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"intro": {
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"background": {
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"text": "Upon independence in 1960, the former French region of Middle Congo became the Republic of the Congo. A quarter century of experimentation with Marxism was abandoned in 1990 and a democratically elected government took office in 1992. A brief civil war in 1997 restored former Marxist President Denis SASSOU-Nguesso, and ushered in a period of ethnic and political unrest. Southern-based rebel groups agreed to a final peace accord in March 2003, but the calm is tenuous and refugees continue to present a humanitarian crisis. The Republic of Congo is one of Africa's largest petroleum producers, but with declining production it will need new offshore oil finds to sustain its oil earnings over the long term."
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}
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},
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"geo": {
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"location": {
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"text": "Central Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and Gabon"
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},
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"geographic_coordinates": {
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"text": "1 00 S, 15 00 E"
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},
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"map_references": {
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"text": "Africa"
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},
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"area": {
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"total": "342,000 sq km",
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"land": "341,500 sq km",
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"water": "500 sq km"
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},
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"area_comparative": {
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"text": "slightly smaller than Montana"
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},
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"land_boundaries": {
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"total": "5,504 km",
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"border_countries": "Angola 201 km, Cameroon 523 km, Central African Republic 467 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Gabon 1,903 km"
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},
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"coastline": {
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"text": "169 km"
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},
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"maritime_claims": {
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"territorial_sea": "200 nm"
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},
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"climate": {
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"text": "tropical; rainy season (March to June); dry season (June to October); persistent high temperatures and humidity; particularly enervating climate astride the Equator"
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},
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"terrain": {
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"text": "coastal plain, southern basin, central plateau, northern basin"
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},
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"elevation_extremes": {
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"lowest_point": "Atlantic Ocean 0 m",
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"highest_point": "Mount Berongou 903 m"
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},
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"natural_resources": {
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"text": "petroleum, timber, potash, lead, zinc, uranium, copper, phosphates, gold, magnesium, natural gas, hydropower"
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},
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"land_use": {
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"arable_land": "1.46%",
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"permanent_crops": "0.18%",
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"other": "98.36% (2011)"
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},
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"irrigated_land": {
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"text": "20 sq km (2003)"
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},
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"total_renewable_water_resources": {
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"text": "832 cu km (2011)"
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},
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"freshwater_withdrawal_domestic_industrial_agricultural": {
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"total": "0.05 cu km/yr (69%/26%/4%)",
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"per_capita": "13.99 cu m/yr (2005)"
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},
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"natural_hazards": {
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"text": "seasonal flooding"
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},
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"environment_current_issues": {
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"text": "air pollution from vehicle emissions; water pollution from the dumping of raw sewage; tap water is not potable; deforestation"
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},
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"environment_international_agreements": {
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"party_to": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands",
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"signed_but_not_ratified": "none of the selected agreements"
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},
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"geography_note": {
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"text": "about 70% of the population lives in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, or along the railroad between them"
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}
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},
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"people": {
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"nationality": {
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"noun": "Congolese (singular and plural)",
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"adjective": "Congolese or Congo"
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},
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"ethnic_groups": {
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"text": "Kongo 48%, Sangha 20%, M'Bochi 12%, Teke 17%, Europeans and other 3%"
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},
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"languages": {
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"text": "French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread)"
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},
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"religions": {
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"text": "Christian 50%, animist 48%, Muslim 2%"
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},
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"population": {
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"text": "4,492,689 (July 2013 est.)",
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"note": "estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected"
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},
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"age_structure": {
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"0_14_years": "45.1% (male 1,020,784/female 1,006,148)",
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"15_24_years": "20.6% (male 464,410/female 460,955)",
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"25_54_years": "28.2% (male 636,447/female 628,629)",
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"55_64_years": "3.4% (male 67,117/female 84,919)",
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"65_years_and_over": "2.7% (male 50,358/female 72,922) (2013 est.)"
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},
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"dependency_ratios": {
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"total_dependency_ratio": "84.9 %",
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"youth_dependency_ratio": "78.7 %",
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"elderly_dependency_ratio": "6.3 %",
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"potential_support_ratio": "15.9 (2013)"
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},
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"median_age": {
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"total": "17.1 years",
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"male": "16.9 years",
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"female": "17.3 years (2013 est.)"
