican colones (CRC) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "515.11 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "544.051 (2023 est.)"
},
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},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "584.901 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "587.295 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
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}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "over two dozen privately owned TV stations and 1 publicly owned TV station nationwide; cable network services are widely available; more than 100 privately owned radio stations and a public radio network (2022)"
"text": "over two dozen privately owned TV stations and 1 publicly owned TV station; cable network services are widely available; more than 100 privately owned radio stations and a public radio network (2022)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".cr"
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}
},
"Transportation": {
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"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "1 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "39"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "1,948,546 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "11.13 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "TI"
},
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"Heliports": {
"text": "8 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "662 km refined products (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "278 km (2014)"
@ -1115,14 +1095,6 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the entire rail network fell into disrepair and out of use at the end of the 20th century; since 2005, certain sections of rail have been rehabilitated"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "5,035 km (2017)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "730 km (2011) (seasonally navigable by small craft)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "11 (2023)"
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}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 15,000 Ministry of Public Security personnel (2024)"
"text": "approximately 10-15,000 Ministry of Public Security personnel (2025)"
},
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"text": "the National Police are lightly armed although small special units are trained and equipped for tactical operations; the US has provided equipment and support to forces such the Coast Guard, including secondhand US vessels and aircraft (2024)"

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},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "45.9"
"text": "49.6 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "23.1"
"text": "23 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "22.9"
"text": "26.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "4.4 (2021 est.)"
"text": "3.8 (2024 est.)"
}
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},
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"text": "soil degradation and desertification (brought on by poor farming techniques and natural disasters) are the main environmental problems; biodiversity loss; deforestation; air and water pollution"
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},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -425,12 +425,6 @@
"text": "0.19% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.06% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "13.32 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
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"text": "+1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November; note - Cuba has been known to alter the schedule of DST on short notice in an attempt to conserve electricity for lighting"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the sites of Spanish colonial cities often retained their original Taino names; Habana, the Spanish name for the city, may be based on the name of a local Taino chief, HABAGUANEX"
"text": "Spanish soldier Diego VELAZQUEZ named the city San Cristobal de la Habana, or Saint Christopher of the Habana; \"Habana\" may have been the name of a local ethnic group, but the meaning of the word is unknown"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -776,30 +770,30 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "5.238 million (2023 est.)",
"text": "4.859 million (2024 est.)",
"note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
},
"Unemployment rate": {
"Unemployment rate 2024": {
"text": "1.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2023": {
"text": "1.16% (2023 est.)"
"text": "1.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2022": {
"text": "1.25% (2022 est.)"
},
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
"text": "1.37% (2021 est.)"
"text": "1.8% (2022 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
},
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
"total": {
"text": "3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.9% (2024 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "3.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "4.1% (2024 est.)"
},
"female": {
"text": "2.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "3.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
},
@ -1013,7 +1007,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "government owns and controls all broadcast media: eight national TV channels (Cubavision, Cubavision Plus, Tele Rebelde, Multivision, Educational Channel 1 and 2, Canal Clave, Canal Habana), two international channels (Cubavision Internacional and Canal Caribe), multiple regional TV stations, 7 national radio networks, and multiple regional stations; the Cuban Government beams over the Radio-TV Marti signal; although private ownership of electronic media is prohibited, several online independent news sites exist; those that are not openly critical of the government are often tolerated; the others are blocked by the government; there are no independent TV channels, but several outlets have created strong audiovisual content (El Toque, for example); a community of young Youtubers is also growing, mostly with channels about sports, technology and fashion; Christian denominations are creating original video content to distribute via social media (2023)"
"text": "government owns and controls all broadcast media: 8 national TV channels (Cubavision, Cubavision Plus, Tele Rebelde, Multivision, Educational Channel 1 and 2, Canal Clave, Canal Habana), 2 international channels (Cubavision Internacional and Canal Caribe), multiple regional TV stations, 7 national radio networks, and multiple regional radio stations; the government uses the Radio-TV Marti signal; private ownership of electronic media is officially prohibited, with several online independent news sites tolerated but blocked if critical of the government; YouTube popular; Christian denominations create original video content to distribute via social media (2023)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".cu"
@ -1034,20 +1028,6 @@
}
},
"Transportation": {
"National air transport system": {
"number of registered air carriers": {
"text": "4 (2020)"
},
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
"text": "18"
},
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "560,754 (2018)"
},
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
"text": "17.76 million (2018) mt-km"
}
},
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
"text": "CU"
},
@ -1057,9 +1037,6 @@
"Heliports": {
"text": "4 (2025)"
},
"Pipelines": {
"text": "41 km gas, 230 km oil (2013)"
},
"Railways": {
"total": {
"text": "8,367 km (2017)"
@ -1072,20 +1049,6 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>As of 2013, 70 km of standard gauge and 12 km of narrow gauge track were not for public use"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "60,000 km (2015)"
},
"paved": {
"text": "20,000 km (2001)"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "40,000 km (2001)"
}
},
"Waterways": {
"text": "240 km (2011) (almost all navigable inland waterways are near the mouths of rivers)"
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "65 (2023)"
@ -1143,7 +1106,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "limited available information; estimated 50,000 active personnel (2024)"
"text": "limited available information; estimated 50,000 active personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the military's inventory is comprised of Russian and Soviet-era equipment (2024)"

