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IndicatorUSAUnited StatesNorth AmericaCHNChinaEast Asia & PacificDEUGermanyEurope & Central AsiaINDIndiaSouth Asia
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.83rank #490.18rank #1410.94 — leads the selected setrank #110.53rank #97
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile69.9rank #3449.6rank #8583.8 — leads the selected setrank #1341.9rank #110
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.48rank #530.06rank #1400.79 — leads the selected setrank #80.26rank #93
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.47rank #540.08rank #1500.77 — leads the selected setrank #90.2rank #110
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.73rank #700.05rank #1440.91 — leads the selected setrank #190.46rank #108
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile77.8rank #2268.8rank #4381.4 — leads the selected setrank #1859.2rank #72
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.83rank #490.18rank #1410.94 — leads the selected setrank #110.53rank #97
Military spending% GDP3.4% — leads the selected setrank #181.7%rank #711.9%rank #642.3%rank #43
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.51rank #340.04rank #1490.59 — leads the selected setrank #140.25rank #91
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile64.3rank #11263.3rank #11668 — leads the selected setrank #9652.5rank #165
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile76.2rank #2053.7rank #9778.5 — leads the selected setrank #1653.3rank #101
Rule of Law0-100 percentile73.5rank #4147rank #14084.9 — leads the selected setrank #1256.3rank #100
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.92rank #250.21rank #1230.99 — leads the selected setrank #30.4rank #92
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.74rank #360.07rank #1490.83 — leads the selected setrank #160.38rank #91
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.57rank #480.04rank #1480.78 — leads the selected setrank #140.26rank #98
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile72.4rank #4627.9rank #19084.8 — leads the selected setrank #1055.5rank #103
Women in parliament% seats28.9%rank #7726.5%rank #8632.4% — leads the selected setrank #5613.8%rank #140
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.83rank #460.59rank #1110.94 — leads the selected setrank #50.66rank #99
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment1.5%rank #16521.7%rank #791.1%rank #17241.6% — leads the selected setrank #37
Agriculture value added% GDP0.94%rank #1706.7%rank #790.87%rank #14716.2% — leads the selected setrank #38
Annual working hours per workerhours1,788.9rank #852,327.8rank #151,335.3rank #1292,382.6 — leads the selected setrank #11
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker436,258.2rank #30124,513.2rank #96437,682.2 — leads the selected setrank #2868,529.3rank #119
Current account balance% GDP-3.6%rank #723.8%rank #194.5% — leads the selected setrank #18-0.42%rank #42
Employment-to-population ratio%58.5%rank #8360.8% — leads the selected setrank #6557.5%rank #9253.4%rank #128
External debt stocks% GNI——13% — leads the selected setrank #7——18.6%rank #14
FDI net inflows% GDP1.3%rank #620.41%rank #791.9% — leads the selected setrank #500.99%rank #68
GDPcurrent US$30.77T — leads the selected setrank #119.5Trank #25.05Trank #33.96Trank #6
GDP growth%2.2%rank #1285%rank #470.24%rank #1747.6% — leads the selected setrank #13
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$90,026.5 — leads the selected setrank #713,862rank #7260,496.4rank #162,702.5rank #144
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $76,931.3 — leads the selected setrank #1025,066.5rank #7162,823.8rank #2110,039.1rank #124
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $73,650 — leads the selected setrank #1022,029.2rank #7164,053.2rank #189,046.8rank #123
Government expenditure% GDP24.4%rank #51——31.2% — leads the selected setrank #4913.7%rank #103
Gross capital formation% GDP21.5%rank #9840.5% — leads the selected setrank #521.9%rank #7934.6%rank #8
Gross savings% GDP16.6%rank #10842.7% — leads the selected setrank #426.4%rank #2334.7%rank #10
High-technology exports% manuf. exports24.3%rank #2026.3% — leads the selected setrank #1718%rank #3418.6%rank #30
Human capital indexindex3.7 — leads the selected setrank #62.7rank #833.7rank #92.2rank #108
Industry value added% GDP17.6%rank #15335.6% — leads the selected setrank #2525.2%rank #7325.2%rank #72
Inflation%2.9%rank #860.06% — leads the selected setrank #132.2%rank #612.4%rank #72
Labour force participation rate%61.2%rank #9363.8% — leads the selected setrank #7659.8%rank #9955.7%rank #131
Personal remittances received% GDP0.03%rank #910.15%rank #820.47%rank #723.8% — leads the selected setrank #32
R&D expenditure% GDP3.4% — leads the selected setrank #52.6%rank #153.2%rank #100.65%rank #46
Researchers in R&Dper million4,937.5rank #192,107.3rank #385,926.1 — leads the selected setrank #13259.3rank #69
Tax revenue% GDP10.8%rank #787%rank #8610.9% — leads the selected setrank #766.9%rank #114
