International Rankings of West Bank 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of West Bank, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of West Bank, 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	89	14	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	100	371299	0
Internet users - percent of population	120	57.4 %	2016
Internet users - total	106	2.673 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	133	9	0
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	95	472293	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	171	76	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	130	4.135 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	165	1.278 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	160	1.314 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	27	0.4 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	152	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	154	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	133	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	154	N/A	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	146	9.828 billion US Dollars	2014
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	146	20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	19	26.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	10	91.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	133	61 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	64	23 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	122	2.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	120	19.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	31	77.6 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	69	28.2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2009
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	19	3.2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	65	2.2 %	2017
Labor force	134	1.240 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	88	11.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	11	34.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	96	54.1 %	2013
Population below poverty line	99	18	2011
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	148	21.220 billion US Dollars	2014
Real GDP per capita	135	6220 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	156	13.4 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	144	3.113 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	111	6.489 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	21	78	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	19	22	2017
Electricity - imports	37	5.473 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	168	170000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	144	1.093 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	115	24000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	123	19 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	113	22740 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	180	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - methane emissions	181	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	186	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2021
Land use - agricultural land	79	43.3	2018
Land use - arable land	107	7.4	2018
Land use - forest	169	1.5	2018
Land use - other	38	55.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	25	11	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	63	24.9	2018
Revenue from coal	32	N/A % of GDP	2021
Revenue from forest resources	95	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	159	837.000 million	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	122	162.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	126	32.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	115	181.200 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	46	2.85	2025
Urbanization - urban population	55	77	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	79	1.387 million tons	2016
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	113	6935 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	85	0.5 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	169	5640 sq km	0
Area - total	168	5860 sq km	0
Area - water	167	220 sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	125	1020 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	56	431 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	150	N/A meters	2021
Irrigated land	119	240 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	136	478 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	79	43.3	2018
Land use - arable land	107	7.4	2018
Land use - forest	169	1.5	2018
Land use - other	38	55.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	25	11	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	63	24.9	2018
Total renewable water resources	158	837.000 million	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	8	20.75 %	4469
Age structure - 25-54 years	163	35.19 %	3626
Age structure - 55-64 years	161	5.12 %	2006
Birth rate	45	24.8 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	56	57.3 %	1920
Current Health Expenditure	88	N/A % of GDP	2021
Death rate	191	3.43 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	117	5.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	30	18.2 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	40	71.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	39	65.7 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	26	97.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	93	2.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	78	3.2 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	44	2.9 % of population	0
Education expenditures	26	5.3 % 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	56	1.3 beds/1,000 population	2018
Infant mortality rate - female	100	13.07 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	94	18.14 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	95	15.68 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	94	78.36 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	83	74.02 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	93	76.12 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	93	27	2017
Median age - female	131	22.2 years	2020
Median age - male	121	21.7 years	0
Median age - total	123	21.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	152	4.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	144	N/A %	2021
Physicians density	93	1.45 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	137	2.949 million	2021
Population growth rate	54	1.72 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	117	0.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	111	0.2 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	8	14 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	13 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 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	16	1.06	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	26	0.85 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	13	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	44	3.02 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	5	67.2	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	11	34.8	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	8	40.2	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	46	2.85	2025
Urbanization - urban population	55	77	2021
Transportation
Airports	120	2	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	76	2	2013
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	96	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2021
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2021
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2021
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	92	4686 km	2010
Roadways - total	119	4686 km	2010
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*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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