International Rankings of Greenland 2022, 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	25	28	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	164	15649	2020
Internet users - percent of population	37	70 %	2019
Internet users - total	191	39358	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	44	11	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	177	6352	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	59	116	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	188	65958	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	154	1.594 billion US Dollars	2016
Budget - revenues	146	1.719 billion US Dollars	2016
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	5	5.6 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	178	2.221 billion US Dollars	2015
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	146	18.2 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	11	28 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	72	68.1 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	41	28.6 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	116	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	54	15.9 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	148	10.1 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	39	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	109	N/A %	0
Labor force	192	26840 US Dollars	2015
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	74	15.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	102	10.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	34	73.9 %	2015
Population below poverty line	104	16.2	2015
Public debt	55	13 % of GDP	2015
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	174	2.413 billion US Dollars	2015
Real GDP per capita	153	N/A US Dollars	2022
Taxes and other revenues	3	77.4 % 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	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	177	605000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	52	183.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	163	481.700 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	163	187000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	174	17.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	131	15.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	15	84.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	66	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	188	N/A Btu/person	2022
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	168	4000 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	167	3973 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	177	N/A megatons	2022
Air pollutants - methane emissions	176	N/A megatons	2022
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	182	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2022
Land use - agricultural land	181	0.6	2018
Land use - arable land	149	0	2018
Land use - forest	173	0	2018
Land use - other	2	99.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	146	0.6	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	94	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	176	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	167	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - industrial	159	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - municipal	170	N/A cubic meters	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	137	0.41	2025
Urbanization - urban population	23	87.7	2022
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	14	2.166 million sq km	0000
Area - total	14	2.166 million sq km	0
Area - water	202	N/A sq km	2022
Coastline	4	44087 km	0
Elevation - highest point	41	3694 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	10	1792 meters	0
Irrigated land	153	N/A sq km	0
Land boundaries - total	151	N/A km	2022
Land use - agricultural land	181	0.6	2018
Land use - arable land	149	0	2018
Land use - forest	173	0	2018
Land use - other	2	99.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	146	0.6	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	110	14.45	4137
Age structure - 25-54 years	108	39.72	0921
Age structure - 55-64 years	13	14.66	3886
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	148	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	132	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	164	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	94	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Birth rate	121	13.79 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	91	N/A % of GDP	0
Death rate	53	8.96 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	75	13.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	87	7.4 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	142	43.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	112	30 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	104	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	61	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	3	10.2 % of GDP	2019
Hospital bed density	1	14 beds/1,000 population	2016
Infant mortality rate - female	135	7.16 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	131	10.25 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	132	8.75 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	108	76.82 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	115	71.28 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	112	73.98 years	0
Literacy - female	1	100 %	2015
Literacy - male	1	100 %	0
Literacy - total population	1	100 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	113	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2022
Median age - female	73	33.4 years	2020
Median age - male	55	35.1 years	0
Median age - total	60	34.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	154	5 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	138	N/A %	2022
Physicians density	82	1.87 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	193	57792	2022
Population growth rate	139	0.02 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	112	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	114	0 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	92	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	14	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2022
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	22	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	13	1.08	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	7	1.19	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	15	0.84 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	9	1.08 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	110	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - male	137	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - total	123	N/A %	2022
Total fertility rate	87	1.91 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	138	0.41	2025
Urbanization - urban population	23	87.7	2022
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	107	15	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	36	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - total	66	10	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	29	6	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	56	2	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	89	5	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	65	2	2021
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	127	8	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	153	N/A	2022
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	92	8	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	151	N/A km	2022
Roadways - total	158	N/A km	2022
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

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