International Rankings of Holy See 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Holy See (Vatican City), in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Holy See (Vatican City), 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	65	N/A	2023
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	201	N/A	2023
Internet users - percent of population	40	75 %	2021
Internet users - total	230	383	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	N/A	2023
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	204	N/A	2023
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	112	N/A	2023
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	219	N/A	2023
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	196	348.000 million US Dollars	2013
Budget - revenues	196	315.000 million US Dollars	2013
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	115	N/A % of GDP	0
Current account balance	209	N/A US Dollars	2023
Debt - external	206	N/A US Dollars	2023
Exports	226	N/A US Dollars	2023
GDP (official exchange rate)	231	N/A US Dollars	2023
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	151	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	178	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	187	N/A % of GDP	2023
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	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2023
Imports	226	N/A US Dollars	2023
Industrial production growth rate	197	N/A %	2023
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	188	N/A %	2023
Labor force	219	4822 US Dollars	2016
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)	231	N/A US Dollars	0
Real GDP growth rate	205	N/A %	2023
Real GDP per capita	177	N/A US Dollars	2023
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	195	N/A US Dollars	2023
Taxes and other revenues	209	N/A % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	211	N/A %	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	157	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	155	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	159	N/A	2023
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	197	0	2018
Land use - arable land	161	N/A	2023
Land use - forest	185	N/A	2023
Land use - other	1	100	2018
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	179	0 cubic meters	2017
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	166	0	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	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	248	0.44 sq km	0
Area - total	250	0 sq km	0
Area - water	154	0257 sq km	0
Coastline	190	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	219	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	1	2719 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	161	N/A sq km	2023
Land boundaries - total	161	3.4 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	197	0	2018
Land use - arable land	161	N/A	2023
Land use - forest	185	N/A	2023
Land use - other	1	100	2018
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	219	N/A births/1,000 population	0
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	203	N/A deaths/1,000 population	0
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	156	N/A %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	131	N/A %	0
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	184	N/A %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	191	N/A %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % 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	64	0 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	74	N/A % of GDP	0
Gross reproduction rate	112	N/A %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	223	N/A deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	220	N/A deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - total	220	N/A deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	206	N/A years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	212	N/A years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - total population	206	N/A years	2023
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	170	N/A years	2023
Median age - male	159	N/A years	2023
Median age - total	160	N/A years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	200	N/A migrant(s)/1,000 population	2023
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	145	N/A %	2023
Physicians density	159	N/A physicians/1,000 population	2023
Population	236	1000	2022
Population growth rate	143	0 %	2014
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	122	N/A % of population	0
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	20	N/A male(s)/female	2023
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	40	N/A male(s)/female	2023
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	61	N/A male(s)/female	2023
Sex ratio - at birth	14	N/A male(s)/female	2023
Sex ratio - total population	34	N/A male(s)/female	2023
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	149	N/A children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	166	0	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	157	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	155	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	159	N/A	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.

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