Guide to Country Comparisons
Country Comparison pages are presorted lists of data from selected Factbook data fields. Country Comparison pages are generally given in descending order - highest to lowest - such as Population and Area. The two exceptions are Unemployment Rate and Inflation Rate, which are in ascending - lowest to highest - order. Country Comparison pages are available for the following fields in eight of the twelve Factbook categories.

Geography

• Area

People and Society

• Population
• Median age
• Population growth rate
• Birth rate
• Death rate
• Net migration rate
• Maternal mortality ratio
• Infant mortality rate
• Life expectancy at birth
• Total fertility rate
• Obesity - adult prevalence rate
• Alcohol consumption per capita
• Tobacco use
• Children under the age of 5 years underweight
• Education expenditures

Environment

• Revenue from forest resources
• Revenue from coal

Economy

• Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
• Real GDP growth rate
• Real GDP per capita
• Inflation rate (consumer prices)
• GDP - composition, by sector of origin
• Industrial production growth rate
• Labor force
• Unemployment rate
• Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
• Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income
• Public debt
• Taxes and other revenues
• Current account balance
• Exports
• Imports
• Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
• Debt - external

Energy

• Electricity
• Carbon dioxide emissions
• Energy consumption per capita

Communications

• Telephones - fixed lines
• Telephones - mobile cellular
• Broadband - fixed subscriptions

Transportation

• Airports
• Railways
• Roadways
• Waterways
• Merchant marine

Military and Security

• Military expenditures