references :: 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 76 fields in seven of the ten Factbook categories.

Geography ::

Area:

total

People and Society ::

Population:

Population growth rate:

Birth rate:

Death rate:

Net migration rate:

Maternal mortality rate:

Infant mortality rate:

Life expectancy at birth:

Total fertility rate:

Obesity - adult prevalence rate:

Children under the age of 5 underweight:

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

Health expenditures:

Education expenditures:

Unemployment youth ages 15-24:

Economy ::

GDP (purchasing power parity):

GDP real growth rate:

GDP - per capita (PPP):

Labor force:

Unemployment rate:

Distribution of family income - Gini Index:

Investment (gross fixed):

Taxes and other revenues:

Budget surplus (+) or deficit:

Public debt:

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

Central bank discount rate:

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

Stock of broad money:

Stock of narrow money:

Stock of domestic credit:

Market value of publicly traded shares:

Industrial production growth rate:

Current account balance:

Exports:

Imports:

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

Debt - external:

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

Energy ::

Electricity - production:

Electricity - consumption:

Electricity - exports:

Electricity - imports:

Crude Oil - production:

Electricity - installed generating capacity:

Electricity - from fossil fuels:

Electricity - from nuclear fuels:

Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:

Electricity - from other renewable sources:

Crude Oil - exports:

Crude Oil - imports:

Crude Oil - proved reserves:

Natural gas - production:

Natural gas - consumption:

Natural gas - exports:

Natural gas - imports:

Natural gas - proved reserves:

Refined Petroleum Products - production:

Refined Petroleum Products - consumption:

Refined Petroleum Products - exports:

Refined Petroleum Products - imports:

Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:

Communications ::

Telephones - main lines in use:

Telephones - mobile cellular:

Internet hosts:

Internet users:

Transportation ::

Airports:

Railways:

total

Roadways:

total

Waterways:

Merchant marine:

total

Military ::

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:


Not all Country Comparisons include the same number of entries because information for a particular field is not available for all countries. In addition, not all data fields are suitable for displaying as Country Comparisons, such as those containing textual information. Textual information is more readily viewed by clicking on the Field Listing icon next to the Data field title.

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