International Rankings of Romania 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Romania, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Romania, 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	58	24.68	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	32	5.278 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	87	70.68 %	2018
Internet users - total	44	15.166 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	97	15.8	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	41	3.380 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	116	106	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	54	22.671 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	46	68.130 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	45	62.140 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	57	2.8 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	17	72.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	41	73.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	54	87.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	1	100	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	49	249.543 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	79	41.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	126	7.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	64	70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	86	43.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	68	22.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	36	1.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	112	4.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	47	33.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	82	62.6 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	109	7.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	2	15.3 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	38	5.5 %	2017
Labor force	81	4.889 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	60	28.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	23	28.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	119	42.8 %	2014
Population below poverty line	70	23.8	2018
Public debt	43	36.8 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	37	579.549 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	49	29941 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	73	29.3 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	51	72.070 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	70	2076	2015
Crude oil - imports	38	145300	2015
Crude oil - production	45	70000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	39	600.000 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	50	49.640 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	19	11.220 billion kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	51	47	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	43	29	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	14	6	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	22	19	2017
Electricity - imports	46	4.177 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	39	23.940 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	47	61.780 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	46	11.580 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	52	22.650 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	59	1.218 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	41	10.870 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	49	105.500 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	59	198000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	44	103000 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	82	49420 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	48	232600 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	44	69.26 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	55	27.62 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	134	14.29 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	35	60.7	2018
Land use - arable land	13	39.1	2018
Land use - forest	102	28.7	2018
Land use - other	155	10.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	67	1.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	77	19.7	2018
Revenue from coal	28	0.03 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	80	0.16 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	39	212.010 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	77	1.491 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	21	4.234 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	46	1.048 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	167	0.15	2025
Urbanization - urban population	114	54.3	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	44	4.895 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	64	277547 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	68	5.7 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	82	229891 sq km	0
Area - total	83	238391 sq km	0
Area - water	71	850083 sq km	0
Coastline	126	225 km	0
Elevation - highest point	74	2544 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	85	414 meters	0
Irrigated land	21	31490 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	66	2844 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	35	60.7	2018
Land use - arable land	13	39.1	2018
Land use - forest	102	28.7	2018
Land use - other	155	10.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	67	1.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	77	19.7	2018
Total renewable water resources	39	212.010 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	182	10.31 %	8817
Age structure - 25-54 years	19	46.26 %	0408
Age structure - 55-64 years	71	11.73 %	2048
Birth rate	195	8.39 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	55	5.6 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	16	11.99 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	19	29.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	111	3.4 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	95	53.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	143	23.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	47	3.1 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	37	0.1	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	64	19000	2020
Hospital bed density	12	6.9 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	137	7.91 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	134	10.82 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	138	9.41 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	70	79.94 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	97	72.88 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	92	76.3 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	97	19	2017
Median age - female	26	44 years	2020
Median age - male	22	41 years	0
Median age - total	23	42.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	30	26.9	2019
Net migration rate	83	0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	59	22.5 %	2016
Physicians density	45	2.98 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	59	21.230 million	2021
Population growth rate	160	0.38 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	35	95.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	62	28.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	57	15.7 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	72	4.7 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	15 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	19	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	22	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	33	0.89	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	43	0.68 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	137	1.38 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	71	17.5	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	63	16.3	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	69	16.8	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	168	0.15	2025
Urbanization - urban population	114	54.3	2021
Transportation
Airports	81	45	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	33	11	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	29	10	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	23	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	52	26	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	53	5	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	78	19	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	54	14	2013
Heliports	24	2	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	102	2.710 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	63	4.908 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	59	60	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	20	8	2020
Railways - total	22	11268 km	2014
Roadways - paved	42	49873 km	337
Roadways - total	47	84185 km	2012
Waterways	43	1731 km	4132

*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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