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South Africa

Africa · Southern Africa
ZA ZAF

South Africa is a sovereign state in Southern Africa, Africa. It covers 1,221,037 km² and has a population of approximately 63,100,945. Its official language is Afrikaans and its currency is the South African rand (R).

Quick facts

Capital
Pretoria
Population
63,100,945
Area
1,221,037 km²
Currency
South African rand (R)
Languages
Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
Calling code
+27
TLD
.za
Driving side
Left
Landlocked
No
Continents
Africa
Timezone
UTC+02:00
Native name
South Africa

Bordering countries

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Appears in 423 rankings

Economy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Coal rents (% of GDP) #4 2.44
Countries by Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) #13 4.64
Countries by Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) #14 19069010757.61
Countries by Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) #20 1328986613.86
Countries by Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI) #23 6.50
Countries by Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$) #27 26699435798.03
Countries by GDP (PPP) #29 1026.5
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) #31 316010734069.5
Countries by GDP, PPP (current international $) #32 989307819277.58
Countries by GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $) #32 870347572712.6
Countries by GNI, PPP (current international $) #32 969856299441.99
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (current US$) #33 336276477841.42
Countries by Services, value added (current US$) #34 252689982463.53
Countries by Adjusted net national income (current US$) #35 339552672450.42
Countries by Adjusted net national income (constant 2015 US$) #35 304657487098.67
Countries by Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$) #36 366758363503.48
Countries by Services, value added (constant 2015 US$) #37 248145924933.77
Countries by Gross national expenditure (current US$) #39 392715777478.09
Countries by Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (current US$) #39 53375719160.07
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$) #39 361487430427.26
Countries by GDP (constant 2015 US$) #39 365831497261.34
Countries by GDP (Nominal) #40 426.38in billions
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (current US$) #40 51335732752.5
Countries by GDP (current US$) #40 401144998373.59
Countries by GNI (current US$) #40 393257786991.28
Countries by Exports of goods and services (current US$) #41 127531645077.34
Countries by GNI, Atlas method (current US$) #41 391204777064.01
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$) #42 41029176850.43
Countries by Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) #43 103033982479.39
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (current US$) #43 97520478738.81
Countries by Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) #44 101617458876.77
Countries by Imports of goods and services (current US$) #45 119761291334.04
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$) #46 51851741504.39
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) #46 73089468997.23
Countries by Taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) #46 452,734,258,100
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (current US$) #48 58253218555.34
Countries by Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$) #48 50747629433.97
Countries by Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) #49 726,870,000,000
Countries by Gross capital formation (current US$) #50 56439299636.67
Countries by Services, value added (constant LCU) #51 3,164,034,442,900
Countries by Gross savings (current US$) #51 54481524143.44
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) #53 4,029,358,066,900
Countries by Gross national expenditure (constant LCU) #53 4,676,425,875,500
Countries by GNI (constant LCU) #53 4,678,330,000,000
Countries by Consumer price index (2010 = 100) #54 203.4
Countries by Gross domestic income (constant LCU) #54 4767908427267.86
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) #56 940,915,088,800
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) #57 523,150,754,100
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant LCU) #58 4,209,259,867,000
Countries by Exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) #59 1398994496267.86
Countries by Exports of goods and services (constant LCU) #60 1,295,693,732,900
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU) #60 931,941,841,800
Countries by Services, value added (current LCU) #60 4,631,468,268,600
Countries by GDP (constant LCU) #60 4,664,607,663,900
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (constant LCU) #61 661,146,000,400
Countries by Gross capital formation (constant LCU) #61 647,067,808,600
Countries by Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) #64 1,313,755,400,400
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU) #64 6,625,579,483,600
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) #66 83.83
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU) #67 1,787,419,502,800
Countries by Services, value added (% of GDP) #68 62.99
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) #70 12.80
Countries by Medium and high-tech manufacturing value added (% manufacturing value added) #70 24.43
Countries by Services, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) #78 18846.38
Countries by Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (% of GNI) #80 0.40
Countries by GNI per capita (constant LCU) #82 73090.7per capita
Countries by average monthly salary #84 1,076US $
Countries by Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI) #92 12.99
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) #94 24.31
Countries by cost of living index #97 26.4
Countries by GDP per capita (constant LCU) #98 72876.31per capita
Countries by GDP per capita #102 6666.7
Countries by Gross national expenditure (% of GDP) #114 97.90
Countries by Gross domestic savings (% of GDP) #115 16.17
Countries by GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) #115 6,110per capita
Countries by GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) #117 15,150per capita
Countries by GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) #118 15456.2per capita
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, female (scale 0”“188) #119 87.38
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, female (scale 0”“325) #120 136.93
Countries by Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) #122 16.50
Countries by GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) #122 5715.48per capita
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, total (scale 0”“188) #128 80.64
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, male (scale 0”“188) #131 74.43
Countries by Gross savings (% of GDP) #138 13.58
Countries by Gross savings (% of GNI) #141 13.85
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, total (scale 0”“325) #142 132.14
Countries by GDP growth rate #146 0.01
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, male (scale 0”“325) #147 127.71
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) #154 14.52
Countries by Gross capital formation (% of GDP) #162 14.07

