auto-update week 42

europe/al.json

@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@
     "Irrigated land": {
       "text": "3,537 sq km (2014)"
     },
+    "Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
+      "text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: <em>(Black Sea)</em> Danube (795,656 sq km)"
+    },
     "Population distribution": {
       "text": "a fairly even distribution, with somewhat higher concentrations of people in the western and central parts of the country"
     },
@@ -98,9 +101,6 @@
     },
     "Geography - note": {
       "text": "strategic location along Strait of Otranto (links Adriatic Sea to Ionian Sea and Mediterranean Sea)"
-    },
-    "Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
-      "text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: <em>(Black Sea)</em> Danube (795,656 sq km)"
     }
   },
   "People and Society": {
@@ -385,20 +385,6 @@
         "text": "2.55 megatons (2020 est.)"
       }
     },
-    "Total water withdrawal": {
-      "municipal": {
-        "text": "283 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
-      },
-      "industrial": {
-        "text": "231.8 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
-      },
-      "agricultural": {
-        "text": "905 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
-      }
-    },
-    "Total renewable water resources": {
-      "text": "30.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)"
-    },
     "Climate": {
       "text": "mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter"
     },
@@ -422,6 +408,14 @@
         "text": "28.2% (2018 est.)"
       }
     },
+    "Urbanization": {
+      "urban population": {
+        "text": "63% of total population (2021)"
+      },
+      "rate of urbanization": {
+        "text": "1.29% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
+      }
+    },
     "Revenue from forest resources": {
       "forest revenues": {
         "text": "0.18% of GDP (2018 est.)"
@@ -432,14 +426,6 @@
         "text": "0.03% of GDP (2018 est.)"
       }
     },
-    "Urbanization": {
-      "urban population": {
-        "text": "63% of total population (2021)"
-      },
-      "rate of urbanization": {
-        "text": "1.29% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
-      }
-    },
     "Waste and recycling": {
       "municipal solid waste generated annually": {
         "text": "1,142,964 tons (2015 est.)"
@@ -447,6 +433,20 @@
     },
     "Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
       "text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: <em>(Black Sea)</em> Danube (795,656 sq km)"
+    },
+    "Total water withdrawal": {
+      "municipal": {
+        "text": "283 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
+      },
+      "industrial": {
+        "text": "231.8 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
+      },
+      "agricultural": {
+        "text": "905 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
+      }
+    },
+    "Total renewable water resources": {
+      "text": "30.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)"
     }
   },
   "Government": {
@@ -636,14 +636,14 @@
       "text": "<p>Albania, a formerly closed, centrally planned state, is a developing country with a modern open-market economy. Albania managed to weather the first waves of the global financial crisis but, the negative effects of the crisis caused a significant economic slowdown. Since 2014, Albania’s economy has steadily improved and economic growth reached 3.8% in 2017. However, close trade, remittance, and banking sector ties with Greece and Italy make Albania vulnerable to spillover effects of possible debt crises and weak growth in the euro zone.</p> <p>Remittances, a significant catalyst for economic growth, declined from 12-15% of GDP before the 2008 financial crisis to 5.8% of GDP in 2015, mostly from Albanians residing in Greece and Italy. The agricultural sector, which accounts for more than 40% of employment but less than one quarter of GDP, is limited primarily to small family operations and subsistence farming, because of a lack of modern equipment, unclear property rights, and the prevalence of small, inefficient plots of land. Complex tax codes and licensing requirements, a weak judicial system, endemic corruption, poor enforcement of contracts and property issues, and antiquated infrastructure contribute to Albania's poor business environment making attracting foreign investment difficult. Since 2015, Albania has launched an ambitious program to increase tax compliance and bring more businesses into the formal economy. In July 2016, Albania passed constitutional amendments reforming the judicial system in order to strengthen the rule of law and to reduce deeply entrenched corruption.</p> <p>Albania’s electricity supply is uneven despite upgraded transmission capacities with neighboring countries. However, the government has recently taken steps to stem non-technical losses and has begun to upgrade the distribution grid. Better enforcement of electricity contracts has improved the financial viability of the sector, decreasing its reliance on budget support. Also, with help from international donors, the government is taking steps to improve the poor road and rail networks, a long standing barrier to sustained economic growth.</p> <p>Inward foreign direct investment has increased significantly in recent years as the government has embarked on an ambitious program to improve the business climate through fiscal and legislative reforms. The government is focused on the simplification of licensing requirements and tax codes, and it entered into a new arrangement with the IMF for additional financial and technical support. Albania’s three-year IMF program, an extended fund facility arrangement, was successfully concluded in February 2017. The Albanian Government has strengthened tax collection amid moderate public wage and pension increases in an effort to reduce its budget deficit. The country continues to face high public debt, exceeding its former statutory limit of 60% of GDP in 2013 and reaching 72% in 2016.</p>"
     },
     "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
+      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2020": {
+        "text": "$37.73 billion note: data are in 2017 dollars (2020 est.)"
