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Where Does the US
Rank First in the World?
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Consumption
Education and Production
Crime
and Guns
Pollution and
Environment
Quality of
Life
Math
Manufacturing
Rape
GHG
emissions
Longevity
Reading
Electricity
Prisoners
Air
Pollution
GDP
Science
Farming
Overall
Crime
Overall
Pollution
Hours
worked
Spending
on Ed
Clothes
Guns
UN
Paid
Vacation
Graduate Ed
Cars
Murder
Sustainability
Cleanliness Retirement
Final Summary Result: Click Here
1 - Math
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Where does the US Rank in Math on
Standardized tests?
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36th with China as #1, Singapore as #2, Hong
Kong #3, Taiwan #4, S. Korea as #5, Japan as
#7, Canada as #13 and yet the US is #5 for
money spent per student.
1 – Reading Comprehension
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How does the US compare on reading and
literacy?
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#24 with China as #1, Japan #4, Finland #6,
Canada #7, Australia #13
1 - Science
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Where does the US rank in Science?
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#28 with China as #1, Singapore as #3, Japan
#4, Canada as #10, Germany as #10. Even
Slovenia and Vietnam are ranked above the US.
1 – Spending on Ed
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Where does the US rank in spending per capita?
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While the answer varies by state, overall the US
is #5, behind Austria #1, Luxemburg #2,
Norway #3, Switzerland #4. The US teachers
are highly unionized and it is not clear that
spending and education quality are linked since
the teachers unions protect bad teachers.
1 – Graduate Education
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Where does the US Rank in terms of graduate
education in the world?
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In some fields: medicine, business, law, biotech, computer science, pharmaceuticals, the US
can claim to be #1 or competitive with the best
in the world. The US attracts many foreign
students who study in the US and then often go
back home.
2 – Consumption and
Production
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Where does the US rank in terms of productivity
per hour worked?
Norway is #1 with a productivity in 2013 dollars
of 75.18 per hour worked. Then Luxembourg at
73.22, the US at #3 with 67.32, Belgium at 60.98,
Netherlands at 60.06, France at 59.24, Germany at
57.36. Based strictly on manufacturing work, Germany,
Korea and Japan would rank above the US.
2 – Consumption and
Production
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Where does the US rank in terms of electrical
energy consumption per capita?
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The US is 6th in the world. Iceland requires the
most energy per person, but produces much of
it via sustainable sources, Norway, Canada and
Finland all require lots of heat and light and
Kuwait requires lot of cooling.
2 – Consumption and
Production
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Where does the US rank in terms of farming
productivity per capita?
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The US is #1 in terms of efficient food
production per farm worker, less so in terms of
water use, and #3 overall for total food
production after China and India. Brazil is #4.
The US is a large exporter of food and produces
far more than it consumes.
2 – Consumption and
Production
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Who is the largest importer of clothes in the
world, per capita?
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The US is the largest importer of clothes per
capita with 40% coming from China. The US
makes very little of it’s own clothing even if it is
designed here.
2 – Consumption and
Production
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How does the US rank in terms of vehicles
owned per capita?
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The US is fourth at 8.1 per 10 people, behind
San Marino at 12.6 cars per 10 people, Monaco
at 8.4, and Lichtenstein at 8.3, all wealthy
countries per capita. Of course some countries have
efficient public transit systems and owning a car is simply not
necessary.
3 - Crime
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Where does the US rank on rapes per capita?
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#7 in the world behind Sweden ar #1 with over
60 rapes per 100,000 people per year, Jamaica
at #2, Boliva at #3, Costa Rica at #4, New
Zealand at #5 and Belgium at $6. The rapes in some
countries are likely higher than any of these countries but remain
unreported due to social stigma such as in Arab countries and some
African countries where rape is a tool of war.
3 - Crime
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Where does the US rank in terms of
incarcerations per capita?
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Aside from the very small country of Seychelles
the US is #1 among large countries with nearly
700 prisoners per 100,000 population. Cuba is
at 510, Australia at 152, China at 118, Italy at
86, Germany at 78.
3 - Crime
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Where does the US rank in overall crime in the
world per capita?
