International Rankings of Saudi Arabia 2022, 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	30	23	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	26	7.890 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	3	98 %	2020
Internet users - total	29	34.118 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	38	17	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	25	5.749 million	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	48	124	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	37	43.215 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	20	241.800 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	24	181.000 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	94	8.9 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	19	792.849 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	93	34.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	23	24.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	167	41.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	41	28.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	60	23.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	20	4.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	119	2.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	17	44.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	122	53.2 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	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
Industrial production growth rate	95	2.4 %	2017
Labor force	39	13.800 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	99	6.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	55	21.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	41	71.9 %	2005
Population below poverty line	151	N/A	0
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	14	1.543 trillion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	22	44300 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	86	26.4 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	9	51.5	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	37	21.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	24	29.4	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	98	300000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	7	221.211 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	7	358.414 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	98	73000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	89	73000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	11	331.382 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	17	76.785 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	13	31.055 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	2	99.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	64	0.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	12	296.949 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	6	113.777 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	8	113.777 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - proven reserves	6	9.423 trillion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	1	7.341 million bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	2	258.600 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	6	3.182 million bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	2	10.816 million bbl/day	2021
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	563.45 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	38	45.47 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	4	78.38 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	4	80.7	2018
Land use - arable land	137	1.5	2018
Land use - forest	168	0.5	2018
Land use - other	118	18.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	78	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	2	79.1	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	94	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	148	2.400 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	24	19.200 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	49	1.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	28	3.150 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	75	1.69	2025
Urbanization - urban population	29	84.7	2022
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	48	15 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	15	2.150 million sq km	0
Area - total	15	2.150 million sq km	0
Area - water	198	014 sq km	0
Coastline	43	2640 km	0
Elevation - highest point	53	3000 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	51	665 meters	0
Irrigated land	37	11910 sq km	2018
Land boundaries - total	46	4272 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	4	80.7	2018
Land use - arable land	137	1.5	2018
Land use - forest	168	0.5	2018
Land use - other	118	18.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	78	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	2	79.1	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	96	15.38	5188
Age structure - 25-54 years	7	50.2	4479
Age structure - 55-64 years	138	5.95	8467
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	147	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	131	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	163	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	93	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	114	14.22 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	99	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	99	27.9 %	2019
Current health expenditure	55	5.7 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	175	3.42 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	142	3.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	5	27.4 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	151	40.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	95	36.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	63	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	105	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	62	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	9	7.8 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	48	2.2 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	108	10.97 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	110	13.51 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	105	12.27 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	91	78.32 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	63	75.07 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	79	76.65 years	0
Literacy - female	29	96 %	2020
Literacy - male	14	98.6 %	0
Literacy - total population	20	97.6 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	97	17 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	100	27.9 years	2020
Median age - male	65	33 years	0
Median age - total	76	30.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	16	5.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	12	35.4 %	2016
Physicians density	57	2.74 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	39	35.354 million	2022
Population growth rate	53	1.63 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	93	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	113	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	114	0 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	93	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	16 years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	3	17 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	5	17 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	15	1.08	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	5	1.54	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	3	1.62	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	9	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	5	1.3 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	90	2 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	77	26.5 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	81	14.3 %	2020
Total fertility rate	86	1.92 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	75	1.69	2025
Urbanization - urban population	29	84.7	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	9	51.5	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	37	21.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	24	29.4	0
Transportation
Airports	27	214	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	22	27	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	22	16	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	41	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	5	33	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	27	82	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	31	4	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	4	72	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	26	37	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	26	132	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	52	16	2021
Heliports	14	10	2021
Merchant marine - total	48	392	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	30	1.085 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	25	39.142 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	26	230	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	16	12	2020
Railways - standard gauge	18	5410	2016
Railways - total	33	5410 km	2016
Roadways - paved	45	47529 km	2006
Roadways - total	23	221372 km	2006
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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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