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Malawi

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Malawi is a sovereign state in Eastern Africa, Africa. It covers 118,484 km² and has a population of approximately 20,734,262. It is a landlocked country. Its official language is English and its currency is the Malawian kwacha (MK).

Quick facts

Capital
Lilongwe
Population
20,734,262
Area
118,484 km²
Currency
Malawian kwacha (MK)
Languages
English, Chewa
Calling code
+265
TLD
.mw
Driving side
Left
Landlocked
Yes
Continents
Africa
Timezone
UTC+02:00
Native name
Malawi

Bordering countries

Appears in 406 rankings

Economy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by unemployment rate #5 19.70
Countries by Consumer price index (2010 = 100) #11 1022.99
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) #21 104.22
Countries by Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (% of GNI) #32 1.10
Countries by Gross national expenditure (% of GDP) #34 118.70
Countries by Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) #39 1,367,168,473,700
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU) #42 18,304,597,130,700
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) #43 7,729,414,000,000
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) #43 2,157,296,443,900
Countries by Taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) #44 489,459,651,100
Countries by Gross national expenditure (constant LCU) #45 8,602,939,000,000
Countries by Services, value added (constant LCU) #45 4,244,806,143,600
Countries by GNI (constant LCU) #45 7146319431913.63
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) #46 909,878,167,900
Countries by Services, value added (current LCU) #46 8,696,210,684,200
Countries by Coal rents (% of GDP) #46 0.02
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant LCU) #46 7,453,750,968,700
Countries by Gross domestic income (constant LCU) #47 7492286544823.87
Countries by GDP (constant LCU) #49 7,943,210,619,800
Countries by Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) #51 1,889,126,000,000
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU) #53 3,357,727,177,900
Countries by GNI per capita (constant LCU) #54 338616.2per capita
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU) #55 1,481,859,550,200
Countries by Gross capital formation (constant LCU) #56 873,525,000,000
Countries by GDP per capita (constant LCU) #62 366802.39per capita
Countries by Exports of goods and services (constant LCU) #66 1,001,223,000,000
Countries by Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI) #66 4.62
Countries by Exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) #74 681035528123.87
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) #90 10.97
Countries by Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) #98 136711855.39
Countries by GDP growth rate #115 0.02
Countries by Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$) #122 573111341.49
Countries by GDP (PPP) #128 42.28
Countries by Adjusted net national income (current US$) #129 11287506853.77
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (current US$) #133 13927281416.22
Countries by Gross national expenditure (current US$) #137 15862752006.62
Countries by GDP, PPP (current international $) #138 40227239746.21
Countries by GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $) #139 35390077575.26
Countries by GNI, PPP (current international $) #139 39545826216.9
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, female (scale 0”“325) #140 119.17
Countries by Medium and high-tech manufacturing value added (% manufacturing value added) #140 3.67
Countries by Services, value added (constant 2015 US$) #140 6543663527.11
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (current US$) #141 1241009801.04
Countries by GDP (Nominal) #142 14.97in billions
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, male (scale 0”“325) #144 129.41
Countries by Adjusted net national income (constant 2015 US$) #144 5050420437.71
Countries by Gross capital formation (current US$) #145 1935470590.39
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$) #146 10529931807.68
Countries by GDP (constant 2015 US$) #146 11952668098.89
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) #147 2165462534.44
Countries by Imports of goods and services (current US$) #149 4168480304.06
Countries by GNI, Atlas method (current US$) #149 12317768635.39
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, total (scale 0”“325) #150 123.84
Countries by GNI (current US$) #151 11124721424.02
Countries by GDP (current US$) #152 11316411329.46
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (current US$) #153 1931571504.12
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) #153 17.07
Countries by Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) #157 69765994.34
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, female (scale 0”“188) #158 51.81
Countries by Gross capital formation (% of GDP) #158 14.48
Countries by Services, value added (current US$) #158 5002596060.22
Countries by Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (current US$) #158 579075102.65
Countries by Exports of goods and services (current US$) #160 1502749517.69
Countries by Gross domestic savings (% of GDP) #160 -4.22
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, male (scale 0”“188) #161 53.86
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, total (scale 0”“188) #162 52.74
Countries by Gross savings (% of GNI) #163 -1.15
Countries by Gross savings (% of GDP) #163 -1.13
Countries by Gross savings (current US$) #165 -150801005.64
Countries by Services, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) #166 3109.06
Countries by GDP per capita #171 622.47
Countries by Services, value added (% of GDP) #173 44.21
Countries by Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) #177 0.56
Countries by Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI) #188 4.67
Countries by GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) #190 1,830per capita
Countries by GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) #194 1857.62per capita
Countries by GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) #199 570per capita
Countries by GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) #206 551.95per capita