Population & Health

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) #6 22.3per capita
Countries by Antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV) #9 98.00
Countries by Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) #9 35.4per capita
Countries by Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) #11 9.94per capita
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) #11 327.23
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #16 12.00
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #16 13.60
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #17 12.80
Countries by Cause of death, by injury (% of total) #20 12.99
Countries by Low-birthweight babies (% of births) #21 16.64
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) #21 212.62
Countries by Number of under-five deaths #28 40,976
Countries by Number of infant deaths #30 28,900
Countries by Number of maternal deaths #34 1,400
Countries by People using safely managed drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) #35 50.83
Countries by Number of neonatal deaths #36 13,830
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #37 27.00
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #40 24.40
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #43 21.70
Countries by People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) #44 74.81
Countries by Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) #45 35.68
Countries by Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) #45 32.10
Countries by Antiretroviral therapy coverage (% of people living with HIV) #49 81.00
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) #50 12.41per capita
Countries by People using safely managed drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) #52 75.62
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) #54 31.9
Countries by Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #54 9.24
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) #55 34.7
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) #55 37.2
Countries by Prevalence of current tobacco use, males (% of male adults) #58 34.90
Countries by Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population) #58 10.00
Countries by Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) #58 22.4
Countries by Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) #58 24.4
Countries by Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) #58 26.4
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) #59 7.13per capita
Countries by Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) #59 22.2per capita
Countries by Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) #60 118per capita
Countries by People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) #60 73.78
Countries by Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) #65 11.50
Countries by Newborns protected against tetanus (%) #67 85.00
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access #67 86
Countries by Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults) #73 20.70
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health #73 76
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban (% of urban population) #74 52.56
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) #75 2.31per capita
Countries by Incidence of malaria (per 1,000 population at risk) #75 0.11
Countries by Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) #76 11.7
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, rural (% of rural population) #76 27.48
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water (% of population) #78 44.37
Countries by Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #83 18.77
Countries by Prevalence of current tobacco use, females (% of female adults) #84 6.50
Countries by UHC service coverage index #85 74
Countries by Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population (%) #86 20.70
Countries by Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) #87 29.30
Countries by People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population) #91 68.01
Countries by population growth rate #92 0.01
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) #95 61.7per capita
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) #96 92per capita
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) #97 74.9per capita
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) #101 97.82
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) #102 79.25
Countries by Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) #107 74.00
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on non-communicable diseases #121 60
Countries by Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) #126 409
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) #132 72.97
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on infectious diseases #132 77
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) #133 76.56
Countries by Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) #139 51.33
Countries by median age #144 28.21
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) #153 90.19
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) #153 77.38
Countries by Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) #155 74.00
Countries by population density #166 51.1
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, female (years) #176 69.6years
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, total (years) #181 66.14years
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, male (years) #187 62.61years

