International Rankings of Saudi Arabia 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Saudi Arabia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Saudi Arabia, 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	68	20.20	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	28	6.802 million	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	21	93.31 %	2018
Internet users - total	27	30.877 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	96	15.97	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	28	5.378 million	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	79	122.66	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	38	41.299 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	20	241.800 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	24	181.000 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	98	8.90 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	19	15.230 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	39	205.100 billion US Dollars	2017
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	38	65	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	47	72	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	24	93	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	63	76	2020
Exports	35	221.100 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	19	792.849 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	97	34.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	28	24.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	170	41.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	42	28.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	62	23.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	20	4.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	125	2.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	19	44.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	126	53.20 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	23	46 %	2013
Gross national saving	23	34	2019
Imports	43	119.300 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	96	2.40 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	97	2.00 %	2019
Labor force	40	13.800 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	105	7 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	58	21 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	43	72 %	2005
Public debt	164	17.20 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	17	1.609 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	128	0.90 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	33	46962 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	4	496.400 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	91	26.40 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	96	6.00 %	2017
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	9	657.100 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	2	7.341 million	2015
Crude oil - production	4	10.425 million	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	3	266.200 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	13	296.200 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	1	100	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	15	82.940 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	12	324.100 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	8	109.300 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	9	109.300 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	4	8.619 trillion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	7	3.287 million	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	6	1.784 million bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	14	609600 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	9	2.476 million bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	9	563 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	39	45 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	4	78 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	5	81	2018
Land use - arable land	144	2	2018
Land use - forest	177	1	2018
Land use - other	125	19	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	4	79	2018
Total renewable water resources	152	2.400 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	25	19.200 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	51	1.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	29	3.150 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	77	1.69	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	33	85	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	21	16.126 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	21	2.419 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	50	15.00 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	15	2.150 million sq km	N/A
Area - total	15	2.150 million sq km	N/A
Coastline	46	2640 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	51	3000 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	53	665 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	33	16200 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	47	4272 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	5	81	2018
Land use - arable land	144	2	2018
Land use - forest	177	1	2018
Land use - other	125	19	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	4	79	2018
Total renewable water resources	151	2.400 billion	2017
Population Density	201	16.18 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	3	7 % of GDP	2020
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	101	15.38	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	8	50.20	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	147	5.95	N/A
Birth rate	114	14.56 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	108	24.60 %	2016
Current Health Expenditure	47	6 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	192	3.39 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	123	4.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	16	20.50 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	146	39.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	101	34.40 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	71	12000	2020
Hospital bed density	47	2.20 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	112	11.24 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	113	13.86 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	110	12.58 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	99	78 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	66	75 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	89	76 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	98	17.00	2017
Median age - female	104	28 years	2020
Median age - male	66	33 years	N/A
Median age - total	81	31 years	N/A
Net migration rate	18	5.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	14	35.40 %	2016
Physicians density	57	2.61 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	40	34.784 million	2021
Population growth rate	57	1.62 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	6	16 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	5	16 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	5	17 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	15	1.09	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	6	1.52	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	4	1.61	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	6	1.12 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	5	1.30 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	90	1.95 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	8	63	2018
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	49	20	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	30	29	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	77	1.69	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	33	85	2021
Transportation
Airports	26	214	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	22	27	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	23	16	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	5	33	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	28	82	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	31	4	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	4	72	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	26	37	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	26	132	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	52	16	2013
Heliports	16	10	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	31	1.085 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	26	39.142 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	27	230.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	16	12	2020
Railways - total	29	5410 km	2016
Roadways - paved	44	47529 km	N/A
Roadways - total	23	221372 km	2006

*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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