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},
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"population_growth_rate": {
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"text": "2.86% (2013 est.)"
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},
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"birth_rate": {
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"text": "39.63 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)"
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},
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"death_rate": {
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"text": "11.03 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)"
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},
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"net_migration_rate": {
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"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)"
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},
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"urbanization": {
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"urban_population": "63.7% of total population (2011)",
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"rate_of_urbanization": "2.84% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)"
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},
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"major_urban_areas_population": {
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"text": "BRAZZAVILLE (capital) 1.611 million (2011)"
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},
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"sex_ratio": {
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"at_birth": "1.03 male(s)/female",
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"0_14_years": "1.01 male(s)/female",
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"15_24_years": "1.01 male(s)/female",
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"25_54_years": "1.01 male(s)/female",
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"55_64_years": "0.79 male(s)/female",
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"65_years_and_over": "0.69 male(s)/female",
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"total_population": "0.99 male(s)/female (2013 est.)"
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},
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"mother_s_mean_age_at_first_birth": {
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"text": "19.8 (2005 est.)"
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},
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"maternal_mortality_rate": {
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"text": "560 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)"
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},
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"infant_mortality_rate": {
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"total": "72.45 deaths/1,000 live births",
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"male": "77.76 deaths/1,000 live births",
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"female": "66.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)"
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},
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"life_expectancy_at_birth": {
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"total_population": "55.6 years",
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"male": "54.27 years",
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"female": "56.96 years (2013 est.)"
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},
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"total_fertility_rate": {
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"text": "5.49 children born/woman (2013 est.)"
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},
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"contraceptive_prevalence_rate": {
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"text": "44.7% (2011/12)"
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},
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"health_expenditures": {
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"text": "2.5% of GDP (2010)"
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},
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"physicians_density": {
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"text": "0.1 physicians/1,000 population (2007)"
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},
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"hospital_bed_density": {
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"text": "1.6 beds/1,000 population (2005)"
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},
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"drinking_water_source": {
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"improved": "urban: 95% of population; rural: 32% of population; total: 71% of population",
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"unimproved": "urban: 5% of population; rural: 68% of population; total: 29% of population (2010 est.)"
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},
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"sanitation_facility_access": {
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"improved": "urban: 20% of population; rural: 15% of population; total: 18% of population",
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"unimproved": "urban: 80% of population; rural: 85% of population; total: 82% of population (2010 est.)"
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},
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"hiv_aids_adult_prevalence_rate": {
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"text": "3.4% (2009 est.)"
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},
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"hiv_aids_people_living_with_hiv_aids": {
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"text": "77,000 (2009 est.)"
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},
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"hiv_aids_deaths": {
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"text": "5,100 (2009 est.)"
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},
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"major_infectious_diseases": {
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"degree_of_risk": "very high",
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"food_or_waterborne_diseases": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever",
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"vectorborne_disease": "malaria and dengue fever",
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"animal_contact_disease": "rabies",
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"water_contact_disease": "schistosomiasis (2013)"
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},
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"obesity_adult_prevalence_rate": {
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"text": "4.7% (2008)"
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},
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"children_under_the_age_of_5_years_underweight": {
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"text": "11.8% (2005)"
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},
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"education_expenditures": {
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"text": "6.2% of GDP (2010)"
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},
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"literacy": {
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"definition": "age 15 and over can read and write",
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"total_population": "83.8%",
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"male": "89.6%",
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"female": "78.4% (2003 est.)"
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},
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"school_life_expectancy_primary_to_tertiary_education": {
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"total": "9 years",
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"male": "10 years",
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"female": "9 years (2003)"
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},
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"child_labor_children_ages_5_14": {
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"total_number": "252,171",
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"percentage": "25 % (2005 est.)"
