| Attribute | Data | Year | intern. Ranking | Data source |
|---|
| Geography |
|---|
 Area (sq km) | 99,720 | 2015 | 109 | |
| Coastline (km) | 2,413 | 2017 | 51 | |
| Human Development Index |
|---|
| Human Development Index | 0.90 | 2015 | 18 | |
| HDI rank | 18 | 2015 | 171 | |
| GNI per capita rank minus HDI rank (2011 PPP $) | 12 | 2011 | 55 | |
| HDI rank (2011 PPP $) | 18 | 2011 | 171 | |
| Population |
|---|
| Total population | 50,293,400 | 2015 | 27 | |
| Population in 2030 | 52,518,600 | 2015 | 33 | |
| Average annual growth (%) 2000/2005 | 0.60 | 2015 | 140 | |
| Average annual growth (%) 2010/2015 | 0.48 | 2015 | 140 | |
| Urban population (%) 2015 | 82.47 | 2015 | 35 | |
| Population under age 5 | 2,287,000 | 2015 | 58 | |
| Population Age 15-64 | 36,653,000 | 2015 | 24 | |
| Population age 65 and older | 6,603,000 | 2015 | 18 | |
| Median age (years) | 40.56 | 2015 | 29 | |
| (per 100 people ages 15-64) Young age (0-14) | 19.20 | 2015 | 181 | |
| (per 100 people ages 15-64) Old age (65 and older) 2015 | 18.01 | 2015 | 49 | |
| Total fertility rate (births per woman) 2000/2005 | 1.22 | 2015 | 180 | |
| Total fertility rate (births per woman) 2010/2015 | 1.26 | 2015 | 183 | |
| Mother s mean age at first birth | 30.30 | 2010 | 3 | |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate (%) | 80.00 | 2005 | 9 | |
| Birth registration (% under age 5) 2010-2015 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Health |
|---|
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | 82.13 | 2015 | 13 | |
| Child malnutrition Stunting (moderate or severe) 2010-2015 | 2.50 | 2015 | 137 | |
| Mortality rates Infant 2015 per 1000 | 2.90 | 2015 | 177 | |
| Mortality rates Under-five per 1000 | 3.40 | 2015 | 180 | |
| Life expectancy at age 60 2010/2015 | 24.30 | 2015 | 14 | |
| Maternal mortality ratio (deaths per 100,000 live births) | 11 | 2015 | 142 | |
| Physicians 2001-2014 per 1.0000 | 21.43 | 2014 | 65 | |
| Hospital bed density (beds/1,000 population) | 10.30 | 2010 | 5 | |
| Deaths due to Malaria 2012 per 100.000 | 0 | 2012 | 77 | |
| Deaths due to Tuberculosis per 100.000 | 3.80 | 2014 | 93 | |
| Deaths due to HIV prevalence, adult 2015 per 100.000 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Infants lacking immunization DTP 2014 | 1.00 | 2014 | 136 | |
| Infants lacking immunization Measles 2014 | 1.00 | 2014 | 167 | |
| Public health expenditure 2014 % of GDB | 3.99 | 2014 | 77 | |
| Depth of food deficit (kilocalories per person per day) (%) 2013/2015 | 4.00 | 2015 | 113 | |
| Education |
|---|
| Expected years of schooling (years) | 16.59 | 2015 | 16 | |
| Mean years of schooling (years) | 12.18 | 2015 | 22 | |
| Literacy rate Adult (% ages 15 and older) 2005-2015 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Literacy rate Youth (% ages 15-24) Female 2005-2015 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Literacy rate Youth (% ages 15-24) Male 2005-2015 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Pupil-teacher ratio, primary school (number of pupils per teacher) 2010-201 | 16.85 | 2014 | 104 | |
| Government expenditure on education (% of GDP) 2010-2014 | 4.62 | 2014 | 74 | |
| Population with at least some secondary education (% ages 25 and older) 200 | 91.39 | 2015 | 34 | |
