International Rankings of United Kingdom 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of United Kingdom, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of United Kingdom, 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	15	40.96	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	9	26.787 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	17	94.9 %	2018
Internet users - total	14	61.785 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	16	49.37	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	8	32.288 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	73	123.79	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	20	80.967 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	7	1.079 trillion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	7	1.028 trillion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	48	1.9 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	28	68.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	6	83.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	14	94.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	17	93.8	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	7	2.828 trillion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	111	30.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	61	18.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	87	65.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	52	31.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	105	17.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	53	0.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	144	0.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	117	20.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	26	79.2 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	52	31.1 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2012
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	34	1.7 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	54	3.4 %	2017
Labor force	18	35.412 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	135	1.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	91	15.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	14	83.5 %	2014
Population below poverty line	97	18.6	2017
Public debt	11	87.5 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	8	3.118 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	24	46659 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	46	39.1 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	17	424.000 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	21	710600	2017
Crude oil - imports	12	907100	2017
Crude oil - production	21	1.000 million	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	31	2.069 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	12	309.200 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	46	2.153 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	48	50	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	67	2	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	12	9	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	6	39	2017
Electricity - imports	13	19.700 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	14	97.060 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	13	318.200 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	11	79.170 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	20	11.270 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	12	47.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	20	42.110 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	45	176.000 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	16	1.584 million	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	15	613800 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	8	907500 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	17	1.290 million bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	15	379.02 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	36	49.16 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	161	10.53 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	21	71	2018
Land use - arable land	37	25.1	2018
Land use - forest	138	11.9	2018
Land use - other	132	17.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	83	0.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	22	45.7	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	94	0.01 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	54	147.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	83	1.183 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	50	1.010 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	14	6.227 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	122	0.8	2025
Urbanization - urban population	34	84.2	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	10	31.567 million tons	2014
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	4	8.602 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	24	27.3 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	80	241930 sq km	0
Area - total	80	243610 sq km	0
Area - water	146	1680 sq km	0
Coastline	15	12429 km	0
Elevation - highest point	115	1345 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	38	4 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	128	162 meters	0
Irrigated land	95	950 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	133	499 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	21	71	2018
Land use - arable land	37	25.1	2018
Land use - forest	138	11.9	2018
Land use - other	132	17.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	83	0.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	22	45.7	2018
Total renewable water resources	53	147.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	159	11.49 %	2398
Age structure - 25-54 years	116	39.67 %	7598
Age structure - 55-64 years	52	12.73 %	4701
Birth rate	150	11.77 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	16	76.1 %	1012
Current Health Expenditure	16	10 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	44	9.41 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	20	29.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	111	3.4 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	70	57.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	126	27.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	25	5.4 % of GDP	2017
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	44	2.5 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	175	3.69 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	171	4.82 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	175	4.27 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	32	83.7 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	28	79.02 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	33	81.3 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	108	7	2017
Median age - female	38	41.7 years	2020
Median age - male	33	39.6 years	0
Median age - total	35	40.6 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	15	29	2018
Net migration rate	39	2.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	31	27.8 %	2016
Physicians density	51	2.81 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	227	N/A	2021
Population growth rate	120	0.48 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	113	0 % 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	4	17 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	5	17 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	19	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	20	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	24	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	29	0.82 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	98	1.86 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	106	9.2	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	76	13	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	92	11.2	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	122	0.8	2025
Urbanization - urban population	34	84.2	2021
Transportation
Airports	16	460	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	8	89	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	14	29	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	9	80	2013
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	20	7	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	9	271	2013
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	6	66	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	27	3	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	33	26	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	18	189	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	16	160	2013
Heliports	17	9	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	18	6.198 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	4	165.389 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	6	794	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	9	20	2020
Railways - total	16	16837 km	2015
Roadways - paved	10	394428 km	3519
Roadways - total	18	394428 km	2009
Waterways	30	3200 km	620

*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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