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Gabon

Africa · Middle Africa
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Gabon is a sovereign state in Middle Africa, Africa. It covers 267,668 km² and has a population of approximately 2,469,296. Its official language is French and its currency is the Central African CFA franc (Fr).

Quick facts

Capital
Libreville
Population
2,469,296
Area
267,668 km²
Currency
Central African CFA franc (Fr)
Languages
French
Calling code
+241
TLD
.ga
Driving side
Right
Landlocked
No
Continents
Africa
Timezone
UTC+01:00
Native name
Gabon

Bordering countries

Appears in 402 rankings

Economy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Gross domestic savings (% of GDP) #5 56.25
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) #7 52.90
Countries by Gross savings (% of GNI) #9 41.85
Countries by Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI) #10 23.71
Countries by Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) #10 41.85
Countries by Gross savings (% of GDP) #13 38.38
Countries by GNI per capita (constant LCU) #17 4540277.65per capita
Countries by Exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) #23 12731594905007.5
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) #24 19.46
Countries by GDP per capita (constant LCU) #24 2460670.1per capita
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (constant LCU) #34 4062876152624.53
Countries by Gross capital formation (constant LCU) #34 4062876152624.53
Countries by Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) #34 5415409083959.78
Countries by Exports of goods and services (constant LCU) #35 4019287656959.68
Countries by Gross domestic income (constant LCU) #35 14959830518690.7
Countries by GNI (constant LCU) #37 11,527,547,030,431
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU) #41 6702460555657.88
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) #42 2465560076750.22
Countries by Taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) #45 475520224149.15
Countries by Gross national expenditure (constant LCU) #47 7643644697642.99
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) #48 872289503266.6
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU) #48 2072735144326.07
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant LCU) #49 5772003046493.74
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU) #50 12198840261435.1
Countries by GDP (constant LCU) #53 6247523270642.9
Countries by Services, value added (constant LCU) #54 3103175327888.33
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) #56 3580768545018.46
Countries by Services, value added (current LCU) #58 4665336112750.72
Countries by Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) #60 471159738564.91
Countries by Coal rents (% of GDP) #70 0.00
Countries by Services, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) #80 18749.81
Countries by GDP per capita #84 9303.04
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$) #90 8792546875.6
Countries by Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$) #93 8838039531.31
Countries by Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (current US$) #94 4042373653.43
Countries by Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (% of GNI) #94 0.32
Countries by GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) #96 21510.17per capita
Countries by Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) #97 11475126509.92
Countries by GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) #98 20,400per capita
Countries by Exports of goods and services (current US$) #100 13494077457.87
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (current US$) #100 4066264032.86
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$) #100 3082114218.46
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (current US$) #101 11053867454.35
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) #101 7986766007.81
Countries by GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) #101 7,790per capita
Countries by Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) #105 1.27
Countries by Gross savings (current US$) #109 5519948627.23
Countries by GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) #111 6618.99per capita
Countries by Adjusted net national income (constant 2015 US$) #120 12651404595.21
Countries by GDP (PPP) #121 57.05
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) #121 19.14
Countries by Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) #121 8506418106.36
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$) #122 20118635869.15
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (current US$) #124 3998437076.68
Countries by Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) #126 54196305.5
Countries by GNI, Atlas method (current US$) #126 19778373528.86
Countries by Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$) #127 521801340.92
Countries by GDP (constant 2015 US$) #127 16805289922.77
Countries by GDP (Nominal) #128 21.45in billions
Countries by GDP growth rate #129 0.02
Countries by Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$) #129 16264467218.88
Countries by Gross capital formation (current US$) #129 3998437076.68
Countries by GDP (current US$) #129 20895684425.68
Countries by GDP, PPP (current international $) #129 54613295567.25
Countries by GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $) #129 48046268621.94
Countries by GNI (current US$) #129 19818740311.23
Countries by GNI, PPP (current international $) #129 51798577176.93
Countries by Gross capital formation (% of GDP) #131 19.14
Countries by Medium and high-tech manufacturing value added (% manufacturing value added) #131 5.39
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, male (scale 0”“325) #132 140.05
Countries by Adjusted net national income (current US$) #132 10548966346.72
Countries by Consumer price index (2010 = 100) #133 137.3
Countries by Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) #135 216207007.04
Countries by Imports of goods and services (current US$) #136 5739732546.49
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, female (scale 0”“188) #138 70.58
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, male (scale 0”“188) #140 70.33
Countries by Services, value added (current US$) #141 7694190304.01
Countries by Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI) #141 3.06
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, total (scale 0”“188) #142 70.5
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, female (scale 0”“325) #142 118.51
Countries by Gross national expenditure (current US$) #142 13141339514.3
Countries by Services, value added (constant 2015 US$) #142 6467251251.81
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (current US$) #145 9142902437.61
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) #145 7426427687.57
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, total (scale 0”“325) #146 129.37
Countries by Gross national expenditure (% of GDP) #175 62.89
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) #176 43.75
Countries by Services, value added (% of GDP) #195 36.82

