International Rankings of Guernsey 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Guernsey, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Guernsey, 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	13	40	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	156	25336	2020
Internet users - percent of population	21	86.6 %	2021
Internet users - total	198	55069	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	8	53	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	159	33930	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	49	112	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	190	71485	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	187	530.900 million US Dollars	2005
Budget - revenues	185	563.600 million US Dollars	2005
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	22	1.2 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	209	N/A US Dollars	2023
Debt - external	206	N/A US Dollars	0
Exports	226	N/A US Dollars	0
GDP (official exchange rate)	182	2.742 billion US Dollars	2005
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	186	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	135	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	187	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	188	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	145	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	75	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	121	3 % of GDP	2000
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	161	10 % of GDP	2000
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	11	87 % of GDP	2000
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	226	N/A US Dollars	0
Industrial production growth rate	197	N/A %	0
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	96	3.4 %	2006
Labor force	184	86800 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	149	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - industry	135	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - services	166	N/A %	2023
Population below poverty line	160	N/A %	0
Public debt	195	N/A % of GDP	2023
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	189	3.465 billion US Dollars	2015
Real GDP growth rate	169	0.4 %	2015
Real GDP per capita	24	52500 US Dollars	2014
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	195	N/A US Dollars	2023
Taxes and other revenues	80	20.6 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	99	7.37 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	98	15.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	84	15.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	87	15.8	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	129	N/A metric tonnes of CO2	2023
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	125	N/A metric tonnes of CO2	2023
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	212	N/A metric tonnes of CO2	2023
Coal - consumption	123	N/A metric tons	2023
Coal - exports	63	N/A metric tons	2023
Coal - imports	113	N/A metric tons	2023
Coal - production	76	N/A metric tons	2023
Coal - proven reserves	76	N/A metric tons	2023
Electricity - consumption	212	N/A kWh	2023
Electricity - exports	99	N/A kWh	2023
Electricity - imports	118	N/A kWh	2023
Electricity - installed generating capacity	207	N/A kWh	2023
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	205	N/A kWh	2023
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	58	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	162	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	18	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	133	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	35	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - solar	70	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	7	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - wind	74	N/A %	2023
Energy consumption per capita	196	N/A Btu/person	2023
Natural gas - consumption	122	N/A cubic meters	2023
Natural gas - exports	58	N/A cubic meters	2023
Natural gas - imports	89	N/A cubic meters	2023
Natural gas - production	98	N/A cubic meters	2023
Natural gas - proven reserves	93	N/A cubic meters	2023
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	74	N/A bbl/day	2023
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	83	N/A bbl/day	2023
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	90	N/A bbl/day	2023
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	195	N/A bbl/day	2023
Petroleum - total petroleum production	107	N/A bbl/day	2023
Refined petroleum products - exports	129	N/A bbl/day	2023
Refined petroleum products - imports	213	N/A bbl/day	2023
Refined petroleum products - production	113	N/A bbl/day	2023
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	184	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - methane emissions	185	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	189	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2023
Land use - agricultural land	198	N/A	2023
Land use - arable land	161	N/A	2023
Land use - forest	185	N/A	2023
Land use - other	187	N/A	2023
Land use - permanent crops	87	N/A	2023
Land use - permanent pasture	163	N/A	2023
Revenue from coal	34	N/A % of GDP	2023
Revenue from forest resources	99	N/A % of GDP	2023
Total renewable water resources	180	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - industrial	109	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - municipal	115	N/A cubic meters	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	130	0.68	2025
Urbanization - urban population	156	31.2	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	106	178933 tons	2016
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	87	50871 tons	2016
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	21	28.4 %	2016
Geography
Area - land	227	78 sq km	0
Area - total	229	78 sq km	0
Area - water	226	0 sq km	0
Coastline	173	50 km	0
Elevation - highest point	190	114 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	161	N/A sq km	0
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	198	N/A	2023
Land use - arable land	161	N/A	2023
Land use - forest	185	N/A	2023
Land use - other	187	N/A	2023
Land use - permanent crops	87	N/A	2023
Land use - permanent pasture	163	N/A	2023
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	153	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	64	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	136	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	169	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	97	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Birth rate	182	9.73 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	93	N/A % of GDP	0
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	165	N/A %	2023
Death rate	52	9.17 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	42	24.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	114	4.1 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	126	48.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	155	23.9 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	43	94.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	2023
Drinking water source - total	103	N/A % of population	2023
Drinking water source - unimproved	22	5.9 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	74	N/A % of GDP	0
Gross reproduction rate	92	0.77 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	202	2.78 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	191	3.79 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	196	3.3 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	9	86.24 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	15	80.73 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	11	83.42 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	122	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2023
Median age - female	17	45.6 years	2020
Median age - male	15	43 years	0
Median age - total	14	44.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	54	1.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	145	N/A %	2023
Physicians density	159	N/A physicians/1,000 population	2023
Population	204	67642	2023
Population growth rate	131	0.22 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	109	1.2 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	21	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	26	0.87 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	122	1.59 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	130	0.68	2025
Urbanization - urban population	156	31.2	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	98	15.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	84	15.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	87	15.8	0
Transportation
Airports	121	2	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	98	N/A	2023
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	144	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	93	9	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	168	N/A km	2023
Roadways - total	188	N/A km	2023
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 Guernsey 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 Guernsey 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Guernsey 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.