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Central African Republic

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Central African Republic is a sovereign state in Middle Africa, Africa. It covers 622,984 km² and has a population of approximately 6,470,307. It is a landlocked country. Its official language is French and its currency is the Central African CFA franc (Fr).

Quick facts

Capital
Bangui
Population
6,470,307
Area
622,984 km²
Currency
Central African CFA franc (Fr)
Languages
French, Sango
Calling code
+236
TLD
.cf
Driving side
Right
Landlocked
Yes
Continents
Africa
Timezone
UTC+01:00
Native name
République centrafricaine

Bordering countries

Appears in 381 rankings

Economy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) #16 106.99
Countries by Gross national expenditure (% of GDP) #16 130.63
Countries by Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI) #22 20.06
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) #30 17.95
Countries by Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (% of GNI) #46 0.91
Countries by GNI per capita (constant LCU) #68 160613.85per capita
Countries by Consumer price index (2010 = 100) #70 177.59
Countries by Coal rents (% of GDP) #70 0.00
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) #76 278,259,301,400
Countries by Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) #76 195,531,278,600
Countries by Taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) #78 89,313,743,300
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) #82 136,535,681,900
Countries by GNI (constant LCU) #82 856182632273.67
Countries by Gross national expenditure (constant LCU) #83 931,865,480,000
Countries by GDP per capita (constant LCU) #83 149862.53per capita
Countries by GDP growth rate #84 0.03
Countries by Gross capital formation (% of GDP) #85 23.64
Countries by Gross domestic income (constant LCU) #86 798867785528.72
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) #87 810,718,295,000
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU) #88 1,482,876,336,800
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant LCU) #88 711,505,161,800
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (constant LCU) #92 121,147,185,000
Countries by GDP (constant LCU) #93 798,870,691,600
Countries by Gross capital formation (constant LCU) #94 121,147,185,000
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU) #94 334,229,291,800
Countries by Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) #95 251,684,402,600
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU) #95 149,766,914,500
Countries by Services, value added (current LCU) #95 702,049,308,900
Countries by Exports of goods and services (constant LCU) #101 120,195,435,000
Countries by Exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) #102 120192528928.72
Countries by Services, value added (constant LCU) #103 303,227,510,300
Countries by Medium and high-tech manufacturing value added (% manufacturing value added) #116 9.25
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) #130 20.03
Countries by GDP (PPP) #149 7.55
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$) #149 447723875.79
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) #152 15.14
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (current US$) #152 458742463.5
Countries by Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) #154 24422921.89
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (current US$) #158 2943911036.64
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) #159 2566872798.46
Countries by Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$) #159 2914065734.61
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$) #160 466261118.37
Countries by Adjusted net national income (current US$) #160 2133963401.48
Countries by Adjusted net national income (constant 2015 US$) #160 1895476218.9
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, female (scale 0”“325) #161 94.92
Countries by Gross national expenditure (current US$) #161 3594362888.26
Countries by Gross capital formation (current US$) #161 650451851.61
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, male (scale 0”“325) #162 113.75
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (current US$) #162 416463384.04
Countries by Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (current US$) #162 539258953.73
Countries by GDP (Nominal) #165 3.3in billions
Countries by Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$) #165 347192936.16
Countries by Gross domestic savings (% of GDP) #165 -6.99
Countries by GNI, PPP (current international $) #166 7138503850.8
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, male (scale 0”“188) #167 46.85
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, total (scale 0”“325) #167 105.95
Countries by GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $) #167 5923566230.75
Countries by GDP, PPP (current international $) #168 6733207024.21
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, female (scale 0”“188) #169 41.16
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, total (scale 0”“188) #171 44.02
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) #171 506474990.95
Countries by Exports of goods and services (current US$) #172 412917514.04
Countries by Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) #172 712249529.8
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (current US$) #172 551219400.73
Countries by GDP per capita #173 598.52
Countries by Imports of goods and services (current US$) #173 864653558.51
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$) #173 2445597156.75
Countries by Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) #175 159386351.67
Countries by GNI (current US$) #177 2917116977.13
Countries by GNI, Atlas method (current US$) #178 2744903740.09
Countries by Services, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) #179 1844.02
Countries by GDP (current US$) #182 2751494281.07
Countries by Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) #183 0.47
Countries by Services, value added (% of GDP) #184 42.08
Countries by Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$) #185 30914324.13
Countries by Services, value added (current US$) #186 1157837475.14
Countries by GDP (constant 2015 US$) #187 2078640238.88
Countries by Services, value added (constant 2015 US$) #191 707296737.93
Countries by Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) #193 12649792.55
Countries by Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI) #194 1.15
Countries by GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) #196 1,340per capita
Countries by GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) #198 1263.1per capita
Countries by GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) #201 510per capita
Countries by GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) #209 389.94per capita