Population & Health

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population (%) #5 81.70
Countries by Incidence of malaria (per 1,000 population at risk) #9 294.53
Countries by Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) #13 33.4per capita
Countries by Antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV) #16 96.00
Countries by Antiretroviral therapy coverage (% of people living with HIV) #18 90.00
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #18 36.10
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #19 33.20
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on non-communicable diseases #19 73
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #21 30.20
Countries by Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population) #25 21.40
Countries by Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #25 31.38
Countries by population growth rate #26 0.03
Countries by Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) #27 49.65
Countries by Low-birthweight babies (% of births) #28 15.58
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) #30 275.38
Countries by Number of maternal deaths #32 1,500
Countries by Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) #36 225per capita
Countries by Number of under-five deaths #38 24,893
Countries by Newborns protected against tetanus (%) #38 93.00
Countries by Number of neonatal deaths #39 12,460
Countries by Number of infant deaths #40 19,212
Countries by Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) #43 38.60
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) #45 197.9per capita
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) #48 42.6
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) #48 164.48
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) #50 34
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) #50 38.3
Countries by Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) #50 25.9
Countries by Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) #50 29.4
Countries by Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) #50 32.7
Countries by Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) #51 18.8
Countries by People using safely managed sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) #52 47.29
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) #53 148.5per capita
Countries by Cause of death, by injury (% of total) #56 10.16
Countries by population #61 22.22
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) #65 112.9per capita
Countries by population density #72 217.54
Countries by People using safely managed drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) #74 52.41
Countries by People using safely managed drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) #75 10.36
Countries by Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) #76 12.47per capita
Countries by People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) #80 41.16
Countries by Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) #85 91.00
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health #86 74
Countries by People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) #90 46.15
Countries by Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) #91 7.57per capita
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban (% of urban population) #96 27.91
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, rural (% of rural population) #98 12.55
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) #105 6.15per capita
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #105 4.80
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) #106 1.31per capita
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #106 4.10
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #106 4.40
Countries by Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) #107 74.00
Countries by Prevalence of current tobacco use, females (% of female adults) #108 3.00
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) #109 3.61per capita
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water (% of population) #113 15.40
Countries by Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) #113 2.91per capita
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) #127 49.51
Countries by Prevalence of current tobacco use, males (% of male adults) #129 16.40
Countries by Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults) #133 9.70
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) #135 70.10
Countries by People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population) #141 18.18
Countries by UHC service coverage index #152 52
Countries by Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) #156 40.19
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) #160 48.04
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) #162 85.99
Countries by Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) #164 113
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access #166 35
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, female (years) #168 70.56years
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, total (years) #169 67.35years
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on infectious diseases #170 40
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) #176 49.23
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, male (years) #177 64.07years
Countries by Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #182 5.36
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) #188 73.05
Countries by median age #221 17.58

