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IndicatorCHNChinaEast Asia & Pacific
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.18rank #141
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile49.6rank #85
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.06rank #140
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.08rank #150
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.05rank #144
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile68.8rank #43
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.18rank #141
Military spending% GDP1.7%rank #71
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.04rank #149
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile63.3rank #116
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile53.7rank #97
Rule of Law0-100 percentile47rank #140
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.21rank #123
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.07rank #149
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.04rank #148
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile27.9rank #190
Women in parliament% seats26.5%rank #86
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.59rank #111
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment21.7%rank #79
Agriculture value added% GDP6.7%rank #79
Annual working hours per workerhours2,327.8rank #15
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker124,513.2rank #96
Current account balance% GDP3.8%rank #19
Employment-to-population ratio%60.8%rank #65
External debt stocks% GNI13%rank #7
FDI net inflows% GDP0.41%rank #79
GDPcurrent US$19.5Trank #2
GDP growth%5%rank #47
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$13,862rank #72
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $25,066.5rank #71
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $22,029.2rank #71
Gross capital formation% GDP40.5%rank #5
Gross savings% GDP42.7%rank #4
High-technology exports% manuf. exports26.3%rank #17
Human capital indexindex2.7rank #83
Industry value added% GDP35.6%rank #25
Inflation%0.06%rank #13
Labour force participation rate%63.8%rank #76
Personal remittances received% GDP0.15%rank #82
R&D expenditure% GDP2.6%rank #15
Researchers in R&Dper million2,107.3rank #38
Tax revenue% GDP7%rank #86
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.4rank #98
Trade openness% GDP38%rank #122
Unemployment% labor force4.6%rank #75
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%4.6%rank #75
Vulnerable employment% employment33.4%rank #103
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2415.8%rank #113
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2415.7%rank #112
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop96.1%rank #81
Basic sanitation access% pop97.3%rank #67
Child mortalityper 1000.57rank #27
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal3,526.9rank #21
DTP3 immunization coverage%97%rank #3
Health spending% GDP5.9%rank #105
Infant mortalityper 1k births4.1rank #22
Life expectancyyears78rank #70
Maternal mortalityper 100k16rank #16
Measles immunization% children95%rank #5
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%95%rank #5
Physiciansper 1k3.1rank #48
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m332rank #158
Road traffic deathsper 100k17.4rank #75
Smoking prevalence% adults22.8%rank #82
Suicide mortality rateper 100k9rank #114
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k49rank #73
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births5.7rank #47
Undernourishment% pop2.5%rank #1
Education
Adult literacy%96.7%rank #14
Education spending% GDP3.9%rank #55
Expected years of schoolingyears15.5rank #58
Mean years of schoolingyears8rank #125
Primary completion rate% relevant age103.5%rank #13
Primary enrollment% gross99.6%rank #64
Secondary enrollment% gross92.3%rank #68
Tertiary enrollment% gross76.9%rank #20
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,0006.8rank #190
Fertility ratebirths/woman1rank #192
Median age of populationyears39.1rank #53
Net migration rateper 1,000-0.4rank #119
Populationpeople1.41Brank #2
Population growth%-0.17%rank #188
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years83.4rank #56
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands1.26Mrank #2
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age44.7rank #181
Urban population%66.3%rank #90
Climate
CO₂ emissionst12.29Brank #1
CO₂ per capitat8.7rank #28
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation54.6%rank #53
Electricity from hydro% generation13.2%rank #43
Electricity from solar% generation11.1%rank #28
Electricity from wind% generation10.7%rank #29
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita6,523.7rank #26
Forest area% land24%rank #123
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita9.3rank #154
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh526.2rank #67
Renewable electricity%37%rank #47
Renewable energy share%15.2%rank #111
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e13,180rank #190
Society
Asylum seekerspeople99,716rank #160
Extreme poverty% pop0%rank #1
Female labor participation%59.1%rank #53
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10047.2rank #7
Gender Development Indexratio0.98rank #46
Gender Inequality Index0-10.13rank #37
Gini indexindex36rank #31
Homicide rateper 100k0.5rank #12
Human Development Index0-10.8rank #62
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.67rank #56
Internet users% pop91.6%rank #7
Life satisfaction0-106.1rank #63
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.64rank #73
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #1
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #1
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #1
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.07rank #85
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people230rank #138
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people153,962rank #156
Youth NEET rate%11.5%rank #47
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year1rank #2
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-106.1rank #53
Human hazard & exposure0-103.6rank #31
INFORM risk score0-102.9rank #18
Lack of coping capacity0-103.1rank #23
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-102.2rank #19
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-103.9rank #18
Natural hazard & exposure0-107.8rank #59
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year1rank #2
Socio-economic vulnerability0-102.3rank #24
Vulnerability0-101.3rank #5
Vulnerable groups0-100.2rank #1
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