Population & Health

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) #1 364.9per capita
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) #1 305.1per capita
Countries by Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #1 46.36
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) #2 257.8per capita
Countries by Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population (%) #2 88.10
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) #2 393.48
Countries by Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) #3 692per capita
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) #3 326.79
Countries by Incidence of malaria (per 1,000 population at risk) #4 343.84
Countries by Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) #5 60.4
Countries by Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) #5 66.8
Countries by Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) #6 37.7per capita
Countries by Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) #6 53.6
Countries by population growth rate #8 0.03
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) #8 92.2
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) #8 97.9
Countries by Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) #9 59.06
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) #9 86
Countries by Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) #11 30.7
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #11 36.30
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #11 41.50
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #11 38.90
Countries by Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population) #11 29.80
Countries by Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) #18 48.40
Countries by Low-birthweight babies (% of births) #24 16.35
Countries by Number of maternal deaths #28 1,700
Countries by Number of under-five deaths #44 20,141
Countries by Number of infant deaths #45 13,774
Countries by Number of neonatal deaths #47 7,326
Countries by Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #48 9.42
Countries by Antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV) #51 69.00
Countries by Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) #56 14.72per capita
Countries by Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) #63 9.19per capita
Countries by Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) #78 3.96per capita
Countries by Cause of death, by injury (% of total) #84 9.02
Countries by People using safely managed drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) #84 2.24
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban (% of urban population) #86 35.43
Countries by Antiretroviral therapy coverage (% of people living with HIV) #88 66.00
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water (% of population) #97 22.41
Countries by People using safely managed sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) #97 5.71
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, rural (% of rural population) #100 12.13
Countries by People using safely managed drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) #103 11.25
Countries by Newborns protected against tetanus (%) #103 60.00
Countries by People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) #109 23.43
Countries by population #120 5.51
Countries by Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) #122 71.00
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) #134 0.7per capita
Countries by People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) #136 13.53
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on non-communicable diseases #139 57
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) #140 1.75per capita
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) #140 2.83per capita
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #148 2.30
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #149 2.10
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #149 2.40
Countries by People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population) #151 6.22
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) #169 5.74
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access #172 32
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) #173 27.37
Countries by Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) #175 31.92
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) #178 24.55
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on infectious diseases #179 34
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) #184 48.06
Countries by Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) #186 42.00
Countries by UHC service coverage index #186 39
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health #191 37
Countries by Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) #193 24
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) #211 14.04
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, male (years) #212 55.26years
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) #213 36.50
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, total (years) #213 57.41years
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, female (years) #214 59.29years
Countries by population density #221 8.18
Countries by median age #237 14.32

