International Rankings of World 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of World, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of World, 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	84	14.80	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	1	1.132 billion	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	133	51.00 %	2019
Internet users - total	1	3.960 billion	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	119	12.00	2017
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	1	917.318 million	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	126	103.40	2017
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	1	7.877 billion	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	1	23.810 trillion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	1	21.680 trillion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	59	3.00 % of GDP	N/A
Debt - external	1	76.560 trillion US Dollars	2017
Exports	1	17.310 trillion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	1	80.270 trillion US Dollars	N/A
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	117	28.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	76	16.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	125	56.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	39	28.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	43	25.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	41	1.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	99	6.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	65	30.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	81	63.00 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	60	38 %	2012
Gross national saving	42	28	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	58	30.20 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	25	2.60 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	1	20.010 trillion US Dollars	2018
Industrial production growth rate	56	3.20 %	2017
Labor force	1	3.432 billion US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	57	31 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	46	24 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	114	46 %	2014
Public debt	50	67.20 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	221	1 US Dollars	2017
Real GDP growth rate	52	3.70 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	96	17500 US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	88	26.70 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	79	7.70 %	2017
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	1	33.620 billion	2013
Crude oil - exports	1	43.570 million	2014
Crude oil - imports	1	44.580 million	2014
Crude oil - production	1	80.770 million	2016
Crude oil - proved reserves	1	1.665 trillion	2017
Electricity - consumption	1	21.780 trillion kWh	2015
Electricity - exports	1	696.100 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	35	63	2015
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	52	18	2015
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	14	6	2015
Electricity - from other renewable sources	27	14	2015
Electricity - imports	1	721.900 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	1	6.386 billion kWh	2015
Electricity - production	1	23.650 trillion	2015
Natural gas - consumption	1	3.477 trillion cubic meters	2015
Natural gas - exports	1	1.156 trillion cubic meters	2013
Natural gas - imports	1	1.496 trillion cubic meters	2013
Natural gas - production	1	3.481 trillion cubic meters	2015
Natural gas - proved reserves	93	2	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	1	96.260 million	2015
Refined petroleum products - exports	1	29.660 million bbl/day	2014
Refined petroleum products - imports	1	28.620 million bbl/day	2014
Refined petroleum products - production	1	88.400 million bbl/day	2014
Environment
Total renewable water resources	177	53789	2011
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	75	1.73	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	110	57	2021
Geography
Area - land	1	148.940 million sq km	N/A
Area - total	1	510.072 million sq km	N/A
Area - water	1	361.900 million sq km	N/A
Coastline	1	356000 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	1	8849 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	38	840 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	1	3.243 million sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	1	279036 km	N/A
Total renewable water resources	176	53789	2011
Military
Military expenditures	30	2 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	102	15.29	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	98	40.60	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	101	9.23	0730
Birth rate	79	18.10 births/1,000 population	2020
Current Health Expenditure	16	10 % of GDP	2016
Death rate	85	7.70 deaths/1,000 population	2020
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	64	14.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	87	7.00 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	95	53.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	85	39.00 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	31	97 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	55	15 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	56	9 % of population	2015
Drinking water source - unimproved	40	4 % of population	N/A
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	31	0.70	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	1	680000	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	1	37.700 million	2020
Infant mortality rate - female	50	28.60 deaths/1,000 live births	2020
Infant mortality rate - male	57	32.80 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	55	30.80 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	140	73 years	2020
Life expectancy at birth - male	136	68 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	142	71 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	41	211.00	2017
Median age - female	84	32 years	2020
Median age - male	79	30 years	N/A
Median age - total	80	31 years	N/A
Population growth rate	83	1.03 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	75	82 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	43	50 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	38	32 % of population	2015
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	31	18 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	10	12 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	12 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	10	12 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	8	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	17	1.07	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	22	1.03	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	26	0.96	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	30	0.81 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.01 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	64	2.42 children born/woman	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	75	1.73	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	110	57	2021
Transportation
Heliports	1	6524	2013

*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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