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#22 with 42 per 100,000 population per year
and behind the UK, France, Denmark, Sweden,
Iceland. This might suggest the US is relatively
safe although far more dangerous than Japan at
22 crimes of all types per 100,000 population
and this includes petty crime.
3 - Crime
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Where does the US rank in terms of gun
ownership per person?
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#1 by far with 112 per 100 people, which means
some people own many guns. Serbia is #2 at
76, Yemen #3 at 55. Japan with it’s low murder
rate is at .6 guns per 100 people.
3 - Crime
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How doe the US rank in murder per capita?
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#108 for the US, well below the murder rates in
Honduras, El Salvador, Venezuela and most
African countries but at 3.9 per 100,000 people
the US is far more dangerous than Japan, with
strict gun control laws, at .3 or Switzerland at .5
or Norway at .6 or UAE at .7 or Italy at .8
4 - Pollution
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Who is # 1 for Green House Gas (GHG)
Emissions Per Capita?
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Canada is #1, the US is #2, Russia is #3. China
produces the most total GHG but produces less
than half the US rate per person.
4 - Pollution
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How does the US compare on Air Pollution to the
world?
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The US has fairly clean air ranking in the top 10
countries. The implementation of the catalytic
converter and no lead gas, both moves the auto
industry said would be too expensive have
helped, yet Canada and Australia have cleaner
air not because of less pollution, but simply
more area per person over which to spread the
pollution.
4 - Pollution
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Which countries are the highest polluters in
absolute terms in the world?
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China is #1, then the US is #2 followed by
Brazil, Indonesia and Japan. Coal use remains
one of the largest reasons for pollution among
these industrialized countries.
4 - Pollution
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Based on the UN HSDI rankings for sustainability
and environmental protection how does the US
rank?
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#28 with Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Hong
Kong, New Zealand, Israel, Iceland ranked in the
top group based on overall sustainability. The
lack of public transit in many cities and low
access to transit hurts the US ranking. The
culture of biking helps many countries as well.
4 - Cleanliness
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Which countries are the cleanest in the world?
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Correlated with pollution but also affected by
size and being near the ocean, population
density and access to cleaner power, Iceland is
#1, then Switzerland, Costa Rica, Sweden,
Norway, Mauritius, France, Austria, Cuba are
among the cleanest countries.
5 – Quality of Life
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How does the US rank on longevity?
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#28th well below the top four of Switzerland,
Japan, Italy, and Spain. This is despite spending
more money per capita by far on health care
than any other country. Insurance costs to protect
against lawsuits plague the US system. Tort reform
would lower costs but Congress, filled with lawyers, has
opposed tort reform or limits.
5 – Quality of Life
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How does the US rank on GDP per person?
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#10 or 11 depending on how you rank with
adjustments for purchasing power. The top 9
are Luxemburg, Norway, Quatar, Macao,
Switzerland, Australia, Denmark, Sweden, and
Singapore.
5 – Quality of Life
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How does the US rank on hours worked per year
per person?
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The US is 16th, well ahead of most developed
countries but well behind less developed
countries. The hardest working people are #1
Mexico, #2 Costa Rica, then S. Korea, Greece,
Chile, Russia, Latvia, and Poland.
5 - Vacation
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How does the US rank on paid vacation days
compared to other countries?
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Among the worst down near Japan with less
than half the paid vacation time found in France,
the UK, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden,
Germany and Portugal among others yet some
of these countries have higher GDP per person
than the US.
5 –Quality of Life
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How does the US rank on retirement security?
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#19 with these countries providing more secure
or earlier retirement: 1. Switzerland, Norway,
Australia, Iceland, Netherlands, Sweden,
Denmark, Austria, Germany, New Zealand,
Luxembourg, Canada, Finland, Republic of
Korea, Czech Republic, Belgium, Japan, France
Final Summary
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Where is the US # 1 in the world then?
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Farmers in the US are among the most efficient in
terms of labor, although much less efficient than
Israel in terms of water use. We are #1 in
incarcerations per capita, quality graduate
education, processed food production, military
spending per capita (not covered here), health
care spending per person and high on imports per
person. The US scores average to low among
developed countries on most education measures,
quality of life and even GDP per person.