| Attribute | Data | Year | intern. Ranking | Data source |
|---|
| Geography |
|---|
 Area (sq km) | 243,610 | 2015 | 80 | |
| Coastline (km) | 12,429 | 2017 | 13 | |
| Human Development Index |
|---|
| Human Development Index | 0.91 | 2015 | 16 | |
| HDI rank | 16 | 2015 | 173 | |
| GNI per capita rank minus HDI rank (2011 PPP $) | 10 | 2011 | 64 | |
| HDI rank (2011 PPP $) | 16 | 2011 | 173 | |
| Population |
|---|
| Total population | 64,715,800 | 2015 | 21 | |
| Population in 2030 | 70,112,500 | 2015 | 21 | |
| Average annual growth (%) 2000/2005 | 0.45 | 2015 | 154 | |
| Average annual growth (%) 2010/2015 | 0.63 | 2015 | 135 | |
| Urban population (%) 2015 | 82.59 | 2015 | 34 | |
| Population under age 5 | 4,058,000 | 2015 | 31 | |
| Population Age 15-64 | 41,719,000 | 2015 | 20 | |
| Population age 65 and older | 11,492,000 | 2015 | 11 | |
| Median age (years) | 40.05 | 2015 | 32 | |
| (per 100 people ages 15-64) Young age (0-14) | 27.57 | 2015 | 135 | |
| (per 100 people ages 15-64) Old age (65 and older) 2015 | 27.55 | 2015 | 20 | |
| Total fertility rate (births per woman) 2000/2005 | 1.66 | 2015 | 149 | |
| Total fertility rate (births per woman) 2010/2015 | 1.92 | 2015 | 128 | |
| Mother s mean age at first birth | 27.80 | 2010 | 29 | |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate (%) | 84.00 | 2005 | 6 | |
| Birth registration (% under age 5) 2010-2015 | 100.00 | 2015 | 20 | |
| Health |
|---|
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | 80.85 | 2015 | 27 | |
| Child malnutrition Stunting (moderate or severe) 2010-2015 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Mortality rates Infant 2015 per 1000 | 3.50 | 2015 | 163 | |
| Mortality rates Under-five per 1000 | 4.20 | 2015 | 166 | |
| Life expectancy at age 60 2010/2015 | 23.52 | 2015 | 26 | |
| Maternal mortality ratio (deaths per 100,000 live births) | 9 | 2015 | 149 | |
| Physicians 2001-2014 per 1.0000 | 28.09 | 2014 | 47 | |
| Hospital bed density (beds/1,000 population) | 3.00 | 2010 | 78 | |
| Deaths due to Malaria 2012 per 100.000 | --- | 2012 | | |
| Deaths due to Tuberculosis per 100.000 | 0.46 | 2014 | 157 | |
| Deaths due to HIV prevalence, adult 2015 per 100.000 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Infants lacking immunization DTP 2014 | 2.00 | 2014 | 111 | |
| Infants lacking immunization Measles 2014 | 7.00 | 2014 | 95 | |
| Public health expenditure 2014 % of GDB | 7.58 | 2014 | 20 | |
| Depth of food deficit (kilocalories per person per day) (%) 2013/2015 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Education |
|---|
| Expected years of schooling (years) | 16.31 | 2015 | 24 | |
| Mean years of schooling (years) | 13.28 | 2015 | 2 | |
| 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 | 17.39 | 2014 | 101 | |
| Government expenditure on education (% of GDP) 2010-2014 | 5.69 | 2014 | 37 | |
| Population with at least some secondary education (% ages 25 and older) 200 | 82.90 | 2015 | 51 | |
| Gross enrolment ratio Pre-primary (% of preschool-age children) 2010-2015 | 88.22 | 2015 | 52 | |
| Gross enrolment ratio Primary (% of primary school-age population) 2010-201 | 108.24 | 2015 | 59 | |
