2020 Edition
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Introduction
Background
Madagascar was one of the last major habitable landmasses on earth to be settled by humans. While there is some evidence of human presence on the island in the millennia B.C., large-scale settlement began between A.D. 350 and 550 with settlers from present-day Indonesia. The island attracted Arab and Persian traders as early as the 7th century, and migrants from Africa arrived around A.D. 1000. Madagascar was a pirate stronghold during the late 17th and early 18th centuries and served as a slave trading center into the 19th century. From the 16th to the late 19th century, a native Merina Kingdom dominated much of Madagascar. The French conquered the island in 1896 and made it a colony; independence was regained in 1960. Free presidential and National Assembly elections were held in 1992-93, ending 17 years of single-party rule. In 1997, in the second presidential race, Didier RATSIRAKA, the leader during the 1970s and 1980s, returned to the presidency. The 2001 presidential election was contested between the followers of RATSIRAKA and Marc RAVALOMANANA, nearly causing half the country to secede. In 2002, the High Constitutional Court announced RAVALOMANANA the winner. He won a second term in 2006 but, following protests in 2009, handed over power to the military, which then conferred the presidency on the mayor of Antananarivo, Andry RAJOELINA, in what amounted to a coup d'etat. After a lengthy mediation process, Madagascar held UN-supported presidential and parliamentary elections in 2013. Former de facto finance minister Hery RAJAONARIMAMPIANINA won in a runoff and was inaugurated in 2014. In 2019, RAJOELINA was declared the winner against RAVALOMANANA. In 2023, RAJOELINA won another term in an election that most of the opposition boycotted, including RAJAONARIMAMPIANINA and RAVALOMANANA, who claimed it was rigged in favor of RAJOELINA. International observers, however, saw no evidence of systemic fraud, leading the international community to accept the election results.
Geography
Area
- land
- 581,540 sq km
- total
- 587,041 sq km
- water
- 5,501 sq km
Area - comparative
almost four times the size of Georgia; slightly less than twice the size of Arizona
Climate
tropical along coast, temperate inland, arid in south
Coastline
4,828 km
Elevation
- highest point
- Maromokotro 2,876 m
- lowest point
- Indian Ocean 0 m
- mean elevation
- 615 m
Geographic coordinates
20 00 S, 47 00 E
Geography - note
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
Irrigated land
10,860 sq km (2012)
Land boundaries
- total
- 0 km
Land use
- agricultural land
- 70.3% (2023 est.)
- agricultural land: arable land
- arable land: 5.2% (2023 est.)
- agricultural land: permanent crops
- permanent crops: 1% (2023 est.)
- agricultural land: permanent pasture
- permanent pasture: 64.1% (2023 est.)
- forest
- 17.5% (2023 est.)
- other
- 12.2% (2023 est.)
Location
Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Mozambique
Map references
Africa
Maritime claims
- contiguous zone
- 24 nm
- continental shelf
- 200 nm or 100 nm from the 2,500-m isobath
- exclusive economic zone
- 200 nm
- territorial sea
- 12 nm
Natural hazards
periodic cyclones; drought; and locust infestation volcanism: Madagascar's volcanoes have not erupted in recorded history
Natural resources
graphite, chromite, coal, bauxite, rare earth elements, salt, quartz, tar sands, semiprecious stones, mica, fish, hydropower
Population distribution
most of population lives on the eastern half of the island; significant clustering is found in the central highlands and eastern coastline, as shown in this population distribution map
Terrain
narrow coastal plain, high plateau and mountains in center
People and Society
Age structure
- 0-14 years
- 37% (male 5,507,847/female 5,400,551)
- 15-64 years
- 59.1% (male 8,720,012/female 8,673,880)
- 65 years and over
- 3.9% (2024 est.) (male 532,642/female 617,782)
Alcohol consumption per capita
- beer
- 0.5 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
- other alcohols
- 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
- spirits
- 0.32 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
- total
- 0.89 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
- wine
- 0.07 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Birth rate
27.54 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Child marriage
- men married by age 18
- 11.2% (2021)
- women married by age 15
- 12.7% (2021)
- women married by age 18
- 38.8% (2021)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
22.6% (2021 est.)
