International Rankings of China 2022, 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	19	34	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	2	483.550 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	37	70 %	2020
Internet users - total	2	987.000 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	42	13	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	2	181.908 million	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	55	119	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	2	1.720 billion	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	3	3.008 trillion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	3	2.553 trillion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	62	3.8 % of GDP	0
Exports	2	2.732 trillion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	3	14.327 trillion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	139	20.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	83	14.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	168	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	84	7.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	23	40.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	127	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	31	6.1 %	2017
Labor force	2	774.710 million US Dollars	2019
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	57	27.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	23	28.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	111	43.5 %	2016
Population below poverty line	148	0.6	2019
Public debt	32	47 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	1	23.010 trillion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	65	16400 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	108	21.3 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	144	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	139	N/A	2022
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	2	8.652 billion metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	4	600.276 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	3	1.521 billion metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	1	4.506 billion metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	13	6.652 million metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	1	307.047 million metric tons	2020
Coal - production	1	4.315 billion metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	4	141.595 billion metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	1	6.875 trillion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	12	21.655 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	39	4.858 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	1	2.218 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	1	333.010 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	42	1.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	71	66 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	78	17.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	26	4.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	34	3.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	38	6.2 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	54	105.687 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	3	306.577 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	34	3.549 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - imports	1	131.608 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	4	179.317 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	7	6.654 trillion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	40	52500 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	1	9.238 million bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	13	26.023 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	2	14.008 million bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	5	4.712 million bbl/day	2021
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	50	54.7	2018
Land use - arable land	85	11.3	2018
Land use - forest	107	22.3	2018
Land use - other	98	23	2018
Land use - permanent crops	63	1.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	27	41.8	2018
Revenue from coal	9	0.57 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	86	0.08 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	5	2.840 trillion cubic meters	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	72	1.78	2025
Urbanization - urban population	75	64.6	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	4	9.326 million sq km	0
Area - total	6	9.597 million sq km	0
Area - water	22	2.706 million sq km	0
Coastline	12	14500 km	0
Elevation - highest point	187	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	55	N/A meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	9	1840 meters	0
Irrigated land	3	690070 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	1	22457 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	50	54.7	2018
Land use - arable land	85	11.3	2018
Land use - forest	107	22.3	2018
Land use - other	98	23	2018
Land use - permanent crops	63	1.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	27	41.8	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	152	11.48	6148
Age structure - 25-54 years	16	46.81	1557
Age structure - 55-64 years	57	12.08	7507
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	87	1.66 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	32	2.63 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	78	4.48 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	76	0.18 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	168	9.93 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	83	2.4 %	2013
Contraceptive prevalence rate	2	84.5 %	2017
Current health expenditure	58	5.4 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	77	7.9 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	59	19 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	100	5.3 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	137	44.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	134	25.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	23	97.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	67	8.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	63	4.9 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	39	2.7 % of population	0
Education expenditures	48	3.6 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	30	4.3 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	145	6.3 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	150	7.19 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	146	6.76 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	62	80.7 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	66	75 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	64	77.72 years	0
Literacy - female	32	95.2 %	2018
Literacy - male	15	98.5 %	0
Literacy - total population	24	96.8 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	91	29 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	48	39.4 years	2020
Median age - male	39	37.5 years	0
Median age - total	41	38.4 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	79	0.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	122	6.2 %	2016
Physicians density	73	2.23 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	1	1.411 billion	2022
Population growth rate	125	0.19 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	20	97.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	84	9.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	85	5.1 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	73	2.4 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	9	14 years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	6	14 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	2	1.15 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	7	1.16	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	16	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	21	1	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	29	0.68 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	3	1.1 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	13	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	93	1.7 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	13	49.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	37	25.6 %	2020
Total fertility rate	125	1.45 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	72	1.78	2025
Urbanization - urban population	75	64.6	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	144	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	139	N/A	2022
Transportation
Airports	13	507	2021
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	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	3	84	2021
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	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	55	13	2021
Heliports	7	39	2021
Merchant marine - total	4	6662	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	35	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 - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	1	4.578 million km	2020
Roadways - total	2	5.200 million km	2020
Waterways	6	27700 km	2020

*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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of China 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about China 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.