International Rankings of Greenland 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Greenland, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Greenland, 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	56	24.93	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	161	14404	0
Internet users - percent of population	93	69.48 %	2018
Internet users - total	196	40084	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	118	12.34	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	193	7133	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	111	106.7	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	197	61656	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	159	1.594 billion US Dollars	2016
Budget - revenues	150	1.719 billion US Dollars	2016
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	5	5.6 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	152	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	154	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	133	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	154	N/A	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	183	2.221 billion US Dollars	2015
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	153	18.2 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	16	28 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	74	68.1 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	42	28.6 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	119	14.3 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	73	13.9 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	56	15.9 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	155	10.1 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	42	73.9 % of GDP	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	110	N/A %	0
Labor force	199	26840 US Dollars	2015
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	80	15.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	106	10.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	36	73.9 %	2015
Population below poverty line	109	16.2	2015
Public debt	55	13 % of GDP	2015
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	183	2.413 billion US Dollars	2015
Real GDP per capita	198	N/A US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	3	77.4 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	174	613800	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	166	468.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	47	51	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	29	49	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	41	0	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	165	187000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	156	538.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	144	4000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	171	3973 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	180	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - methane emissions	181	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	186	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2021
Land use - agricultural land	190	0.6	2018
Land use - arable land	156	0	2018
Land use - forest	182	0	2018
Land use - other	2	99.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	154	0.6	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	95	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	180	N/A	2021
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	171	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - industrial	162	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - municipal	174	N/A cubic meters	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	143	0.41	2025
Urbanization - urban population	26	87.5	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	15	2.166 million sq km	0000
Area - total	15	2.166 million sq km	0
Area - water	213	N/A sq km	2021
Coastline	4	44087 km	0
Elevation - highest point	39	3694 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	11	1792 meters	0
Irrigated land	148	N/A sq km	0
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	190	0.6	2018
Land use - arable land	156	0	2018
Land use - forest	182	0	2018
Land use - other	2	99.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	154	0.6	2018
Total renewable water resources	179	N/A	2021
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	117	14.45 %	4137
Age structure - 25-54 years	115	39.72 %	0921
Age structure - 55-64 years	13	14.66 %	3886
Birth rate	124	13.88 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	88	N/A % of GDP	2021
Death rate	54	8.88 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	135	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	120	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	156	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	171	N/A %	2021
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % 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	1	14 beds/1,000 population	2016
Infant mortality rate - female	142	7.28 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	137	10.43 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	140	8.9 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	116	76.56 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	123	70.99 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	122	73.71 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	114	N/A	2021
Median age - female	77	33.4 years	2020
Median age - male	56	35.1 years	0
Median age - total	63	34.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	159	5.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	144	N/A %	2021
Physicians density	84	1.87 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	199	57799	2021
Population growth rate	145	0.01 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	0 % 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	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	23	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	15	1.1	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	8	1.17	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	5	1.13 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	9	1.08 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	93	1.92 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	144	0.41	2025
Urbanization - urban population	26	87.5	2021
Transportation
Airports	108	15	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	68	10	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	29	6	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	56	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	91	5	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	65	2	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	94	8	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	0
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	168	N/A km	2021
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*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 Greenland 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 Greenland 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Greenland 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.