International Rankings of Canada 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Canada, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Canada, 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	16	40.89	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	15	15.273 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	26	91 %	2018
Internet users - total	24	33.744 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	38	35.52	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	16	13.267 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	153	92.01	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	44	34.367 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	10	665.700 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	10	649.600 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	40	1 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	76	57.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	19	79.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	3	98.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	33	88.4	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	11	1.742 trillion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	109	30.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	45	20.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	117	57.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	56	33.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	64	23 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	48	0.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	135	1.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	76	28.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	52	70.2 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	88	24.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2000
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	25	2.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	42	4.9 %	2017
Labor force	31	18.136 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	131	2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	97	13 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	158	6 %	0
Population below poverty line	136	9.4	2008
Public debt	10	89.7 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	16	1.843 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	21	49031 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	45	39.3 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	10	640.600 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	5	2.818 million	2017
Crude oil - imports	15	806700	2017
Crude oil - production	6	4.264 million	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	4	170.500 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	8	522.200 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	3	73.350 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	69	23	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	22	56	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	12	9	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	29	12	2017
Electricity - imports	53	2.682 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	9	143.500 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	7	649.600 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	7	124.400 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	6	83.960 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	14	26.360 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	6	159.100 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	16	2.056 trillion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	11	2.445 million	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	9	1.115 million bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	22	405700 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	11	2.009 million bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	11	544.89 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	15	101.82 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	180	6.48 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	174	6.8	2018
Land use - arable land	122	4.7	2018
Land use - forest	85	34.1	2018
Land use - other	35	59.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	0.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	149	1.6	2018
Revenue from coal	23	0.08 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	87	0.08 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	4	2.902 trillion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	66	2.639 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	3	28.070 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	22	4.888 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	113	0.95	2025
Urbanization - urban population	39	81.7	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	14	25.103 million tons	2014
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	9	5.169 million tons	2008
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	38	20.6 %	2008
Geography
Area - land	7	9.094 million sq km	0
Area - total	5	9.985 million sq km	0
Area - water	9	8.912 million sq km	0
Coastline	2	202080 km	0
Elevation - highest point	12	5959 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	70	487 meters	0
Irrigated land	47	8700 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	9	8891 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	174	6.8	2018
Land use - arable land	122	4.7	2018
Land use - forest	85	34.1	2018
Land use - other	35	59.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	0.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	149	1.6	2018
Total renewable water resources	4	2.902 trillion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	165	11.14 %	2064
Age structure - 25-54 years	113	39.81 %	8737
Age structure - 55-64 years	24	14.08 %	2858
Birth rate	173	10.21 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	13	10.8 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	73	8.08 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	25	27.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	109	3.7 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	103	51.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	142	23.9 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	103	1.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	26	5.3 % of GDP	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	44	2.5 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	170	4.14 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	173	4.73 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	173	4.44 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	8	86.03 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	5	81.32 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	6	83.62 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	105	10	2017
Median age - female	35	42.9 years	2020
Median age - male	25	40.6 years	0
Median age - total	28	41.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	13	29.4	2019
Net migration rate	17	5.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	25	29.4 %	2016
Physicians density	68	2.31 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	37	37.943 million	2021
Population growth rate	102	0.77 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	114	1.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	113	0 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	5	17 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	5	16 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	6	16 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	17	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	24	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	24	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	27	0.84 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	123	1.57 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	67	19.4	2020
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	45	20.9	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	56	20.2	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	113	0.95	2025
Urbanization - urban population	39	81.7	2021
Transportation
Airports	4	1467	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	4	147	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	21	19	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	3	257	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	8	21	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	4	523	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	4	79	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	3	75	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	4	385	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	5	944	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	6	484	2013
Heliports	10	26	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	52	3.434 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	13	89.380 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	5	879	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	3	51	2020
Railways - total	3	77932 km	2014
Roadways - paved	9	415600 km	7000
Roadways - total	7	1.042 million km	2011
Waterways	67	636 km	3058

*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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