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
   39 of 176
   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
    17 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
11. urbanization
    66%
    76 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
12. fertility rate
    1.0
    165 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
13. foreign-born share
    0.1%
    163 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
14. remittances % of gdp
    0.2%
    129 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
15. r&d % of gdp
    2.6%
    13 of 123
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
16. researchers per million
    2,107
    40 of 118
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
17. scientific articles / yr
    899K
    1 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
18. high-tech exports %
    26%
    13 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
19. gini inequality
    36.0
    77 of 139
    World Bank · PovcalNet
20. youth unemployment
    16%
    100 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
21. adult literacy
    97%
    26 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
22. democracy (v-dem)
    0.04
    153 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
23. cpi (clean gov)
    43
    63 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
24. press freedom
    78.7
    160 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
25. human development
    0.797
    65 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
26. refugees hosted
    303K
    25 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
27. refugees produced
    154K
    18 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data