The U.S. falls to thirteenth on the United Nations’ Human Development Index, which looks at education and longevity as well as purchasing power.
In a comparison with nineteen other OECD countries, thought to be our peers, recent studies indicate that the United States now has:
The highest rate of poverty overall and the second highest rate for children. The poverty rate among blacks is more than twice that of whites, and about a third of all Americans live in or near poverty
The greatest inequality of both incomes and wealth
The third lowest social mobility
The smallest government payments and taxes to reduce poverty and fourth from bottom in overall public spending on social conditions
The lowest rank in the United Nations’ Gender Inequality Index, with international ranking of 41st
Next-to-last in the percentage of women ministers/cabinet members
The second highest wage gap for employed women
The greatest rate of violence against women
The largest consumers of opioids per capita
The highest drug-death rate
The highest consumption of anti-depressants per capita
The highest rate of death due to police shootings
The third highest suicide rate
The highest homicide rate
The highest incarceration rate
And third from bottom in trusting other people
The lowest rank on the World Economic Forum’s Environmental Performance Index and 114th in “climate and energy” performance globally
The second highest Ecological Footprint per capita
The largest cumulative emitter of greenhouse gases and the second largest current emitter and the third largest emitter per capita
The greatest meat consumption and the second highest water consumption, both per capita
The lowest score on UNICEF’s Index of Well-Being of Children
The highest infant mortality rate
The lowest score in math performance and middling performance in reading and science
The shortest life expectancy
The highest share of population with mental health and substance abuse disorders and the highest share with depression
The highest rates of skipped medical visits and skipped medications due to cost
The highest spending on health care as % of GDP
Fifth from bottom in the 2017 Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index; in 2016 the U.S. fell from “full democracy” to “flawed democracy”
Fourth from bottom in protection of fundamental rights
Near the lowest in voter turnout in national elections
The fifth lowest in confidence in national government, and the third lowest in confidence in the courts and judicial system
The next-to-lowest contributor to international development and humanitarian assistance as a % of GDP
The highest rate of failure to ratify international agreements
The greatest military expenditure in total and as a % of GDP. In 2017 the US spent more than the next seven countries combined.
The largest international arms sales
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