The U.S. ranks 12th in age of first sex education

According to the 2005 Durex Global Sex Survey, the average age at which Americans have their first sex education is 12.5 years, which makes the United States tied for twelfth with Australia, Japan, and the United Kingdom out of forty-one countries ranked in that category. Germany ranks first, with the average age of first sex education at 11.3 years.

The U.S. ranks 17th in credit worthiness

According to Standard & Poor’s, the U.S. has a credit rating of AA+, which makes the U.S. rank seventeenth in the world in that category. Sixteen economies rank higher, at AAA. They are: Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Isle of Man, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom.

The U.S. ranks 34th in Children’s Index

According to the Save the Children publication, State of the World’s Mothers 2010, the United States ranks thirty-fourth out of forty-three “more developed countries” in the “Children’s Index”ranking. The top ten countries are:

1. Sweden
2. Italy
3. Germany
4. France
5. Austria
6. Iceland
7. Japan (tied with Iceland)
8. Portugal
9. Luxembourg
10. Norway (tied with Luxembourg)

The U.S. ranks 28th in Mothers’ Index

According to Save the Children’s publication, State of the World’s Mothers 2010, the United States ranks twentieth eighth out of forty-three “more developed countries” in its “Mothers’ Index” ranking. The top ten countries are:

1. Norway
2. Australia
3. Iceland
4. Sweden
5. Denmark
6. New Zealand
7. Finland
8. Netherlands
9. Belgium
10. Germany (tie with Belgium)

The U.S. ranks 3rd in wine

According to FAOstat, in 2008 the United States imported 831,788 tonnes of wine, or 10.22% of the world’s total wine supply. That is enough for the United States to rank third in that category. Germany ranked first, importing 1,366,340 tonnes, or 16.79%  of the world total.

Prepared by Christopher P. Shand

The U.S. ranks 6th in young adults using social networking

According to the Pew Global Attitudes Projects, 77% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 use social networking, which is enough to make the United States rank sixth out of twenty-two countries ranked in that category. Germany ranks first, with 86% of young adults using social networking.

The U.S. ranks 31st in nocturnal safety for women

According to the Gallup Organization, 64% of American women report feeling safe walking alone at night. That is enough to make the United States tied for thirty-first with Canada and Germany out of one-hundred-and-five countries ranked in that category. Singapore ranks first, with 98% of women reporting feeling safe walking alone at night.

The U.S. ranks 2nd in pig imports

According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, in 2007 the United States imported $653,210,000 worth of pigs, or 20.96% of the total value of all pig imports that year. That was enough to make the United States rank second out of one hundred sixty-one countries ranked in that category. Germany ranked first, importing 944,047,000 worth of pigs, or 30.29% of the total value of all pig imports.

The U.S. ranks 33rd in cream

According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, in 2007 the United States had a cream supply of 7102 metric tonnes, which makes the United States rank thirty-third out of one hundred fifty-four ranked countries. Germany ranks first, with a cream supply of 530,629 tonnes.

The U.S. ranks 4th in gut imports

According to the International Trade Centre, in 2009 the United States imported $162,647,000 worth of “guts, bladders, and stomachs of animals other than fish,” or 6.5% of the world’s imports of such materials. That is enough to make the United States rank fourth in that category. Germany ranks first, importing $600,293,000 worth of guts, bladders, and stomachs, or 20.7% of the world total.