Tuesday, November 23, 2010

America vs The World

Sometimes the best argument is not the verbal war we have, it is always good to go to stats and read them The notion that America is the best Country is the world would seem plausible because of its size and dominance on all issues in the World. Is America really the best Country in the World? At what I hear someone ask, when calling America the best, the best at what is the question.

Here are a few examples of where America really stands


Countries:Global
rank Maths Science
Rank Score Rank Score
Singapore 1 3 593 1 567
Taiwan 2 1 598 2 561
South Korea 3 2 597 4 553
Japan 4 5 570 3 554
Hong Kong 5 4 572 9 530
Hungary 6 6 517 6 539
England 7 7 513 5 542
Czech Republic 8 11 504 7 539
Russia 9 8 512 10 530
Slovenia 10 12 501 8 538
United States 11 9 508 11 520


Most Liveable Cities

City Country Rating
1 Vienna Austria 108.6
2 Zürich Switzerland 108
3 Geneva Switzerland 107.9
4 Vancouver Canada 107.4
Auckland New Zealand 107.4
6 Düsseldorf Germany 107.2
7 Frankfurt Germany 107
Munich Germany 107
9 Bern Switzerland 106.5
10 Sydney Australia 106.3


Worlds Richest Country

Rank Country Intl. $
1 Luxembourg 78,409
2 Qatar 78,260
3 Norway 51,985
4 Singapore 50,180
5 Brunei 47,930
6 United States 45,934


World Largest Debt

Country External debt[2]
US dollars Date Per capita[3][4]
US dollars % of GDP[5][6] World 56,900,000,000,000 31 December 2009 est. 8,422 98%

USA 13,450,000,000,000 30 June 2009 43,758 94%
UK 9,088,000,000,000 30 June 2009 147,060 416%
Germany 5,208,000,000,000 30 June 2009 63,493 155%


So is the USA the best Country in the World?