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
62.3% (2021 est.)
Death rate
5.95 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Dependency ratios
- elderly dependency ratio
- 6.5 (2025 est.)
- potential support ratio
- 15.3 (2025 est.)
- total dependency ratio
- 73.4 (2025 est.)
- youth dependency ratio
- 66.9 (2025 est.)
Drinking water source
- improved: rural
- rural: 36% of population (2022 est.)
- improved: total
- total: 53.5% of population (2022 est.)
- improved: urban
- urban: 79.8% of population (2022 est.)
- unimproved: rural
- rural: 64% of population (2022 est.)
- unimproved: total
- total: 46.5% of population (2022 est.)
- unimproved: urban
- urban: 20.2% of population (2022 est.)
Education expenditure
- Education expenditure (% GDP)
- 3% of GDP (2023 est.)
- Education expenditure (% national budget)
- 18% national budget (2019 est.)
Ethnic groups
Malayo-Indonesian (Merina and related Betsileo), Cotiers (mixed African, Malayo-Indonesian, and Arab ancestry - Betsimisaraka, Tsimihety, Antaisaka, Sakalava), French, Indian, Creole, Comoran
Gross reproduction rate
1.71 (2025 est.)
Health expenditure
- Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
- 3.5% of GDP (2021)
- Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
- 5.7% of national budget (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate
- female
- 34 deaths/1,000 live births
- male
- 40.9 deaths/1,000 live births
- total
- 38.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
Languages
Malagasy (official) 99.9%, French (official) 23.6%, English 8.2%, other 0.6% (2018 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
- female
- 70.3 years
- male
- 67.3 years
- total population
- 68.8 years (2024 est.)
Literacy
- female
- 71.8% (2021 est.)
- male
- 77.9% (2021 est.)
- total population
- 74.7% (2021 est.)
Major urban areas - population
3.872 million ANTANANARIVO (capital) (2023)
Maternal mortality ratio
445 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Median age
- female
- 21.5 years
- male
- 21.1 years
- total
- 20.5 years (2025 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
19.5 years (2021 est.)
Nationality
- adjective
- Malagasy
- noun
- Malagasy (singular and plural)
Net migration rate
-0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
5.3% (2016)
Physician density
0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2022)
Population
- female
- 15,697,678
- male
- 15,647,362
- total
- 31,345,040 (2025 est.)
Population growth rate
2.15% (2025 est.)
Religions
Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar/Malagasy Lutheran Church/Anglican Church 34%, Roman Catholic 32.3%, other Christian 8.1%, traditional/Animist 1.7%, Muslim 1.4%, other 0.6%, none 21.9% (2021 est.)
Sanitation facility access
- improved: rural
- rural: 25.2% of population (2022 est.)
- improved: total
- total: 36.7% of population (2022 est.)
- improved: urban
- urban: 53.9% of population (2022 est.)
- unimproved: rural
- rural: 74.8% of population (2022 est.)
- unimproved: total
- total: 63.3% of population (2022 est.)
- unimproved: urban
- urban: 46.1% of population (2022 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
- female
- 9 years (2019 est.)
- male
- 9 years (2019 est.)
- total
- 9 years (2019 est.)
Sex ratio
- 0-14 years
- 1.02 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years
- 1.01 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over
- 0.86 male(s)/female
- at birth
- 1.03 male(s)/female
- total population
- 1.01 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
Tobacco use
- female
- 8.2% (2025 est.)
- male
- 40.2% (2025 est.)
- total
- 24.1% (2025 est.)