| Gross enrolment ratio Pre-primary (% of preschool-age children) 2010-2015 | 91.64 | 2015 | 43 | |
| Gross enrolment ratio Primary (% of primary school-age population) 2010-201 | 99.04 | 2015 | 135 | |
| Gross enrolment ratio Secondary (% of secondary school-age population) 2010 | 97.73 | 2015 | 62 | |
| Gross enrolment ratio Tertiary (% of tertiary school-age population) 2010-2 | 95.35 | 2015 | 2 | |
| Gross enrolment ratio Primary school dropout rate (% of primary school coho | 0.41 | 2015 | 157 | |
| Primary school teachers trained to teach (%) 2005-2015 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Economy |
|---|
| Gross national income (GNI) per capita (2011 PPP $) | 34,540.60 | 2015 | 30 | |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) | 33,200.00 | 2013 | 40 | |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) | 34,386.60 | 2011 | 29 | |
| GDP (purchasing power parity, $) | 1,666,000,000,000.00 | 2013 | 12 | |
| GDP (purchasing power parity, $) | 1,740.55 | 2011 | 13 | |
| GDP - real growth rate (%) | 2.80 | 2013 | 123 | |
| Exports in US-Dollar | 557,300,000,000.00 | 2013 | 8 | |
| Imports in US-Dollar | 516,600,000,000.00 | 2013 | 8 | |
| External Debt in US-Dollar | 430,900,000,000.00 | 2013 | 27 | |
| External debt stock (% of GNI) 2005-2014 | --- | 2013 | | |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%) | 1.10 | 2013 | 192 | |
| Industrial production growth rate (%) | 2.50 | 2013 | 120 | |
| Current account balance | 0.00 | 2013 | 11 | |
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | 341,800,000,000.00 | 2013 | 8 | |
| Stock of direct foreign investment - at home | 152,300,000,000.00 | 2013 | 30 | |
| Market value of publicly traded shares | 1,078,000,000,000.00 | 2011 | 22 | |
| Budget surplus/deficit (% of GDP) | 0.70 | 2013 | 31 | |
| Total tax revenue (% of GDP) 2005-2014 | 14.44 | 2014 | 89 | |
| Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP) 2005-2014 | 30.33 | 2014 | 33 | |
| Research and development expenditure (% of GDP) 2005-2014 | 4.29 | 2014 | 1 | |
| Domestic credit provided by financial sector (% of GDP) 2010-2015 | 166.55 | 2015 | 17 | |
| Total debt service (% of GNI) 2014 | --- | 2014 | | |
| Employment |
|---|
| Labor force | 25,860,000 | 2013 | 24 | |
| Employment to population ratio 2015 | 58.56 | 2015 | 90 | |
| Labour force participation rate 2015 | 60.78 | 2015 | 111 | |
| Employment in agriculture 2010-2014 | 6.10 | 2014 | 84 | |
| Employment in services 2010-2014 | 69.50 | 2014 | 41 | |
| Unemployment Total 2015 | 3.66 | 2015 | 148 | |
| Unemployment Youth 2015 | 10.43 | 2015 | 129 | |
| Youth not in school or employment 2010-2014 | 18.80 | 2014 | 44 | |
| Vulnerable employment 2005-2014 | --- | 2014 | | |
| Child labour 2009-2015 (% ages 5-14) | --- | 2015 | | |
| Working poor at PPP$3.10 a day 2004-2013 | --- | 2013 | | |
| Mandatory paid maternity leave 2015 (days) | 90 | 2015 | 99 | |
| Old-age pension recipients 2004-2013 (% of statutory pension age population | 77.60 | 2013 | 62 | |
| Income quintile ratio Average annual change (%) 2000/2014 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Traffic |
|---|
| Airports | 111.00 | 2016 | 53 | |
| Roadways (km) | 104,983.00 | 2010 | 44 | |
| Railways (km) | 3,381 | 2008 | 52 | |
| Waterways (km) | 1.60 | 2015 | 94 | |
| Military |
|---|
| Military expenditures (% of GDP) | 2.80 | 2013 | 26 | |
