The U.S. ranks 1st in cheese

According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, in 2009 the United States produced 4,939,422 tonnes of cheese, or 25.5% of the world’s total cheese produced, enough for the United States to rank first in that category.

The U.S. ranks 47th in infant survival

According to the CIA World Factbook, in 2011 it is estimated that 6.06 infants die per 1,000 lives births in the United States, which makes the United States tied for forty-seventh with the Faroe Islands in that category. Monaco ranks first, with 1.79 deaths per 1,000 live births.

The U.S. ranks 1st in cinnamon imports

According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, in 2008 the United States imported 21,988 metric tonnes of cinnamon, 0r 19.7% of the world’s total cinnamon imports for that year. That was enough to make the United States rank first in that category.

The U.S. ranks 38th in trade freedom

According to the Heritage Foundation’s 2011 Index of Economic Freedom, the United States has a “trade freedom” score of 86.4, which makes the United States tied for thirty-eighth in Namibia in that category. Several economies–Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, and Switzerland–tied for first, with a score of 90.0.

The U.S. ranks 1st in whey

According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, in 2007 the United States had a whey supply of 1,279,389.15 metric tonnes of whey, or 52.5% of the world’s total whey supply. That was enough to make the United States rank first out of sixty-six countries ranked in that category.