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}
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},
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"govt": {
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"country_name": {
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"conventional_long_form": "Republic of the Congo",
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"conventional_short_form": "Congo (Brazzaville)",
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"local_long_form": "Republique du Congo",
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"local_short_form": "none",
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"former": "Middle Congo, Congo/Brazzaville, Congo"
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},
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"government_type": {
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"text": "republic"
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},
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"capital": {
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"name": "Brazzaville",
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"geographic_coordinates": "4 15 S, 15 17 E",
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"time_difference": "UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)"
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},
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"administrative_divisions": {
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"text": "10 regions (regions, singular - region) and 2 commune*; Bouenza, Brazzaville*, Cuvette, Cuvette-Ouest, Kouilou, Lekoumou, Likouala, Niari, Plateaux, Pointe-Noire*, Pool, Sangha"
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},
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"independence": {
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"text": "15 August 1960 (from France)"
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},
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"national_holiday": {
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"text": "Independence Day, 15 August (1960)"
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},
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"constitution": {
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"text": "approved by referendum 20 January 2002"
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},
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"legal_system": {
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"text": "mixed legal system of French civil law and customary law"
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},
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"international_law_organization_participation": {
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"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
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},
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"suffrage": {
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"text": "18 years of age; universal"
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},
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"executive_branch": {
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"chief_of_state": "President Denis SASSOU-Nguesso (since 25 October 1997, following the civil war in which he toppled elected president Pascal LISSOUBA); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government",
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"head_of_government": "President Denis SASSOU-Nguesso (since 25 October 1997); note - the position of prime minister was abolished in September 2009",
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"cabinet": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president",
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"elections": "president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 12 July 2009 (next to be held in 2016)",
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"election_results": "Denis SASSOU-Nguesso reelected president; percent of vote - Denis SASSOU-Nguesso 78.6%, Joseph Kignoumbi Kia MBOUNGOU 7.5%, Nicephore Fylla de SAINT-EUDES 7%, other 6.9%"
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},
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"legislative_branch": {
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"text": "bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (72 seats; members elected by indirect vote to serve five-year terms) and the National Assembly (139 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms)",
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"elections": "Senate - last held on 5 August 2008 (next to be held in July 2014); National Assembly - last held on 15 July and 5 August 2012 (next to be held in 2018)",
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"election_results": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RMP 33, FDU 23, UPADS 2, independents 7, other 7; National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PCT (and allies) 117, UPADS 7, independents 12, vacant 3"
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},
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"judicial_branch": {
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"highest_courts": "Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of NA judges) note - the High Court of Justice, outside the judicial authority, tries cases involving treason by the president of the republic",
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"judge_selection_and_term_of_office": "judges elected by parliament and serve until retirement age",
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"subordinate_courts": "courts of appeal; regional and district courts; employment tribunals; juvenile courts"
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},
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"political_parties_and_leaders": {
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"text": "Action Movement for Renewal or MAR; Congolese Labour Party or PCT; Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development or MCDDI [Michel MAMPOUYA]; Movement for Solidarity and Development or MSD; Pan-African Union for Social Development or UPADS [Martin MBERI]; Rally for Democracy and the Republic or RDR [Raymond Damasge NGOLLO]; Rally for Democracy and Social Progress or RDPS [Jean-Pierre Thystere TCHICAYA, president]; Rally of the Presidential Majority or RMP; Union for Democracy and Republic or UDR; United Democratic Forces or FDU [Sebastian EBAO]; many smaller parties"
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},
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"political_pressure_groups_and_leaders": {
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"text": "Congolese Trade Union Congress or CSC; General Union of Congolese Pupils and Students or UGEEC; Revolutionary Union of Congolese Women or URFC; Union of Congolese Socialist Youth or UJSC"
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},
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"international_organization_participation": {
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"text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, EITI (candidate country), FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
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},
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"diplomatic_representation_in_the_us": {
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"chief_of_mission": "Ambassador Serge MOMBOULI",
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"chancery": "1720 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009",
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"telephone": "[1] (202) 726-5500",
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"fax": "[1] (202) 726-1860"
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},
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"diplomatic_representation_from_the_us": {
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"chief_of_mission": "Ambassador Christopher W. MURRAY",
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"embassy": "70-83 Section D, Maya-Maya Boulevard, Brazzaville;",
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"mailing_address": "B.P. 1015, Brazzaville",
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"telephone": "[242] 06 612-200"
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},
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"flag_description": {