Total fertility rate
3.47 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Urbanization
- rate of urbanization
- 4.26% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
- urban population
- 40.6% of total population (2023)
Government
Administrative divisions
6 provinces (faritany); Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara
Capital
- etymology
- the name means "City of the Thousand," from the Malagasy an- (a prefix denoting a place name), tanana (town), and arivo (thousand); in the 17th century, King ADRIANJAKA named the original fortress after the 1,000 soldiers stationed there
- geographic coordinates
- 18 55 S, 47 31 E
- name
- Antananarivo
- time difference
- UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Citizenship
- citizenship by birth
- no
- citizenship by descent only
- the father must be a citizen of Madagascar; in the case of a child born out of wedlock, the mother must be a citizen
- dual citizenship recognized
- no
- residency requirement for naturalization
- unknown
Constitution
- amendment process
- proposed by the president of the republic in consultation with the cabinet or supported by a least two thirds of both the Senate and National Assembly membership; passage requires at least three-fourths approval of both the Senate and National Assembly and approval in a referendum; constitutional articles, including the form and powers of government, the sovereignty of the state, and the autonomy of Madagascar’s collectivities, cannot be amended
- history
- previous 1992; latest passed by referendum 17 November 2010, promulgated 11 December 2010
Country name
- conventional long form
- Republic of Madagascar
- conventional short form
- Madagascar
- etymology
- a variant of the name was first used by 13th-century Venetian explorer Marco POLO when he confused the island with the Somali port of Mogadishu; the transliteration was later adopted as the official name
- former
- Malagasy Republic
- local long form
- République de Madagascar/Repoblikan'i Madagasikara
- local short form
- Madagascar/Madagasikara
Diplomatic representation from the US
- chief of mission
- Ambassador Claire PIERANGELO (since 2 May 2022)
- email address and website
- antanACS@state.gov https://mg.usembassy.gov/
- embassy
- Lot 207A, Andranoro, Antehiroka, 105 Antananarivo - Madagascar
- FAX
- [261] 33-44-320-35
- mailing address
- 2040 Antananarivo Place, Washington DC 20521-2040
- telephone
- [261] 33-44-320-00
Diplomatic representation in the US
- chancery
- 2374 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
- chief of mission
- Ambassador Lantosoa RAKOTOMALALA (since 13 January 2025)
- email address and website
- madagascar.embassy.dc@gmail.com https://us-madagascar-embassy.org/
- FAX
- [1] (202) 265-3034
- telephone
- [1] (202) 265-5525
Executive branch
- cabinet
- Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister
- chief of state
- Michael RANDRIANIRINA (Col.)
- election results
- 2023: Andry RAJOELINA reelected president in first round; percent of vote - Andry RAJOELINA (TGV) 59.0%, Siteny Thierry RANDRIANASOLONIAIKO 14.4%, Marc RAVALOMANANA (TIM) 12.1%, other 14.5%
- election/appointment process
- president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister nominated by the National Assembly, appointed by the president
- expected date of next election
- November 2028
- head of government
- Prime Minister Herintsalama RAJAONARIVELO (since 22 October 2025)
- most recent election date
- 16 November 2023
Flag
description: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green, with a vertical white band on the left side meaning: red stands for sovereignty, green for hope, and white for purity
Government type
semi-presidential republic
Independence
26 June 1960 (from France)
International law organization participation
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
International organization participation
ACP, AfDB, AU, CD, COMESA, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Judicial branch
- highest court(s)