Trade

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) #7 74.87
Countries by Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) #20 1,361,163,958
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%) #29 16.90
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) #36 12.40
Countries by Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) #38 52.07
Countries by Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) #47 44.17
Countries by Transport services (% of commercial service imports) #49 45.56
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products (%) #51 11.53
Countries by Binding coverage, primary products (%) #51 68.77
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, primary products (%) #53 9.04
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) #54 10.04
Countries by Binding coverage, all products (%) #55 33.93
Countries by Binding coverage, manufactured products (%) #56 21.76
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, manufactured products (%) #65 9.20
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, all products (%) #71 9.48
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, primary products (%) #72 11.71
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products (%) #73 5.95
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) #76 8.28
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) #81 5.12
Countries by Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) #83 21.40
Countries by Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) #91 37.54
Countries by Logistics performance index: Competence and quality of logistics services (1=low to 5=high) #96 2.68
Countries by Logistics performance index: Efficiency of customs clearance process (1=low to 5=high) #101 2.43
Countries by Logistics performance index: Ability to track and trace consignments (1=low to 5=high) #104 2.67
Countries by Logistics performance index: Frequency with which shipments reach consignee within scheduled or expected time (1=low to 5=high) #105 2.97
Countries by Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) #106 2.59
Countries by Logistics performance index: Ease of arranging competitively priced shipments (1=low to 5=high) #115 2.55
Countries by Personal transfers, receipts (BoP, current US$) #117 168728253.65
Countries by Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) #118 11.07
Countries by Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$) #119 194375991.24
Countries by Import volume index (2015 = 100) #121 106.7
Countries by Import value index (2015 = 100) #122 137.7
Countries by Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) #124 4.19
Countries by Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) #131 649022926.64
Countries by Import unit value index (2015 = 100) #135 124.1
Countries by Logistics performance index: Quality of trade and transport-related infrastructure (1=low to 5=high) #144 2.18
Countries by Goods imports (BoP, current US$) #146 3021530344.35
Countries by Personal remittances, received (current US$) #147 186770846.88
Countries by Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) #148 3916097351.28
Countries by Imports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) #150 4130282472.98
Countries by Goods exports (BoP, current US$) #150 1019827298.89
Countries by Merchandise imports (current US$) #150 3,264,000,000
Countries by Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) #153 965,510,049
Countries by Merchandise trade (% of GDP) #154 37.21
Countries by Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) #154 3,138,640,145
Countries by Merchandise exports (current US$) #156 947,000,000
Countries by Export unit value index (2015 = 100) #159 119.5
Countries by Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) #160 1527859263.45
Countries by Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) #163 1550354479.72
Countries by Export volume index (2015 = 100) #167 79.5
Countries by Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) #175 36.95
Countries by Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) #181 22495216.27
Countries by Export value index (2015 = 100) #182 90.1

Environment

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #7 357.48
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #22 177.70
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #36 223.82
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #38 85.94
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #43 0.02
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #56 0.75
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) #62 3.78
Countries by Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) #62 23.10
Countries by Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) #69 0.4
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) #69 0.25
Countries by Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources #73 17.5
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #75 4.46
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #76 0.1
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #81 1.9
Countries by PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) #83 23.7
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #85 2.41
Countries by Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP) #86 0.14
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #86 0.01
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) #87 5.42
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #91 0.01
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources) #94 8.41
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #101 0.28
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions including LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #104 17.79
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #104 9.34
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters) #104 1.36
Countries by F-gases emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #114 0.43
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #122 19.02
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #123 3.52
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #124 0.01
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #131 0.02
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #134 0.27
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #135 10.55
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #137 1.34
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #138 4.79
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #139 0.27
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #139 0.5
Countries by Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters) #140 784.69per capita
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #142 0.0006
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #142 0.0013
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) #179 0.22per capita
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) #186 0.88per 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 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 Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #98 56.86
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #99 41.67
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #101 37.74
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank #101 50.00
Countries by Rule of Law: Estimate #109 -0.16
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank #109 46.23
Countries by Military expenditure (% of GDP) #110 1.02
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #114 53.77
Countries by Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) #116 3.50
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #121 50.24
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #123 22.75
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank #125 37.91
Countries by Military expenditure (current USD) #136 117589994.54USD
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #138 21.23
Countries by Control of Corruption: Estimate #142 -0.6
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank #142 29.72
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #145 41.98
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #151 13.68
Countries by Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) #154 0.20
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Standard Error #154 0.12
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #156 10.85
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank #158 22.17
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #159 34.43
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank #163 19.81
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #168 32.08
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Standard Error #195 0.21

Labour

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #7 71.21
Countries by Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #8 64.98
Countries by Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #13 59.25
Countries by Labor force, female (% of total labor force) #33 48.35
Countries by Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #40 53.99
Countries by Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #41 59.91
Countries by Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #43 66.35
Countries by Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #44 61.26
Countries by Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #45 67.38
Countries by Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #46 55.63
Countries by Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #50 86.39
Countries by Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #58 5.10
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #59 54.69
Countries by Labor force, total #64 8,323,726
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #79 59.40
Countries by Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #91 6.01
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #97 64.52
Countries by Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #98 5.07
Countries by Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #110 4.20
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #141 44.37
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #142 32.62
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #143 38.74
Countries by Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #163 1.64
Countries by Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #163 4.60
Countries by GDP per person employed (constant 2021 PPP $) #170 4613.04
Countries by Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #171 30.89
Countries by Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #175 24.18
Countries by Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #177 27.68
Countries by Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #178 9.86
Countries by Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #178 7.34