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"text": "divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a yellow band; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the lower triangle is red; green symbolizes agriculture and forests, yellow the friendship and nobility of the people, red is unexplained but has been associated with the struggle for independence",
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"note": "uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia"
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},
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"national_symbols": {
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"text": "lion; elephant"
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},
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"national_anthem": {
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"name": "\"La Congolaise\" (The Congolese)",
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"lyrics_music": "Jacques TONDRA and Georges KIBANGHI/Jean ROYER and Joseph SPADILIERE",
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"note": "originally adopted 1959, restored 1991"
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}
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},
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"econ": {
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"economy_overview": {
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"text": "The economy is a mixture of subsistence hunting and agriculture, an industrial sector based largely on oil and support services, and government spending. Oil has supplanted forestry as the mainstay of the economy, providing a major share of government revenues and exports. Natural gas is increasingly being converted to electricity rather than being flared, greatly improving energy prospects. New mining projects, particularly iron ore, that may enter production as early as late 2013 may add as much as $1 billion to annual government revenue. Economic reform efforts have been undertaken with the support of international organizations, notably the World Bank and the IMF, including recently concluded Article IV consultations. Denis SASSOU-Nguesso, who returned to power when the war ended in October 1997, publicly expressed interest in moving forward on economic reforms and privatization and in renewing cooperation with international financial institutions. Economic progress was badly hurt by slumping oil prices and the resumption of armed conflict in December 1998, which worsened the republic's budget deficit. The current administration faces difficult economic challenges of stimulating recovery and reducing poverty. The drop in oil prices during the global crisis reduced oil revenue by about 30%, but the subsequent recovery of oil prices boosted the economy's GDP from 2009-12. In March 2006, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) treatment for Congo, which received $1.9 billion in debt relief under the program in 2010. Congo also restructured old defaulted London Club debt in 2007, which effectively cancelled 80% of its private debt. Contracts with China have increased Congo's publicly held debt. Officially the country became a net external creditor as of 2011, with external debt representing less than 22% of GDP and debt servicing less than 3% of government revenue."
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},
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"gdp_purchasing_power_parity": {
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"text": "$19.41 billion (2012 est.); $18.69 billion (2011 est.); $18.08 billion (2010 est.)",
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"note": "data are in 2012 US dollars"
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},
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"gdp_official_exchange_rate": {
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"text": "$13.69 billion (2012 est.)"
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},
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"gdp_real_growth_rate": {
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"text": "3.8% (2012 est.); 3.4% (2011 est.); 8.8% (2010 est.)"
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},
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"gdp_per_capita_ppp": {
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"text": "$4,700 (2012 est.); $4,700 (2011 est.); $4,700 (2010 est.)",
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"note": "data are in 2012 US dollars"
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},
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"gross_national_saving": {
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"text": "59.9% of GDP (2012 est.); 61.3% of GDP (2011 est.); 48.2% of GDP (2010 est.)"
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},
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"gdp_composition_by_end_use": {
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"household_consumption": "22%",
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"government_consumption": "15.6%",
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"investment_in_fixed_capital": "51.9%",
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"investment_in_inventories": "1%",
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"exports_of_goods_and_services": "105.6%",
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"imports_of_goods_and_services": "-96.1% (2012 est.)"
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},
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"gdp_composition_by_sector_of_origin": {
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"agriculture": "3.3%",
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"industry": "76.3%",
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"services": "20.4% (2012 est.)"
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},
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"agriculture_products": {
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"text": "cassava (tapioca), sugar, rice, corn, peanuts, vegetables, coffee, cocoa; forest products"
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},
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"industries": {
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"text": "petroleum extraction, cement, lumber, brewing, sugar, palm oil, soap, flour, cigarettes"
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},
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"industrial_production_growth_rate": {
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"text": "4% (2012 est.)"
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},
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"labor_force": {
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"text": "2.89 million (2011 est.)"
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},
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"unemployment_rate": {
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"text": "53% (2012 est.)"
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},
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"population_below_poverty_line": {
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"text": "46.5% (2011 est.)"
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},
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"household_income_or_consumption_by_percentage_share": {
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"lowest_10%": "2.1%",
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"highest_10%": "37.1% (2005)"
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},
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"budget": {
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"revenues": "$6.382 billion",
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"expenditures": "$5.927 billion (2012 est.)"
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},
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"taxes_and_other_revenues": {
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"text": "46.6% of GDP (2012 est.)"
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},
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"budget_surplus_+_or_deficit": {
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"text": "3.3% of GDP (2012 est.)"
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},
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"public_debt": {
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"text": "18.4% of GDP (2012 est.); 17% of GDP (2011 est.)"
