The U.S. ranks 78th in refugees, asylum seekers, and internally-displaced persons

According to the UNHCR, at the end of 2008 there was a total of 3,892 refugees and asylum seekers from, and internally displaced persons within the United States, which makes the United States rank seventy-eighth out of two hundred and ten countries in that category. Iraq ranks first, with 4,797,979 refugees, asylum seekers, and IDPs.

The U.S. ranks 2nd in asylum seekers

According to the UNHCR, at the end of 2008 there were 69,228 people seeking political asylum in the United States, or 8.4% of all asylum seekers in the world. That was enough to make the United States rank second in that category. South Africa ranked first, with 227,125 asylum seekers, or 27.5% of the world total.

The U.S. ranks 6th in stone exports

According to the International Trade Centre, in 2005 the United States exported $326,259,000 worth of stone, sand, and gravel, or 5.84% of the world total. That was enough to make the United States rank sixth in that category. India ranked first, exporting $475,661,000 worth, or 8.52% of the world total.

The U.S. ranks 3rd in juvenile crime suspects

According to data gathered in 2005 and 2006 by the UNODC, the United States  has 456.62 juvenile crime suspects per 100,000 population, a rate that makes the United States rank third out of sixty ranked countries. New Zealand ranks first, with 942.29 juvenile crime suspects per 100,000 people.

The U.S. ranks 6th in endemic mammals

According to the World Resources Institute, there are 104 endemic mammal species in the United States, which makes the United States rank sixth in that category. Australia ranks first, with 225 endemic mammal species.

The U.S. ranks 11th in refugees

According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), at the end of 2008 there were 279,548 refugees in the United States, which makes the United States rank eleventh in that category. Syria ranks first, with 1,105,698 refugees living within its borders.

The U.S. ranks 16th in women with HIV

According to UNICEF’s The State of the World’s Children, 2009, there are an estimated 230,000 women over the age of fifteen living with HIV in the United States. That is enough to make the United States rank sixteenth in that category. South Africa ranks first, with an estimated 3,200,000 women living with HIV.

The U.S. ranks 8th in ass exports

According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, the United States exported 228 head of asses in 2007, which made the United States rank eighth in that category. Indonesia ranked first, exporting 3870 head of asses.

The U.S. ranks 95th in residential energy consumption

According to the World Resources Institute, 16.6% of all energy consumption in the United States in 2001 went to residential energy use. That was enough to make the United States rank ninety-fifth in that category. Nepal ranked first, at 89.0%. The world average was 27.5%.

The U.S. ranks first in prostate cancer survival

According to a study published in The Lancet Oncology in 2008, the United States ranks first out of thirty countries in terms of five year survival rates for men diagnosed with prostate cancer.