Population & Health

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) #5 54.80
Countries by Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population) #15 25.30
Countries by Incidence of malaria (per 1,000 population at risk) #26 187
Countries by Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) #31 46.27
Countries by Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) #33 233per capita
Countries by Low-birthweight babies (% of births) #35 14.65
Countries by Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #42 27.67
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) #45 8.14per capita
Countries by population growth rate #47 0.02
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) #48 12.73per capita
Countries by Antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV) #48 72.00
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) #51 3.28per capita
Countries by Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) #51 23.9per capita
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) #52 245.92
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) #53 157.01
Countries by Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) #55 26.5
Countries by Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) #55 29.7
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) #56 33.2
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) #56 36.8
Countries by Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) #56 23.2
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) #57 29.4
Countries by Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) #57 16.8
Countries by Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) #59 15.80
Countries by Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) #63 21.10
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, rural (% of rural population) #71 31.64
Countries by Number of maternal deaths #72 160
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #72 15.30
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #74 5.70
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #74 6.50
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #74 6.10
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #74 13.70
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water (% of population) #75 48.17
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban (% of urban population) #76 49.75
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #77 12.10
Countries by Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) #81 12.02per capita
Countries by Newborns protected against tetanus (%) #89 79.00
Countries by Cause of death, by injury (% of total) #90 8.72
Countries by Number of infant deaths #93 1,814
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) #93 97.7per capita
Countries by Number of under-five deaths #94 2,273
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) #94 78.3per capita
Countries by Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) #94 7.3per capita
Countries by Number of neonatal deaths #96 1,152
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) #96 61.5per capita
Countries by Antiretroviral therapy coverage (% of people living with HIV) #98 64.00
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on non-communicable diseases #101 63
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access #125 61
Countries by Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) #129 2.41per capita
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) #141 92.36
Countries by population #143 2.59
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) #144 24.60
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) #144 60.52
Countries by Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #147 6.27
Countries by Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) #149 45.01
Countries by Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) #151 68.00
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health #158 57
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) #159 88.60
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) #161 49.11
Countries by Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) #161 120
Countries by UHC service coverage index #161 48
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, female (years) #163 71.05years
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, total (years) #163 68.34years
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, male (years) #164 65.91years
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) #172 57.40
Countries by Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) #178 61.00
Countries by median age #183 21.5
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on infectious diseases #188 24
Countries by population density #219 9.43

