International Rankings of China 2023, 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	20	34	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	2	483.550 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	42	73 %	2021
Internet users - total	2	1.022 billion	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	46	13	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	2	180.701 million	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	41	122	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	2	1.730 billion	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	36	2.5 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	52	21.6 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	3	4.893 trillion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	3	3.983 trillion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	66	3.8 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	2	317.301 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	14	2.028 trillion US Dollars	2019
Exports	3	3.554 trillion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	4	14.327 trillion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	149	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	173	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	39	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	138	51.6 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	56	38.2 %	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	50	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
Imports	4	3.091 trillion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	48	8.22 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	163	0.98 %	2021
Labor force	2	791.383 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	61	27.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	25	28.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	123	43.5 %	2016
Population below poverty line	157	0.6 %	2019
Public debt	105	47 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	1	24.861 trillion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	38	8.11 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	93	17600 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	1	3.428 trillion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	195	8.09 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	146	4.82 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	118	10.4	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	107	12.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	109	11.4	0
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	40	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 access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	42	1.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	79	66 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	82	17.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	26	4.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	36	3.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	40	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	35	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	41	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	11	848400 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	6	1.160 million bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	4	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	89	11.3	2018
Land use - forest	117	22.3	2018
Land use - other	108	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	90	0.08 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	6	2.840 trillion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	2	361.240 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	2	103.040 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	1	117.010 billion cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	75	1.78	2025
Urbanization - urban population	84	64.6	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	8	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	219	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	59	N/A meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	10	1840 meters	0
Irrigated land	3	690070 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	1	22457 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	52	54.7	2018
Land use - arable land	89	11.3	2018
Land use - forest	117	22.3	2018
Land use - other	108	23	2018
Land use - permanent crops	69	1.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	28	41.8	2018
Military
Military expenditures	38	1.5 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	89	1.66 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	34	2.63 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	81	4.48 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	79	0.18 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	183	9.69 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	87	2.4 %	2013
Contraceptive prevalence rate	2	84.5 %	2017
Current health expenditure	61	5.6 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	4	75.9 %	2023
Death rate	87	7.82 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	62	19 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	104	5.3 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	147	44.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	145	25.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	24	97.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	71	8.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	65	4.9 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	41	2.7 % of population	0
Education expenditures	50	3.6 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	100	0.69 %	2023
Hospital bed density	30	4.3 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	156	6.01 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	161	6.93 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	160	6.49 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	68	81.2 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	68	75.5 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	67	78.23 years	0
Literacy - female	36	95.2 %	2018
Literacy - male	14	98.5 %	0
Literacy - total population	26	96.8 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	99	23 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	52	39.4 years	2020
Median age - male	44	37.5 years	0
Median age - total	45	38.4 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	86	0.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	128	6.2 %	2016
Physicians density	73	2.23 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	2	1.413 billion	2023
Population growth rate	134	0.18 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	20	97.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	88	9.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	90	5.1 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	75	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	7	14 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	3	1.14 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	17	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	27	0.86 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	4	1.09 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	15	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	97	1.7 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	14	49.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	41	25.6 %	2020
Total fertility rate	134	1.45 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	75	1.78	2025
Urbanization - urban population	84	64.6	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	118	10.4	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	107	12.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	109	11.4	0
Transportation
Airports	13	507	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	1	131	0
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	0
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	1	127	0
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	6	183	0
Airports - with unpaved runways	76	231000	3280
Heliports	8	39	2021
Merchant marine - total	4	7362	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	37	611.440 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	3	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	1	4.578 million km	2020
Roadways - total	3	5.200 million km	2020
Waterways	7	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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of China 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about China 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.