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},
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"fiscal_year": {
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"text": "calendar year"
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},
|
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"inflation_rate_consumer_prices": {
|
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"text": "3.9% (2012 est.); 1.3% (2011 est.)"
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},
|
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"central_bank_discount_rate": {
|
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"text": "4.25% (31 December 2009); 4.75% (31 December 2008)"
|
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},
|
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"commercial_bank_prime_lending_rate": {
|
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"text": "14.8% (31 December 2012 est.); 15% (31 December 2011 est.)"
|
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},
|
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"stock_of_narrow_money": {
|
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"text": "$3.341 billion (31 December 2011 est.); $3.341 billion (31 December 2011 est.)"
|
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},
|
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"stock_of_broad_money": {
|
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"text": "$3.753 billion (31 December 2011 est.); $2.882 billion (31 December 2010 est.)"
|
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},
|
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"stock_of_domestic_credit": {
|
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"text": "$2.392 billion (31 December 2011 est.); $1.982 billion (31 December 2010 est.)"
|
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},
|
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"market_value_of_publicly_traded_shares": {
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"text": "$NA"
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},
|
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"current_account_balance": {
|
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"text": "$1.277 billion (2012 est.); $1.85 billion (2011 est.)"
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},
|
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"exports": {
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"text": "$12.14 billion (2012 est.); $11.63 billion (2011 est.)"
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},
|
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"exports_commodities": {
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"text": "petroleum, lumber, plywood, sugar, cocoa, coffee, diamonds"
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},
|
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"exports_partners": {
|
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"text": "China 38.9%, US 12.9%, France 9.5%, Australia 8.8%, Netherlands 6.8%, Spain 5.3%, India 5.3% (2012)"
|
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},
|
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"imports": {
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"text": "$5.835 billion (2012 est.); $5.023 billion (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
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"imports_commodities": {
|
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"text": "capital equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs"
|
|
},
|
|
"imports_partners": {
|
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"text": "France 19.2%, China 13.3%, Brazil 9%, US 6.1%, India 5.7%, Italy 4.8%, Belgium 4.3% (2012)"
|
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},
|
|
"reserves_of_foreign_exchange_and_gold": {
|
|
"text": "$6.091 billion (31 December 2012 est.); $5.658 billion (31 December 2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"debt_external": {
|
|
"text": "$2.958 billion (31 December 2012 est.); $2.523 billion (31 December 2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"exchange_rates": {
|
|
"text": "Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF) per US dollar -; 510.53 (2012 est.); 471.87 (2011 est.); 495.28 (2010 est.); 472.19 (2009); 447.81 (2008)"
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}
|
|
},
|
|
"energy": {
|
|
"electricity_production": {
|
|
"text": "559 million kWh (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"electricity_consumption": {
|
|
"text": "588 million kWh (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"electricity_exports": {
|
|
"text": "0 kWh (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"electricity_imports": {
|
|
"text": "470 million kWh (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"electricity_installed_generating_capacity": {
|
|
"text": "559,000 kW (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"electricity_from_fossil_fuels": {
|
|
"text": "51.2% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"electricity_from_nuclear_fuels": {
|
|
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"electricity_from_hydroelectric_plants": {
|
|
"text": "48.8% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"electricity_from_other_renewable_sources": {
|
|
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"crude_oil_production": {
|
|
"text": "298,000 bbl/day (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"crude_oil_exports": {
