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Cameroon

Africa · Middle Africa
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Cameroon is a sovereign state in Middle Africa, Africa. It covers 475,442 km² and has a population of approximately 29,442,327. Its official language is English and its currency is the Central African CFA franc (Fr).

Quick facts

Capital
Yaoundé
Population
29,442,327
Area
475,442 km²
Currency
Central African CFA franc (Fr)
Languages
English, French
Calling code
+237
TLD
.cm
Driving side
Right
Landlocked
No
Continents
Africa
Timezone
UTC+01:00
Native name
Cameroon

Bordering countries

Appears in 411 rankings

Economy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) #23 2,024,900,000,000
Countries by GNI (constant LCU) #26 25716454910191.5
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) #27 21,829,400,000,000
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) #27 3,539,600,000,000
Countries by Gross domestic income (constant LCU) #27 26147647729976.2
Countries by Gross national expenditure (constant LCU) #28 26,813,200,000,000
Countries by Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (% of GNI) #28 1.36
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant LCU) #28 23,761,600,000,000
Countries by GDP (constant LCU) #29 25,664,400,000,000
Countries by GNI per capita (constant LCU) #29 883006.49per capita
Countries by Services, value added (constant LCU) #30 13,341,600,000,000
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (constant LCU) #31 5,070,000,000,000
Countries by Gross capital formation (constant LCU) #31 4,983,800,000,000
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU) #31 6,068,700,000,000
Countries by Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) #31 2,450,900,000,000
Countries by GDP per capita (constant LCU) #33 881219.12per capita
Countries by Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) #36 4,985,700,000,000
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) #36 4,162,400,000,000
Countries by Exports of goods and services (constant LCU) #37 3,688,800,000,000
Countries by Exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) #37 4172047729976.21
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU) #37 29,865,300,000,000
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU) #39 7,508,700,000,000
Countries by Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) #39 604428155.99
Countries by Services, value added (current LCU) #41 16,390,500,000,000
Countries by GDP growth rate #65 0.04
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) #65 84.15
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) #67 12.88
Countries by Coal rents (% of GDP) #70 0.00
Countries by cost of living index #76 31.1
Countries by GDP (PPP) #79 173.03
Countries by Gross national expenditure (% of GDP) #80 103.06
Countries by GNI, PPP (current international $) #83 159959627599.29
Countries by GDP, PPP (current international $) #84 162772210840.3
Countries by GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $) #84 143199513689.65
Countries by Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (current US$) #86 5040301570.76
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (current US$) #88 6864735347.55
Countries by Adjusted net national income (current US$) #88 37065481265.89
Countries by GDP (Nominal) #89 60.58in billions
Countries by Gross national expenditure (current US$) #89 54926128906.83
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$) #89 6172348901.71
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (current US$) #90 44850022074.39
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$) #90 49254608056.68
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) #91 37000408120.79
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (current US$) #91 9690353037.09
Countries by GNI (current US$) #91 52375766918.21
Countries by Adjusted net national income (constant 2015 US$) #92 32476973673.4
Countries by GDP (current US$) #92 53296694320.21
Countries by Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$) #93 45220033397.58
Countries by Gross capital formation (current US$) #93 10076106832.45
Countries by GNI, Atlas method (current US$) #93 49480614440.42
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$) #94 8399602641.62
Countries by Services, value added (current US$) #95 27031627117.52
Countries by GDP (constant 2015 US$) #95 43124429828.96
Countries by Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$) #96 8219625276.79
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) #96 10623082000.83
Countries by Services, value added (constant 2015 US$) #96 21993088752.77
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (current US$) #97 12383537935.84
Countries by Gross savings (current US$) #98 7293493457.47
Countries by Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$) #100 1187421717.14
Countries by average monthly salary #104 557US $
Countries by Consumer price index (2010 = 100) #104 148.25
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) #104 23.24
Countries by Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) #105 440118724.14
Countries by Exports of goods and services (current US$) #115 8353326094.4
Countries by Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) #115 6748527937.29
Countries by Gross domestic savings (% of GDP) #116 15.85
Countries by Imports of goods and services (current US$) #119 9982430835.97
Countries by Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) #119 9165234070.01
Countries by Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI) #119 11.38
Countries by Medium and high-tech manufacturing value added (% manufacturing value added) #124 7.61
Countries by Gross savings (% of GDP) #128 14.94
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) #129 18.18
Countries by Gross savings (% of GNI) #132 15.24
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, male (scale 0”“325) #134 139.34
Countries by Gross capital formation (% of GDP) #135 18.91
Countries by Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) #135 14.41
Countries by Services, value added (% of GDP) #140 50.72
Countries by GDP per capita #143 2027.4
Countries by Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) #143 0.99
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, female (scale 0”“325) #144 116.88
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, total (scale 0”“325) #147 126.93
Countries by Services, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) #147 4743.45
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, male (scale 0”“188) #155 60.69
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, female (scale 0”“188) #156 55.96
Countries by Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI) #156 2.68
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, total (scale 0”“188) #158 58.15
Countries by GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) #161 5588.99per capita
Countries by GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) #161 5,490per capita
Countries by GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) #167 1,700per capita
Countries by GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) #174 1480.73per capita