Trade

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products (%) #8 17.27
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) #8 15.64
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, manufactured products (%) #9 18.22
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, all products (%) #9 18.83
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) #9 18.03
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products (%) #10 16.57
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) #12 15.64
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, primary products (%) #14 23.12
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, primary products (%) #14 19.28
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) #16 16.57
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%) #21 19.28
Countries by Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) #31 51.10
Countries by Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) #32 54.76
Countries by Merchandise trade (% of GDP) #47 81.84
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 Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) #77 67.88
Countries by Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum value in 2004 = 100) #85 12.9
Countries by Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) #85 12,668,757,910
Countries by Merchandise exports (current US$) #92 13,100,000,000
Countries by Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) #93 30.94
Countries by Transport services (% of commercial service imports) #93 31.22
Countries by Export unit value index (2015 = 100) #95 136.3
Countries by Logistics performance index: Frequency with which shipments reach consignee within scheduled or expected time (1=low to 5=high) #99 3
Countries by Logistics performance index: Ease of arranging competitively priced shipments (1=low to 5=high) #101 2.6
Countries by Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) #104 5.59
Countries by Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) #111 16.64
Countries by Logistics performance index: Ability to track and trace consignments (1=low to 5=high) #113 2.5
Countries by Goods exports (BoP, current US$) #119 5112624089.88
Countries by Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$) #125 172212502.86
Countries by Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) #128 24,779,743
Countries by Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) #132 5389959683.06
Countries by Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) #134 5501128936.17
Countries by Logistics performance index: Quality of trade and transport-related infrastructure (1=low to 5=high) #134 2.2
Countries by Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) #135 2.4
Countries by Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) #143 5049262806.25
Countries by Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) #144 4,090,337,790
Countries by Goods imports (BoP, current US$) #145 3171354403.39
Countries by Imports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) #145 5264760491.82
Countries by Merchandise imports (current US$) #145 4,000,000,000
Countries by Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) #149 111169253.11
Countries by Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) #152 5.81
Countries by Logistics performance index: Efficiency of customs clearance process (1=low to 5=high) #154 2
Countries by Import unit value index (2015 = 100) #154 122
Countries by Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) #156 9.86
Countries by Personal transfers, receipts (BoP, current US$) #160 4086570.31
Countries by Logistics performance index: Competence and quality of logistics services (1=low to 5=high) #163 2
Countries by Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) #168 91071172.29
Countries by Import volume index (2015 = 100) #173 81.7
Countries by Import value index (2015 = 100) #176 98.6
Countries by Personal remittances, received (current US$) #180 18458042.25
Countries by Export value index (2015 = 100) #189 72.3
Countries by Export volume index (2015 = 100) #193 50.4

Environment

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters) #8 67468.97per capita
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #24 0.1
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #26 60.89
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #27 0.12
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #32 13.97
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) #42 8.58per capita
Countries by PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) #49 29.95
Countries by Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) #68 22.70
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #69 0.01
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #70 0.0013
Countries by F-gases emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #77 1.21
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #78 0.44
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #80 70.03
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #80 10.14
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #84 14.9
Countries by Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) #94 0.31
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #102 0.05
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) #113 2.05per capita
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #113 0.15
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #117 21.78
Countries by Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP) #117 0.11
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #118 1.44
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #124 0.0016
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #127 28.97
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #129 0.0024
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #134 5.2
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #135 0.48
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #138 6.65
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #140 0.24
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) #142 0.03
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #143 0.48
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #146 6.65
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #147 0.16
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) #155 0.11
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters) #156 0.14
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) #159 0.11
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #163 0.0017
Countries by Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources #167 0.5
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions including LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #171 -87.25
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources) #171 0.08
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #174 0.2
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #176 0.002

Governance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Number of Sources #43 11
Countries by Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) #57 6.57
Countries by Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) #70 1.00
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Number of Sources #81 6
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Number of Sources #82 7
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Standard Error #82 0.23
Countries by Control of Corruption: Number of Sources #83 9
Countries by Military expenditure (% of GDP) #85 1.54
Countries by Rule of Law: Number of Sources #85 10
Countries by Military expenditure (current USD) #116 319095920.73USD
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #132 18.96
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank #134 33.65
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #134 47.39
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Standard Error #135 0.25
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Number of Sources #138 6
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Standard Error #143 0.12
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #147 39.15
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #152 11.32
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank #152 25.00
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #152 12.74
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #152 18.14
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank #154 24.02
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #154 27.94
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #155 36.79
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank #156 23.11
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #159 13.21
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #159 28.30
Countries by Rule of Law: Estimate #161 -0.87
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank #161 20.75
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #165 25.00
Countries by Control of Corruption: Estimate #167 -1.02
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank #167 17.92
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #169 8.96

Labour

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #6 20.15
Countries by Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #7 28.58
Countries by Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #14 14.54
Countries by GDP per person employed (constant 2021 PPP $) #55 72658.88
Countries by Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #61 30.47
Countries by Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #63 25.99
Countries by Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #63 28.87
Countries by Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #74 36.97
Countries by Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #78 38.57
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #79 71.05
Countries by Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #92 32.39
Countries by Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #92 29.81
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #95 67.61
Countries by Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #95 18.85
Countries by Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #98 25.82
Countries by Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #107 65.35
Countries by Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #108 28.95
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #109 61.43
Countries by Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #109 24.53
Countries by Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #114 8.66
Countries by Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #116 52.28
Countries by Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #127 3.14
Countries by Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #129 69.23
Countries by Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #130 45.01
Countries by Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #131 0.55
Countries by Labor force, female (% of total labor force) #139 39.98
Countries by Labor force, total #149 844,145
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #162 29.73
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #162 40.77
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #173 51.39

