International Rankings of World 2024, 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	37	17.00	2021
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	1	1.230 billion	2020
Internet users - percent of population	53	66.00 %	2022
Internet users - total	1	5.300 billion	2022
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	48	11.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	1	840.736 million	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	50	110.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	1	8.060 billion	2021
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	28.108 trillion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	1	80.270 trillion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	121	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	127	56.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	40	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	42	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	88	63.00 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	59	38 %	2012
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	59	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	27.120 trillion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	70	6.13 %	2021
Labor force	1	3.463 billion US Dollars	2021
Public debt	64	67.20 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	230	1 US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	74	5.87 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	95	17000 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	127	1	2021
Taxes and other revenues	152	13.55 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	120	6.18 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	81	19.70 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	75	17.30 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	77	17.90 %	2021
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
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	1	35.552 billion	2019
Electricity access - electrification - rural areas	29	84	2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population	24	91	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	13	98	2021
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	36	2.40 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	88	60.60 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	14	0.40 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	86	17.00 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	22	10.30 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	38	3.30 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	40	6.20 %	2020
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	1	54.000 trillion cubic meters	2011
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	76	1.73	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	104	58	2023
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	8	8849 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	39	840 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	1	3.243 million sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	1	279036 km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	27	2 % of GDP	2022
Population
Birth rate	72	18.10 births/1,000 population	2020
Child marriage - men married by age 18	29	3	2021
Child marriage - women married by age 15	30	5	N/A
Child marriage - women married by age 18	43	19	2022
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	28	66 %	2023
Death rate	51	7.70 deaths/1,000 population	2020
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	76	14.80 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	92	7.00 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	94	54.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	90	39.30 %	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	48	9 % of population	2015
Drinking water source - unimproved	34	4 % of population	N/A
Infant mortality rate - female	45	28.60 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	49	32.80 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	49	30.80 deaths/1,000 live births	2020
Life expectancy at birth - female	103	73 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	104	68 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	102	71 years	2020
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	70	83 %	2020
Literacy - male	47	90 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	60	87 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	45	211.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	92	32 years	N/A
Median age - male	90	30 years	N/A
Median age - total	84	31 years	2020
Population growth rate	76	1.03 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	67	82 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	42	50 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	43	32 % of population	2015
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	28	18 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	16	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	32	0.81 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	18	1.01 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	67	2.42 children born/woman	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	76	1.73	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	104	58	2023
Transportation
Airports	1	45527	2024
Heliports	1	20316	2024
Merchant marine - total	1	103577	2023

*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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