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)1 — leads the selected setrank #70.4rank #980.93rank #130.44rank #93
Trade openness% GDP25%rank #16838%rank #12278.5% — leads the selected setrank #7246.3%rank #111
Unemployment% labor force4.2%rank #694.6%rank #753.7% — leads the selected setrank #624.2%rank #70
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%4.4%rank #714.6%rank #753.8% — leads the selected setrank #654.3%rank #70
Vulnerable employment% employment3.8% — leads the selected setrank #733.4%rank #1034.3%rank #1171.6%rank #159
Youth unemployment% ages 15-249.3%rank #6315.8%rank #1136.9% — leads the selected setrank #4216%rank #114
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-249.7%rank #6715.7%rank #1126.8% — leads the selected setrank #4016.1%rank #114
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop100%rank #1496.1%rank #81100% — leads the selected setrank #195.7%rank #87
Basic sanitation access% pop99.6% — leads the selected setrank #1997.3%rank #6799.2%rank #3183.4%rank #116
Child mortalityper 1000.65rank #310.57rank #270.37 — leads the selected setrank #142.7rank #97
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal3,947.3 — leads the selected setrank #13,526.9rank #213,534.5rank #192,668.5rank #132
DTP3 immunization coverage%94%rank #697% — leads the selected setrank #389%rank #1194%rank #6
Health spending% GDP16.7% — leads the selected setrank #35.9%rank #10512.3%rank #13.3%rank #170
Infant mortalityper 1k births5.5rank #284.1rank #223.1 — leads the selected setrank #1523.3rank #94
Life expectancyyears78.9rank #6178rank #7080.8 — leads the selected setrank #4872.2rank #137
Maternal mortalityper 100k17rank #1716rank #164 — leads the selected setrank #480rank #52
Measles immunization% children92%rank #895%rank #596%rank #497% — leads the selected setrank #3
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%92%rank #895%rank #596%rank #497% — leads the selected setrank #3
Physiciansper 1k3.7rank #313.1rank #484.5 — leads the selected setrank #130.72rank #95
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m37 — leads the selected setrank #2532rank #1588.8rank #3854.1rank #190
Road traffic deathsper 100k12.7rank #5217.4rank #753.8 — leads the selected setrank #1215.6rank #64
Smoking prevalence% adults15.8% — leads the selected setrank #5022.8%rank #8222%rank #7722.6%rank #81
Suicide mortality rateper 100k15.6rank #1559 — leads the selected setrank #11412.9rank #13512.6rank #134
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k3.2 — leads the selected setrank #1849rank #735.4rank #28187rank #117
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births6.5rank #535.7rank #473.7 — leads the selected setrank #2726.6rank #134
Undernourishment% pop2.5% — leads the selected setrank #12.5% — leads the selected setrank #12.5% — leads the selected setrank #112%rank #41
Education
Adult literacy%——96.7% — leads the selected setrank #14——78.2%rank #25
Education spending% GDP5.4% — leads the selected setrank #413.9%rank #555.2%rank #424.1%rank #80
Expected years of schoolingyears15.9rank #4715.5rank #5817.3 — leads the selected setrank #2313rank #115
Mean years of schoolingyears13.9rank #38rank #12514.3 — leads the selected setrank #16.9rank #141
Primary completion rate% relevant age95.7%rank #78103.5% — leads the selected setrank #1396.8%rank #5090.3%rank #7
Primary enrollment% gross97%rank #11799.6%rank #64102.6%rank #45111% — leads the selected setrank #3
Secondary enrollment% gross97.5%rank #6592.3%rank #68100.2% — leads the selected setrank #3779.6%rank #7
Tertiary enrollment% gross79.4% — leads the selected setrank #2576.9%rank #2076.7%rank #2134.4%rank #8
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00010.6rank #1426.8rank #1908.1rank #17616 — leads the selected setrank #94
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.6rank #1331rank #1921.4rank #1732 — leads the selected setrank #105
Median age of populationyears38rank #6139.1rank #5345.1 — leads the selected setrank #1028.1rank #130
Net migration rateper 1,0003.9rank #46-0.4rank #1197.2 — leads the selected setrank #28-0.68rank #131
Populationpeople341.78Mrank #31.41Brank #283.49Mrank #191.46B — leads the selected setrank #1
Population growth%0.52%rank #134-0.17%rank #188-0.03%rank #1700.89% — leads the selected setrank #109
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years83.2rank #5783.4rank #5685.2 — leads the selected setrank #4377.5rank #121
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands380,846.9rank #31.26Mrank #278,294.6rank #241.68M — leads the selected setrank #1
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age53.9rank #11844.7rank #18158 — leads the selected setrank #8347rank #167
Urban population%80.2%rank #4666.3%rank #9082.1% — leads the selected setrank #4135.7%rank #171
Climate
CO₂ emissionst4.9Brank #212.29B — leads the selected setrank #1572.32Mrank #103.19Brank #3
CO₂ per capitat14.2 — leads the selected setrank #128.7rank #286.8rank #412.2rank #122
