International Rankings of Canada 2022, 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	11	42	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	16	15.826 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	5	97 %	2020
Internet users - total	27	36.896 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	23	35	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	16	13.340 million	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	90	86	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	45	32.360 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	10	665.700 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	10	649.600 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	36	1 % of GDP	0
Exports	3	477.310 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	11	1.742 trillion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	105	30.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	40	20.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	114	57.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	54	33.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	62	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	129	1.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	72	28.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	48	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	41	4.9 %	2017
Labor force	30	18.136 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	124	2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	93	13 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	149	6 %	0
Population below poverty line	131	9.4	2008
Public debt	10	89.7 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	13	1.743 trillion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	21	45900 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	43	39.3 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	94	12.4	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	71	14.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	80	13.5	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	22	56.087 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	6	244.660 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	10	311.336 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	21	25.642 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	7	32.026 million metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	23	7.577 million metric tons	2020
Coal - production	12	48.328 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	14	6.582 billion metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	7	539.695 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - exports	1	67.200 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	26	9.800 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	8	153.251 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	12	32.937 billion kWh	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	42	1.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	129	16.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	35	60.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	19	14.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	59	0.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	39	5.7 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	6	403.700 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	5	124.502 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	6	76.094 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - imports	13	28.026 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	5	178.723 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	16	2.067 trillion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	4	3.177 million bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	15	793800 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	4	170.300 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	8	2.629 million bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	4	5.468 million bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	9	1.115 million bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	21	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	176	6.48 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	166	6.8	2018
Land use - arable land	115	4.7	2018
Land use - forest	78	34.1	2018
Land use - other	33	59.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	0.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	141	1.6	2018
Revenue from coal	22	0.08 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	86	0.08 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	4	2.902 trillion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	65	2.639 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	3	28.070 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	21	4.888 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	110	0.95	2025
Urbanization - urban population	36	81.8	2022
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	36	20.6 %	2008
Geography
Area - land	6	9.094 million sq km	0
Area - total	4	9.985 million sq km	0
Area - water	9	8.912 million sq km	0
Coastline	2	202080 km	0
Elevation - highest point	19	5959 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	68	487 meters	0
Irrigated land	45	9045 sq km	2015
Land boundaries - total	9	8891 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	166	6.8	2018
Land use - arable land	115	4.7	2018
Land use - forest	78	34.1	2018
Land use - other	33	59.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	0.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	141	1.6	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	157	11.14	2064
Age structure - 25-54 years	106	39.81	8737
Age structure - 55-64 years	22	14.08	2858
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	42	3.5 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	34	0.4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	48	2.1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	39	8 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	33	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	165	10.17 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	99	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	125	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	10	10.8 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	68	8.12 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	30	28.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	114	3.6 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	102	52.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	144	23.9 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	8	99.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	98	0.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	91	0.8 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	54	0.7 % of population	0
Education expenditures	32	5.2 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	45	2.5 beds/1,000 population	2019
Infant mortality rate - female	166	4.08 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	165	4.66 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	165	4.38 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	8	86.21 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	5	81.52 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	6	83.8 years	0
Literacy - female	118	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	103	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	112	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	104	10 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	34	42.9 years	2020
Median age - male	24	40.6 years	0
Median age - total	26	41.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	18	29.4	2019
Net migration rate	18	5.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	22	29.4 %	2016
Physicians density	66	2.44 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	36	38.233 million	2022
Population growth rate	94	0.75 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	9	99.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	103	1.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	104	1 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	84	0.9 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	6	17 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	4	16 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	5	17 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	17	1.06	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	20	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	23	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	22	0.75 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	50	10.7 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	112	15.3 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	86	13 %	2020
Total fertility rate	116	1.57 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	110	0.95	2025
Urbanization - urban population	36	81.8	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	94	12.4	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	71	14.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	80	13.5	0
Transportation
Airports	4	1467	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	4	147	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	20	19	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	3	257	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	8	21	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	4	523	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	4	79	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	3	75	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	4	385	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	5	944	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	6	484	2021
Heliports	9	26	2021
Merchant marine - total	33	679	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	14	3.434 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	12	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 - standard gauge	3	49422	2021
Railways - total	4	49422 km	2021
Roadways - paved	9	415600 km	2011
Roadways - total	7	1.042 million km	2011
Waterways	74	636 km	2011

*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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