- Supreme Court or Cour Suprême (consists of 11 members; addresses judicial administration issues only); High Constitutional Court or Haute Cour Constitutionnelle (consists of 9 members); High Court of Justice (consists of 11 members; addresses cases brought against the president of Madagascar and senior officials for high treason, grave violations of the Constitution, or breach of duties incompatible with the exercise of the presidential mandate)
- judge selection and term of office
- Supreme Court heads elected by the president and judiciary officials to serve 3-year, single renewable terms; High Constitutional Court members appointed - 3 each by the president, by both legislative bodies, and by the Council of Magistrates; members serve single, 7-year terms; High Court of Justice members include: first president of the Supreme Court; 2 presidents from the Court of Cassation; 2 presidents from the Court of Appeal; 2 deputies from the National Assembly; 2 senators from the Senate; 2 members from the High Council for the Defense of Democracy and the State of law
- subordinate courts
- Courts of Appeal; Court of Cassation; Courts of First Instance; military courts; traditional courts (dina); Trade Court
Legal system
civil law system based on the old French civil code and customary law in matters of marriage, family, and obligation
Legislative branch
- legislative structure
- bicameral
Legislative branch - lower chamber
- chamber name
- National Assembly (Antenimierampirenena)
- electoral system
- mixed system
- expected date of next election
- May 2029
- most recent election date
- 12/11/2020
- number of seats
- 163 (all directly elected)
- parties elected and seats per party
- Isika Rehetra Miaraka Amin’i Andry Rajoelina (IRMAR) (84); Firaisankina (22); Independents (50); Other (7)
- percentage of women in chamber
- 14.1%
- scope of elections
- full renewal
- term in office
- 5 years
Legislative branch - upper chamber
- chamber name
- Senate (Antenimierandoholona)
- expected date of next election
- 31 December 2026
- most recent election date
- 5/29/2024
- number of seats
- 18 (12 indirectly elected; 6 appointed)
- parties elected and seats per party
- IRMAR (10); MALAGASY MIARA-MIAINGA (2)
- percentage of women in chamber
- 11.1%
- term in office
- 5 years
National anthem(s)
- history
- adopted 1959
- lyrics/music
- Pasteur RAHAJASON/Norbert RAHARISOA
- title
- "Ry Tanindraza nay malala o" (O Our Beloved Fatherland)
National color(s)
red, green, white
National heritage
- selected World Heritage Site locales
- Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve (n); Ambohimanga Royal Hill (c); Atsinanana Rainforests (n)
- total World Heritage Sites
- 3 (1 cultural, 2 natural)
National holiday
Independence Day, 26 June (1960)
National symbol(s)
traveller's palm (ravenala), zebu
Political parties
Group of Young Malagasy Patriots (Groupe des Jeunes Malgaches Patriotes) or GJMP I Love Madagascar (Tiako I Madagasikara) or TIM Isika Rehetra Miaraka amin'i Andry Rajoelina coalition or IRD Malagasy Aware (Malagasy Tonga Saina) or MTS Malagasy Tia Tanindrazana or MATITA or ANGADY Movement for Democracy in Madagascar (Mouvement pour la Démocratie à Madagascar) or MDM Rally for Democratic Socialism (Rassemblement pour Socialisme Démocratique - Nouveau) or RPSD Vaovao Young Malagasies Determined (Tanora Malagasy Vonona) or TGV
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal
Economy
Agricultural products
rice, sugarcane, cassava, sweet potatoes, milk, bananas, vegetables, mangoes/guavas, maize, potatoes (2023)
Budget
- expenditures
- $2.876 billion (2023 est.)
- revenues
- $2.066 billion (2023 est.)
Current account balance
- Current account balance 2020
- -$623.653 million (2020 est.)
- Current account balance 2021
- -$721.953 million (2021 est.)
- Current account balance 2022
- -$829.376 million (2022 est.)
Debt - external
- Debt - external 2023
- $3.548 billion (2023 est.)
Economic overview
low-income East African island economy; natural resource rich; extreme poverty; return of political stability has helped growth; sharp tax revenue drop due to COVID-19; leading vanilla producer; environmentally fragile
Exchange rates
- Currency
- Malagasy ariary (MGA) per US dollar -
- Exchange rates 2020
- 3,787.754 (2020 est.)
- Exchange rates 2021
- 3,829.978 (2021 est.)
