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Among wealthy nations, a study on 2016 data found the United States ranked first for child deaths by automobile accident and firearm, with overall child mortality 57% higher in the U.S. than other high-income countries, although traffic deaths were decreasing.^[9]

As of 2017^[update], the United States life expectancy is 79.8 years at birth, ranking 42nd among 224 nations.^[10]

Peace

Vision of Humanity 2018 Global Peace Index ranked 121st out of 162 countries^[11]

Politics

Transparency International 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index: ranked 23rd lowest corruption out of 198 countries^[12]
Reporters Without Borders 2022 Press Freedom Index: ranked 42nd out of 180 countries^[13]
V-Dem Democracy indices: ranked 2023 27th out of 179 countries^[14]
Democracy Index (The Economist): ranked 2022 30th out of 167 countries^[15]
World Justice Project 2020 Rule of Law Index ranked 21st out of 128 countries and jurisdictions^[16]

Standard of living

List of countries by Human Development Index: ranked 13th out of 189 countries for 2018^[17]
List of countries by inequality-adjusted HDI: ranked 25th out of 156 countries for 2018^[18]

References

^ "These Countries Care the Most About Human Rights". Retrieved 12 February 2023.
^ "Statistics on labour productivity". ILOSTAT. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
^ World Economic Forum weforum.org 2014–2015 Global Competitiveness Report
^ World Economic Forum 2014 Global Enabling Trade Report
^ The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal 2020 Index of Economic Freedom (XLS)
^ The cities where most rich (and poor) kids end up as adults, and more!
^ PISA 2018 Results: Combined Executive Summaries, Volumes I, II, & III (PDF) (Report). OECD. 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
^ 2022 EPI Results
^ "Study: Kids More Likely To Die From Cars And Guns In U.S. Than Elsewhere". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
^ "Country Comparison: Life Expectancy at Birth". The World Factbook. CIA. Archived from the original on June 13, 2007.
^ "2015 Global Peace Index" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
^ Transparency International 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index
^ Index 2022 – Global score, Reporters Without Borders
^ Coppedge, Michael, John Gerring, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Staffan I. Lindberg, Jan Teorell, Nazifa Alizada, David Altman, Michael Bernhard, Agnes Cornell, M. Steven Fish, Lisa Gastaldi, Haakon Gjerløw, Adam Glynn, Allen Hicken, Garry Hindle, Nina Ilchenko, Joshua Krusell, Anna Lührmann, Seraphine F. Maerz, Kyle L. Marquardt, Kelly McMann, Valeriya Mechkova, Juraj Medzihorsky, Pamela Paxton, Daniel Pemstein, Josefine Pernes, Johannes von Römer, Brigitte Seim, Rachel Sigman, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Jeffrey Staton, Aksel Sundström, Eitan Tzelgov, Yi-ting Wang, Tore Wig, Steven Wilson and Daniel Ziblatt. 2021. "V-Dem [Country–Year/Country–Date] Dataset v11.1" Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project. https://doi.org/10.23696/vdemds21.
^ Economist Intelligence Unit [1]
^ "WJP Rule of Law Index® 2018-2019". data.worldjusticeproject.org. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
^ Human Development Report 2021-22: Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 8 September 2022. pp. 272–276. ISBN 978-9-211-26451-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ Human Development Reports, Composite indices — HDI and beyond (2015) 87

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[1] "These Countries Care the Most About Human Rights". Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[2] "Statistics on labour productivity". ILOSTAT. Retrieved 2024-01-25.

[3] World Economic Forum weforum.org 2014–2015 Global Competitiveness Report

[4] World Economic Forum 2014 Global Enabling Trade Report

[5] The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal 2020 Index of Economic Freedom (XLS)

[6] The cities where most rich (and poor) kids end up as adults, and more!

[7] PISA 2018 Results: Combined Executive Summaries, Volumes I, II, & III (PDF) (Report). OECD. 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2022.

[8] 2022 EPI Results

[9] "Study: Kids More Likely To Die From Cars And Guns In U.S. Than Elsewhere". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-12-19.

[10] "Country Comparison: Life Expectancy at Birth". The World Factbook. CIA. Archived from the original on June 13, 2007.

[11] "2015 Global Peace Index" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2015-08-18.

