International Rankings of Mongolia 2023, 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	45	9	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	108	307166	2020
Internet users - percent of population	24	84 %	2021
Internet users - total	122	2.772 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	47	12	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	100	399237	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	24	140	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	127	4.687 million	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	120	4.979 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	123	3.699 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	86	6.4 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	156	2.108 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	85	29.945 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	112	8.950 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	143	11.140 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	44	59.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	103	12.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	154	49.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	130	57.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	58	23.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	9	12.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	68	12.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	33	38.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	145	49.7 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	92	32.7 %	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	5.7 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	3	13.7 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	117	9.256 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	165	2.22 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	41	7.35 %	2021
Labor force	137	1.331 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	56	31.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	79	18.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	107	50.5 %	2016
Population below poverty line	61	28.4 %	2018
Public debt	47	73.94 % of GDP	2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	125	39.063 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	154	1.64 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	117	11700 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	106	4.380 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	149	14.15 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	103	7.08 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	70	22.4	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	62	20.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	63	21	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	37	17.445 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	116	5.295 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	36	8.818 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	8	28.551 million metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	111	1000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	15	43.904 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	23	2.520 billion metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	109	7.337 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	93	24.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	60	1.723 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	126	1.479 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	116	892.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	39	89.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	125	1.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	56	1.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	32	8.1 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	69	83.045 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	50	14700 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	90	N/A bbl/day	2023
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	116	35800 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	72	16700 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	111	24190 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	74	25.37 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	75	13.72 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	28	40.42 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	17	73	2018
Land use - arable land	158	0.4	2018
Land use - forest	155	7	2018
Land use - other	121	20	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	6	72.6	2018
Revenue from coal	1	8.62 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	85	0.14 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	105	34.800 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	110	250.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	78	170.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	108	50.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	91	1.4	2025
Urbanization - urban population	73	69.1	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	22	1.554 million sq km	0
Area - total	23	1.564 million sq km	0
Area - water	60	1.056 million sq km	0
Coastline	190	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	219	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	7	560 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	14	1528 meters	0
Irrigated land	106	602 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	11	8082 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	17	73	2018
Land use - arable land	158	0.4	2018
Land use - forest	155	7	2018
Land use - other	121	20	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	6	72.6	2018
Military
Military expenditures	48	0.6 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	73	2.18 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	56	1.82 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	74	5.46 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	44	1.46 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	105	15.37 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	92	1.8 %	2018
Contraceptive prevalence rate	76	48.1 %	2018
Current health expenditure	67	4.9 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	68	58.9 %	2023
Death rate	129	6.33 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	127	7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	45	14.3 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	73	58.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	59	51.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	15	98.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	23	35.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	42	12.4 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	50	1.6 % of population	0
Education expenditures	39	4.7 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	77	0.92 %	2023
Hospital bed density	6	8 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	84	16.59 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	81	22.81 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	79	19.77 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	130	76.02 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	160	67.49 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	148	71.65 years	0
Literacy - female	9	99.2 %	2020
Literacy - male	8	99.1 %	0
Literacy - total population	8	99.2 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	91	39 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	92	30.7 years	2020
Median age - male	93	28.8 years	0
Median age - total	90	29.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	71	20.5	2008
Net migration rate	108	0.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	75	20.6 %	2016
Physicians density	29	3.85 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	134	3.255 million	2023
Population growth rate	90	0.83 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	22	97.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	60	30.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	73	11.2 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	73	2.6 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	16 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	29	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	46	0.67 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	24	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	64	7.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	11	51.7 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	30	29.4 %	2020
Total fertility rate	96	1.89 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	91	1.4	2025
Urbanization - urban population	73	69.1	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	70	22.4	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	62	20.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	63	21	0
Transportation
Airports	83	44	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	70	291000	3280
Heliports	25	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	53	314	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	90	7.820 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	106	670360	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	90	12	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	24	4	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	70	10600 km	2017
Roadways - total	40	113200 km	2017
Waterways	79	580 km	2010

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