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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
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)
Public debt
Taxes and other revenues
Current account balance
Exports
Imports
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
Debt - external

Energy

Electricity
Refined petroleum products - production
Refined petroleum products - exports
Refined petroleum products - imports
Carbon dioxide emissions
Energy consumption per capita

Communications

Telephones - fixed lines
Telephones - mobile cellular
Internet users
Broadband - fixed subscriptions

Transportation

Airports
Railways
Roadways
Waterways
Merchant marine

Military and Security

Military expenditures