Society & Culture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Women Business and the Law Index Score (scale 1-100) #26 95
Countries by Urban population (% of total population) #28 91.86
Countries by Fertility rate, total (births per woman) #40 3.65
Countries by Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) #47 61.39
Countries by Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) #50 68.26
Countries by Population living in slums (% of urban population) #57 38.77
Countries by International migrant stock, total #85 449,746
Countries by Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) #98 25.51
Countries by Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin #105 948
Countries by Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin #125 909
Countries by Urban population #132 2,332,363
Countries by Population, total #142 2,538,952
Countries by Population, male #142 1,288,745
Countries by Population, female #143 1,250,207
Countries by Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) #159 6.87
Countries by Rural population #163 206,589
Countries by Rural population (% of total population) #189 8.14
Countries by Population density (people per sq. km of land area) #201 9.64km²
Countries by Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) #212 1.02

Agriculture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Forest area (% of land area) #3 91.18
Countries by Forest area (sq. km) #24 234949.6km²
Countries by Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) #40 1,831years
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) #52 596092574279.34
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) #58 831043593026.48
Countries by Crop production index (2014-2016 = 100) #98 106.23
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) #98 6.56
Countries by Food production index (2014-2016 = 100) #102 105.76
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) #124 1255055649.24
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) #126 1370578110.8
Countries by Total fisheries production (metric tons) #127 30,020
Countries by Arable land (hectares) #135 325,000
Countries by Cereal yield (kg per hectare) #142 1586.8
Countries by Cereal production (metric tons) #150 48106.98
Countries by Aquaculture production (metric tons) #156 90
Countries by Arable land (% of land area) #180 1.26
Countries by Agricultural land (% of land area) #185 8.36

Finance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) #27 283.42
Countries by Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) #31 606.35
Countries by PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) #31 231.99
Countries by Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) #51 26.11
Countries by Real effective exchange rate index (2010 = 100) #56 100.87
Countries by Net foreign assets (current LCU) #68 481127362309.42
Countries by Net domestic credit (current LCU) #70 2,406,303,000,000
Countries by Total reserves in months of imports #87 4.25
Countries by Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange rate #123 0.38
Countries by Total reserves minus gold (current US$) #132 1447408422.7
Countries by Total reserves (includes gold, current US$) #136 1447408422.7
Countries by Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) #152 13.35
Countries by Monetary Sector credit to private sector (% GDP) #152 13.38

Business

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) #147 60
Countries by SPI Pillar 1: Data Use #147 60
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 5 data infrastructure score (scale 0-100) #151 45
Countries by SPI Pillar 5: Data Infrastructure #151 45
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) #157 62.39
Countries by SPI Pillar 3: Data Products #157 62.39
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 4 data sources score (scale 0-100) #166 29.78
Countries by SPI Pillar 4: Data Sources #166 29.78
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score (scale 0-100) #170 45.48
Countries by SPI Overall Score #170 45.48
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 2 data services score (scale 0-100) #177 30.23
Countries by SPI Pillar 2: Data Services #177 30.23

Technology

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) #84 122.61per capita
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions #134 98,719
Countries by Mobile cellular subscriptions #139 3,046,520
Countries by Scientific and technical journal articles #141 95.12
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) #142 3.97per capita
Countries by Fixed telephone subscriptions #151 54,557

Development

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Present value of external debt (% of GNI) #36 28.25
Countries by Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) #41 8.51
Countries by Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$) #53 1113097163.3
Countries by Net official flows from UN agencies, UNFPA (current US$) #73 1563320.04
Countries by External debt stocks (% of GNI) #76 35.95
Countries by IBRD loans and IDA credits (DOD, current US$) #76 619,906,000
Countries by External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) #77 6816627454.3
Countries by Multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service) #82 27.41

Energy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) #88 33.21
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) #95 91.40
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population) #101 96.10
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) #117 51.15
Countries by Access to electricity (% of population) #156 94.10
Countries by Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) #185 29.00

Geography

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by land area #75 267,667km²
Countries by Coastline Length #84 885kilometers

Tourism

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) #39 6.85
Countries by International tourism, expenditures (current US$) #95 346,000,000
Countries by International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) #104 232,000,000
Countries by International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) #169 25,000,000

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