[12] Transparency International 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index

[13] Index 2022 – Global score, Reporters Without Borders

[vdem_dataset-14] Coppedge, Michael, John Gerring, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Staffan I. Lindberg, Jan Teorell, Nazifa Alizada, David Altman, Michael Bernhard, Agnes Cornell, M. Steven Fish, Lisa Gastaldi, Haakon Gjerløw, Adam Glynn, Allen Hicken, Garry Hindle, Nina Ilchenko, Joshua Krusell, Anna Lührmann, Seraphine F. Maerz, Kyle L. Marquardt, Kelly McMann, Valeriya Mechkova, Juraj Medzihorsky, Pamela Paxton, Daniel Pemstein, Josefine Pernes, Johannes von Römer, Brigitte Seim, Rachel Sigman, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Jeffrey Staton, Aksel Sundström, Eitan Tzelgov, Yi-ting Wang, Tore Wig, Steven Wilson and Daniel Ziblatt. 2021. "V-Dem [Country–Year/Country–Date] Dataset v11.1" Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project. https://doi.org/10.23696/vdemds21.

[15] Economist Intelligence Unit [1]

[16] "WJP Rule of Law Index® 2018-2019". data.worldjusticeproject.org. Retrieved 2020-06-25.

[2022_components-17] Human Development Report 2021-22: Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 8 September 2022. pp. 272–276. ISBN 978-9-211-26451-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