|
|
"text": "290,000 bbl/day (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"crude_oil_imports": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"crude_oil_proved_reserves": {
|
|
"text": "1.6 billion bbl (1 January 2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"refined_petroleum_products_production": {
|
|
"text": "10,460 bbl/day (2008 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"refined_petroleum_products_consumption": {
|
|
"text": "10,710 bbl/day (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"refined_petroleum_products_exports": {
|
|
"text": "5,146 bbl/day (2008 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"refined_petroleum_products_imports": {
|
|
"text": "5,326 bbl/day (2008 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"natural_gas_production": {
|
|
"text": "946 million cu m (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"natural_gas_consumption": {
|
|
"text": "930 million cu m (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"natural_gas_exports": {
|
|
"text": "39 million cu m (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"natural_gas_imports": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"natural_gas_proved_reserves": {
|
|
"text": "90.61 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"carbon_dioxide_emissions_from_consumption_of_energy": {
|
|
"text": "6.518 million Mt (2010 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"comm": {
|
|
"telephones_main_lines_in_use": {
|
|
"text": "14,200 (2011)"
|
|
},
|
|
"telephones_mobile_cellular": {
|
|
"text": "3.885 million (2011)"
|
|
},
|
|
"telephone_system": {
|
|
"general_assessment": "primary network consists of microwave radio relay and coaxial cable with services barely adequate for government use; key exchanges are in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Loubomo; intercity lines frequently out of order",
|
|
"domestic": "fixed-line infrastructure inadequate providing less than 1 connection per 100 persons; in the absence of an adequate fixed line infrastructure, mobile-cellular subscribership has surged to 90 per 100 persons",
|
|
"international": "country code - 242; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011)"
|
|
},
|
|
"broadcast_media": {
|
|
"text": "1 state-owned TV and 3 state-owned radio stations; several privately owned TV and radio stations; satellite TV service is available; rebroadcasts of several international broadcasters are available (2007)"
|
|
},
|
|
"internet_country_code": {
|
|
"text": ".cg"
|
|
},
|
|
"internet_hosts": {
|
|
"text": "45 (2012)"
|
|
},
|
|
"internet_users": {
|
|
"text": "245,200 (2009)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"trans": {
|
|
"airports": {
|
|
"text": "27 (2013)"
|
|
},
|
|
"airports_with_paved_runways": {
|
|
"total": "8",
|
|
"over_3_047_m": "2",
|
|
"2_438_to_3_047_m": "1",
|
|
"1_524_to_2_437_m": "5 (2013)"
|
|
},
|
|
"airports_with_unpaved_runways": {
|
|
"total": "19",
|
|
"1_524_to_2_437_m": "8",
|
|
"914_to_1_523_m": "9",
|
|
"under_914_m": "2 (2013)"
|
|
},
|
|
"pipelines": {
|
|
"text": "gas 232 km; liquid petroleum gas 4 km; oil 982 km (2013)"
|
|
},
|
|
"railways": {
|
|
"total": "886 km",
|
|
"narrow_gauge": "886 km 1.067-m gauge (2008)"
|
|
},
|
|
"roadways": {
|
|
"total": "17,289 km",
|
|
"paved": "864 km",
|
|
"unpaved": "16,425 km (2004)"
|
|
},
|
|
"waterways": {
|
|
"text": "1,120 km (commercially navigable on Congo and Oubanqui 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, thereby necessitating a rail connection to Pointe Noire; other rivers are used for local traffic only) (2011)"
|
|
},
|
|
"merchant_marine": {
|
|
"registered_in_other_countries": "1 (Democratic Republic of the Congo 1) (2010)"
|
|
},
|
|
"ports_and_terminals": {
|
|
"major_seaports": "Pointe-Noire",
|
|
"river_ports": "Brazzaville (Congo); Impfondo (Oubangi); Ouesso (Sangha); Oyo (Alima)",
|
|
"oil_gas_terminals": "Djeno"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"military": {
|
|
"military_branches": {
|
|
"text": "Congolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Congolaises, FAC): Army (Armee de Terre), Navy, Congolese Air Force (Armee de l'Air Congolaise); Gendarmerie; Special Presidential Security Guard (GSSP) (2011)"
|
|
},
|
|
"military_service_age_and_obligation": {
|
|
"text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service; women can serve in the Armed Forces; no conscription (2012)"
|
|
},
|
|
"manpower_available_for_military_service": {
|
|
"males_age_16_49": "928,664",
|
|
"females_age_16_49": "914,265 (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"manpower_fit_for_military_service": {
|
|
"males_age_16_49": "577,944",
|
|
"females_age_16_49": "566,587 (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"manpower_reaching_militarily_significant_age_annually": {
|
|
"male": "50,000",
|
|
"female": "49,641 (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"military_expenditures": {
|
|
"text": "1.7% of GDP (2011)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"issues": {
|
|
"disputes_international": {
|
|
"text": "the location of the boundary in the broad Congo River with the Democratic Republic of the Congo is undefined except in the Pool Malebo/Stanley Pool area"
|
|
},
|
|
"refugees_and_internally_displaced_persons": {
|
|
"refugees_country_of_origin": "8,404 (Rwanda); 89,424 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (2012)",
|
|
"idps": "7,800 (multiple civil wars since 1992) (2009)"
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
} |