The U.S. ranks 115th in linguistic diversity

According to “Translate Media,” the United States has a linguistic diversity score of .353, which is enough to make the United States rank one hundred fifteenth out of two hundred counties ranked in that category. The top ten most linguistically diverse countries (and their scores) are:

1. Papua New Guinea (.990)
2. Vanuatu (.972)
3. Solomon Islands (.965)
4. Tanzania (.965)
5. Central African Republic (.960)
6. Chad (.950)
7. Democratic Republic of the Congo (.948)
8. Cameroon (.942)
9. India (.930)
10. Mozambique (.929)

The U.S. ranks 1st in prisoners

According to the International Centre for Prison Studies, there are 2,228,424 prisoners in the United States. That is enough to make the United States rank first in that category. The second highest number of prisoners is in China, at 1,701,344.

Chart from ICPS
http://www.prisonstudies.org/highest-to-lowest/prison-population-total?field_region_taxonomy_tid=All

The U.S. ranks 14th in education

According to Pearson, the United States has a “cognitive skills and educational attainment” score of 0.39, which makes the United States rank fourteenth out of forty countries ranked in that category. The top ten countries (and their scores) are:

1. South Korea (1.30)
2. Japan (1.03)
3. Singapore (0.99)
4. Hong Kong (0.96)
5. Finland (0.92)
6. United Kingdom (0.67)
7. Canada (0.60)
8. Netherlands (0.58)
9. Ireland (0.51)
10. Poland (0.50)

The U.S. ranks 19th in national satisfaction

According to the Pew Global Attitudes Project, 33% of Americans are satisfied “with the way things are going” in their country. That makes the United States rank nineteenth out of forty-four countries ranked in that category. China ranks first, with 87% of Chinese saying that they are satisfied with how things are going in China.

Chart from Pew
http://www.pewglobal.org/database/indicator/3/

The U.S. ranks 44th in health care efficiency

According to Bloomberg.com, the United States has the forty-fourth most efficient health care system out of fifty-one countries ranked in that category. (Efficiency includes life expectancy and health care costs per capita.) The top ten countries in health care efficiency are:

1. Singapore
2. Hong Kong
3. Italy
4. Japan
5. South Korea
6. Australia
7. Israel
8. France
9. United Arab Emirates
10. United Kingdom

Data from Bloomberg.com
http://www.bloomberg.com/infographics/2014-09-15/most-efficient-health-care-around-the-world.html

The U.S. ranks 145th in slavery

According to the Global Slavery Index, 2014, an estimated 0.019% of all the people in the United States are held in slavery. That is enough to make the United States rank one hundred forty-fifth out of one hundred sixty-seven countries ranked in that category. Mauritania ranks first, with an estimated 4% of its people held in slavery.

Table taken from http://d3mj66ag90b5fy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Global_Slavery_Index_2014_final_lowres.pdf

The U.S. ranks 67th in slavery

According to the Global Slavery Index, 2014, there are an estimated 60,100 people held in slavery in the United States. That is enough to make the United States rank sixty-seventh out of one hundred sixty-seven countries ranked in that category. India ranks first, with an estimated 14,285,700 people held in slavery.

Taken from Global Slavery Index, 2014
http://d3mj66ag90b5fy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Global_Slavery_Index_2014_final_lowres.pdf

The U.S. ranks 2nd in ignorance

According to the research firm IPSOS Mori, the United States ranks second out of fourteen countries in general ignorance about social statistics such as teen pregnancy, unemployment rates, and voting patterns. Italy is the most ignorant of the fourteen countries.

Chart from Ipsos
https://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharchive/3466/Perceptions-are-not-reality-10-things-the-world-gets-wrong.aspx#gallery%5Bm%5D/1/

The U.S. ranks 66th in religious diversity

According to the Pew Research Center, the United States has a religious diversity index score of 4.1, which is enough to make the United States tied for sixty-sixth (with the Czech Republic and Nauru) out of two hundred thirty-two countries ranked in that category. Singapore ranks first. The top ten most religiously diverse countries are:

1. Singapore
2. Taiwan
3. Vietnam
4. Suriname
5. Guinea Bissau
6. Togo
7. Ivory Coast
8. South Korea
9. China
10. Benin

The U.S. ranks 17th in having confidence in President Obama

According to the Pew Global Attitudes Project, 58%of Americans have confidence in President Obama, which makes the United States tied for seventeenth with Uganda out of forty-four countries ranked in that category. The Philippines ranks first, with 89% of Filipinos having confidence in President Obama.

Chart taken from Pew: http://www.pewglobal.org/database/indicator/6/