International Rankings of Turks and Caicos Islands 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Turks and Caicos Islands, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Turks and Caicos Islands, 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	65	N/A	2023
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	201	N/A	2023
Internet users - percent of population	11	93.5 %	2022
Internet users - total	205	37008	2022
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	50	9	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	192	4000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	50	110	2004
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	206	25085	2004
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	204	224.300 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	203	247.300 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	115	N/A % of GDP	2023
Current account balance	64	172.709 million US Dollars	2018
Debt - external	206	N/A US Dollars	0
Exports	181	827.000 million US Dollars	2018
GDP (official exchange rate)	205	1.020 billion US Dollars	2018
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	27	69.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	41	21.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	155	49 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	128	56.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	112	16.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	57	0.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	145	0.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	164	8.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	7	90.6 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
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	199	544.219 million US Dollars	2018
Industrial production growth rate	88	5 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	82	4 %	2017
Labor force	218	4848 US Dollars	1990
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	149	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - industry	135	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - services	166	N/A %	2023
Population below poverty line	160	N/A %	0
Public debt	195	N/A % of GDP	2023
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	209	835.171 million US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	148	2.1 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	92	18500 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	195	N/A US Dollars	2023
Taxes and other revenues	209	N/A % of GDP	2023
Unemployment rate	66	10 %	1997
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	157	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	155	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	159	N/A	2023
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	196	245000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	183	231.618 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	185	85000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	185	12.500 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100 %	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	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	195	0 Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	185	1600 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	197	1369 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	184	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - methane emissions	185	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	189	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2023
Land use - agricultural land	193	1.1	2018
Land use - arable land	151	1.1	2018
Land use - forest	83	36.2	2018
Land use - other	32	62.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	162	0	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	180	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - industrial	109	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - municipal	115	N/A cubic meters	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	87	1.46	2025
Urbanization - urban population	9	94.2	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	186	948 sq km	0
Area - total	187	948 sq km	0
Area - water	199	0185 sq km	0
Coastline	119	389 km	0
Elevation - highest point	197	48 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	160	0 sq km	2022
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	193	1.1	2018
Land use - arable land	151	1.1	2018
Land use - forest	83	36.2	2018
Land use - other	32	62.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	162	0	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	153	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	64	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	136	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	169	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	97	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Birth rate	131	13.24 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	90	34.4 %	1920
Current health expenditure	93	N/A % of GDP	0
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	67	59.1 %	2023
Death rate	193	3.52 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	82	13.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	90	7.2 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	173	36.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	162	22.9 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	42	94.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	2023
Drinking water source - total	103	N/A % of population	2023
Drinking water source - unimproved	23	5.7 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	41	4.5 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	86	0.83 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	133	8.31 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	113	14.19 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	124	11.32 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	36	83.91 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	41	78.3 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	37	81.04 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	122	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2023
Median age - female	73	34.4 years	2020
Median age - male	62	34.9 years	0
Median age - total	65	34.6 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	10	8.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	145	N/A %	2023
Physicians density	159	N/A physicians/1,000 population	0
Population	206	59367	2023
Population growth rate	45	1.81 %	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	71	12 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	13	9 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	22	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	19	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	112	1.7 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	87	1.46	2025
Urbanization - urban population	9	94.2	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	157	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	155	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	159	N/A	2023
Transportation
Airports	115	8	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	96	21000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	141	3	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	80	22	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	165	24 km	2003
Roadways - total	180	121 km	2003
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.

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