+      },
       "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2019": {
-        "text": "$39.859 billion (2019 est.)"
+        "text": "$39.02 billion note: data are in 2017 dollars (2019 est.)"
       },
       "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2018": {
-        "text": "$38.986 billion (2018 est.)"
-      },
-      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2017": {
-        "text": "$37.461 billion (2017 est.)"
+        "text": "$38.19 billion note: data are in 2017 dollars (2018 est.)"
       },
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2010 dollars"
     },
@@ -659,14 +659,14 @@
       }
     },
     "Real GDP per capita": {
+      "Real GDP per capita 2020": {
+        "text": "$13,300 note: data are in 2017 dollars (2020 est.)"
+      },
       "Real GDP per capita 2019": {
-        "text": "$13,965 (2019 est.)"
+        "text": "$13,700 note: data are in 2017 dollars (2019 est.)"
       },
       "Real GDP per capita 2018": {
-        "text": "$13,601 (2018 est.)"
-      },
-      "Real GDP per capita 2017": {
-        "text": "$13,037 (2017 est.)"
+        "text": "$13,300 note: data are in 2017 dollars (2018 est.)"
       },
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2010 dollars"
     },
@@ -808,11 +808,14 @@
       }
     },
     "Exports": {
-      "Exports 2017": {
-        "text": "$900.7 million (2017 est.)"
+      "Exports 2020": {
+        "text": "$3.47 billion note: data are in current year dollars (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Exports 2016": {
-        "text": "$789.1 million (2016 est.)"
+      "Exports 2019": {
+        "text": "$4.82 billion note: data are in current year dollars (2019 est.)"
+      },
+      "Exports 2018": {
+        "text": "$4.78 billion note: data are in current year dollars (2018 est.)"
       }
     },
     "Exports - partners": {
@@ -822,11 +825,14 @@
       "text": "leather footwear and parts, crude petroleum, iron alloys, clothing, electricity, perfumes (2019)"
     },
     "Imports": {
-      "Imports 2017": {
-        "text": "$4.103 billion (2017 est.)"
+      "Imports 2020": {
+        "text": "$5.67 billion note: data are in current year dollars (2020 est.)"
       },
-      "Imports 2016": {
-        "text": "$3.67 billion (2016 est.)"
+      "Imports 2019": {
+        "text": "$6.93 billion note: data are in current year dollars (2019 est.)"
+      },
+      "Imports 2018": {
+        "text": "$6.85 billion note: data are in current year dollars (2018 est.)"
       }
     },
     "Imports - partners": {
@@ -964,7 +970,7 @@
     },
     "Telecommunication systems": {
       "general assessment": {
-        "text": "<p>Albania’s small telecom market has improved through signatory status of EU accession plan; EU financial aid will build infrastructure and enhance cooperation; operator committed €100 million to upgrade fixed-line infrastructure, supporting broadband services nationally; consistent with the region, fixed-line telephony use and penetration is declining as subscribers prefer mobile solutions; mobile sector is supported through LTE networks; operators have invested in 5G, including the intention to create a corridor with Kosovo; importer of broadcasting equipment from EU neighbors (2021)</p> (2020)"
+        "text": "<p>Albania’s small telecom market has improved through signatory status of EU accession plan; EU financial aid will build infrastructure and enhance cooperation; operator committed €100 million to upgrade fixed-line infrastructure, supporting broadband services nationally; consistent with the region, fixed-line telephony use and penetration is declining as subscribers prefer mobile solutions; mobile sector is supported through LTE networks; operators have invested in 5G, including the intention to create a corridor with Kosovo; importer of broadcasting equipment from EU neighbors </p> (2021)"
       },
       "domestic": {
         "text": "fixed-line 8 per 100, teledensity continues to decline due to heavy use of mobile-cellular telephone services; mobile-cellular telephone use is widespread and generally effective, 91 per 100 for mobile-cellular (2019)"