Population & Health

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #10 12.70
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #10 14.40
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #10 13.60
Countries by Incidence of malaria (per 1,000 population at risk) #15 260.46
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) #16 61.9
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) #16 67.2
Countries by Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #16 33.74
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) #17 72.3
Countries by Number of maternal deaths #18 2,500
Countries by Number of under-five deaths #20 63,046
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) #21 240.8per capita
Countries by Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) #22 54.30
Countries by Number of neonatal deaths #23 24,122
Countries by Antiretroviral therapy coverage (% of people living with HIV) #23 88.00
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) #23 206.7per capita
Countries by Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) #23 30.2per capita
Countries by Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population (%) #23 61.20
Countries by population growth rate #24 0.03
Countries by Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) #24 51.82
Countries by Number of infant deaths #24 39,004
Countries by Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) #24 25.2
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) #24 178per capita
Countries by Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) #24 36.7
Countries by Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) #24 41.2
Countries by Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) #24 45.5
Countries by Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) #27 258per capita
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) #28 195.63
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) #31 274.97
Countries by Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) #32 50.50
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #32 29.70
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) #33 9.6per capita
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) #33 15.4per capita
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #33 27.20
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #34 24.70
Countries by Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) #37 41.00
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) #39 3.91per capita
Countries by Cause of death, by injury (% of total) #50 10.46
Countries by population #51 29.88
Countries by Low-birthweight babies (% of births) #55 12.51
Countries by Antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV) #61 59.00
Countries by Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) #66 13.49per capita
Countries by Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) #72 8.5per capita
Countries by Newborns protected against tetanus (%) #72 83.00
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, rural (% of rural population) #74 28.67
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban (% of urban population) #79 43.91
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water (% of population) #83 37.80
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on non-communicable diseases #85 65
Countries by Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) #90 3.54per capita
Countries by Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population) #91 4.80
Countries by Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #113 7.15
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) #142 61.93
Countries by Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) #142 69.00
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) #143 24.89
Countries by Prevalence of current tobacco use, females (% of female adults) #146 1.30
Countries by Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) #149 77.00
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on infectious diseases #152 51
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) #153 56.25
Countries by Prevalence of current tobacco use, males (% of male adults) #155 11.70
Countries by Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults) #156 6.50
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access #157 40
Countries by population density #159 59.29
Countries by Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) #160 37.73
Countries by UHC service coverage index #161 48
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) #171 81.56
Countries by Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) #171 89
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) #183 47.07
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health #185 42
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) #190 71.41
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, female (years) #194 65.94years
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, total (years) #194 63.7years
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, male (years) #195 61.52years
Countries by median age #220 17.75

