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International Rankings of Saudi Arabia - 2024


SOURCE: 2024 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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 23.00 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 28 7.890 million 2020
Internet users - percent of population 1 100.00 % 2021
Internet users - total 29 36.000 million 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 40 19.00 2022
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 25 6.773 million 2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 31 132.00 2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 36 48.198 million 2022
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco 53 0.60 % of household expenditures 2018
Average household expenditures - on food 57 20.60 % 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 8.90 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 15 44.324 billion US Dollars 2021
Debt - external 40 205.100 billion US Dollars 2017
Exchange rates 114 3.75 N/A
Exports 31 286.502 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 34.80 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 28 24.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 172 41.30 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 43 28.60 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 63 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 133 53.20 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 21 46 % 2013
Imports 35 213.016 billion US Dollars 2021
Industrial production growth rate 132 1.71 % 2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 107 3.06 % 2021
Labor force 42 16.060 million US Dollars 2021
Public debt 186 17.20 % 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 8.60 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 100 7.36 % 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 13 47.90 % N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 49 22.40 % N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 39 28.80 % 2021
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
Carbon dioxide emissions - total 11 579.925 million 2019
Coal - consumption 103 73000 metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 92 73000 metric tons 2020
Electricity - consumption 11 331.382 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity 18 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 67 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 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 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 39 45 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 5 57 micrograms per cubic meter 2019
Land use - agricultural land 5 81 2018
Land use - arable land 148 2 2018
Land use - forest 179 1 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 3 79 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 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 32 85 2023
Geography
Area - land 15 2.150 million sq km N/A
Area - total 16 2.150 million sq km N/A
Coastline 47 2640 km N/A
Elevation - highest point 55 3000 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 54 665 meters N/A
Irrigated land 39 11910 sq km 2018
Land boundaries - total 48 4272 km N/A
Land use - agricultural land 5 81 2018
Land use - arable land 148 2 2018
Land use - forest 179 1 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 3 79 2018
Population Density 209 16.72 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 6 6 % of GDP 2022
Population
Birth rate 101 13.90 births/1,000 population 2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 66 4 % 2020
Contraceptive prevalence rate 101 27.90 % 2019
Current health expenditure 62 6 % of GDP 2018
Currently married women (ages 15-49) 44 63 % 2023
Death rate 88 3.50 deaths/1,000 population 2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 152 3.70 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 5 27.40 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 161 40.40 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 99 36.80 % N/A
Education expenditures 10 8 % of GDP 2020
Gross reproduction rate 78 0.92 % 2023
Infant mortality rate - female 107 10.70 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - male 106 13.20 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 103 12.00 deaths/1,000 live births 2023
Life expectancy at birth - female 63 79 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male 53 75 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 61 77 years 2023
Literacy - definition 2 15 N/A
Literacy - female 32 96 % 2020
Literacy - male 13 99 % N/A
Literacy - total population 21 98 % N/A
Maternal mortality ratio 106 16.00 deaths/100,000 live births 2020
Median age - female 109 29 years N/A
Median age - male 71 34 years N/A
Median age - total 78 32 years 2023
Net migration rate 16 6.10 migrant(s)/1,000 population N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 14 35.40 % 2016
Physicians density 57 2.74 physicians/1,000 population 2020
Population 42 35.940 million 2023
Population growth rate 51 1.65 % 2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 12 1.04 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years 5 1.42 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 6 1.13 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 9 1.05 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 5 1.31 male(s)/female N/A
Total fertility rate 101 1.89 children born/woman 2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 78 1.69 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 32 85 2023
Transportation
Airports 60 86 2024
Heliports 32 67 2024
Merchant marine - total 44 433 2023
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 27 230.00 N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 16 12 2020
Railways - total 23 5410 km 2016
Roadways - paved 28 47529 km 2006
Roadways - total 16 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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