International Rankings of Turkey 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Turkey (Turkiye), in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Turkey (Turkiye), 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	78	17.44	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	17	14.232 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	86	71.04 %	2018
Internet users - total	16	57.725 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	105	14.13	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	18	11.533 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	138	98.97	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	21	80.791 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	26	185.800 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	25	172.800 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	44	1.5 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	20	71.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	25	76.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	47	88.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	27	91.6	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	20	760.028 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	133	24.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	88	14.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	114	59.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	44	29.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	27	29.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	44	1.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	95	6.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	53	32.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	93	60.7 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	57	30.3 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	30	2.1 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	17	9.1 %	2017
Labor force	22	25.677 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	73	18.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	30	26.6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	94	54.9 %	2016
Population below poverty line	118	14.4	2018
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	13	2.371 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	53	28424 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	119	20.3 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	18	379.500 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2017
Crude oil - imports	18	521500	2017
Crude oil - production	50	55000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	47	341.600 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	19	231.100 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	50	1.442 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	45	53	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	39	33	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	27	14	2017
Electricity - imports	32	6.330 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	16	78.500 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	17	261.900 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	16	53.600 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	42	622.900 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	7	55.130 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	72	368.100 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	82	5.097 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	22	989900	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	37	141600 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	17	560000 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	28	657900 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	17	372.72 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	27	57.53 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	24	41.97 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	60	49.7	2018
Land use - arable land	34	26.7	2018
Land use - forest	131	14.9	2018
Land use - other	62	35.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	50	4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	80	19	2018
Revenue from coal	26	0.05 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	87	0.08 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	40	211.600 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	14	50.050 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	32	2.898 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	16	6.016 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	105	1.11	2025
Urbanization - urban population	56	76.6	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	40	769632 sq km	0
Area - total	40	783562 sq km	0
Area - water	49	1.393 million sq km	0
Coastline	20	7200 km	0
Elevation - highest point	18	5137 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	25	1132 meters	0
Irrigated land	12	52150 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	67	2816 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	60	49.7	2018
Land use - arable land	34	26.7	2018
Land use - forest	131	14.9	2018
Land use - other	62	35.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	50	4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	80	19	2018
Total renewable water resources	40	211.600 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	97	15.67 %	6615
Age structure - 25-54 years	48	43.31 %	6957
Age structure - 55-64 years	100	9.25 %	2946
Birth rate	115	14.54 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	30	69.8 %	2018
Current Health Expenditure	69	4.1 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	136	6.02 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	68	13.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	84	7.5 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	110	49.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	98	35.7 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	12	98.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	91	1.1 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	58	1.4 % of population	0
Education expenditures	36	4.3 % of GDP	2015
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	41	2.8 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	78	18.08 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	90	21.58 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	83	19.87 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	93	78.46 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	90	73.57 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	94	75.96 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	98	17	2017
Median age - female	81	32.8 years	2020
Median age - male	72	31.7 years	0
Median age - total	74	32.2 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	32	26.4	2019
Net migration rate	120	1.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	17	32.1 %	2016
Physicians density	85	1.85 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	18	82.482 million	2021
Population growth rate	107	0.7 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	93	8.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	92	2.7 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	4	18 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	2	19 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	4	18 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	22	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	24	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	30	0.81 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	91	1.94 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	41	30.3	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	39	22.4	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	44	25.2	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	105	1.11	2025
Urbanization - urban population	56	76.6	2021
Transportation
Airports	54	98	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	28	17	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	8	38	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	29	16	2013
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	11	16	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	24	91	2013
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	31	4	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	54	4	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	89	7	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	65	2	2013
Heliports	12	20	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	20	5.949 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	7	115.595 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	8	618	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	17	11	2020
Railways - total	20	12710 km	2018
Roadways - paved	52	24082 km	2159
Roadways - total	60	67333 km	2018
Waterways	52	1200 km	2010

*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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