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@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
"text": "<p>flash floods are a constant threat; destructive hurricanes can be expected during the late summer months</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Dominica was the last island to be formed in the Caribbean some 26 million years ago, it lies in the middle of the volcanic island arc of the Lesser Antilles that extends from the island of Saba in the north to Grenada in the south; of the 16 volcanoes that make up this arc, five are located on Dominica, more than any other island in the Caribbean: Morne aux Diables (861 m), Morne Diablotins (1,430 m), Morne Trois Pitons (1,387 m), Watt Mountain (1,224 m), which last erupted in 1997, and Morne Plat Pays (940 m); the two best known volcanic features on Dominica, the Valley of Desolation and the Boiling Lake thermal areas, lie on the flanks of Watt Mountain and both are popular tourist destinations</p>"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "known as \"The Nature Island of the Caribbean\" due to its spectacular, lush, and varied flora and fauna, which are protected by an extensive natural park system; the most mountainous of the Lesser Antilles, its volcanic peaks are cones of lava craters and include Boiling Lake, the second-largest thermally active lake in the world"
"text": "known as \"The Nature Island of the Caribbean\" due to its lush and varied flora and fauna, which are protected by an extensive natural park system; the most mountainous of the Lesser Antilles, its volcanic peaks are cones of lava craters and include Boiling Lake, the second-largest thermally active lake in the world"
}
},
"People and Society": {
@ -139,16 +139,16 @@
},
"Dependency ratios": {
"total dependency ratio": {
"text": "41.2"
"text": "52.3 (2024 est.)"
},
"youth dependency ratio": {
"text": "28"
"text": "31.5 (2024 est.)"
},
"elderly dependency ratio": {
"text": "13.2"
"text": "20.9 (2024 est.)"
},
"potential support ratio": {
"text": "7.6 (2021)"
"text": "4.8 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Median age": {
@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
},
"Environment": {
"Environment - current issues": {
"text": "water shortages a continuing concern; pollution from agrochemicals and from untreated sewage; forests endangered by the expansion of farming; soil erosion; pollution of the coastal zone by agricultural and industrial chemicals, and untreated sewage"
"text": "pollution from agrochemicals and from untreated sewage; forests endangered by the expansion of farming; soil erosion; pollution of the coastal zone from agricultural/industrial chemicals and untreated sewage"
},
"Environment - international agreements": {
"party to": {
@ -340,12 +340,6 @@
"text": "0.84% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
}
},
"Revenue from forest resources": {
"text": "0.03% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Revenue from coal": {
"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
},
"Air pollutants": {
"particulate matter emissions": {
"text": "8.22 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
@ -403,7 +397,7 @@
"text": "UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the name is French for \"reed\"; the first settlement was named after the river reeds that grew in the area"
"text": "the name is French for \"reed;\" the first settlement was named after the river reeds that grew in the area"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -607,13 +601,13 @@
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
"text": "4.23% (2023 est.)"
"text": "4.2% (2023 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
"text": "7.78% (2022 est.)"
"text": "7.8% (2022 est.)"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
"text": "1.48% (2021 est.)"
"text": "1.5% (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
@ -692,22 +686,22 @@
},
"Current account balance": {
"Current account balance 2023": {
"text": "-$221.939 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "-$223.632 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2022": {
"text": "-$162.036 million (2022 est.)"
"text": "-$163.746 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Current account balance 2021": {
"text": "-$182.647 million (2021 est.)"
"text": "-$186.101 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
},
"Exports": {
"Exports 2023": {
"text": "$185.062 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$188.818 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Exports 2022": {
"text": "$174.041 million (2022 est.)"
"text": "$173.93 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Exports 2021": {
"text": "$117.709 million (2021 est.)"
@ -724,13 +718,13 @@
},
"Imports": {
"Imports 2023": {
"text": "$414.13 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$417.164 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Imports 2022": {
"text": "$350.982 million (2022 est.)"
"text": "$354.27 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Imports 2021": {
"text": "$313.729 million (2021 est.)"
"text": "$317.182 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
},
@ -743,20 +737,20 @@
"note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
"text": "$155.971 million (2024 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
"text": "$183.53 million (2023 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
"text": "$204.343 million (2022 est.)"
},
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
"text": "$190.843 million (2021 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
},
"Debt - external": {
"Debt - external 2023": {
"text": "$328.026 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "$301.191 million (2023 est.)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
},
@ -764,6 +758,9 @@
"Currency": {
"text": "East Caribbean dollars (XCD) per US dollar -"
},
"Exchange rates 2024": {
"text": "2.7 (2024 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2023": {
"text": "2.7 (2023 est.)"
},
@ -775,9 +772,6 @@
},
"Exchange rates 2020": {
"text": "2.7 (2020 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates 2019": {
"text": "2.7 (2019 est.)"
}
}
},
@ -860,7 +854,7 @@
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
"text": "no terrestrial TV service available; subscription cable TV provider offers some locally produced programming plus channels from the US, Latin America, and the Caribbean; state-operated radio broadcasts on 6 stations; privately owned radio broadcasts on about 15 stations (2019)"
"text": "no terrestrial TV service; subscription cable TV provider offers some locally produced programming, plus channels from the US, Latin America, and the Caribbean; state-operated radio broadcasts on 6 stations; privately owned radio broadcasts on about 15 stations (2019)"
},
"Internet country code": {
"text": ".dm"
@ -886,17 +880,6 @@
"Airports": {
"text": "2 (2025)"
},
"Roadways": {
"total": {
"text": "1,512 km"
},
"paved": {
"text": "762 km"
},
"unpaved": {
"text": "750 km (2018)"
}
},
"Merchant marine": {
"total": {
"text": "77 (2023)"

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