Trade

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) #2 79.63
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, all products (%) #5 19.34
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, primary products (%) #5 25.47
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products (%) #8 17.27
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) #9 18.03
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, manufactured products (%) #10 18.11
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, primary products (%) #11 20.06
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products (%) #14 14.48
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) #18 12.57
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%) #18 20.06
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) #21 14.48
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) #27 12.57
Countries by Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) #38 675,792,430
Countries by Export volume index (2015 = 100) #51 141.1
Countries by Binding coverage, manufactured products (%) #62 0.00
Countries by Binding coverage, all products (%) #62 0.00
Countries by Binding coverage, primary products (%) #62 0.00
Countries by Logistics performance index: Competence and quality of logistics services (1=low to 5=high) #66 2.9
Countries by Export value index (2015 = 100) #68 170
Countries by Import volume index (2015 = 100) #77 122.4
Countries by Logistics performance index: Quality of trade and transport-related infrastructure (1=low to 5=high) #82 2.6
Countries by Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) #97 19.35
Countries by Import value index (2015 = 100) #101 145.7
Countries by Logistics performance index: Efficiency of customs clearance process (1=low to 5=high) #102 2.4
Countries by Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) #113 2.5
Countries by Logistics performance index: Ability to track and trace consignments (1=low to 5=high) #121 2.4
Countries by Export unit value index (2015 = 100) #133 125
Countries by Logistics performance index: Frequency with which shipments reach consignee within scheduled or expected time (1=low to 5=high) #138 2.6
Countries by Logistics performance index: Ease of arranging competitively priced shipments (1=low to 5=high) #159 2.1
Countries by Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) #168 38.39
Countries by Import unit value index (2015 = 100) #173 117
Countries by Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) #184 736,209,534
Countries by Merchandise exports (current US$) #184 121,000,000
Countries by Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) #184 115,950,483
Countries by Merchandise imports (current US$) #192 533,000,000
Countries by Merchandise trade (% of GDP) #193 23.77

Environment

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #10 82.90
Countries by Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters) #22 27657.69per capita
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #32 144.90
Countries by PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) #38 34.43
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #41 1.53
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #61 16.55
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #63 0.68
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #75 0.01
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #77 4.38
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) #78 6.45
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) #81 2.7
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #83 0.09
Countries by F-gases emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #107 0.48
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #109 8.25
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #109 76.88
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #116 0.67
Countries by Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) #127 14.80
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #133 13.44
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) #134 2.52per capita
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) #134 0.06
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #138 7.51
Countries by Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) #146 0.16
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #148 0.0006
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #152 0.0007
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #161 0.01
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters) #163 0.07
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #164 0.0002
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #165 0.0003
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #170 0.0012
Countries by Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources #170 0.34
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #172 0.55
Countries by Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP) #173 0.06
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #173 0.0028
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #174 0.04
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #175 0.19
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources) #175 0.05
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions including LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #176 -147.59
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #178 0.03
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #180 0.06
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #181 0.34
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) #192 0.06per capita

Governance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) #18 14.12
Countries by Military expenditure (% of GDP) #39 2.52
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Standard Error #46 0.24
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Number of Sources #53 8
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Number of Sources #53 8
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Standard Error #77 0.13
Countries by Control of Corruption: Number of Sources #83 9
Countries by Rule of Law: Number of Sources #85 10
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Number of Sources #106 9
Countries by Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) #109 0.54
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Number of Sources #140 5
Countries by Military expenditure (current USD) #145 71174969.95USD
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #171 20.10
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Standard Error #173 0.23
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #173 7.35
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank #174 14.22
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #185 17.92
Countries by Control of Corruption: Estimate #186 -1.31
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank #186 8.96
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #186 1.89
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #187 3.77
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #191 0.94
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #192 1.42
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank #192 6.13
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #193 12.26
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank #196 4.25
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #197 0.47
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #197 7.11
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #198 8.49
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank #198 3.32
Countries by Rule of Law: Estimate #198 -1.76
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank #198 3.30
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #199 6.13

Labour

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #6 85.40
Countries by Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #7 66.06
Countries by Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #7 82.69
Countries by Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #8 63.80
Countries by Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #9 68.51
Countries by Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #13 74.29
Countries by Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #13 79.42
Countries by Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #16 88.35
Countries by Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #17 85.00
Countries by Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #19 8.40
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #22 78.16
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #23 68.80
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #27 60.88
Countries by Labor force, female (% of total labor force) #34 48.32
Countries by Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #35 9.92
Countries by Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #68 12.12
Countries by Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #72 7.00
Countries by Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #73 6.25
Countries by Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #81 5.55
Countries by Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #94 79.10
Countries by Labor force, total #126 2,076,374
Countries by Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #153 13.39
Countries by Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #162 14.56
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #171 11.65
Countries by GDP per person employed (constant 2021 PPP $) #176 3165.78
Countries by Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #179 19.36
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #180 17.31
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #181 14.60
Countries by Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #183 21.64
Countries by Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #183 20.55

