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 120th in Christians

According to the Pew Forum for Religion and Public Life, 78.3% of Americans are Christians, which makes the United States rank one hundred twentieth out of more than two hundred countries ranked in that category. Five countries are tied for first, with more than 99% of their populations being Christian. These countries are Vatican City, Tokelau, Timor-Leste, Romania, and Papua New Guinea.

The U.S. ranks 43rd in emigrants to Oceania

According to the United Nations’ 2009 Human Development Report, 4.2% of all emigrants from the United States reside in Oceania. That is enough to make the United States tied for forty-third with South Korea in that category. Papua New Guinea ranks first, at 80.7%.

The U.S. ranks 9th in marijuana usage

According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 12.2 percent of people in the United States, ages 15 to 64, state that they use marijuana, making the United States rank ninth that category. Papua New Guinea ranks first, with 29.5 percent of the population saying they use marijuana.