International Rankings of World 2022, 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	36	17	2021
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	1	1.230 billion	2020
Internet users - percent of population	41	63 %	2021
Internet users - total	1	4.900 billion	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	44	11	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	1	901.318 million	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	69	106	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	1	7.800 billion	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	1	23.810 trillion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	1	21.680 trillion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	55	3 % of GDP	0
Exports	1	17.310 trillion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	1	80.270 trillion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	113	28.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	71	16.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	122	56.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	38	28.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	41	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	95	6.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	61	30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	77	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	55	3.2 %	2017
Labor force	1	3.432 billion US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	54	31 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	44	23.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	108	45.5 %	2014
Population below poverty line	151	N/A	2022
Public debt	20	67.2 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	199	1.27814 US Dollars	2017
Real GDP per capita	62	17500 US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	83	26.7 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	144	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	139	N/A	2022
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	1	15.588 billion metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	1	7.768 billion metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	1	12.196 billion 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	197	N/A kWh	2022
Electricity - exports	95	N/A kWh	2022
Electricity - imports	114	N/A kWh	2022
Electricity - installed generating capacity	195	N/A kWh	2022
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	194	N/A kWh	2022
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	36	2.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	80	60.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	13	0.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	82	17 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	22	10.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	36	3.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	38	6.2 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	188	N/A Btu/person	2022
Natural gas - consumption	120	N/A cubic meters	2022
Natural gas - exports	56	N/A cubic meters	2022
Natural gas - imports	87	N/A cubic meters	2022
Natural gas - production	95	N/A cubic meters	2022
Natural gas - proven reserves	91	N/A cubic meters	2022
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	71	N/A bbl/day	2022
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	81	N/A bbl/day	2022
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	88	N/A bbl/day	2022
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	183	N/A bbl/day	2022
Petroleum - total petroleum production	102	N/A bbl/day	2022
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	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	184	N/A	2022
Land use - arable land	150	N/A	2022
Land use - forest	174	N/A	2022
Land use - other	173	N/A	2022
Land use - permanent crops	81	N/A	2022
Land use - permanent pasture	153	N/A	2022
Revenue from coal	30	N/A % of GDP	2022
Revenue from forest resources	95	N/A % of GDP	2022
Total renewable water resources	173	53789.3 cubic meters	2011
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	167	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - industrial	159	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - municipal	170	N/A cubic meters	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	73	1.73	2025
Urbanization - urban population	97	57	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
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	8	8849 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	55	N/A meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	36	840 meters	0
Irrigated land	1	3.243 million sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	151	N/A km	2022
Land use - agricultural land	184	N/A	2022
Land use - arable land	150	N/A	2022
Land use - forest	174	N/A	2022
Land use - other	173	N/A	2022
Land use - permanent crops	81	N/A	2022
Land use - permanent pasture	153	N/A	2022
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	97	15.29	3854
Age structure - 25-54 years	92	40.6	5807
Age structure - 55-64 years	94	9.23	0730
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	76	18.1 births/1,000 population	2020
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	99	N/A %	2022
Contraceptive prevalence rate	125	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	17	10 % of GDP	2016
Death rate	83	7.7 deaths/1,000 population	2020
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	70	14.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	91	7 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	89	54.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	86	39.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	30	96.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	51	15.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	46	8.9 % of population	2015
Drinking water source - unimproved	32	3.5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	71	N/A % of GDP	2022
Hospital bed density	70	N/A beds/1,000 population	2022
Infant mortality rate - female	44	28.6 deaths/1,000 live births	2020
Infant mortality rate - male	51	32.8 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	47	30.8 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	135	72.6 years	2020
Life expectancy at birth - male	133	68.4 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	134	70.5 years	0
Literacy - female	65	83.3 %	2020
Literacy - male	49	90.1 %	0
Literacy - total population	59	86.7 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	41	211 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	80	31.8 years	2020
Median age - male	77	30.3 years	0
Median age - total	75	31 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	178	N/A migrant(s)/1,000 population	2022
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	138	N/A %	2022
Physicians density	154	N/A physicians/1,000 population	0
Population	211	N/A	2022
Population growth rate	75	1.03 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	66	82.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	40	49.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	40	32.3 % of population	2015
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	27	17.7 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	10	13 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	13 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	8	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	16	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	18	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	25	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	17	0.81 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	6	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.01 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	60	2.42 children born/woman	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	73	1.73	2025
Urbanization - urban population	97	57	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	144	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	139	N/A	2022
Transportation
Airports	120	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
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	76	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
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	1	6524	2021
Merchant marine - total	1	98202	0
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	151	N/A km	2022
Roadways - total	158	N/A km	2022
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 World 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 World 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about World 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.