International Rankings of Bangladesh 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Bangladesh, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Bangladesh, 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	122	5.02	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	23	8.086 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	195	15 %	2018
Internet users - total	33	23.918 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	67	1.450 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	128	102.87	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	11	165.572 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	63	33.500 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	66	25.100 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	61	3.2 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	150	22.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	135	45	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	81	82.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	142	31.8	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	41	329.545 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	161	15 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	130	6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	70	68.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	18	20.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	26	30.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	45	1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	61	14.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	70	29.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	112	56.5 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	75	27 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	13	4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	14	10.2 %	2017
Labor force	8	66.640 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	39	42.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	65	20.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	130	36.9 %	2016
Population below poverty line	69	24.3	2016
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	31	775.076 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	147	4754 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	161	9.6 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	49	79.970 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	63	21860	2015
Crude oil - production	76	3000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	75	28.000 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	49	53.650 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	4	97	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	67	2	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	39	2	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	57	11.900 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	49	60.510 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	33	29.530 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	28	29.530 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	44	185.800 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	77	106000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	108	901 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	64	81570 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	86	26280 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	42	84.25 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	25	59.3 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	9	58.33 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	23	70.1	2018
Land use - arable land	2	59	2018
Land use - forest	141	11.1	2018
Land use - other	125	18.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	42	6.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	133	4.6	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0.02 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	87	0.08 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	12	1.227 trillion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	17	31.500 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	58	770.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	25	3.600 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	45	2.88	2025
Urbanization - urban population	144	38.9	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	96	130170 sq km	0
Area - total	93	148460 sq km	0
Area - water	39	1.829 million sq km	0
Coastline	95	580 km	0
Elevation - highest point	119	1230 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	140	85 meters	0
Irrigated land	11	53000 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	42	4413 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	23	70.1	2018
Land use - arable land	2	59	2018
Land use - forest	141	11.1	2018
Land use - other	125	18.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	42	6.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	133	4.6	2018
Total renewable water resources	12	1.227 trillion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	62	18.56 %	1950
Age structure - 25-54 years	96	40.72 %	5643
Age structure - 55-64 years	129	7.41 %	5856
Birth rate	81	17.88 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	48	62.7 %	2019
Current Health Expenditure	85	2.3 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	156	5.44 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	98	7.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	56	13 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	119	47 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	84	39.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	9	98.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	100	1.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	90	1.4 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	61	1.1 % of population	0
Education expenditures	59	1.3 % of GDP	2019
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	2018
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2018
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	69	14000	2018
Hospital bed density	61	0.8 beds/1,000 population	2016
Infant mortality rate - female	52	28.34 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	54	33.82 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	54	31.13 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	114	76.7 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	105	72.25 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	116	74.43 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	48	173	2017
Median age - female	100	28.6 years	2020
Median age - male	97	27.1 years	0
Median age - total	97	27.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	80	18.6	1718
Net migration rate	138	2.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	142	3.6 %	2016
Physicians density	120	0.58 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	8	164.099 million	2021
Population growth rate	89	0.95 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	74	82.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	55	35.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	43	29.1 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	32	17.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	10	12 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	10	12 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	23	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	33	0.92	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	25	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	22	0.89 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	78	2.1 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	73	16.8	2017
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	88	10.8	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	85	12.8	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	45	2.88	2025
Urbanization - urban population	144	38.9	2021
Transportation
Airports	105	18	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	38	6	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	62	16	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	30	5	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	94	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2013
Heliports	23	3	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	43	63.820 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	57	5.984 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	75	30	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways - total	67	2460 km	2014
Roadways - paved	25	110311 km	2018
Roadways - total	19	369105 km	2018
Waterways	16	8370 km	5200

*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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