The U.S. ranks 14th in road transport energy use

According to the World Resources Institute, 32.3 of all energy consumption in the United States goes toward road transport, which makes the United States rank fourteenth in that category. Yemen ranks first, at 59.6 percent.

The U.S. ranks 2nd in egg exports

According to the International Trade Centre, in 2005 the United States exported $228,321,000 worth of eggs, egg yolks, and egg albumen, which accounted for 10.7% of all such exports in the world. That was enough to make the United States rank second in that category. The Netherlands ranked first, exporting $516,194,000 of egg products, or 24.1% of the world total.

The U.S. ranks 21st in egg imports

According to the International Trade Centre, in 2005 the United States imported $22,653,000 worth of eggs, egg yolks, and egg albumen. That was enough to make the United States rank twenty-first in that category. Germany ranked first, importing $454,248,000 worth of these egg products.

The U.S. ranks 151st in child mortality

According to UNICEF, the United States has an under-5 mortality rate of 8 per 1,000 live births, which makes the United States tied for one-hundred-and-fifty-first in that category with Lithuania, Serbia, Slovakia, and the United Arab Emirates. Sierra Leone ranks first, with an under-5 mortality rate of 262 per 1,000 live births.

The U.S. ranks 3rd in beef consumption

According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, in 2003 Americans consumed 41 kilograms of beef per capita, which made the United States rank third in that category. Argentina ranked first, at 54 kilograms per capita.

The U.S. ranks 41st in female tobacco use

According to data gathered in 2005 by the World Health Organization, 21.5% of American women over the age of fifteen use tobacco, which makes the United States rank forty-first in that category. Nauru ranks first, with 52.4% of women using tobacco.

The U.S. ranks 6th in copper smelting

According to the British Geological Survey, in 2006 the United States smelted 501,000 tonnes of copper, which made it rank sixth in that category. China ranked first, smelting 1,850,000 tonnes.

The U.S. ranks 2nd in grasslands

According to the World Resources Institute, the United States has 1,279,000 square kilometers of herbaceous grasslands, or 12.1% of the world total. This makes the United States rank second in that category. China ranks first, with 1,815,000 square kilometers, or 17.2% of the world total.

The U.S. ranks 89th in digestive disease death rates

According to the World Health Organization, in 2002 an estimated 30.0 out of every 100,000 Americans died of a digestive disease, a rate that makes the United States rank eighty-ninth in that category. Kiribati ranks first, with a digestive disease death rate of 144.9 per 100,000.

The U.S. ranks 93rd in automobile accident death rates

According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 15.5 out of every 100,000 Americans died in an automobile accident in 2002, a death rate that makes the United States rank ninety-third in that category. Sierra Leone ranks first, with an automobile accident death rate of 64.3 out of 100,000 people.