International Rankings of Mongolia 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Mongolia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Mongolia, 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	104	10.12	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	105	317317	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	179	23.71 %	2018
Internet users - total	145	735823	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	125	11.20	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	105	351361	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	31	140.87	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	126	4.419 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	129	3.681 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	130	2.967 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	86	6.40 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	138	1.155 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	85	29.945 billion US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	56	61	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	60	68	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	59	87	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	112	61	2020
Exports	112	7.012 billion US Dollars	2018
GDP (official exchange rate)	142	11.140 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	43	59.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	102	12.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	152	49.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	127	57.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	57	23.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	9	12.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	68	12.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	33	38.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	138	49.70 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	96	33 %	2018
Gross national saving	63	24	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	110	5.70 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	3	13.70 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	130	5.875 billion US Dollars	2018
Industrial production growth rate	88	1.00 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	42	4.60 %	2017
Labor force	133	1.241 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	56	31 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	77	19 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	103	51 %	2016
Population below poverty line	60	28 %	2018
Public debt	23	91.40 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	125	39.723 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	32	5.10 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	125	12317 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	109	3.016 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	89	26.60 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	75	8.00 %	2017
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	86	19.860 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	56	14360	2015
Crude oil - production	64	20000	2018
Electricity - consumption	116	5.932 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	85	51.000 million kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	12	87	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	67	2	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	30	11	2017
Electricity - imports	63	1.446 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	125	1.134 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	118	5.339 billion	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	113	27000	2016
Refined petroleum products - imports	109	24190 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	74	25 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	75	14 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	27	40 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	17	73	2018
Land use - forest	153	7	2018
Land use - other	118	20	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	7	73	2018
Revenue from coal	1	9 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	101	34.800 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	117	250.900 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	91	166.200 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	147	45.300 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	90	1.40	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	77	69	2021
Geography
Area - land	20	1.554 million sq km	N/A
Area - total	21	1.564 million sq km	N/A
Area - water	43	10560 sq km	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	6	560 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	14	1528 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	100	840 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	11	8082 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	17	73	2018
Land use - forest	153	7	2018
Land use - other	118	20	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	7	73	2018
Total renewable water resources	100	34.800 billion	2017
Population Density	221	2.06 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	62	1 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	111	14.93	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	25	45.29	0334
Age structure - 55-64 years	122	8.04	N/A
Birth rate	96	16.32 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	78	48.10 %	2018
Current Health Expenditure	72	4 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	129	6.28 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	108	6.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	44	15.00 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	87	54.80 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	65	48.10 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	22	98 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	19	41 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	45	15 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	48	2 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	38	4 % of GDP	2017
Hospital bed density	8	8.00 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	82	17.32 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	79	23.73 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	77	20.60 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	126	75 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	151	67 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	139	71 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	84	45.00	2017
Median age - female	88	31 years	2020
Median age - male	88	29 years	N/A
Median age - total	86	30 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	68	21	2008
Net migration rate	103	0.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	74	20.60 %	2016
Physicians density	50	2.86 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	132	3.199 million	2021
Population growth rate	90	0.93 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	30	96 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	57	35 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	61	14 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	77	4 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	6	16 years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	31	0.94	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	39	0.83	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	44	0.67 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	92	1.93 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	51	26	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	30	25	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	43	25	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	90	1.40	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	77	69	2021
Transportation
Airports	82	44	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	41	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	29	10	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	63	15	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	12	24	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	68	29	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2013
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	89	7.820 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	105	670360	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	90	12.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	24	4	2020
Railways - total	67	1815 km	2017
Roadways - paved	67	10600 km	2017
Roadways - total	36	113200 km	2017
Waterways	70	580 km	N/A

*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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