International Rankings of West Bank 2022, 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	46	7	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	101	373050	2020
Internet users - percent of population	33	75 %	2020
Internet users - total	103	3.602 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	46	9	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	94	466283	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	92	84	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	127	4.274 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	160	1.278 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	156	1.314 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	24	0.4 % of GDP	0
Exports	41	2.650 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	144	9.828 billion US Dollars	2014
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	140	20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	14	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	128	61 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	62	23 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	116	2.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	115	19.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	28	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	64	2.2 %	2017
Labor force	132	1.240 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	82	11.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	10	34.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	90	54.1 %	2013
Population below poverty line	95	18	2011
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	138	25.910 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	115	5400 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	149	13.4 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	5	64.5	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	10	37.3	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	9	41.7	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	131	3.341 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	118	N/A metric tons	2022
Coal - exports	59	N/A metric tons	2022
Coal - imports	109	N/A metric tons	2022
Coal - production	73	N/A metric tons	2022
Coal - proven reserves	72	N/A metric tons	2022
Electricity - consumption	119	5.703 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	36	5.900 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	158	215000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	115	847.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	66	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	138	13.604 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	129	24600 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	121	19 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	112	22740 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	177	N/A megatons	2022
Air pollutants - methane emissions	176	N/A megatons	2022
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	182	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2022
Land use - agricultural land	76	43.3	2018
Land use - arable land	101	7.4	2018
Land use - forest	160	1.5	2018
Land use - other	36	55.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	23	11	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	60	24.9	2018
Revenue from coal	30	N/A % of GDP	2022
Revenue from forest resources	94	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	155	837.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	119	162.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	124	32.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	113	181.200 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	44	2.85	2025
Urbanization - urban population	46	77.6	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	78	1.387 million tons	2016
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	110	6935 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	82	0.5 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	161	5640 sq km	0
Area - total	161	5860 sq km	0
Area - water	159	220 sq km	0
Coastline	159	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	122	1020 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	53	431 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	147	N/A meters	2022
Irrigated land	153	N/A sq km	2013
Land boundaries - total	133	478 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	76	43.3	2018
Land use - arable land	101	7.4	2018
Land use - forest	160	1.5	2018
Land use - other	36	55.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	23	11	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	60	24.9	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	8	20.75	4469
Age structure - 25-54 years	153	35.19	3626
Age structure - 55-64 years	151	5.12	2006
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	148	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	132	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	164	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	94	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Birth rate	45	24.42 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	85	2.1 %	1920
Contraceptive prevalence rate	53	57.3 %	1920
Current health expenditure	91	N/A % of GDP	0
Death rate	176	3.4 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	124	6.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	34	16.5 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	34	74.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	35	68.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	12	98.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	97	1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	88	1.1 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	50	1.1 % of population	0
Education expenditures	31	5.3 % of GDP	2018
Hospital bed density	57	1.3 beds/1,000 population	2019
Infant mortality rate - female	96	12.76 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	89	17.68 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	90	15.29 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	87	78.6 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	78	74.29 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	80	76.38 years	0
Literacy - female	27	96.2 %	2020
Literacy - male	12	98.8 %	0
Literacy - total population	21	97.5 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	92	27 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	126	22.2 years	2020
Median age - male	119	21.7 years	0
Median age - total	117	21.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	147	4.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	138	N/A %	2022
Physicians density	43	3.25 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	135	3.000 million	2022
Population growth rate	49	1.69 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	2	99.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	101	1.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	110	0.4 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	91	0.1 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	9	14 years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	12 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	19	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	18	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	15	1.06	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	29	0.68 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	14	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	110	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - male	137	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - total	123	N/A %	2022
Total fertility rate	43	2.96 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	44	2.85	2025
Urbanization - urban population	46	77.6	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	5	64.5	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	10	37.3	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	9	41.7	0
Transportation
Airports	118	2	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - total	74	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	94	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2022
Heliports	22	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	134	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	153	N/A	2022
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	100	N/A	2022
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2022
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	91	4686 km	2010
Roadways - total	117	4686 km	2010
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding West Bank on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of West Bank 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about West Bank 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.