| Gross enrolment ratio Secondary (% of secondary school-age population) 2010 | 127.81 | 2015 | 8 | |
| Gross enrolment ratio Tertiary (% of tertiary school-age population) 2010-2 | 56.48 | 2015 | 48 | |
| Gross enrolment ratio Primary school dropout rate (% of primary school coho | --- | 2015 | | |
| Primary school teachers trained to teach (%) 2005-2015 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Economy |
|---|
| Gross national income (GNI) per capita (2011 PPP $) | 37,930.80 | 2015 | 26 | |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) | 37,300.00 | 2013 | 33 | |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) | 38,657.80 | 2011 | 23 | |
| GDP (purchasing power parity, $) | 2,387,000,000,000.00 | 2013 | 8 | |
| GDP (purchasing power parity, $) | 2,518.10 | 2011 | 9 | |
| GDP - real growth rate (%) | 1.80 | 2013 | 147 | |
| Exports in US-Dollar | 813,200,000,000.00 | 2013 | 4 | |
| Imports in US-Dollar | 782,500,000,000.00 | 2013 | 4 | |
| External Debt in US-Dollar | 9,577,000,000,000.00 | 2013 | 2 | |
| External debt stock (% of GNI) 2005-2014 | --- | 2013 | | |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%) | 2.00 | 2013 | 153 | |
| Industrial production growth rate (%) | -0.30 | 2013 | 168 | |
| Current account balance | 0.00 | 2013 | 191 | |
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | 87,480,000,000.00 | 2013 | 24 | |
| Stock of direct foreign investment - at home | 1,557,000,000,000.00 | 2013 | 2 | |
| Market value of publicly traded shares | 2,903,000,000,000.00 | 2011 | 8 | |
| Budget surplus/deficit (% of GDP) | -3.60 | 2013 | 137 | |
| Total tax revenue (% of GDP) 2005-2014 | 25.05 | 2014 | 17 | |
| Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP) 2005-2014 | 32.63 | 2014 | 25 | |
| Research and development expenditure (% of GDP) 2005-2014 | 1.70 | 2014 | 21 | |
| Domestic credit provided by financial sector (% of GDP) 2010-2015 | 163.21 | 2015 | 18 | |
| Total debt service (% of GNI) 2014 | --- | 2014 | | |
| Employment |
|---|
| Labor force | 30,150,000 | 2013 | 19 | |
| Employment to population ratio 2015 | 59.25 | 2015 | 86 | |
| Labour force participation rate 2015 | 62.68 | 2015 | 97 | |
| Employment in agriculture 2010-2014 | 1.10 | 2014 | 122 | |
| Employment in services 2010-2014 | 79.10 | 2014 | 11 | |
| Unemployment Total 2015 | 5.47 | 2015 | 119 | |
| Unemployment Youth 2015 | 15.08 | 2015 | 91 | |
| Youth not in school or employment 2010-2014 | 11.87 | 2014 | 69 | |
| Vulnerable employment 2005-2014 | 12.70 | 2014 | 97 | |
| 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) | 14 | 2015 | 174 | |
| Old-age pension recipients 2004-2013 (% of statutory pension age population | 99.50 | 2013 | 27 | |
| Income quintile ratio Average annual change (%) 2000/2014 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Traffic |
|---|
| Airports | 460.00 | 2016 | 18 | |
| Roadways (km) | 394,428.00 | 2010 | 16 | |
| Railways (km) | 16,454 | 2008 | 17 | |
| Waterways (km) | 3.20 | 2015 | 75 | |
| Military |
|---|
| Military expenditures (% of GDP) | 2.49 | 2013 | 28 | |
| Agriculture |
|---|
| Irrigated land (sq km) | 2,280.00 | 2008 | 71 | |
| Communication |
|---|
