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	14.8	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	1	1.132 billion	0
Internet users - percent of population	133	51 %	2019
Internet users - total	1	3.960 billion	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	119	12	2017
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	1	917.318 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	126	103.4	2017
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	1	7.877 billion	0
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 % 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)	1	80.270 trillion US Dollars	0
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	117	28.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	76	16.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	125	56.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	39	28.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	43	25.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	41	1.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	99	6.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	65	30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	81	63 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	58	30.2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	25	2.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	56	3.2 %	2017
Labor force	1	3.432 billion US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	57	31 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	46	23.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	114	45.5 %	2014
Population below poverty line	156	N/A	2021
Public debt	20	67.2 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	208	1.27814 US Dollars	2017
Real GDP per capita	77	17500 US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	88	26.7 % of GDP	0
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	1.96114	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
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	193	N/A	2021
Land use - arable land	157	N/A	2021
Land use - forest	183	N/A	2021
Land use - other	183	N/A	2021
Land use - permanent crops	87	N/A	2021
Land use - permanent pasture	161	N/A	2021
Revenue from coal	32	N/A % of GDP	2021
Revenue from forest resources	96	N/A % of GDP	2021
Total renewable water resources	177	53789.29	2011
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	171	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - industrial	162	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - municipal	174	N/A cubic meters	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	75	1.73	2025
Urbanization - urban population	110	56.6	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	2	148.940 million sq km	0
Area - total	2	510.072 million sq km	0
Area - water	1	361.900 million sq km	0
Coastline	1	356000 km	0
Elevation - highest point	2	8849 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	59	N/A meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	38	840 meters	0
Irrigated land	1	3.243 million sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	193	N/A	2021
Land use - arable land	157	N/A	2021
Land use - forest	183	N/A	2021
Land use - other	183	N/A	2021
Land use - permanent crops	87	N/A	2021
Land use - permanent pasture	161	N/A	2021
Total renewable water resources	176	53789.29	2011
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	102	15.29 %	3854
Age structure - 25-54 years	98	40.6 %	5807
Age structure - 55-64 years	101	9.23 %	0730
Birth rate	79	18.1 births/1,000 population	2020
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	16	10 % of GDP	2016
Death rate	85	7.7 deaths/1,000 population	2020
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	64	14.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	87	7 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	95	53.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	85	39 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	31	96.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	55	15.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	56	8.9 % of population	2015
Drinking water source - unimproved	40	3.5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	31	0.7	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	1	680000	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	1	37.700 million	2020
Hospital bed density	69	N/A beds/1,000 population	2021
Infant mortality rate - female	50	28.6 deaths/1,000 live births	2020
Infant mortality rate - male	57	32.8 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	55	30.8 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	140	72.6 years	2020
Life expectancy at birth - male	136	68.4 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	142	70.5 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	41	211	2017
Median age - female	84	31.8 years	2020
Median age - male	79	30.3 years	0
Median age - total	80	31 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	186	N/A migrant(s)/1,000 population	2021
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	144	N/A %	2021
Physicians density	156	N/A physicians/1,000 population	2021
Population	227	N/A	2021
Population growth rate	83	1.03 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	75	82.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	43	49.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	38	32.3 % of population	2015
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	31	17.7 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	10	12 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	10	12 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	8	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	17	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	22	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	26	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	30	0.81 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	64	2.42 children born/woman	2020
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	145	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	136	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	144	N/A	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	75	1.73	2025
Urbanization - urban population	110	56.6	2021
Transportation
Airports	122	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
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	78	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
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	1	6524	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	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	168	N/A km	2021
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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