- Exchange rates 2022
- 4,096.116 (2022 est.)
- Exchange rates 2023
- 4,429.579 (2023 est.)
- Exchange rates 2024
- 4,525.425 (2024 est.)
Exports
- Exports 2020
- $2.589 billion (2020 est.)
- Exports 2021
- $3.362 billion (2021 est.)
- Exports 2022
- $4.689 billion (2022 est.)
Exports - commodities
garments, nickel, vanilla, cloves, gold (2023)
Exports - partners
USA 16%, France 15%, Japan 8%, China 6%, S. Korea 6% (2023)
GDP - composition, by end use
- exports of goods and services
- 23.6% (2024 est.)
- government consumption
- 15.3% (2024 est.)
- household consumption
- 69.8% (2024 est.)
- imports of goods and services
- -31.3% (2024 est.)
- investment in fixed capital
- 22.6% (2024 est.)
- investment in inventories
- 0% (2024 est.)
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
- agriculture
- 22.5% (2024 est.)
- industry
- 22.8% (2024 est.)
- services
- 46.4% (2024 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate)
$17.421 billion (2024 est.)
Imports
- Imports 2020
- $3.718 billion (2020 est.)
- Imports 2021
- $4.769 billion (2021 est.)
- Imports 2022
- $6.041 billion (2022 est.)
Imports - commodities
refined petroleum, rice, fabric, cotton fabric, wheat (2023)
Imports - partners
China 19%, Oman 13%, France 10%, India 8%, South Africa 5% (2023)
Industrial production growth rate
3.7% (2024 est.)
Industries
meat processing, seafood, soap, beer, leather, sugar, textiles, glassware, cement, automobile assembly plant, paper, petroleum, tourism, mining
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
- Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021
- 5.8% (2021 est.)
- Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022
- 8.2% (2022 est.)
- Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023
- 9.9% (2023 est.)
Labor force
16.519 million (2024 est.)
Public debt
- Public debt 2016
- 38.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
- Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022
- $48.782 billion (2022 est.)
- Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023
- $50.833 billion (2023 est.)
- Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2024
- $52.968 billion (2024 est.)
Real GDP growth rate
- Real GDP growth rate 2022
- 4.2% (2022 est.)
- Real GDP growth rate 2023
- 4.2% (2023 est.)
- Real GDP growth rate 2024
- 4.2% (2024 est.)
Real GDP per capita
- Real GDP per capita 2022
- $1,600 (2022 est.)
- Real GDP per capita 2023
- $1,600 (2023 est.)
- Real GDP per capita 2024
- $1,700 (2024 est.)
Remittances
- Remittances 2021
- 3.1% of GDP (2021 est.)
- Remittances 2022
- 2.5% of GDP (2022 est.)
- Remittances 2023
- 2.4% of GDP (2023 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022
- $2.16 billion (2022 est.)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023
- $2.632 billion (2023 est.)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024
- $2.785 billion (2024 est.)
Taxes and other revenues
9.6% (of GDP) (2023 est.)
Unemployment rate
- Unemployment rate 2022
- 3.2% (2022 est.)
- Unemployment rate 2023
- 3.1% (2023 est.)
- Unemployment rate 2024
- 3.1% (2024 est.)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
- female
- 5.4% (2024 est.)
- male
- 5.3% (2024 est.)
- total
- 5.4% (2024 est.)
Energy
Coal
- consumption
- 472,000 metric tons (2023 est.)
- imports
- 472,000 metric tons (2023 est.)
- proven reserves
- 150 million metric tons (2023 est.)
Electricity
- consumption
- 2.506 billion kWh (2023 est.)
- installed generating capacity
- 759,000 kW (2023 est.)
- transmission/distribution losses
- 139 million kWh (2023 est.)
Electricity access
- electrification - rural areas
- 10.9%
- electrification - total population
- 36.1% (2022 est.)