| Telephones - main lines in use | 33,010,000 | 2012 | 9 | |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | 82,109,000 | 2012 | 18 | |
| Internet users | 51,444,000 | 2009 | 7 | |
| Nature and Environment |
|---|
| Carbon dioxide emissions per capita (tonnes) | 7.13 | 2013 | 40 | |
| Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy (Mt) | 178,500,000 | 2011 | 31 | |
| Carbon dioxide emissions - Average annual change (%) 1990/2013 | -1.33 | 2015 | 145 | |
| Total renewable water resources (cu km) | 147.00 | 2011 | 54 | |
| Fresh water withdrawals (% of total renewable water resources) 2005-2014 | 5.45 | 2015 | 73 | |
| Natural resource depletion (% of GNI) 2010-2014 | 0.58 | 2014 | 129 | |
| Forest area (% of total land area) | 13.00 | 2015 | 135 | |
| Forest area change (%) 1990-2015 | 13.17 | 2015 | 37 | |
| Energy |
|---|
| Electricity - production (kWh) | 365,700,000,000 | 2011 | 11 | |
| Electricity - consumption (kWh) | 323,300,000,000 | 2010 | 11 | |
| Electricity - imports (kWh) | 17,530,000,000 | 2012 | 10 | |
| Electricity - installed generating capacity (kW) | 89,240,000 | 2010 | 12 | |
| Electricity - from fossil fuels (% of total installed capacity) | 76.00 | 2010 | 98 | |
| Electricity - from hydroelectric plants (% of total installed capacity) | 4.80 | 2010 | 126 | |
| Electricity - from nuclear fuels (% of total installed capacity) | 11.20 | 2010 | 30 | |
| Electricity - from other renewable sources (% of total installed capacity) | 8.00 | 2010 | 31 | |
| Industry and Production |
|---|
| Crude oil - production (bbl/day) | 771,800 | 2012 | 25 | |
| Crude oil - exports (bbl/day) | 637,800 | 2010 | 20 | |
| Crude oil - imports (bbl/day) | 1,053,000 | 2010 | 24 | |
| Crude oil - proved reserves (bbl) | 3,122,000,000 | 2010 | 29 | |
| Refined petroleum products - production (bbl/day) | 1,343,000 | 2011 | 30 | |
| Refined petroleum products - consumption (bbl/day) | 1,217,000 | 2011 | 36 | |
| Natural gas - production (cu m) | 38,480,000,000 | 2011 | 24 | |
| Natural gas - consumption (cu m) | 51,630,000,000 | 2010 | 28 | |
| Natural gas - exports (cu m) | 8,949,000,000 | 2011 | 26 | |
| Natural gas - imports (cu m) | 48,260,000,000 | 2011 | 7 | |
| Natural gas proved reserves (cu m) | 244,000,000,000 | 2013 | 43 | |
| Prices |
|---|
| Consumer price index (2010=100) 2015 | 111.84 | 2015 | 105 | |
| Domestic food price level (USA = 1.0) 2010-2014 | 1.19 | 2014 | 144 | |
| Domestic food price level Volatility index 2010-2014 | 5.00 | 2014 | 105 | |
| Human security |
|---|
| Refugees by country of origin | 131 | 2015 | 135 | |
| Internally displaced persons | --- | 2015 | | |
| Homeless people due to natural disaster (average annual per million people) | 43.58 | 2015 | 65 | |
| Orphaned children | --- | 2014 | | |
| Prison population (per 100,000 people) 2004-2015 | 146 | 2015 | 82 | |
| Homicide rate (per 100,000 people) 2010-2014 | 0.90 | 2014 | 163 | |
| Suicide rate (per 100,000 people) Female 2012 | 2.60 | 2012 | 119 | |
| Suicide rate (per 100,000 people) Male 2012 | 10 | 2012 | 102 | |
| Violence against women ever experienced Intimate partner (%) 2005-2015 | 29.00 | 2015 | 41 | |
| Violence against women ever experienced Nonintimate partner (%) 2005-2015 | 7.00 | 2015 | 18 | |