Society & Culture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Rural population (% of total population) #3 82.73
Countries by Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) #24 71.78
Countries by Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) #28 76.34
Countries by Rural population #30 17,915,742
Countries by Fertility rate, total (births per woman) #39 3.65
Countries by Population living in slums (% of urban population) #60 37.97
Countries by Population density (people per sq. km of land area) #61 223.85km²
Countries by Population, female #61 11,088,242
Countries by Population, total #61 21,655,286
Countries by Population, male #61 10,567,044
Countries by Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin #95 2,784
Countries by Women Business and the Law Index Score (scale 1-100) #100 80
Countries by Average transaction cost of sending remittances to a specific country (%) #104 -49.69
Countries by Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin #112 570
Countries by Urban population #115 3,739,544
Countries by Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) #117 6.27
Countries by International migrant stock, total #120 186,719
Countries by Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) #123 20.73
Countries by Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) #205 4.56
Countries by Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) #214 1.01
Countries by Urban population (% of total population) #214 17.27

Agriculture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Food production index (2014-2016 = 100) #9 146.13
Countries by Arable land (% of land area) #11 42.43
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) #11 31.77
Countries by Crop production index (2014-2016 = 100) #17 135.51
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) #28 6,250,659,268,500
Countries by Agricultural land (% of land area) #32 64.17
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) #39 1,727,085,274,800
Countries by Arable land (hectares) #59 4,000,000
Countries by Total fisheries production (metric tons) #61 217597.86
Countries by Cereal production (metric tons) #70 3795155.5
Countries by Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) #77 1,181years
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) #98 3595764243.29
Countries by Aquaculture production (metric tons) #101 4,780
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) #102 2512463430.32
Countries by Forest area (sq. km) #105 21,157km²
Countries by Forest area (% of land area) #127 22.44
Countries by Cereal yield (kg per hectare) #129 1856.9

Finance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) #20 501.74
Countries by Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) #21 45.48
Countries by PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) #22 489.02
Countries by Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) #27 1161.09
Countries by Net domestic credit (current LCU) #52 5583962536927.62
Countries by Real effective exchange rate index (2010 = 100) #82 84.16
Countries by Total reserves in months of imports #135 1.91
Countries by Total reserves minus gold (current US$) #153 594498493.62
Countries by Total reserves (includes gold, current US$) #154 594498493.62
Countries by Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) #169 7.49
Countries by Monetary Sector credit to private sector (% GDP) #170 7.75
Countries by Net foreign assets (current LCU) #176 -1221073095426.27
Countries by Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange rate #179 0.28

Business

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) #89 80
Countries by SPI Pillar 1: Data Use #89 80
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) #104 74.07
Countries by SPI Pillar 3: Data Products #104 74.07
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score (scale 0-100) #115 64.34
Countries by SPI Overall Score #115 64.34
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 5 data infrastructure score (scale 0-100) #116 55
Countries by SPI Pillar 5: Data Infrastructure #116 55
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 4 data sources score (scale 0-100) #117 49.38
Countries by SPI Pillar 4: Data Sources #117 49.38
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 2 data services score (scale 0-100) #131 63.27
Countries by SPI Pillar 2: Data Services #131 63.27

Technology

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Mobile cellular subscriptions #80 12,892,000
Countries by Scientific and technical journal articles #110 361.73
Countries by Trademark applications, resident, by count #116 499
Countries by Patent applications, residents #123 3
Countries by Trademark applications, nonresident, by count #137 668
Countries by Patent applications, nonresidents #152 1
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions #174 16,790
Countries by Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) #192 61.09per capita
Countries by Fixed telephone subscriptions #193 4,808
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) #195 0.08per capita

Development

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service) #22 70.99
Countries by Net official flows from UN agencies, UNFPA (current US$) #30 3679070
Countries by IBRD loans and IDA credits (DOD, current US$) #50 1,701,516,000
Countries by Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) #50 7.65
Countries by Present value of external debt (% of GNI) #61 19.76
Countries by Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$) #75 664478763.5
Countries by External debt stocks (% of GNI) #80 35.25
Countries by External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) #90 3743648285.8

Energy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) #28 80.06
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) #172 0.50
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population) #178 5.10
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) #181 1.50
Countries by Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) #202 6.10
Countries by Access to electricity (% of population) #211 15.60

Geography

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by highest elevation #53 3,002m
Countries by land area #97 118,484km²
Countries by lowest elevation #100 37m
Countries by Coastline Length #205 0kilometers

Tourism

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) #89 3.53
Countries by International tourism, expenditures (current US$) #134 119,000,000
Countries by International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) #144 83,000,000
Countries by International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) #165 30,000,000

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