International Rankings of Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
For a definition of each entry, visit the Definitions page.

Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	37	17	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	194	1000	2018
Internet users - percent of population	83	37.6 %	2021
Internet users - total	225	2287	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	3	74	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	192	4000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	80	74	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	216	4000	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	223	20.700 million US Dollars	607
Budget - revenues	225	8.427 million US Dollars	607
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	115	N/A % of GDP	2023
Current account balance	209	N/A US Dollars	2023
Debt - external	206	N/A US Dollars	0
Exports	215	19.000 million US Dollars	2004
GDP (official exchange rate)	231	N/A US Dollars	0
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	186	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	135	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	187	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	188	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	145	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	75	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	151	N/A % of GDP	0
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	178	N/A % of GDP	0
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	187	N/A % of GDP	0
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	222	20.530 million US Dollars	2010
Industrial production growth rate	197	N/A %	0
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	82	4 %	2012
Labor force	224	2486 US Dollars	1998
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	108	6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	4	48 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	118	46 %	1987
Population below poverty line	160	N/A %	0
Public debt	195	N/A % of GDP	2023
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	227	31.100 million US Dollars	2009
Real GDP growth rate	205	N/A %	0
Real GDP per capita	132	7800 US Dollars	910
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	195	N/A US Dollars	2023
Taxes and other revenues	209	N/A % of GDP	2023
Unemployment rate	40	14 %	1998
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	157	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	155	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	159	N/A	2023
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 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	210	13000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	207	6.809 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	203	8000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	200	1.688 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	195	0 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	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	194	100 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	210	65 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	184	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - methane emissions	185	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	189	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2023
Land use - agricultural land	119	30.8	2018
Land use - arable land	93	10.3	2018
Land use - forest	159	5.1	2018
Land use - other	28	64.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	76	20.5	2018
Revenue from coal	34	N/A % of GDP	2023
Revenue from forest resources	99	N/A % of GDP	2023
Total renewable water resources	180	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - industrial	109	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - municipal	115	N/A cubic meters	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	111	0.98	2025
Urbanization - urban population	139	40.7	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	223	122 sq km	0
Area - total	205	394 sq km	0
Area - water	226	0 sq km	0
Coastline	167	60 km	0
Elevation - highest point	1	27.206 trillion meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	160	0 sq km	2022
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	119	30.8	2018
Land use - arable land	93	10.3	2018
Land use - forest	159	5.1	2018
Land use - other	28	64.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	76	20.5	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	153	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	64	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	136	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	169	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	97	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Birth rate	186	9.33 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	93	N/A % of GDP	0
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	165	N/A %	2023
Death rate	76	8.19 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	3	45.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	128	2.2 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	50	68.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	157	23.6 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	66	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	93	0.9 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	65	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	74	N/A % of GDP	0
Gross reproduction rate	91	0.78 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	90	14.68 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	82	22.37 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	88	18.62 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	38	83.72 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	45	77.82 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	41	80.7 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	122	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2023
Median age - female	33	43.3 years	2020
Median age - male	13	43.2 years	0
Median age - total	21	43.2 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	81	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	145	N/A %	2023
Physicians density	159	N/A physicians/1,000 population	0
Population	225	7935	2023
Population growth rate	138	0.11 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	121	0 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	24	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	120	1.61 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	111	0.98	2025
Urbanization - urban population	139	40.7	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	157	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	155	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	159	N/A	2023
Transportation
Airports	121	2	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	98	N/A	2023
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	144	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2023
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2023
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	153	168 km	2002
Roadways - total	176	198 km	2002
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 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 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.