Trade

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) #6 17.52
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products (%) #6 18.08
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, manufactured products (%) #8 18.30
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products (%) #8 17.27
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) #8 17.52
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, all products (%) #8 18.85
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) #9 18.03
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) #12 18.08
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, primary products (%) #12 19.92
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, primary products (%) #16 22.96
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%) #19 19.92
Countries by Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) #38 30.94
Countries by Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) #43 623,323,556
Countries by Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) #45 44.61
Countries by Transport services (% of commercial service imports) #51 45.35
Countries by Export unit value index (2015 = 100) #51 150.6
Countries by Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) #53 25.96
Countries by Binding coverage, manufactured products (%) #62 0.00
Countries by Binding coverage, all products (%) #62 0.00
Countries by Binding coverage, primary products (%) #62 0.00
Countries by Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) #70 8.04
Countries by Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) #71 32.79
Countries by Personal transfers, receipts (BoP, current US$) #75 687058487.41
Countries by Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum value in 2004 = 100) #75 18.53
Countries by Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$) #91 434382097.03
Countries by Personal remittances, received (current US$) #105 690153000.67
Countries by Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) #107 32.74
Countries by Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) #109 1353258599
Countries by Goods exports (BoP, current US$) #112 6344110343.49
Countries by Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) #112 13.12
Countries by Import volume index (2015 = 100) #115 109.4
Countries by Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) #117 8352606535.5
Countries by Goods imports (BoP, current US$) #118 7740040641.74
Countries by Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) #119 10293624708.24
Countries by Imports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) #119 11475826002.5
Countries by Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) #119 8565363737.48
Countries by Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) #119 8,619,293,238
Countries by Merchandise exports (current US$) #119 5,900,000,000
Countries by Merchandise imports (current US$) #121 8,200,000,000
Countries by Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) #124 4,448,970,822
Countries by Import value index (2015 = 100) #129 135.1
Countries by Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) #135 212757201.99
Countries by Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) #137 49.80
Countries by Logistics performance index: Efficiency of customs clearance process (1=low to 5=high) #145 2.1
Countries by Logistics performance index: Quality of trade and transport-related infrastructure (1=low to 5=high) #146 2.1
Countries by Export value index (2015 = 100) #149 121.7
Countries by Logistics performance index: Ease of arranging competitively priced shipments (1=low to 5=high) #153 2.2
Countries by Import unit value index (2015 = 100) #157 121.7
Countries by Logistics performance index: Competence and quality of logistics services (1=low to 5=high) #159 2.1
Countries by Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) #159 2.1
Countries by Export volume index (2015 = 100) #160 89.8
Countries by Logistics performance index: Ability to track and trace consignments (1=low to 5=high) #165 1.8
Countries by Logistics performance index: Frequency with which shipments reach consignee within scheduled or expected time (1=low to 5=high) #167 2.1
Countries by Merchandise trade (% of GDP) #186 26.46

Environment

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #21 2.23
Countries by PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) #29 39.81
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #38 0.28
Countries by F-gases emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #43 3.73
Countries by Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters) #45 9879.57per capita
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #49 7.73
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) #56 0.34
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) #61 3.78
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #67 21.82
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #67 0.01
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) #71 7.44
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #71 4.78
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #76 67.71
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #81 9.61
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #82 0.03
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #83 2.14
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #83 22.68
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #92 40.62
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #93 0.32
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #106 0.76
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #106 0.04
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #107 3.86
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #108 39.22
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #109 10.29
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #109 1.99
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters) #113 1.09
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #120 0.0018
Countries by Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) #122 0.24
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #123 0.0033
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #126 0.0019
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #127 0.0027
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #130 35.02
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #141 0.29
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #144 3.81
Countries by Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) #148 11.00
Countries by Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources #155 1.56
Countries by Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP) #156 0.07
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources) #165 0.40
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) #169 0.35per capita
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions including LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #170 -36.24
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) #171 1.39per capita

Governance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Control of Corruption: Number of Sources #5 13
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Number of Sources #5 11
Countries by Rule of Law: Number of Sources #5 14
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Number of Sources #5 13
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Number of Sources #7 10
Countries by Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) #60 6.12
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Number of Sources #81 6
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Standard Error #82 0.23
Countries by Military expenditure (current USD) #103 534852005.34USD
Countries by Military expenditure (% of GDP) #111 1.01
Countries by Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) #140 0.34
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Standard Error #154 0.12
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #159 9.91
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #161 10.85
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #162 14.22
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #162 24.51
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank #163 19.61
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank #164 19.34
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #167 10.38
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #167 24.06
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank #168 17.45
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #169 28.30
Countries by Rule of Law: Estimate #170 -1.04
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank #170 16.51
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #171 31.13
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #174 6.60
Countries by Control of Corruption: Estimate #177 -1.16
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank #177 13.21
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #179 19.81
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank #181 11.37
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #181 7.11
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #181 13.27
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Standard Error #195 0.21

Labour

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #31 60.15
Countries by Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #32 67.56
Countries by Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #34 77.12
Countries by Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #35 44.81
Countries by Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #35 62.46
Countries by Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #35 69.28
Countries by Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #36 78.07
Countries by Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #37 41.85
Countries by Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #38 39.56
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #48 71.59
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #51 62.82
Countries by Labor force, total #51 11,466,010
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #62 54.25
Countries by Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #69 12.04
Countries by Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #77 3.14
Countries by Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #107 76.54
Countries by Labor force, female (% of total labor force) #107 43.91
Countries by Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #121 4.14
Countries by Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #126 3.60
Countries by Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #135 3.18
Countries by Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #136 43.83
Countries by Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #144 2.31
Countries by GDP per person employed (constant 2021 PPP $) #145 13292.68
Countries by Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #145 14.61
Countries by Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #149 43.53
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #151 21.93
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #152 37.54
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #152 30.72
Countries by Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #154 16.61
Countries by Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #155 43.15