| Safety Index (Numbeo) | 58.99 | 2017 | 51 | |
| Human securiy |
|---|
| Crime Index (Numbeo) | 41.01 | 2017 | 60 | |
| Gender gap |
|---|
| Sex ratio at birth (male to female births) | 1.05 | 2015 | 70 | |
| Adolescent birth rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) | 14.64 | 2015 | 138 | |
| Pre-primary (% of pre-school age female population) | 88.08 | 2015 | 48 | |
| Primary (% of primary school-age female population) | 108.08 | 2015 | 53 | |
| Secondary (% of secondary school age female population) | 130.40 | 2015 | 7 | |
| Youth unemployment rate (female to male ratio) | 0.90 | 2015 | 163 | |
| Population with at least some secondary education (female to male ratio) 2005-2015 | 0.96 | 2015 | 81 | |
| Total unempoyment rate (female to male ratio) | 0.93 | 2015 | 143 | |
| Share of paid employment in non-agriculture, female (% of total paid employment in non-agriculture) | 49.40 | 2015 | 19 | |
| Female legislators, senior officials and managers (% of total) | 34.27 | 2014 | 44 | |
| Share of seats in parliament (% held by women) | 26.75 | 2015 | 52 | |
| Life expectancy at age 50, female (years) | 33.86 | 2015 | 29 | |
| Old-age pension recipients (female to male ratio) 2006-2013 | 1 | 2013 | 31 | |
| Gender Inequality Index - Average annual change (%) 2005/2015 | -3.85 | 2015 | 121 | |
| Poverty and Inequality |
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| Population in multidimensional poverty - Average annual change (%) 2005/2014 | --- | 2014 | | |
| Coefficient of human inequality | 7.84 | 2015 | 136 | |
| Inequality in life expectancy (%) 2010–2015 | 4.50 | 2015 | 156 | |
| Inequality in education (%) | 2.83 | 2015 | 148 | |
| Inequality in income (%) | 16.20 | 2015 | 117 | |
| Income inequality Quintile ratio 2010-2015 | 5.34 | 2015 | 102 | |
| Income inequality Palma ratio 2010-2015 | 1.25 | 2015 | 109 | |
| Income inequality Gini coefficient (UN) 2010-2015 | 32.57 | 2015 | 107 | |
| Distribution of family income - Gini index (CIA) | 32.30 | 2010 | 104 | |
| GINI index (World Bank) | 33.44 | 2016 | 83 | |
| Income share held by highest (richest) 10% (Average 2010-2016) | 25.64 | 2017 | 94 | |
| Income share held by highest (richest) 20% (Average 2010-2016) | 40.86 | 2017 | 90 | |
| Income share held by lowest (poorest) 10% (Average 2010-2016) | 2.94 | 2017 | 59 | |
| Income share held by lowest (poorest) 20% (Average 2010-2016) | 7.42 | 2017 | 53 | |
| Income share held by third 20% (Average 2010-2016) | 16.76 | 2017 | 38 | |
| Number of poor at $1,90 a day in PPP | 160,000.00 | 2011 | 68 | |
| Number of poor at $3,20 a day in PPP | 220,000.00 | 2011 | 79 | |
| Number of poor at $5,50 a day in PPP | 360,000.00 | 2011 | 92 | |
| Social values |
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| Old-age ages 65 and older dependency ratio (per 100 people ages 15-64) 2030 | 35.00 | 2015 | 31 | |
| Languages and ethnic groups |
|---|
| Ethnic Fractionalization Index (Fearon) | 0.32 | 2016 | 105 | |
| Cultural Diversity Index (Fearon) | 0.18 | 2016 | 101 | |
| Ethnic Fractionalization (Alesina) | 0.12 | 2003 | 161 | |
| Linguistic Fractionalization (Alesina) | 0.05 | 2003 | 173 | |
| Religious Fractionalization (Alesina) | 0.69 | 2003 | 27 | |
