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	23.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	26	7.890 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	3	98.00 %	2020
Internet users - total	29	34.118 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	38	17.00	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	25	5.749 million	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	48	124.00	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	8.90 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	20	15.230 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	37	205.100 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	32	184.110 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	19	792.849 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	93	34.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	23	24.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	167	41.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	41	28.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	60	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	119	2.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	17	44.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	122	53.20 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	22	46 %	2013
Imports	31	179.800 billion US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	95	2.40 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	96	2.00 %	2019
Labor force	39	13.800 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	99	7 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	55	21 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	41	72 %	2005
Public debt	160	17.20 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	15	1.543 trillion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP growth rate	123	0.90 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	32	44300 US Dollars	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	4	496.400 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	86	26.40 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	88	6.00 %	2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	9	51.50	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	37	21.60	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	24	29.40	N/A
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
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	11	579.925 million	2019
Coal - consumption	98	73000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	89	73000 metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	11	331.382 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	17	76.785 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	13	31.055 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	2	99.90 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	64	0.20 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	12	296.949 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	6	113.777 billion cubic meters	2020
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 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 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	38	45 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	4	78 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	4	81	2018
Land use - arable land	137	2	2018
Land use - forest	168	1	2018
Land use - other	118	19	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	2	79	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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	29	85	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	15.00 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	14	2.150 million sq km	N/A
Area - total	14	2.150 million sq km	N/A
Coastline	43	2640 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	50	3000 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	51	665 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	37	11910 sq km	2018
Land boundaries - total	47	4272 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	4	81	2018
Land use - arable land	137	2	2018
Land use - forest	168	1	2018
Land use - other	118	19	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	2	79	2018
Population Density	188	16.45 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	7	6 % of GDP	2021
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	96	15.38	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	7	50.20	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	138	5.95	N/A
Birth rate	114	14.22 births/1,000 population	2022
Contraceptive prevalence rate	99	27.90 %	2019
Current health expenditure	55	6 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	175	3.42 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	142	3.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	5	27.40 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	151	40.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	95	36.80 %	N/A
Education expenditures	9	8 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	48	2.20 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	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	105	12.27 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	91	78 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	63	75 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	79	77 years	N/A
Literacy - female	29	96 %	2020
Literacy - male	14	99 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	20	98 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	97	17.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	100	28 years	2020
Median age - male	65	33 years	N/A
Median age - total	76	31 years	N/A
Net migration rate	16	5.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	12	35.40 %	2016
Physicians density	57	2.74 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	39	35.354 million	2022
Population growth rate	53	1.63 %	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	16 years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	3	17 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	1.08	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	5	1.54	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	3	1.62	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	9	0.94 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	5	1.30 male(s)/female	N/A
Tobacco use - female	90	2 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	77	27 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	81	14 %	2020
Total fertility rate	86	1.92 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	75	1.69	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	29	85	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	9	51.50	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	37	21.60	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	24	29.40	N/A
Transportation
Airports	27	214	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	22	27	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	22	16	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	41	2	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	5	33	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	27	82	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	31	4	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	4	72	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	26	37	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	26	132	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	52	16	2021
Heliports	14	10	2021
Merchant marine - total	48	392	N/A
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	230.00	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	2006
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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