[18] Human Development Reports, Composite indices — HDI and beyond (2015) 87

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-{{short description|Overview of international rankings of the United States of America}}
+{{Short description|Overview of international rankings of the United States of America}}
-The following are links to '''[[List of international rankings|international rankings]] of the [[United States]]'''.
+{{Update|date=July 2024}}
+The following are links to some '''[[List of international rankings|international rankings]] of the [[United States]]'''.
+==Civil liberties==
+*[[U.S. News and World Report]] ranked 21 of 87 in "cares about human rights"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/rankings/cares-about-human-rights |title=These Countries Care the Most About Human Rights |access-date=12 February 2023}}</ref>
 ==Economics==
+(Date ranges indicate different countries were sampled in different years.)
-*[[World Economic Forum]] 2018–2019 [[Global Competitiveness Report]], ranked 2 out of 141 countries<ref>[[World Economic Forum]] weforum.org [http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2014-2015/rankings/ 2014–2015 Global Competitiveness Report]</ref>
-*[[World Economic Forum]] 2016 [[Global Enabling Trade Report]] ranked 22<ref>[[World Economic Forum]] [http://www.weforum.org/reports/global-enabling-trade-report-2014 2014 Global Enabling Trade Report]</ref>
+* [[List of countries by GDP (nominal)|GDP (nominal)]] - 1 of 213 ([[IMF]], 2023)
-*[[The Heritage Foundation]] and ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' 2018 [[Index of Economic Freedom]] ranked 17 out of 178 economies<ref>[[The Heritage Foundation]] and ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' [https://www.heritage.org/index/ranking 2020 Index of Economic Freedom (XLS)]</ref>
+* [[List of countries by GDP (PPP)|GDP (PPP)]] - 2 of 196 (IMF, 2024)
-*[[Fraser Institute]] [[Economic Freedom of the World]]  2019 Annual Report (Economic Freedom Ratings for 2017) ranked 5 out of 152 countries and territories [https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/economic-freedom-of-the-world-2019.pdf]
+* [[Median income]] per capita - 1 of 45 (OECD, 2011-2021)
+* [[List of countries by GNI (nominal) per capita|Income per capita (nominal)]] - 7 of 190 (2009-2022, World Bank)
+* [[List of countries by total wealth|Total wealth]] - 1 of 173 (UBS and Credit Suisse, 2023)
+* [[International Labour Organization]] ranked 13 of 181 for labor productivity, 2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statistics on labour productivity |url=https://ilostat.ilo.org/topics/labour-productivity/ |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=ILOSTAT |language=en-US}}</ref> (See [[List of countries by labour productivity]])
+* [[List of countries by income equality|Income inequality]] - 61 highest out of 168 (World Bank, 1992-2022)
+*[[World Economic Forum]] 2018–2019 [[Global Competitiveness Report]], ranked 2nd out of 141 countries<ref>[[World Economic Forum]] weforum.org [http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2014-2015/rankings/ 2014–2015 Global Competitiveness Report]</ref>
+*[[World Economic Forum]] 2016 [[Global Enabling Trade Report]] ranked 22nd<ref>[[World Economic Forum]] [http://www.weforum.org/reports/global-enabling-trade-report-2014 2014 Global Enabling Trade Report]</ref>
+*[[The Heritage Foundation]] and ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' 2018 [[Index of Economic Freedom]] ranked 17th out of 178 economies<ref>[[The Heritage Foundation]] and ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' [https://www.heritage.org/index/ranking 2020 Index of Economic Freedom (XLS)]</ref>
+*[[Fraser Institute]] [[Economic Freedom of the World]] 2019 Annual Report (Economic Freedom Ratings for 2017) ranked 5th out of 152 countries and territories [https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/economic-freedom-of-the-world-2019.pdf]
+* The Harvard Growth Lab ranked 12th in technological advancement, as of 2019.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/10/14/states-teachers-paddle/ The cities where most rich (and poor) kids end up as adults, and more!]</ref>
+* [[Global Innovation Index]] - 3 of 50 in 2023
 ==Education==
-* [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] 2015 [[Programme for International Student Assessment]], ranked 40 of 72 in mathematics, 25 of 72 in science, 24 of 72 in reading<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://openpisa.org/|title=Open PISA|website=openpisa.org|access-date=2019-12-19}}</ref>
+* [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] 2015 [[Programme for International Student Assessment]], ranked 38 of 79 in mathematics, 19 of 79 in science, 13 of 78 in reading<ref>{{cite report|title=PISA 2018 Results: Combined Executive Summaries, Volumes I, II, & III|year=2019|publisher=[[OECD]]|url=https://www.oecd.org/pisa/Combined_Executive_Summaries_PISA_2018.pdf|access-date=November 24, 2022}}</ref>
+==Environment==
+* [[Environmental Performance Index]] - 43 of 180 in 2022<ref>[https://epi.yale.edu/epi-results/2022/component/epi 2022 EPI Results]</ref>
 ==Globalization==
 {{main|Globalization}}
 *2006 [[Globalization Index (A.T. Kearney)]] ranked 3rd
-*2010 [[KOF Index of Globalization]] ranked 27
+*2010 [[KOF Index of Globalization]] ranked 27th
-==Health==
+==Healthcare==
 {{main|Healthcare in the United States}}
-{{As of|2015}}, the [[Maternal Mortality Ratio]] is 46th out of the countries ranked.  (See [[Maternal mortality in the United States]].)
+{{As of|2015}}, the [[Maternal mortality ratio]] was 46th lowest out of the countries ranked. (See [[Maternal mortality in the United States]].)
-Among wealthy nations, a study on 2016 data found the United States ranked first for child deaths by automobile accident and firearm, with overall child mortality 57% higher in the U.S. than other high-income countries. Though traffic deaths were decreasing, they were 5 times the rate in England and Wales; firearms deaths were increasing from a rate 100 times that in England and Wales.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/12/19/678193620/study-kids-more-likely-to-die-from-cars-and-guns-in-u-s-than-elsewhere|title=Study: Kids More Likely To Die From Cars And Guns In U.S. Than Elsewhere|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2019-12-19}}</ref>