Trade

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Logistics performance index: Ease of arranging competitively priced shipments (1=low to 5=high) #13 3.6
Countries by Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) #18 3.7
Countries by Logistics performance index: Competence and quality of logistics services (1=low to 5=high) #19 3.8
Countries by Logistics performance index: Ability to track and trace consignments (1=low to 5=high) #22 3.8
Countries by Logistics performance index: Frequency with which shipments reach consignee within scheduled or expected time (1=low to 5=high) #24 3.8
Countries by Logistics performance index: Quality of trade and transport-related infrastructure (1=low to 5=high) #29 3.6
Countries by Logistics performance index: Efficiency of customs clearance process (1=low to 5=high) #30 3.3
Countries by Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) #33 829,197,918
Countries by Goods exports (BoP, current US$) #36 111560865798.81
Countries by Merchandise imports (current US$) #36 123,469,000,000
Countries by Merchandise exports (current US$) #38 110,076,000,000
Countries by Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) #38 103,343,659,177
Countries by Goods imports (BoP, current US$) #39 99818898159.04
Countries by Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) #39 112,463,984,247
Countries by Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) #40 127675629255.04
Countries by Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum value in 2004 = 100) #40 39.06
Countries by Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) #42 138382825242.68
Countries by Imports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) #43 138461599471.79
Countries by Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) #44 119864127356.45
Countries by Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) #46 10707195987.64
Countries by Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$) #47 2346857575.36
Countries by Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) #47 27.24
Countries by Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) #47 45.27
Countries by Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) #50 39.27
Countries by Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) #59 43.99
Countries by Binding coverage, manufactured products (%) #62 0.00
Countries by Binding coverage, all products (%) #62 0.00
Countries by Binding coverage, primary products (%) #62 0.00
Countries by Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) #66 36.94
Countries by Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) #66 4619929669.41
Countries by Transport services (% of commercial service imports) #69 37.38
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) #80 5.31
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products (%) #81 8.18
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, manufactured products (%) #82 7.70
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products (%) #86 4.66
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, all products (%) #87 7.31
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) #89 7.06
Countries by Merchandise trade (% of GDP) #92 58.22
Countries by Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) #94 6.37
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) #97 7.64
Countries by Personal remittances, received (current US$) #98 855374671.12
Countries by Import volume index (2015 = 100) #101 113.9
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) #101 6.42
Countries by Export unit value index (2015 = 100) #109 132.5
Countries by Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) #111 12.46
Countries by Export volume index (2015 = 100) #115 109.6
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, primary products (%) #122 2.40
Countries by Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) #122 53.35
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, primary products (%) #123 4.63
Countries by Export value index (2015 = 100) #129 136.9
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%) #138 4.25
Countries by Import value index (2015 = 100) #151 124.9
Countries by Import unit value index (2015 = 100) #183 113.1

Environment

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #5 0.23
Countries by Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP) #8 0.51
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #9 232.55
Countries by Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) #11 1.2
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #13 0.21
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #14 40
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #14 0.25
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #15 0.17
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #15 440.17
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #15 0.93
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions including LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #16 498.74
Countries by F-gases emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #16 17.36
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #17 569.81
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #17 48.35
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #18 2.92
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #19 93.23
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #19 19.98
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #23 0.67
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #25 22.67
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #26 19.05
Countries by Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources #26 67.6
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #27 0.19
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) #29 12.82
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #30 44.48
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) #30 0.85
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #31 0.4
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources) #32 47.12
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) #34 25.85
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #35 1.31
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters) #35 21.11
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) #36 6.88per capita
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) #39 8.9per capita
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #42 0.06
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #48 23.16
Countries by PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) #81 23.75
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #92 59.40
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #99 17.44
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #115 23.99
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #127 39.97
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #133 16.55
Countries by Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters) #145 718.2per capita
Countries by Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) #153 9.50

Governance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Number of Sources #5 13
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Number of Sources #29 9
Countries by Control of Corruption: Number of Sources #36 11
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Number of Sources #37 7
Countries by Rule of Law: Number of Sources #39 12
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #50 64.22
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Number of Sources #53 8
Countries by Military expenditure (current USD) #56 2835956043.24USD
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank #59 70.59
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #63 76.96
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #90 44.34
Countries by Rule of Law: Estimate #92 0.09
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank #92 54.25
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #94 58.96
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #103 32.08
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #104 29.25
Countries by Control of Corruption: Estimate #108 -0.28
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank #108 45.75
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #108 31.13
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #109 53.30
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank #111 44.34
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #113 56.13
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank #119 40.57
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #125 55.66
Countries by Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) #131 0.40
Countries by Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) #135 2.11
Countries by Military expenditure (% of GDP) #137 0.70
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Standard Error #137 0.22
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Standard Error #152 0.12
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #159 35.55
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank #161 20.85
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #161 13.27
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Standard Error #174 0.23

Labour

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #2 30.99
Countries by Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #2 32.39
Countries by Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #4 34.00
Countries by Labor force, total #26 26,731,522
Countries by Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #27 7.55
Countries by Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #41 64.85
Countries by Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #42 73.83
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #48 80.60
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #53 82.73
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #56 85.28
Countries by Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #57 84.61
Countries by Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #66 28.40
Countries by Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #73 20.76
Countries by Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #74 11.59
Countries by Labor force, female (% of total labor force) #75 46.57
Countries by GDP per person employed (constant 2021 PPP $) #79 48752.1
Countries by Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #85 80.79
Countries by Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #123 3.80
Countries by Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #129 6.75
Countries by Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #129 11.43
Countries by Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #130 5.41
Countries by Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #131 14.72
Countries by Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #132 0.53
Countries by Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #134 17.27
Countries by Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #139 19.40
Countries by Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #142 11.66
Countries by Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #149 11.85
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #157 32.92
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #170 37.58
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #182 42.61

