International Rankings of Pakistan 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Pakistan, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Pakistan, 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	147	1.00	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	59	1.761 million	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	194	15.51 %	2018
Internet users - total	23	34.735 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	179	1.08	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	51	2.462 million	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	176	72.33	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	12	165.406 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	51	64.490 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	56	46.810 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	81	5.80 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	176	7.143 billion US Dollars	2019
Debt - external	54	107.527 billion US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	119	44	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	85	61	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	44	89	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	84	69	2020
Exports	71	31.517 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	47	253.183 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	173	8.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	110	11.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	28	82.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	13	17.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	118	14.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	39	1.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	29	24.40 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	122	19.10 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	112	56.50 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	90	34 %	2015
Gross national saving	122	12	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	80	26.10 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2013
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	13	4.00 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	66	42.270 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	39	5.40 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	20	9.30 %	2019
Labor force	10	61.710 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	40	42 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	51	23 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	133	35 %	2015
Population below poverty line	69	24 %	2015
Public debt	51	67.00 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	25	1.016 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	29	5.40 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	170	4690 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	62	18.460 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	145	15.40 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	96	6.00 %	2017
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	34	179.500 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	58	13150	2015
Crude oil - imports	34	168200	2015
Crude oil - production	44	90000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	48	332.200 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	35	92.330 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	36	62	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	44	27	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	15	5	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	34	7	2017
Electricity - imports	79	490.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	36	26.900 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	33	109.700 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	21	45.050 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	33	6.003 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	22	39.050 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	30	588.800 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	34	557000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	68	25510 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	28	264500 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	44	291200 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	27	201 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	9	142 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	12	55 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	101	35	2018
Land use - arable land	32	28	2018
Land use - forest	166	2	2018
Land use - other	30	63	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	121	7	2018
Total renewable water resources	35	246.800 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	5	172.400 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	44	1.400 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	10	9.650 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	63	2.10	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	148	37	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	11	30.760 million tons	2017
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	20	2.461 million tons	2017
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	63	8.00 %	2017
Geography
Area - land	38	770875 sq km	N/A
Area - total	38	796095 sq km	N/A
Area - water	20	25220 sq km	N/A
Coastline	82	1046 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	189	2 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	36	900 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	5	202000 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	14	7257 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	101	35	2018
Land use - arable land	32	28	2018
Land use - forest	166	2	2018
Land use - other	30	63	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	121	7	2018
Total renewable water resources	35	246.800 billion	2017
Population Density	42	308.97 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	12	4 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	49	19.30	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	165	34.70	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	153	5.55	N/A
Birth rate	38	26.95 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	94	34.00 %	1819
Current Health Expenditure	77	3 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	133	6.10 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	104	7.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	49	14.00 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	53	64.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	52	57.20 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	42	94 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	68	10 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	57	9 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	28	6 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	48	3 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	36	0.20	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	15	8200	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	26	200000	2020
Hospital bed density	63	0.60 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	15	50.73 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	17	59.58 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	17	55.26 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	144	72 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	148	67 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	148	69 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	55	140.00	2017
Median age - female	132	22 years	2020
Median age - male	120	22 years	N/A
Median age - total	122	22 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	53	23	1718
Net migration rate	106	0.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	111	8.60 %	2016
Physicians density	105	0.98 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	5	238.181 million	2021
Population growth rate	40	1.99 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	74	83 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	53	37 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	42	30 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	32	18 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	14	8 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	12	9 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	14	8 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	19	1.05	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	20	1.05	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	20	1.02	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	25	0.86 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	13	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	35	3.53 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	122	7	2018
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	102	8	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	115	8	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	63	2.10	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	148	37	2021
Transportation
Airports	35	151	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	16	43	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	20	20	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	27	20	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	12	15	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	20	108	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	25	10	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	21	9	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	49	9	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	55	43	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	44	24	2013
Heliports	11	23	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	51	217.530 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	54	6.881 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	64	52.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	23	5	2020
Railways - total	17	11881 km	2019
Roadways - paved	14	185063 km	708
Roadways - total	21	263775 km	2019

*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 Pakistan on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Pakistan 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Pakistan 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.