International Rankings of Antigua and Barbuda 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Antigua and Barbuda, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Antigua and Barbuda, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	46	8	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	178	8000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	7	96 %	2021
Internet users - total	189	89280	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	32	27	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	162	27000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	3	200	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	181	180000	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	193	357.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	200	278.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	53	2.4 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	100	220.871 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	181	458.000 million US Dollars	2010
Exports	184	749.476 million US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	198	1.524 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	23	73.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	83	15.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	137	53.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	149	66.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	57	23.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	133	1.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	114	20.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	35	77.3 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	192	868.797 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	47	8.26 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	131	2.06 %	2021
Labor force	202	30000 US Dollars	1991
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	104	7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	108	11 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	16	82 %	1983
Population below poverty line	160	N/A %	0
Public debt	34	86.8 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	199	1.783 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	83	5.27 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	89	19100 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	170	367.512 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	88	19.6 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	59	11 %	2014
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	157	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	155	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	159	N/A	2023
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	181	729000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	181	278.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	180	117000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	163	65.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2021
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	25	95.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	28	4.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	52	107.154 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	172	5000 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	123	91 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	173	5065 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	162	0.56 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	171	0.22 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	113	17.92 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	144	20.5	2018
Land use - arable land	100	9	2018
Land use - forest	126	18.8	2018
Land use - other	35	60.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	63	2.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	114	9	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	174	50.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	138	1.800 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	99	2.500 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	112	10.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	119	0.87	2025
Urbanization - urban population	169	24.3	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	201	443 sq km	0
Area - total	202	443 sq km	0161
Area - water	226	0 sq km	0
Coastline	144	153 km	0
Elevation - highest point	168	402 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	156	1.3 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	144	20.5	2018
Land use - arable land	100	9	2018
Land use - forest	126	18.8	2018
Land use - other	35	60.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	63	2.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	114	9	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	55	2.97 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	34	0.41 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	10	4.55 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	6	11.88 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	9	3.95 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	112	15.01 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	61	5.6 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	161	31.5 %	2023
Death rate	152	5.69 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	78	14.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	92	7 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	159	40.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	142	26.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	66	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	73	3.2 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	65	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	48	3.8 % of GDP	202
Gross reproduction rate	74	0.95 %	2023
Hospital bed density	42	2.9 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	114	10.91 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	98	16.84 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	106	13.95 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	78	80.31 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	63	75.88 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	70	78.04 years	0
Literacy - female	7	99.4 %	2015
Literacy - male	15	98.4 %	0
Literacy - total population	10	99 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	101	21 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	73	34.4 years	2020
Median age - male	81	30.7 years	0
Median age - total	74	32.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	47	2.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	84	18.9 %	2016
Physicians density	56	2.76 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	195	101489	2023
Population growth rate	69	1.13 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	44	91.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	2023
Sanitation facility access - total	122	N/A % of population	2023
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	52	8.1 % of population	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	16 years	2012
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	36	0.87 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	38	0.75 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	30	0.89 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	92	1.94 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	119	0.87	2025
Urbanization - urban population	169	24.3	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	157	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	155	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	159	N/A	2023
Transportation
Airports	120	3	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	97	11000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	35	638	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	124	290000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	109	580174	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	92	10	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	145	386 km	2011
Roadways - total	159	1170 km	2011
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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