International Rankings of India 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of India, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of India, 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	142	1.46	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	12	19.157 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	157	34.45 %	2018
Internet users - total	3	446.759 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	173	1.6	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	13	21.005 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	158	87.82	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	3	1.151 billion	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	15	329.000 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	20	238.200 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	64	3.5 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	125	41.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	48	71	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	84	81.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	47	82.5	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	6	2.836 trillion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	148	19.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	108	11.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	114	59.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	24	22 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	31	28.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	23	3.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	58	15.4 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	101	23 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	88	61.5 % of GDP	2016
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	61	29.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2011
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	15	3.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	38	5.5 %	2017
Labor force	3	521.900 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	34	47 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	55	22 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	140	31 %	2014
Population below poverty line	80	21.9	2011
Public debt	16	71.2 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	3	9.155 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	131	6700 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	162	9.2 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	4	2.383 billion	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	4	4.057 million	2015
Crude oil - production	26	709000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	24	4.495 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	4	1.137 trillion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	37	5.150 billion kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	28	71	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	58	12	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	17	2	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	25	16	2017
Electricity - imports	36	5.617 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	4	367.800 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	4	1.386 trillion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	15	55.430 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	49	76.450 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	15	23.960 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	26	31.540 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	22	1.290 trillion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	4	4.521 million	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	8	1.305 million bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	12	653300 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	5	4.897 million bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	3	2407.67 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	4	559.11 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	8	65.2 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	36	60.5	2018
Land use - arable land	6	52.8	2018
Land use - forest	112	23.1	2018
Land use - other	134	16.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	49	4.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	141	3.5	2018
Revenue from coal	4	1.15 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	82	0.14 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	8	1.911 trillion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	1	688.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	7	17.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	3	56.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	58	2.33	2025
Urbanization - urban population	155	35.4	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	2	168.403 million tons	2001
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	5	8.420 million tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	71	5 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	10	2.973 million sq km	0
Area - total	10	3.287 million sq km	0
Area - water	19	3.141 million sq km	0
Coastline	21	7000 km	0
Elevation - highest point	3	8586 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	129	160 meters	0
Irrigated land	3	667000 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	4	13888 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	36	60.5	2018
Land use - arable land	6	52.8	2018
Land use - forest	112	23.1	2018
Land use - other	134	16.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	49	4.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	141	3.5	2018
Total renewable water resources	8	1.911 trillion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	73	17.51 %	9780
Age structure - 25-54 years	77	41.56 %	2319
Age structure - 55-64 years	124	7.91 %	7038
Birth rate	86	17.53 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	66	53.5 %	1516
Current Health Expenditure	74	3.5 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	103	7.1 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	85	9.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	69	10.2 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	113	48.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	86	38.9 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	33	96 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	70	9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	62	7.2 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	38	4 % of population	0
Education expenditures	41	3.8 % of GDP	2013
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	36	0.2	2017
HIV/AIDS - deaths	3	69000	2017
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	3	2.300 million	2020
Hospital bed density	64	0.5 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	30	39.63 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	44	39.47 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	39	39.55 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	145	71.49 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	132	68.71 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	144	70.03 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	52	145	2017
Median age - female	98	29.5 years	2020
Median age - male	93	28 years	0
Median age - total	95	28.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	63	21	1516
Net migration rate	74	0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	140	3.9 %	2016
Physicians density	108	0.86 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	2	1.339 billion	2021
Population growth rate	82	1.04 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	41	93.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	51	38.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	44	28 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	67	6.3 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	10	12 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	10	11 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	10	12 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	4	1.13 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	10	1.14	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	18	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	22	1	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	22	0.89 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	3	1.11 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	9	1.08 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	68	2.28 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	57	23.8	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	42	21.9	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	48	22.3	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	58	2.33	2025
Urbanization - urban population	155	35.4	2021
Transportation
Airports	21	346	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	10	76	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	4	59	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	8	82	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	7	22	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	10	253	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	22	14	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	24	6	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	25	38	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	31	93	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	36	45	2013
Heliports	7	45	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	72	2.704 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	5	164.036 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	14	485	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	14	14	2020
Railways - total	4	68525 km	2014
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	168	N/A km	2021
Waterways	9	14500 km	0485

*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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