China

Metrics

1. population
   1.4B
   1 of 176
   REST Countries · UN data
2. gdp
   $18.3T
   2 of 170
   World Bank · latest available
3. gdp per capita
   $12,951
   61 of 170
   World Bank · latest available
4. military spending
   $297B
   2 of 151
   SIPRI via World Bank
5. military % of gdp
   1.7%
   63 of 148
   SIPRI via World Bank
6. area
   9.7M km²
   4 of 176
   REST Countries
7. population density
   144 /km²
   31 of 144
   zuhd — derived from population and area
8. life expectancy
   78.0 yr
   46 of 175
   World Bank · latest available
9. internet access
   91%
   37 of 166
   ITU via World Bank
10. co₂ per capita
    9.3 t
    12 of 138
    World Bank · Climate Watch
11. urbanization
    66%
    65 of 142
    World Bank · UN DESA
12. fertility rate
    1.0
    141 of 142
    World Bank · UN DESA
13. foreign-born share
    0.1%
    137 of 141
    World Bank · UN DESA
14. remittances % of gdp
    0.2%
    113 of 131
    World Bank · IMF BOP
15. r&d % of gdp
    2.6%
    10 of 106
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
16. researchers per million
    2,107
    35 of 100
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
17. scientific articles / yr
    899K
    1 of 142
    NSF / World Bank
18. high-tech exports %
    26%
    11 of 131
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
19. gini inequality
    36.0
    47 of 117
    World Bank · PovcalNet
20. youth unemployment
    16%
    60 of 140
    ILO via World Bank
21. adult literacy
    97%
    21 of 86
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
22. democracy (v-dem)
    0.04
    129 of 138
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
23. cpi (clean gov)
    43
    55 of 139
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
24. press freedom
    78.7
    3 of 139
    RSF via Our World in Data
25. human development
    0.797
    56 of 140
    UNDP via Our World in Data
26. refugees hosted
    303K
    21 of 138
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
27. refugees produced
    154K
    16 of 139
    UNHCR via Our World in Data