Society & Culture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) #1 104.73
Countries by Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) #1 100.32
Countries by Fertility rate, total (births per woman) #5 6.01
Countries by Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin #9 693,488
Countries by Population living in slums (% of urban population) #12 68.91
Countries by Rural population (% of total population) #55 55.88
Countries by Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin #57 18,082
Countries by Rural population #91 2,978,557
Countries by Women Business and the Law Index Score (scale 1-100) #114 77.5
Countries by Population, female #119 2,772,728
Countries by Population, total #121 5,330,690
Countries by Population, male #125 2,557,962
Countries by Urban population #131 2,352,133
Countries by International migrant stock, total #135 94,556
Countries by Urban population (% of total population) #162 44.12
Countries by Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) #166 11.43
Countries by Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) #186 1.03
Countries by Population density (people per sq. km of land area) #203 8.27km²
Countries by Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) #207 4.40

Agriculture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Crop production index (2014-2016 = 100) #3 173.39
Countries by Food production index (2014-2016 = 100) #8 147.99
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) #16 27.90
Countries by Forest area (sq. km) #27 222,130km²
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) #61 258,404,072,100
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) #65 465,448,474,700
Countries by Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) #68 1,343years
Countries by Arable land (hectares) #86 1,800,000
Countries by Forest area (% of land area) #86 35.66
Countries by Cereal production (metric tons) #126 302591.56
Countries by Total fisheries production (metric tons) #130 29,390
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) #140 684646941.73
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) #142 767629395.72
Countries by Aquaculture production (metric tons) #146 390
Countries by Arable land (% of land area) #157 2.89
Countries by Cereal yield (kg per hectare) #163 878.1
Countries by Agricultural land (% of land area) #181 9.10

Finance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Real effective exchange rate index (2010 = 100) #12 127.99
Countries by PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) #29 247.78
Countries by PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) #30 263.36
Countries by Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) #31 606.35
Countries by Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) #101 12.22
Countries by Net domestic credit (current LCU) #106 318,110,000,000
Countries by Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange rate #113 0.41
Countries by Net foreign assets (current LCU) #129 15175349993.94
Countries by Monetary Sector credit to private sector (% GDP) #155 13.04
Countries by Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) #157 12.77
Countries by Total reserves minus gold (current US$) #159 479592712.61
Countries by Total reserves (includes gold, current US$) #161 479592712.61

Business

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 2 data services score (scale 0-100) #78 75.73
Countries by SPI Pillar 2: Data Services #78 75.73
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 5 data infrastructure score (scale 0-100) #161 40
Countries by SPI Pillar 5: Data Infrastructure #161 40
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score (scale 0-100) #168 46.84
Countries by SPI Overall Score #168 46.84
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) #170 58.38
Countries by SPI Pillar 3: Data Products #170 58.38
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) #172 50
Countries by SPI Pillar 1: Data Use #172 50
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 4 data sources score (scale 0-100) #188 10.1
Countries by SPI Pillar 4: Data Sources #188 10.1

Technology

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Mobile cellular subscriptions #151 1,979,150
Countries by Scientific and technical journal articles #171 19.82
Countries by Fixed telephone subscriptions #200 2,088
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions #202 820
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) #203 0.02per capita
Countries by Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) #205 38.82per capita

Development

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Net official flows from UN agencies, UNFPA (current US$) #23 4339819.91
Countries by Multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service) #37 58.45
Countries by Present value of external debt (% of GNI) #60 20.16
Countries by External debt stocks (% of GNI) #77 35.85
Countries by Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$) #85 480660987.6
Countries by IBRD loans and IDA credits (DOD, current US$) #104 116,762,000
Countries by External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) #108 1045905200.4

Energy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) #7 96.47
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) #183 1.00
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population) #184 1.90
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) #185 0.00
Countries by Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) #205 2.30
Countries by Access to electricity (% of population) #210 17.60

Geography

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by land area #43 622,984km²
Countries by Coastline Length #193 0kilometers

Tourism

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by International tourism, expenditures (current US$) #146 69800003.05
Countries by International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) #154 50400001.53
Countries by International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) #179 11600000.38

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