Measure	Category	U.S. Rank	# of Countries in Study	Score	Source of Information	Year of Data	Importance	Expected Rank Next Year	Notes
Global Competitiveness	Business	5	142	5.43	World Economic Forum	2011	60	5	U.S. is falling, China at 27th is rising.
Level of Corruption in Business	Business	22	178	7.1	Transparency International	2010	40	23	Canada is #6, China is #78
Number of Billionaires	Business	1	225	425	Forbes Magazine	2012	10	1	Russia is #2 with 96, China has 95
Percentage of Population that are Millionaires	Business	4	12	0.0097	CapGemini	2011	10	4	Switzerland is #1 with 3.17%
Upper Secondary Graduation rates	Education	21	28	0.76	U.S. Department of Education	2009	80	22	Most OECD countries are doing better than the U.S.
Math and Science Literacy of 15 year olds	Education	26	34	487	U.S. Department of Education	2009	75	27	Most OECD countries are doing better than the U.S.
Reading Literacy of 15 year olds	Education	12	34	500	U.S. Department of Education	2009	70	13	.
Math Literacy	Education	25	65	487	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development	2009	70	26	#1 China, #23 Hungary
Science Literacy	Education	23	65	n/a	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development	2009	50	23	#1 China, #22 Hungary
Literacy Rate	Education	26	183	99% Literate	United Nations	2012	40	20	25 Countries are above 99%
Nobel Laureates	Education	1	200	338	NobelPrize.Org	2012	20	1	UK ranks 2nd with 118 laureates
Human Development Index	Health	4	200	0.04	United Nations	2011	95	4	A great overall indicator of a society.
Infant mortality rate	Health	173	223	6.00 per 1,000 births	CIA World Factbook	2012	90	48	172 countries have lower infant mortality rates
Life expectancy at birth	Health	51	223	78.49 years	CIA World Factbook	2012	90	50	50 countries have higher life expectancy
Obesity - Adult Prevalance Rate	Health	6	70	33.90% are obese	CIA World Factbook	2006	87	65	Only 5 countries are worse.
Money spent on health care as percentage of GDP	Health	2	189	0.162	CIA World Factbook	2009	85	189	Only Malta spends more per capita on health care
Preventable Deaths	Health	16	16	96 per 100,000	Journal of Health Policy	2011	80	16	UK was 2nd worst with 83 per 100,000. France just 56 per 100,000
Newborn Death Rates	Health	41	200	4.3 per 1000 births	World Health Organization	2009	80	45	.
Children aged <5 years underweight (%)	Health	4	123	0.013	World Health Organization	2011	70	4	India ranks last, with 43.5% under weight
Teenage Birth Rate	Health	28	28	52.1 per 1,000	UNICEF	1998	70	1	#2 UK is 30.8 per 1,000
Measles immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%)	Health	97	200	0.92	World Health Organization	2011	60	100	.
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%)	Health	1	200	> 99%	World Health Organization	2011	55	1	About 70 countries are tied with the U.S. ranking
Diabetes Prevalence	Health	29	223	0.123	International Diabetes Federation	2010	55	29	The U.S. has a higher prevalence of diabetes than most countries.
Doctors use of Technology	Health	7	7	0.46	Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey	2010	40	7	All countries above 90% except U.S. and Canada
Drug Use among Citizens	Health	1	17	42% have used cannabis, 16% cocaine	World Health Organization	2008	25	1	Only 17 countries in study
World's Largest Arms Exporters	Military	1	225	$8.6 Billion	Stockholm International Peace Research Institute	2010	88	1	.
Military Expenditure by Nation	Military	1	225	$698 Billion	Stockholm International Peace Research Institute	2010	85	1	.
Global Peace Index	Military	82	153	2.063	Stockholm International Peace Research Institute	2011	80	80	Iceland is #1, China is #80
World's Largest Arms Importers	Military	5	225	$893 Million	Stockholm International Peace Research Institute	2010	70	6	.
% Living in Poverty	Society	31	149	0.151	CIA World Factbook	2010	80	34	France 6.2%, Mexico is 18.2%
Homicides per 100,000 People	Society	78	121	5.6	United Nations Development Programme	2004	70	80	Japan ranked #4 with 0.5 homicides per 100,000
Quality of Infrastructure	Society	23	139	5.8	International Telecommunication Union	2011	30	25	Switzerland is #1, Spain is #22, Chile is #24
Organic Water Polluters	Society	15	16	2.5 million kg per day	World Bank	1998	25	15	China pollutes twice as much as the U.S.
Happiest	Society	16	98	3.55	National Science Foundation	2007	20	16	Puerto Rico #2
Human Poverty Index	Society	17	19	15.4	United Nations	2008	20	18	.
Death Penalty Executions	Society	150	154	46 executed	Amnesty International	2010	20	150	1.5 per 10 million citizens, China killed more than 5,000
Tech Productivity	Technology	5	10	5	World Economic Forum	2010	60	6	Sweden is #1, Singapore is #2
Internet Speed	Technology	26	224	4.93 mbps	Pando Networks	2011	50	25	#1 South Korea is 17.62 mbps
Mobile Phones in Use	Technology	3	59	300 million	Wikipedia	2012	20	3	US has more phones than people. China is #1