Society & Culture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) #16 74.32
Countries by Fertility rate, total (births per woman) #17 4.32
Countries by Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) #20 79.33
Countries by Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin #25 109,879
Countries by Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin #32 59,627
Countries by Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) #36 30.79
Countries by Rural population #43 12,988,265
Countries by Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) #51 33.89
Countries by Average transaction cost of sending remittances to a specific country (%) #51 3.02
Countries by Population, female #51 14,609,403
Countries by Population, male #51 14,514,341
Countries by Population, total #52 29,123,744
Countries by Urban population #53 16,135,479
Countries by Population living in slums (% of urban population) #69 32.67
Countries by International migrant stock, total #75 642,948
Countries by Rural population (% of total population) #76 44.60
Countries by Urban population (% of total population) #141 55.40
Countries by Population density (people per sq. km of land area) #143 60.02km²
Countries by Women Business and the Law Index Score (scale 1-100) #158 60
Countries by Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) #196 1.03
Countries by Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) #197 5.01

Agriculture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) #23 4,351,300,000,000
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) #29 5,966,200,000,000
Countries by Forest area (sq. km) #30 201724.8km²
Countries by Arable land (hectares) #40 6,200,000
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) #42 18.46
Countries by Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) #52 1,604years
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) #55 9839607925.85
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) #56 7178268037.2
Countries by Total fisheries production (metric tons) #57 241562
Countries by Forest area (% of land area) #69 42.67
Countries by Cereal production (metric tons) #69 3859032.66
Countries by Crop production index (2014-2016 = 100) #77 108.5
Countries by Aquaculture production (metric tons) #78 12,230
Countries by Arable land (% of land area) #80 13.12
Countries by Food production index (2014-2016 = 100) #91 107.84
Countries by Cereal yield (kg per hectare) #133 1779.2
Countries by Agricultural land (% of land area) #147 20.94

Finance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) #31 606.35
Countries by Real effective exchange rate index (2010 = 100) #36 108.82
Countries by Net foreign assets (current LCU) #38 2354248360964.44
Countries by PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) #40 207.58
Countries by PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) #41 198.54
Countries by Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) #59 22.79
Countries by Net domestic credit (current LCU) #59 4,396,359,000,000
Countries by Total reserves in months of imports #65 5.11
Countries by Total reserves minus gold (current US$) #95 4882047276.68
Countries by Total reserves (includes gold, current US$) #102 4882047276.68
Countries by Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) #148 14.06
Countries by Monetary Sector credit to private sector (% GDP) #148 14.09
Countries by Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange rate #155 0.33

Business

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 5 data infrastructure score (scale 0-100) #77 70
Countries by SPI Pillar 5: Data Infrastructure #77 70
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 2 data services score (scale 0-100) #79 75
Countries by SPI Pillar 2: Data Services #79 75
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) #92 75.41
Countries by SPI Pillar 3: Data Products #92 75.41
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score (scale 0-100) #109 66.05
Countries by SPI Overall Score #109 66.05
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) #126 70
Countries by SPI Pillar 1: Data Use #126 70
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 4 data sources score (scale 0-100) #150 39.83
Countries by SPI Pillar 4: Data Sources #150 39.83

Technology

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Mobile cellular subscriptions #49 27,374,500
Countries by Fixed telephone subscriptions #69 896,183
Countries by Scientific and technical journal articles #79 1506.03
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions #90 588,198
Countries by Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) #147 96.48per capita
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) #157 2.13per capita

Development

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) #11 16.42
Countries by Net official flows from UN agencies, UNFPA (current US$) #17 4845860
Countries by Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$) #37 2032128660.7
Countries by IBRD loans and IDA credits (DOD, current US$) #38 2,865,405,000
Countries by Present value of external debt (% of GNI) #52 21.76
Countries by External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) #53 15770789430.1
Countries by Multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service) #85 26.90
Countries by External debt stocks (% of GNI) #88 31.29

Energy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) #62 53.88
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) #148 30.70
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population) #150 50.20
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) #153 5.40
Countries by Access to electricity (% of population) #175 72.00
Countries by Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) #187 26.00

Geography

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by highest elevation #37 4,040m
Countries by land area #52 475,440km²
Countries by lowest elevation #63 0m
Countries by Coastline Length #112 402kilometers

Tourism

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) #25 9.66
Countries by International tourism, expenditures (current US$) #75 697,000,000
Countries by International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) #76 553,000,000
Countries by International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) #99 437,000,000

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