International Rankings of Azerbaijan 2024, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Azerbaijan, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Azerbaijan, 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	34	20.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	60	1.995 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	22	86.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	69	8.600 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	43	16.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	60	1.641 million	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	55	105.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	91	10.817 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	45	1.60 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	19	38.60 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	81	16.001 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	73	19.950 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	45	1.60 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	30	8.292 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	101	17.410 billion US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	129	1.70	N/A
Exports	79	25.488 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	93	48.104 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	61	48.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	109	11.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	121	57.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	82	42.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	59	23.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	51	0.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	101	6.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	7	53.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	172	40.40 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	85	34 %	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	73	27.40 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	17	3.40 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	99	16.337 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	128	1.95 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	49	6.65 %	2021
Labor force	89	4.919 million US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	150	5 %	2015
Public debt	88	54.10 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	81	146.305 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	77	5.60 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	103	14400 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	89	3	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	90	8.307 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	145	14.22 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	112	6.58 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	85	18.90 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	92	14.40 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	83	16.50 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	120	29000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	47	22.497 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	84	12.863 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	73	35.389 million	2019
Coal - consumption	115	19000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	104	19000 metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	71	21.027 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	54	1.491 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	104	137.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	74	7.677 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	84	2.226 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	50	0.80 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	30	94.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	115	4.40 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	67	0.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	69	0.40 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	86	64.416 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	46	11.468 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	21	11.586 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - imports	60	1.233 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	30	23.075 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	19	1.699 trillion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	20	679900 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	20	7.000 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	81	107500 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	24	711700 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	59	46480 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	169	5576 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	63	138900 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	63	38 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	41	45 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	62	25 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	44	58	2018
Land use - arable land	43	23	2018
Land use - forest	142	11	2018
Land use - permanent crops	61	3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	43	32	2018
Total renewable water resources	106	34.680 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	35	11.600 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	62	570.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	77	400.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	92	1.38	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	103	58	2023
Geography
Area - land	114	82629 sq km	N/A
Area - total	116	86600 sq km	N/A
Area - water	73	3971 sq km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	33	4466 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	43	28 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	91	384 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	33	14649 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	79	2468 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	44	58	2018
Land use - arable land	43	23	2018
Land use - forest	142	11	2018
Land use - permanent crops	61	3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	43	32	2018
Population Density	93	126.11 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	11	5 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	84	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	131	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	120	11.50 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	60	5 %	2013
Current health expenditure	70	5 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	45	63 %	2023
Death rate	60	6.80 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	107	9.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	68	10.30 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	148	44.20 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	105	34.70 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	76	7 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	76	3 % of population	2020
Education expenditures	43	4 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	91	0.78 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	110	9.70 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	103	13.80 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	104	11.90 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	68	78 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	77	72 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	78	75 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	4	100 %	2019
Literacy - male	2	100 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	3	100 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	90	41.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	75	35 years	N/A
Median age - male	77	32 years	N/A
Median age - total	71	34 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	48	24	2019
Net migration rate	62	0.40 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	81	19.90 %	2016
Physicians density	43	3.17 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	90	10.421 million	2023
Population growth rate	123	0.43 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	5	1.11 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	23	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	47	0.66 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	3	1.15 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	19	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	117	1.69 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	92	1.38	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	103	58	2023
Transportation
Airports	97	32	2024
Heliports	61	5	2024
Merchant marine - total	54	312	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	68	44.090 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	78	2.280 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	68	44.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	4	42	2020
Railways - total	38	2944 km	2017

*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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