Electricity access% pop100% — leads the selected setrank #1100% — leads the selected setrank #1100% — leads the selected setrank #199.9%rank #2
Electricity from coal% generation16.3% — leads the selected setrank #3254.6%rank #5320.6%rank #3670.8%rank #59
Electricity from hydro% generation5.4%rank #5913.2% — leads the selected setrank #433.9%rank #648.6%rank #50
Electricity from solar% generation8.6%rank #3711.1%rank #2817.9% — leads the selected setrank #159.4%rank #35
Electricity from wind% generation10.3%rank #3010.7%rank #2927.2% — leads the selected setrank #85%rank #42
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita12,839.3 — leads the selected setrank #56,523.7rank #266,109.1rank #211,181.6rank #104
Forest area% land33.9% — leads the selected setrank #9624%rank #12332.7%rank #10124.5%rank #120
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita16.2rank #1769.3rank #1548rank #1402.8 — leads the selected setrank #51
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh384.4rank #49526.2rank #67329.7 — leads the selected setrank #47670.6rank #84
Renewable electricity%25.6%rank #5737%rank #4759.1% — leads the selected setrank #2824.1%rank #58
Renewable energy share%10.9%rank #12715.2%rank #11117.6%rank #10434.9% — leads the selected setrank #64
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e5,438.7rank #18913,180rank #190669.7 — leads the selected setrank #1793,978.7rank #188
Society
Asylum seekerspeople3,779rank #9899,716rank #160626 — leads the selected setrank #61181,121rank #172
Extreme poverty% pop1.1%rank #60% — leads the selected setrank #10.7%rank #85.3%rank #29
Female labor participation%56.3%rank #7459.1% — leads the selected setrank #5355.3%rank #7732.4%rank #162
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10038.9rank #2647.2 — leads the selected setrank #745.6rank #93.2rank #116
Gender Development Indexratio1 — leads the selected setrank #180.98rank #460.98rank #470.87rank #95
Gender Inequality Index0-10.17rank #410.13rank #370.06 — leads the selected setrank #190.4rank #91
Gini indexindex41.8rank #1536rank #3133.7rank #2325.5 — leads the selected setrank #3
Homicide rateper 100k5.8rank #550.5 — leads the selected setrank #120.91rank #262.8rank #60
Human Development Index0-10.94rank #130.8rank #620.96 — leads the selected setrank #40.69rank #101
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.83rank #240.67rank #560.89 — leads the selected setrank #60.48rank #101
Internet users% pop94.7% — leads the selected setrank #2791.6%rank #793.5%rank #3870%rank #10
Life satisfaction0-106.8rank #216.1rank #636.9 — leads the selected setrank #164.5rank #113
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.69rank #570.64rank #730.79 — leads the selected setrank #120.66rank #70
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #1260 — leads the selected setrank #10rank #1090rank #41
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #710 — leads the selected setrank #10.01rank #570rank #32
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #620 — leads the selected setrank #10.01rank #490.07rank #109
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #480.07rank #850.01 — leads the selected setrank #440.57rank #156
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people457,647rank #19230rank #1382.66M — leads the selected setrank #1238,643rank #31
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people3,667rank #94153,962rank #156327 — leads the selected setrank #5042,610rank #141
Youth NEET rate%11.8%rank #4911.5%rank #477.5% — leads the selected setrank #1724.5%rank #129
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year233rank #221 — leads the selected setrank #24rank #3540rank #24
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0 — leads the selected setrank #10 — leads the selected setrank #10 — leads the selected setrank #1629rank #30
Hazard & exposure0-105.1rank #456.1rank #532.4 — leads the selected setrank #198.1rank #69
Human hazard & exposure0-102.4rank #233.6rank #310.3 — leads the selected setrank #48.4rank #62
INFORM risk score0-103.2rank #212.9rank #182.6 — leads the selected setrank #155.3rank #42
Lack of coping capacity0-102rank #123.1rank #231.9 — leads the selected setrank #114.2rank #34
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-101.1rank #82.2rank #190.7 — leads the selected setrank #43.9rank #35
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-102.8 — leads the selected setrank #123.9rank #182.9rank #134.4rank #23
Natural hazard & exposure0-107rank #557.8rank #594.1 — leads the selected setrank #287.8rank #59
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year1 — leads the selected setrank #11 — leads the selected setrank #23rank #3623rank #33
Socio-economic vulnerability0-100.8rank #92.3rank #240.4 — leads the selected setrank #53.8rank #39
Vulnerability0-103.3rank #221.3 — leads the selected setrank #53.9rank #284.4rank #33
Vulnerable groups0-105.2rank #470.2 — leads the selected setrank #16.2rank #564.9rank #44
marks the leader in each row across the selected set · ranks are world ranks in the comparison spine