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| - Removed | $ |
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| + Added | Communications.Broadcast media.text |
— | Morocco's state-owned broadcaster, Radio-Television Marocaine (RTM), operates a radio service from Laayoune and relays TV service; a Polisario-backed radio station also broadcasts |
| + Added | Communications.Internet country code.text |
— | .eh |
| + Added | Communications.Telecommunication systems.general assessment.text |
— | sparse and limited system |
| + Added | Communications.Telecommunication systems.international.text |
— | country code - 212; tied into Morocco's system by microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, and satellite; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) linked to Rabat, Morocco |
| + Added | Communications.Telecommunication systems.note |
— | note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies w… |
| + Added | Economy.Agriculture - products.text |
— | fruits and vegetables (grown in the few oases); camels, sheep, goats (kept by nomads); fish |
| + Added | Economy.Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-).text |
— | NA |
| + Added | Economy.Budget.expenditures.text |
— | NA |
| + Added | Economy.Budget.revenues.text |
— | NA |
| + Added | Economy.Debt - external.note |
— | NA |
| + Added | Economy.Ease of Doing Business Index scores |
— | {} |
| + Added | Economy.Economic overview.text |
— | Western Sahara has a small market-based economy whose main industries are fishing, phosphate mining, tourism, and pastoral nomadism. The territory's arid desert climate makes sedentary agriculture difficult, and much of… |
| + Added | Economy.Exchange rates.text |
— | Moroccan dirhams (MAD) per US dollar - / 9.639 (2017 est.) / 9.7351 (2016 est.) / 9.7351 (2015) / 9.7351 (2014 est.) / 8.3798 (2013 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Exports - commodities.text |
— | phosphates 62% (2012 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Exports.note |
— | NA |
| + Added | Economy.Fiscal year.text |
— | calendar year |
| + Added | Economy.GDP (official exchange rate).text |
— | NA |
| + Added | Economy.GDP (purchasing power parity) - real.text |
— | $906.5 million (2007 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.GDP - composition, by sector of origin.agriculture.text |
— | NA (2007 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.GDP - composition, by sector of origin.industry.text |
— | NA (2007 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.GDP - composition, by sector of origin.services.text |
— | 40% (2007 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.GDP - per capita (PPP).text |
— | $2,500 (2007 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.GDP real growth rate.note |
— | NA |
| + Added | Economy.Household income or consumption by percentage share.highest 10%.text |
— | NA |
| + Added | Economy.Household income or consumption by percentage share.lowest 10%.text |
— | NA |
| + Added | Economy.Imports - commodities.text |
— | fuel for fishing fleet, foodstuffs |
| + Added | Economy.Imports.note |
— | NA |
| + Added | Economy.Industrial production growth rate.text |
— | NA |
| + Added | Economy.Industries.text |
— | phosphate mining, handicrafts |
| + Added | Economy.Inflation rate (consumer prices).note |
— | NA |
| + Added | Economy.Labor force - by occupation.agriculture.text |
— | 50% |
| + Added | Economy.Labor force - by occupation.industry and services.text |
— | 50% (2005 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Labor force - by occupation.industry.text |
— | 50% |
| + Added | Economy.Labor force.text |
— | 144,000 (2010 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Population below poverty line.text |
— | NA |
| + Added | Economy.Taxes and other revenues.text |
— | NA |
| + Added | Economy.Unemployment rate.note |
— | NA |
| + Added | Energy.Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy.text |
— | 268,400 Mt (2017 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Crude oil - exports.text |
— | 0 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Crude oil - imports.text |
— | 0 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Crude oil - production.text |
— | 0 bbl/day (2018 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Crude oil - proved reserves.text |
— | 0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity - consumption.text |
— | 0 kWh (2016 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity - exports.text |
— | 0 kWh (2016 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity - from fossil fuels.text |
— | 100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity - from hydroelectric plants.text |
— | 0% of total installed capacity (2017 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity - from nuclear fuels.text |
— | 0% of total installed capacity (2017 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity - from other renewable sources.text |
— | 0% of total installed capacity (2017 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity - imports.text |
— | 0 kWh (2016 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity - installed generating capacity.text |
— | 58,000 kW (2016 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity - production.text |
— | 0 kWh NA (2016 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Natural gas - consumption.text |
— | 0 cu m (2017 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Natural gas - exports.text |
— | 0 cu m (2017 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Natural gas - imports.text |
— | 0 cu m (2017 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Natural gas - production.text |
— | 0 cu m (2017 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Natural gas - proved reserves.text |
— | 0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Refined petroleum products - consumption.text |
— | 1,700 bbl/day (2016 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Refined petroleum products - exports.text |
— | 0 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Refined petroleum products - imports.text |
— | 1,702 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Refined petroleum products - production.text |
— | 0 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Area - comparative.text |
— | about the size of Colorado |
| + Added | Geography.Area.land.text |
— | 266,000 sq km |
| + Added | Geography.Area.total.text |
— | 266,000 sq km |
| + Added | Geography.Area.water.text |
