International Rankings of West Bank 2024, 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	47	7.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	104	373050	2020
Internet users - percent of population	31	80.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	110	3.938 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	50	9.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	98	457706	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	78	78.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	132	4.053 million	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	119	5.002 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	122	3.803 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	27	0.40 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	145	1.486 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	160	1.662 billion US Dollars	2016
Exchange rates	117	3.61	N/A
Exports	147	3.180 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	147	9.828 billion US Dollars	2014
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	150	20.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	19	26.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	10	91.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	136	61.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	65	23.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	122	2.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	121	19.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	34	77.60 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	85	34 %	2016
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	70	28.20 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2009
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	19	3.20 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	114	10.245 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	68	6.22 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	157	1.24 %	2021
Labor force	138	1.249 million US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	101	18 %	2011
Public debt	170	24.40 % of GDP	2014
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	142	27.779 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	54	7.05 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	137	5600 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	14	19	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	151	872.541 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	95	18.78 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	8	24.90 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	4	69.00 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	20	33.70 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	14	39.60 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	133	3.341 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	146	3.341 million	2019
Electricity - consumption	121	5.703 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	36	5.900 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	166	215000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	118	847.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100.00 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	143	13.604 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	131	24600 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - exports	125	19 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	115	22740 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	134	3 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	44	31 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	81	43	2018
Land use - arable land	109	7	2018
Land use - forest	171	2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	25	11	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	64	25	2018
Total renewable water resources	162	840.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	112	220.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	93	30.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	94	200.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	47	2.85	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	52	78	2023
Geography
Area - land	172	5640 sq km	N/A
Area - total	174	5860 sq km	N/A
Area - water	129	220 sq km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	131	1020 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	54	431 meters	N/A
Land boundaries - total	141	478 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	81	43	2018
Land use - arable land	109	7	2018
Land use - forest	171	2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	25	11	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	64	25	2018
Population Density	22	563.22 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Birth rate	32	28.30 births/1,000 population	2023
Child marriage - women married by age 15	51	1	N/A
Child marriage - women married by age 18	58	13	2020
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	76	2 %	1920
Contraceptive prevalence rate	54	57.30 %	1920
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	48	62 %	2023
Death rate	88	3.50 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	134	6.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	34	16.50 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	37	74.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	37	68.20 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	12	99 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	102	1 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	91	1 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	53	1 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	33	5 % of GDP	2018
Gross reproduction rate	30	1.72 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	92	13.30 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	84	18.70 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	86	16.10 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	65	78 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	64	74 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	70	76 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	30	96 %	2020
Literacy - male	11	99 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	22	98 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	102	20.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	140	22 years	N/A
Median age - male	136	22 years	N/A
Median age - total	130	22 years	2023
Net migration rate	93	3.90 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Physicians density	42	3.25 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	135	3.177 million	2023
Population growth rate	34	2.10 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	2	100 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	107	1 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	20	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	24	0.89 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	35	3.54 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	47	2.85	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	52	78	2023
Transportation
Airports	124	1	2024
Heliports	64	2	2024
Roadways - paved	65	4686 km	2010
Roadways - total	93	4686 km	2010

*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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