+Among wealthy nations, a study on 2016 data found the United States ranked first for child deaths by automobile accident and firearm, with overall child mortality 57% higher in the U.S. than other high-income countries, although traffic deaths were decreasing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/12/19/678193620/study-kids-more-likely-to-die-from-cars-and-guns-in-u-s-than-elsewhere|title=Study: Kids More Likely To Die From Cars And Guns In U.S. Than Elsewhere|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2019-12-19}}</ref>
-{{as of|2017}}, the United States life expectancy is 79.8 years at birth, ranking 42nd among 224 nations.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html |title=Country Comparison: Life Expectancy at Birth |publisher=CIA |work=The World Factbook}}</ref>
+{{as of|2017}}, the United States life expectancy is 79.8 years at birth, ranking 42nd among 224 nations.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070613003859/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= June 13, 2007 |title=Country Comparison: Life Expectancy at Birth |publisher=CIA |work=The World Factbook}}</ref>
+{{further|List of countries by life expectancy}}
 ==Peace==
-*Vision of Humanity 2018 [[Global Peace Index]] ranked 121 out of 162 countries<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://static.visionofhumanity.org/sites/default/files/Global%20Peace%20Index%20Results%20Map.pdf |title=2015Global Peace Index |access-date=2015-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921181122/http://static.visionofhumanity.org/sites/default/files/Global%20Peace%20Index%20Results%20Map.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+*Vision of Humanity 2018 [[Global Peace Index]] ranked 121st out of 162 countries<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://static.visionofhumanity.org/sites/default/files/Global%20Peace%20Index%20Results%20Map.pdf |title=2015 Global Peace Index |access-date=2015-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921181122/http://static.visionofhumanity.org/sites/default/files/Global%20Peace%20Index%20Results%20Map.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 ==Politics==
 {{main|Politics of the United States}}
-* [[Transparency International]] 2019 [[Corruption Perceptions Index]]: ranked  23 out of 198 countries<ref>[[Transparency International]] [https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2019/results 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index]</ref>
+*[[Transparency International]] 2019 [[Corruption Perceptions Index]]: ranked 23rd lowest corruption out of 198 countries<ref>[[Transparency International]] [https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2019/results 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index]</ref>
-*[[Reporters Without Borders]] 2020 [[Press Freedom Index]]: ranked 45 out of 180 countries<ref>[[Reporters Without Borders]] [https://rsf.org/en/ranking/2020, 2020 Press Freedom Index]</ref>
+*[[Reporters Without Borders]] 2022 [[Press Freedom Index]]: ranked 42nd out of 180 countries<ref>[https://rsf.org/en/index?year=2022 Index 2022 – Global score], Reporters Without Borders</ref>
+*[[V-Dem Democracy indices]]: ranked 2023 27th out of 179 countries<ref name="vdem_dataset">Coppedge, Michael, John Gerring, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Staffan I. Lindberg, Jan Teorell, Nazifa Alizada, David Altman, Michael Bernhard, Agnes Cornell, M. Steven Fish, Lisa Gastaldi, Haakon Gjerløw, Adam Glynn, Allen Hicken, Garry Hindle, Nina Ilchenko, Joshua Krusell, Anna Lührmann, Seraphine F. Maerz, Kyle L. Marquardt, Kelly McMann, Valeriya Mechkova, Juraj Medzihorsky, Pamela Paxton, Daniel Pemstein, Josefine Pernes, Johannes von Römer, Brigitte Seim, Rachel Sigman, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Jeffrey Staton, Aksel Sundström, Eitan Tzelgov, Yi-ting Wang, Tore Wig, Steven Wilson and [[Daniel Ziblatt]]. 2021. "V-Dem [Country–Year/Country–Date] Dataset v11.1" Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project. https://doi.org/10.23696/vdemds21.</ref>
-*[[Economist Intelligence Unit]] 2019 [[Democracy Index]]: ranked 25 out of 167 countries<ref>[[Economist Intelligence Unit]]  [https://www.eiu.com/public/topical_report.aspx?campaignid=democracyindex2019]</ref>
+*[[Democracy Index|Democracy Index (The Economist)]]: ranked 2022 30th out of 167 countries<ref>[[Economist Intelligence Unit]] [https://www.eiu.com/public/topical_report.aspx?campaignid=democracyindex2019]</ref>
-*[[World Justice Project]] 2020 [[Rule of Law Index]] ranked 21 out of 128 countries and jurisdictions<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://data.worldjusticeproject.org/|title=WJP Rule of Law Index® 2018-2019|website=data.worldjusticeproject.org|access-date=2020-06-25}}</ref>
+*[[World Justice Project]] 2020 [[Rule of Law Index]] ranked 21st out of 128 countries and jurisdictions<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://data.worldjusticeproject.org/|title=WJP Rule of Law Index® 2018-2019|website=data.worldjusticeproject.org|access-date=2020-06-25}}</ref>
-==Standard of Living==
-* [[List of countries by Human Development Index]]: ranked 13 out of 189 countries for 2018
-* [[List of countries by inequality-adjusted HDI]]: ranked 25 out of 151 countries for 2018
+==Standard of living==
+* [[List of countries by Human Development Index]]: ranked 13th out of 189 countries for 2018<ref name="2022 components">{{cite book |title=Human Development Report 2021-22: Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World |date=8 September 2022 |publisher=United Nations Development Programme |isbn=978-9-211-26451-7 |pages=272–276 |website=hdr.undp.org |url=https://hdr.undp.org/system/files/documents/global-report-document/hdr2021-22pdf_1.pdf |access-date=8 September 2022 |archive-date=8 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908114232/hdr.undp.org/system/files/documents/global-report-document/hdr2021-22pdf_1.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
+* [[List of countries by inequality-adjusted Human Development Index|List of countries by inequality-adjusted HDI]]: ranked 25th out of 156 countries for 2018<ref>Human Development Reports, ''[http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/understanding/indices Composite indices — HDI and beyond]'' (2015) 87</ref>
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v t e International rankings of North America
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