- electrification - urban areas
- 71.6%
Electricity generation sources
- biomass and waste
- 0.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
- fossil fuels
- 64.8% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
- hydroelectricity
- 31.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
- solar
- 3.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Energy consumption per capita
- Total energy consumption per capita 2023
- 1.816 million Btu/person (2023 est.)
Petroleum
- refined petroleum consumption
- 20,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
- (2023 est.) less than 1
- total
- 34,000 (2023 est.)
Broadcast media
state-owned Radio Nationale Malagasy (RNM) and Television Malagasy (TVM) have an extensive national network reach; privately owned radio and TV broadcasters in cities and major towns; state-run radio dominates in rural areas; relays of 2 international broadcasters are available in Antananarivo (2019)
Internet country code
.mg
Internet users
- percent of population
- 20% (2023 est.)
Telephones - fixed lines
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
- (2023 est.) less than 1
- total subscriptions
- 3,000 (2023 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
- 76 (2023 est.)
- total subscriptions
- 23.5 million (2023 est.)
Transportation
Airports
93 (2025)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
5R
Merchant marine
- by type
- general cargo 16, oil tanker 2, other 11
- total
- 29 (2023)
Ports
- key ports
- Andoany, Antsiranana, Antsohim Bondrona, Iharana, Mahajanga, Maintirano, Manakara, Mananjary, Maroantsetra, Morondava, Toamasina, Tolanaro, Toliara
- large
- 0
- medium
- 0
- ports with oil terminals
- 5
- small
- 2
- total ports
- 13 (2024)
- very small
- 11
Railways
- narrow gauge
- 836 km (2018) 1.000-m gauge
- total
- 836 km (2018)
Military and Security
Military - note
the military’s responsibilities include ensuring sovereignty and territorial integrity and protecting Madagascar’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 influence in domestic politics and seized control of the government in October 2025; security relationships have included France, India, and Russia; Madagascar's small Navy has traditionally looked to India for assistance with maritime security (2025)
Military and security forces
Madagascar Armed Forces (aka Armed forces of the Republic of Madagascar); Malagasy Army, Naval Forces (or National Navy), Air Force; Malagasy National Gendarmerie (2025)
Military and security service personnel strengths
estimated 13,000 Armed Forces; estimated 10,000 Gendarmerie (2025)
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions
the military's inventory consists mostly of older or secondhand armaments originating from countries such as France, South Africa, the former Soviet Union, the UAE, the UK, and the US (2025)
Military expenditures
- Military Expenditures 2020
- 0.7% of GDP (2020 est.)
- Military Expenditures 2021
- 0.7% of GDP (2021 est.)
- Military Expenditures 2022
- 0.7% of GDP (2022 est.)
- Military Expenditures 2023
- 0.7% of GDP (2023 est.)
- Military Expenditures 2024
- 0.7% of GDP (2024 est.)
Military service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; service obligation 18 months; conscription available in times of national emergency or war (2025)
Transnational Issues
Refugees and internally displaced persons
- IDPs
- 9,868 (2024 est.)
- refugees
- 1,256 (2024 est.)
Environment
Carbon dioxide emissions
- from coal and metallurgical coke
- 1.057 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
- from petroleum and other liquids
- 2.879 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
- total emissions
- 3.936 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Environmental issues
erosion and soil degradation from deforestation and overgrazing; desertification; agricultural fires; water pollution from raw sewage and other organic wastes; wildlife preservation
International environmental agreements
- party to
- Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands
- signed, but not ratified
- none of the selected agreements
Particulate matter emissions
16.7 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Total renewable water resources
337 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
Total water withdrawal
- agricultural
- 13 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
- industrial
- 161.9 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
- municipal
- 395 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
Waste and recycling
- municipal solid waste generated annually
- 3.769 million tons (2024 est.)
- percent of municipal solid waste recycled
- 9.2% (2022 est.)