International Rankings of Saudi Arabia 2023, 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	31	23	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	28	7.890 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	1	100 %	2021
Internet users - total	29	36.000 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	41	18	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	25	6.595 million	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	37	126	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	39	45.427 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	53	0.6 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	57	20.6 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	18	282.400 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	20	247.093 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	98	8.9 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	15	44.324 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	39	205.100 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	30	286.502 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	20	792.849 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	101	34.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	28	24.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	172	41.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	43	28.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	63	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	125	2.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	19	44.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	133	53.2 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	21	45.9 %	2013
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	34	213.016 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	132	1.71 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	106	3.06 %	2021
Labor force	42	16.060 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	106	6.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	60	21.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	47	71.9 %	2005
Population below poverty line	160	N/A %	0
Public debt	180	17.2 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	18	1.594 trillion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	128	3.24 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	35	44300 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	9	473.890 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	190	8.6 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	100	7.36 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	13	47.9	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	49	22.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	39	28.8	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	103	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	103	73000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	92	73000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	11	331.382 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	18	76.785 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	13	31.055 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	2	99.9 %	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	67	0.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	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	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	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	82	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	7	1.784 million bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	15	609600 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	10	2.476 million bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	9	563.45 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	39	45.47 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	4	78.38 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	5	80.7	2018
Land use - arable land	148	1.5	2018
Land use - forest	179	0.5	2018
Land use - other	128	18.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	3	79.1	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	155	2.400 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	23	21.200 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	42	1.400 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	28	3.390 billion cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	78	1.69	2025
Urbanization - urban population	32	85	2023
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 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	17	2.150 million sq km	0
Area - total	17	2.150 million sq km	0
Area - water	223	014 sq km	0
Coastline	46	2640 km	0
Elevation - highest point	59	3000 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	54	665 meters	0
Irrigated land	39	11910 sq km	2018
Land boundaries - total	48	4272 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	5	80.7	2018
Land use - arable land	148	1.5	2018
Land use - forest	179	0.5	2018
Land use - other	128	18.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	3	79.1	2018
Military
Military expenditures	3	6 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	152	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	135	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	168	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	96	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	125	13.9 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	101	27.9 %	2019
Current health expenditure	62	5.5 % of GDP	2018
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	44	63.2 %	2023
Death rate	195	3.45 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	152	3.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	5	27.4 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	161	40.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	99	36.8 %	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	102	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	65	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	10	7.8 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	77	0.92 %	2023
Hospital bed density	49	2.2 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	117	10.71 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	119	13.16 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	115	11.97 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	101	78.56 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	71	75.33 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	88	76.91 years	0
Literacy - female	32	96 %	2020
Literacy - male	13	98.6 %	0
Literacy - total population	21	97.6 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	106	16 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	108	27.9 years	2020
Median age - male	70	33 years	0
Median age - total	84	30.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	15	6.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	14	35.4 %	2016
Physicians density	57	2.74 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	42	35.940 million	2023
Population growth rate	52	1.65 %	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	7	16 years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	4	17 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	5	17 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	5	1.42 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	6	1.13 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	5	1.31 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	94	2 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	80	26.5 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	85	14.3 %	2020
Total fertility rate	96	1.89 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	78	1.69	2025
Urbanization - urban population	32	85	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	13	47.9	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	49	22.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	39	28.8	0
Transportation
Airports	27	214	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	27	1.321 million	3280
Heliports	16	10	2021
Merchant marine - total	46	413	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	32	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	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	16	12	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	45	47529 km	2006
Roadways - total	24	221372 km	2006
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 Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Saudi Arabia 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.