International Rankings of China 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of China, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of China, 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	37	32.33	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	2	449.279 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	129	54.3 %	2018
Internet users - total	2	751.886 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	109	13.75	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	2	191.033 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	68	125.66	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	2	1.746 billion	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	3	3.008 trillion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	3	2.553 trillion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	66	3.8 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	4	80.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	24	77.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	18	94.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	36	86.5	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	3	14.327 trillion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	145	20.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	88	14.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	171	39.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	14	18.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	7	42.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	38	1.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	88	7.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	26	40.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	131	51.6 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	49	31.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2012
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	30	2.1 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	32	6.1 %	2017
Labor force	2	774.710 million US Dollars	2019
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	61	27.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	24	28.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	118	43.5 %	2016
Population below poverty line	153	0.6	2019
Public debt	32	47 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	1	22.527 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	81	16117 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	113	21.3 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	2	11.670 billion	2017
Crude oil - exports	40	57310	2015
Crude oil - imports	3	6.710 million	2015
Crude oil - production	8	3.773 million	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	13	25.630 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	2	5.564 trillion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	11	18.910 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	36	62	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	52	18	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	17	2	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	23	18	2017
Electricity - imports	34	6.185 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	2	1.653 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - production	2	5.883 trillion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	4	238.600 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	36	3.370 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	4	97.630 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	7	145.900 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	9	5.440 trillion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	3	12.470 million	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	10	848400 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	5	1.160 million bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	3	11.510 million bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	1	9893.04 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	1	1490.24 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	16	49.16 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	52	54.7	2018
Land use - arable land	88	11.3	2018
Land use - forest	115	22.3	2018
Land use - other	105	23	2018
Land use - permanent crops	69	1.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	28	41.8	2018
Revenue from coal	9	0.57 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	87	0.08 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	5	2.840 trillion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	2	385.200 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	2	133.500 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	1	79.400 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	74	1.78	2025
Urbanization - urban population	95	62.5	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	5	9.326 million sq km	0
Area - total	7	9.597 million sq km	0
Area - water	23	2.706 million sq km	0
Coastline	13	14500 km	0
Elevation - highest point	201	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	53	154 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	10	1840 meters	0
Irrigated land	2	690070 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	1	22457 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	52	54.7	2018
Land use - arable land	88	11.3	2018
Land use - forest	115	22.3	2018
Land use - other	105	23	2018
Land use - permanent crops	69	1.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	28	41.8	2018
Total renewable water resources	5	2.840 trillion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	160	11.48 %	6148
Age structure - 25-54 years	17	46.81 %	1557
Age structure - 55-64 years	61	12.08 %	7507
Birth rate	154	11.3 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	2	84.5 %	2017
Current Health Expenditure	56	5.4 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	67	8.26 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	56	17 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	92	5.9 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	138	42.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	135	25.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	21	97.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	60	12.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	62	7.2 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	49	2.3 % of population	0
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
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	28	4.3 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	114	10.64 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	132	11.6 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	126	11.15 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	90	78.62 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	79	74.23 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	91	76.31 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	92	29	2017
Median age - female	49	39.4 years	2020
Median age - male	40	37.5 years	0
Median age - total	43	38.4 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	93	0.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	127	6.2 %	2016
Physicians density	82	1.98 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	1	1.398 billion	2021
Population growth rate	132	0.26 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	24	97.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	75	18 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	70	9.3 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	86	2.4 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	8	14 years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	3	1.16 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	7	1.17	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	20	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	20	1.02	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	21	0.9 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	3	1.11 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	11	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	120	1.6 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	145	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	136	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	144	N/A	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	74	1.78	2025
Urbanization - urban population	95	62.5	2021
Transportation
Airports	13	507	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	6	109	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	3	187	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	15	43	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	2	87	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	5	510	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	3	84	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	51	7	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	74	23	2019
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	55	13	0
Heliports	8	39	2019
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	19	611.440 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	2	436.184 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	2	2890	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	2	56	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	1	4.339 million km	6500
Roadways - total	2	4.961 million km	2017
Waterways	1	110000 km	0

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding China on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of China 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about China 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.