— | 0 sq km |
| + Added | Geography.Climate.text |
— | hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew |
| + Added | Geography.Coastline.text |
— | 1,110 km |
| + Added | Geography.Elevation.highest point.text |
— | unnamed elevation 805 m |
| + Added | Geography.Elevation.lowest point.text |
— | Sebjet Tah -55 m |
| + Added | Geography.Elevation.mean elevation.text |
— | 256 m |
| + Added | Geography.Environment - current issues.text |
— | desertification; overgrazing; sparse water and lack of arable land |
| + Added | Geography.Geographic coordinates.text |
— | 24 30 N, 13 00 W |
| + Added | Geography.Geography - note.text |
— | the waters off the coast are particularly rich fishing areas |
| + Added | Geography.Irrigated land.text |
— | 0 sq km (2012) |
| + Added | Geography.Land boundaries.border countries.text |
— | Algeria 41 km, Mauritania 1564 km, Morocco 444 km |
| + Added | Geography.Land boundaries.total.text |
— | 2,049 km |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.agricultural land.text |
— | 18.8% (2011 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.arable land / permanent crops / permanent pasture.text |
— | 0% (2011 est.) / 0% (2011 est.) / 18.8% (2011 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.forest.text |
— | 2.7% (2011 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.other.text |
— | 78.5% (2011 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Location.text |
— | Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Mauritania and Morocco |
| + Added | Geography.Map references.text |
— | Africa |
| + Added | Geography.Maritime claims.note |
— | contingent upon resolution of sovereignty issue |
| + Added | Geography.Natural hazards.text |
— | hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind can occur during winter and spring; widespread harmattan haze exists 60% of time, often severely restricting visibility |
| + Added | Geography.Natural resources.text |
— | phosphates, iron ore |
| + Added | Geography.Population distribution.text |
— | most of the population lives in the two-thirds of the area west of the berm (Moroccan-occupied) that divides the territory; about 40% of that populace resides in Laayoune as shown in this population distribution map |
| + Added | Geography.Terrain.text |
— | mostly low, flat desert with large areas of rocky or sandy surfaces rising to small mountains in south and northeast |
| + Added | Government.Administrative divisions.text |
— | none officially; the territory west of the Moroccan berm falls under de facto Moroccan control; Morocco claims the territory of Western Sahara, the political status of which is considered undetermined by the US Governme… |
| + Added | Government.Capital.daylight saving time.text |
— | +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October |
| + Added | Government.Capital.time difference.text |
— | UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) |
| + Added | Government.Country name.conventional long form.text |
— | none |
| + Added | Government.Country name.conventional short form.text |
— | Western Sahara |
| + Added | Government.Country name.etymology.text |
— | self-descriptive name specifying the territory's western location on the African continent's vast desert |
| + Added | Government.Country name.former.text |
— | Rio de Oro, Saguia el Hamra, Spanish Sahara |
| + Added | Government.Diplomatic representation from the US.note |
— | none |
| + Added | Government.Diplomatic representation in the US.note |
— | none |
| + Added | Government.Executive branch.note |
— | none |
| + Added | Government.Government type.text |
— | legal status of territory and issue of sovereignty unresolved; territory contested by Morocco and Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro), which in February 1976 formally… |
| + Added | Government.International organization participation.text |
— | AU, WFTU (NGOs) |
| + Added | Government.Suffrage.text |
— | none; (residents of Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara participate in Moroccan elections) |
| + Added | Introduction.Background.text |
— | Western Sahara is a non-self-governing territory on the northwest coast of Africa bordered by Morocco, Mauritania, and Algeria. After Spain withdrew from its former colony of Spanish Sahara in 1976, Morocco annexed the … |
| + Added | Military and Security.Military - note.text |
— | the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) has operated in the Western Sahara since 1991 in accordance with settlement proposals accepted in 1988 by Morocco and the Frente Popular para la … |
| + Added | People and Society.Age structure.0-14 years.text |
— | 36.29% (male 119,719/female 116,997) |
| + Added | People and Society.Age structure.15-24 years.text |
— | 19.44% (male 63,852/female 62,954) |
| + Added | People and Society.Age structure.25-54 years.text |
— | 34.9% (male 112,301/female 115,313) |
| + Added | People and Society.Age structure.55-64 years.text |
— | 5.27% (male 16,095/female 18,292) |
| + Added | People and Society.Age structure.65 years and over.text |
— | 4.1% (male 11,802/female 14,946) (2020 est.) |
| + Added | People and Society.Birth rate.text |
— | 28 births/1,000 population (2020 est.) |
| + Added | People and Society.Death rate.text |
— | 7.7 deaths/1,000 population (2020 est.) |
| + Added | People and Society.Demographic profile.text |
— | Western Sahara is a non-self governing territory; approximately 75% is under Moroccan control. It was inhabited almost entirely by Sahrawi pastoral nomads until the mid-20th century. Their traditional vast migratory ran… |
| + Added | People and Society.Dependency ratios.elderly dependency ratio.text |
— | 4.9 |
| + Added | People and Society.Dependency ratios.potential support ratio.text |
— | 20.4 (2020 est.) |
| + Added | People and Society.Dependency ratios.total dependency ratio.text |
— | 44.1 |
| + Added | People and Society.Dependency ratios.youth dependency ratio.text |
— | 39.2 |
| + Added | People and Society.Education expenditures.text |
— | NA |
| + Added | People and Society.Ethnic groups.text |
— | Arab, Berber |
| + Added | People and Society.HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate.text |
— | NA |
| + Added | People and Society.HIV/AIDS - deaths.text |
— | NA |
| + Added | People and Society.HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS.text |
— | NA |
| + Added | People and Society.Infant mortality rate.female.text |
— | 43.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2020 est.) |