| Agriculture |
|---|
| Irrigated land (sq km) | 8,804.00 | 2008 | 44 | |
| Communication |
|---|
| Telephones - main lines in use | 30,100,000 | 2012 | 11 | |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | 53,625,000 | 2012 | 25 | |
| Internet users | 39,400,000 | 2009 | 11 | |
| Nature and Environment |
|---|
| Carbon dioxide emissions per capita (tonnes) | 11.80 | 2013 | 18 | |
| Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy (Mt) | 611,000,000 | 2011 | 8 | |
| Carbon dioxide emissions - Average annual change (%) 1990/2013 | 3.17 | 2015 | 41 | |
| Total renewable water resources (cu km) | 69.70 | 2011 | 79 | |
| Fresh water withdrawals (% of total renewable water resources) 2005-2014 | 41.89 | 2015 | 19 | |
| Natural resource depletion (% of GNI) 2010-2014 | 0.01 | 2014 | 167 | |
| Forest area (% of total land area) | 63.45 | 2015 | 22 | |
| Forest area change (%) 1990-2015 | -3.92 | 2015 | 117 | |
| Energy |
|---|
| Electricity - production (kWh) | 485,100,000,000 | 2011 | 10 | |
| Electricity - consumption (kWh) | 449,500,000,000 | 2010 | 10 | |
| Electricity - imports (kWh) | 0 | 2012 | 162 | |
| Electricity - installed generating capacity (kW) | 84,660,000 | 2010 | 13 | |
| Electricity - from fossil fuels (% of total installed capacity) | 74.50 | 2010 | 102 | |
| Electricity - from hydroelectric plants (% of total installed capacity) | 2.00 | 2010 | 137 | |
| Electricity - from nuclear fuels (% of total installed capacity) | 21.90 | 2010 | 14 | |
| Electricity - from other renewable sources (% of total installed capacity) | 1.50 | 2010 | 78 | |
| Industry and Production |
|---|
| Crude oil - production (bbl/day) | 0 | 2012 | 183 | |
| Crude oil - exports (bbl/day) | 0 | 2010 | 139 | |
| Crude oil - imports (bbl/day) | 2,590,000 | 2010 | 10 | |
| Crude oil - proved reserves (bbl) | 0 | 2010 | 148 | |
| Refined petroleum products - production (bbl/day) | 2,830,000 | 2011 | 12 | |
| Refined petroleum products - consumption (bbl/day) | 2,301,000 | 2011 | 18 | |
| Natural gas - production (cu m) | 424,900,000 | 2011 | 71 | |
| Natural gas - consumption (cu m) | 49,660,000,000 | 2010 | 30 | |
| Natural gas - exports (cu m) | 0 | 2011 | 128 | |
| Natural gas - imports (cu m) | 47,340,000,000 | 2011 | 9 | |
| Natural gas proved reserves (cu m) | 5,269,000,000 | 2013 | 94 | |
| Prices |
|---|
| Consumer price index (2010=100) 2015 | 109.81 | 2015 | 122 | |
| Domestic food price level (USA = 1.0) 2010-2014 | 1.85 | 2014 | 126 | |
| Domestic food price level Volatility index 2010-2014 | 9.10 | 2014 | 44 | |
| Human security |
|---|
| Refugees by country of origin | 351 | 2015 | 117 | |
| Internally displaced persons | --- | 2015 | | |
| Homeless people due to natural disaster (average annual per million people) | 8.23 | 2015 | 100 | |
| Orphaned children | --- | 2014 | | |
| Prison population (per 100,000 people) 2004-2015 | 101 | 2015 | 119 | |
| Homicide rate (per 100,000 people) 2010-2014 | 0.70 | 2014 | 170 | |
| Suicide rate (per 100,000 people) Female 2012 | 18.00 | 2012 | 5 | |
| Suicide rate (per 100,000 people) Male 2012 | 42 | 2012 | 5 | |
| Violence against women ever experienced Intimate partner (%) 2005-2015 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Violence against women ever experienced Nonintimate partner (%) 2005-2015 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Safety Index (Numbeo) | 70.60 | 2017 | 25 | |