Society & Culture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) #15 44.70
Countries by Population, female #24 32,854,235
Countries by Population, total #24 64,007,187
Countries by Population, male #24 31,152,952
Countries by Rural population #24 23,239,858
Countries by Urban population #25 40,767,329
Countries by Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) #27 36.07
Countries by International migrant stock, total #29 2,631,100
Countries by Average transaction cost of sending remittances to a specific country (%) #31 4.55
Countries by Women Business and the Law Index Score (scale 1-100) #55 88.13
Countries by Population living in slums (% of urban population) #76 24.20
Countries by Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin #87 4,907
Countries by Fertility rate, total (births per woman) #94 2.22
Countries by Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) #95 38.39
Countries by Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin #101 1,174
Countries by Rural population (% of total population) #106 36.31
Countries by Urban population (% of total population) #111 63.69
Countries by Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) #129 9.92
Countries by Population density (people per sq. km of land area) #150 52.11km²
Countries by Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) #154 1.04
Countries by Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) #162 48.31

Agriculture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Agricultural land (% of land area) #6 79.42
Countries by Fertilizer consumption (% of fertilizer production) #11 491.11
Countries by Arable land (hectares) #24 12,000,000
Countries by Cereal production (metric tons) #28 19009087.33
Countries by Cereal yield (kg per hectare) #32 5726.1
Countries by Crop production index (2014-2016 = 100) #34 124.13
Countries by Forest area (sq. km) #39 169408.9km²
Countries by Total fisheries production (metric tons) #42 486904.3
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) #49 11276969219.46
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) #51 9002769990.53
Countries by Food production index (2014-2016 = 100) #69 113.24
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) #73 114,791,642,100
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) #77 206,691,712,100
Countries by Aquaculture production (metric tons) #88 8660.82
Countries by Arable land (% of land area) #104 9.89
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) #134 2.81
Countries by Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) #144 495years
Countries by Forest area (% of land area) #147 13.97

Finance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) #2 245.72
Countries by Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (current US$) #16 985,697,370,000
Countries by Listed domestic companies, total #30 220
Countries by Total reserves (includes gold, current US$) #37 65434957159.23
Countries by Total reserves minus gold (current US$) #37 54912456859.23
Countries by Net foreign assets (current LCU) #45 1491566572090.57
Countries by Total reserves in months of imports #52 5.67
Countries by Net domestic credit (current LCU) #53 5548320760516.4
Countries by Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) #55 57.47
Countries by Monetary Sector credit to private sector (% GDP) #57 57.48
Countries by Real effective exchange rate index (2010 = 100) #91 72.6
Countries by PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) #93 7.43
Countries by PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) #95 7.7
Countries by Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) #96 18.33
Countries by Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange rate #115 0.41
Countries by Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) #135 5.76

Business

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 5 data infrastructure score (scale 0-100) #13 90
Countries by SPI Pillar 5: Data Infrastructure #13 90
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) #57 80.56
Countries by SPI Pillar 3: Data Products #57 80.56
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score (scale 0-100) #61 81.29
Countries by SPI Overall Score #61 81.29
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 4 data sources score (scale 0-100) #62 71.25
Countries by SPI Pillar 4: Data Sources #62 71.25
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 2 data services score (scale 0-100) #68 84.63
Countries by SPI Pillar 2: Data Services #68 84.63
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

Technology

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Patent applications, nonresidents #14 9,156
Countries by Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) #15 171.51per capita
Countries by Mobile cellular subscriptions #16 108,415,000
Countries by Patent applications, residents #21 1,804
Countries by Scientific and technical journal articles #30 16651.13
Countries by Trademark applications, resident, by count #33 25,786
Countries by Trademark applications, nonresident, by count #36 14,077
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions #58 2,152,800
Countries by Fixed telephone subscriptions #59 1,353,130
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) #146 3.41per capita

Development

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) #12 175895546993.5
Countries by Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$) #12 7634473233.9
Countries by IBRD loans and IDA credits (DOD, current US$) #35 3,426,756,000
Countries by Present value of external debt (% of GNI) #47 23.99
Countries by Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) #56 6.45
Countries by External debt stocks (% of GNI) #58 44.83
Countries by Net official flows from UN agencies, UNFPA (current US$) #64 1858420.01
Countries by Multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service) #115 10.09

Energy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population) #98 96.50
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) #99 89.80
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) #109 70.40
Countries by Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) #149 94.00
Countries by Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) #155 6.45
Countries by Access to electricity (% of population) #162 87.70

Geography

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by land area #24 1,221,037km²
Countries by Coastline Length #42 2,798kilometers
Countries by lowest elevation #43 0m
Countries by highest elevation #45 3,450m

Tourism

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) #43 2,607,000,000
Countries by International tourism, expenditures (current US$) #50 1,594,000,000
Countries by International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) #59 928,000,000
Countries by International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) #139 2.02

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