International Rankings of United States 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of United States, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of United States, 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	29	34.81	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	3	114.259 million	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	36	87.27 %	2018
Internet users - total	4	285.519 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	50	32.77	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	3	107.568 million	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	50	134.80	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	4	442.457 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	2	3.981 trillion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	2	3.315 trillion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	63	3.40 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	194	480.225 billion US Dollars	2019
Debt - external	2	20.276 trillion US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	15	73	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	4	84	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	34	92	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	23	92	2020
Exchange rates	3	0.78	2017
Exports	3	2.377 trillion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	2	21.433 trillion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	165	12.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	67	17.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	72	68.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	11	15.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	105	17.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	54	0.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	142	0.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	122	19.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	25	80.00 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	44	41 %	2016
Gross national saving	90	19	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	60	30.00 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2007
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	31	2.00 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	2	3.214 trillion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	64	2.30 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	68	1.80 %	2019
Labor force	4	146.128 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	141	1 %	2009
Labor force - by occupation - industry	67	20 %	2009
Labor force - by occupation - services	129	37 %	2009
Population below poverty line	115	15 %	2010
Public debt	35	78.80 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	2	20.525 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	81	2.16 %	2019
Real GDP per capita	15	62530 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	20	123.300 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	134	17.00 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	124	3.89 %	2018
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	3	5.242 billion	2017
Crude oil - exports	13	1.158 million	2017
Crude oil - imports	2	7.969 million	2017
Crude oil - production	2	10.962 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	3	3.902 trillion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	23	9.695 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	29	70	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	62	7	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	12	9	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	27	14	2017
Electricity - imports	2	72.720 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	3	1.087 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - production	3	4.095 trillion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	2	767.600 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	5	89.700 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	5	86.150 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	2	772.800 billion cubic meters	2017
Refined petroleum products - consumption	2	19.960 million	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	2	5.218 million bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	3	2.175 million bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	2	20.300 million bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	2	5006 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	3	686 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	176	7 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	72	45	2018
Land use - arable land	60	17	2018
Land use - forest	89	33	2018
Land use - other	108	22	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	54	27	2018
Total renewable water resources	3	3.069 trillion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	4	176.200 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	1	209.700 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	2	58.390 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	112	0.96	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	38	83	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	1	258.000 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	1	89.268 million tons	2014
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	14	34.60 %	2014
Geography
Area - land	5	9.148 million sq km	N/A
Area - total	5	9.834 million sq km	N/A
Area - water	4	685924 sq km	N/A
Coastline	10	19924 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	10	6190 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	43	760 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	4	264000 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	7	12002 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	72	45	2018
Land use - arable land	60	17	2018
Land use - forest	89	33	2018
Land use - other	108	22	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	54	27	2018
Total renewable water resources	3	3.069 trillion	2017
Population Density	168	36.62 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	15	4 % of GDP	2020
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	136	12.91	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	124	38.92	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	50	12.86	1808
Birth rate	143	12.33 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	18	73.90 %	1719
Current Health Expenditure	3	17 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	64	8.35 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	30	25.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	107	3.90 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	91	53.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	123	28.30 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	92	3 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	92	1 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	29	5 % of GDP	2014
Infant mortality rate - female	163	4.81 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	165	5.61 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	166	5.22 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	38	83 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	35	78 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	41	80 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	97	19.00	2017
Median age - female	47	40 years	2020
Median age - male	43	37 years	N/A
Median age - total	42	39 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	29	27	2019
Net migration rate	35	3.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	12	36.20 %	2016
Physicians density	57	2.61 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	3	334.998 million	2021
Population growth rate	107	0.70 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	5	17 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	5	16 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	6	16 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	24	1.01	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	28	0.94	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	30	0.81 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.97 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	100	1.84 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	82	15	2020
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	69	15	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	77	15	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	112	0.96	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	38	83	2021
Transportation
Airports	1	13513	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	1	1478	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	1	235	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	1	2249	2013
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	1	189	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	1	5054	2013
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	1	903	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	1	140	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	2	1552	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	1	8459	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	1	6760	2013
Heliports	2	5287	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	1	42.985 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	1	889.022 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	1	7249.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	1	99	2020
Railways - total	1	293564 km	2014
Roadways - paved	2	4.305 million km	N/A
Roadways - total	1	6.587 million km	2012
Waterways	5	41009 km	N/A

*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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