| Human securiy |
|---|
| Crime Index (Numbeo) | 29.40 | 2017 | 86 | |
| Gender gap |
|---|
| Sex ratio at birth (male to female births) | 1.07 | 2015 | 15 | |
| Adolescent birth rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) | 1.62 | 2015 | 184 | |
| Pre-primary (% of pre-school age female population) | 91.50 | 2015 | 42 | |
| Primary (% of primary school-age female population) | 98.55 | 2015 | 134 | |
| Secondary (% of secondary school age female population) | 97.15 | 2015 | 66 | |
| Youth unemployment rate (female to male ratio) | 0.92 | 2015 | 156 | |
| Population with at least some secondary education (female to male ratio) 2005-2015 | 0.94 | 2015 | 95 | |
| Total unempoyment rate (female to male ratio) | 0.94 | 2015 | 140 | |
| Share of paid employment in non-agriculture, female (% of total paid employment in non-agriculture) | 43.50 | 2015 | 60 | |
| Female legislators, senior officials and managers (% of total) | 9.59 | 2014 | 108 | |
| Share of seats in parliament (% held by women) | 16.33 | 2015 | 117 | |
| Life expectancy at age 50, female (years) | 35.94 | 2015 | 8 | |
| Old-age pension recipients (female to male ratio) 2006-2013 | --- | 2013 | | |
| Gender Inequality Index - Average annual change (%) 2005/2015 | -4.36 | 2015 | 127 | |
| Poverty and Inequality |
|---|
| Population in multidimensional poverty - Average annual change (%) 2005/2014 | --- | 2014 | | |
| Coefficient of human inequality | 15.89 | 2015 | 89 | |
| Inequality in life expectancy (%) 2010–2015 | 3.70 | 2015 | 171 | |
| Inequality in education (%) | 25.54 | 2015 | 56 | |
| Inequality in income (%) | 18.44 | 2015 | 100 | |
| Income inequality Quintile ratio 2010-2015 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Income inequality Palma ratio 2010-2015 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Income inequality Gini coefficient (UN) 2010-2015 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Distribution of family income - Gini index (CIA) | 31.10 | 2010 | 112 | |
| GINI index (World Bank) | 31.80 | 2016 | 98 | |
| Income share held by highest (richest) 10% (Average 2010-2016) | 24.00 | 2017 | 106 | |
| Income share held by highest (richest) 20% (Average 2010-2016) | 39.25 | 2017 | 105 | |
| Income share held by lowest (poorest) 10% (Average 2010-2016) | 2.60 | 2017 | 70 | |
| Income share held by lowest (poorest) 20% (Average 2010-2016) | 7.30 | 2017 | 58 | |
| Income share held by third 20% (Average 2010-2016) | 17.40 | 2017 | 18 | |
| Number of poor at $1,90 a day in PPP | 200,000.00 | 2011 | 63 | |
| Number of poor at $3,20 a day in PPP | 300,000.00 | 2011 | 75 | |
| Number of poor at $5,50 a day in PPP | 750,000.00 | 2011 | 80 | |
| Social values |
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| Old-age ages 65 and older dependency ratio (per 100 people ages 15-64) 2030 | 37.60 | 2015 | 19 | |
| Languages and ethnic groups |
|---|
| Ethnic Fractionalization Index (Fearon) | 0.00 | 2016 | 154 | |
| Cultural Diversity Index (Fearon) | 0.00 | 2016 | 147 | |
| Ethnic Fractionalization (Alesina) | 0.04 | 2003 | 186 | |
| Linguistic Fractionalization (Alesina) | 0.00 | 2003 | 197 | |
| Religious Fractionalization (Alesina) | 0.49 | 2003 | 98 | |
