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Uncategorized Wednesday, February 23rd 2011 at 10:13 am

How Does the U.S. Compare to Other Countries? Not Too Well, According to Some Metrics

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The USA may still lead the world in GDP and rank highly in such stats as population and human development index, but its lag in other key categories is alarming. You’ve heard about the education gap, but did you know that U.S. students’ math scores are among the lowest in the developed world? Charles M. Blow and the New York Times put together this infographic comparing the U.S. to other countries by 9 key metrics: The U.S. comes in at “worst of the worst” in four categories and “worst” in two more, with zero “best” rankings.

Check out Blow’s op-ed on what it all means.

(NYT via GOOD)

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  • Jackbondnj16

    Income inequality? Sounds like a Socialist term.

  • Mlloyd

    Upon cursory inspection, I saw a variation in the quantity of blocks assigned to the “best”, “worst” and “worst of the worst”. Then I noted the “food insecurity” classification as pretty soft. For example, I couldn’t afford to buy truffles for my filet mignon last August. Am I counted there?

    In short, this is a flawed presentation. As they say: “Selective statistics can be used to prove anything”

  • Mlloyd

    Upon cursory inspection, I saw a variation in the quantity of blocks assigned to the “best”, “worst” and “worst of the worst”. Then I noted the “food insecurity” classification as pretty soft. For example, I couldn’t afford to buy truffles for my filet mignon last August. Am I counted there?

    In short, this is a flawed presentation. As they say: “Selective statistics can be used to prove anything”

  • Eunichman

    The very fact that you lacked truffles for your filet mignon is counted in… if you consider that no matter what level of income you are in, your ability to provide food at YOUR level of income and comfort has been calculated in. Does it matter that your truffles would feed an impoverished nation’s children for a week? no. Does it matter that this is the first time it’s happened and not a daily occurrance? yes

  • MC1s22

    Almost all (perhaps all) of the countries on that list are far more ethnically homogeneous than the US.  Furthermore, the previously mentioned are white or asian-dominated nations with few having significant  non – white/asian sub-populations.  We have a HUGE black and brown handicap which is the primary reason we scored so low in most of these categories.  Go ahead and call me a racist for pointing out the obvious, unavoidable truth.   

  • Eetigerlilienthal

     If you are our upper crust, our cream of the crop as Americans go and with all of your money you have nothing better to do with yourself and in this world than to be an arrogant self indulgent prick who flaunts his wealth to those who have nothing then it’s no wonder the rest of the world hates us and thinks we are all like you. I think maybe it is people like you who should be having drone delivered smart missiles targeting you huge gelatinous ass. Maybe your overly inflated ego will come back to a human level.    

  • Eetigerlilienthal

     Racist. Myopic racist. Ignorant ass.

  • Arias_sonia

    It’s not anyone’s job, but God’s, to put this arrogant person in his place. & if he flaunts his wealth & u r offended, it’s because u feel envy vs. feeling sorry/pity for him. Just shake your head as you pass him by, worse: ignore him. It’s communists like you from whom I see hateful and violent tendencies to forcibly take what another’s worked for. All I want from my country is guaranteed pension, living wage, dental, medical, vision, not a communist state & neither the distribution to me of another’s wealth.

  • Arias_sonia

    Thank you for speaking the truth. Facts are facts. As an Hispanic, I’ve seen my own kind eat one another alive, putting each other down for succeeding in business and speaking correct English. And this is true also in the Afro-Am community. Envious at another’s success, these hateful bro and sisters within our minority communities put another down as another improves in business, by utilizing respectful demeanour and educated mannerisms. 

  • Guest

    Oh my… No, people like you keep our country from progressing. This hate is what causes the divide in our population that prevents us from moving forward. You disgust me and make me very very sad this attitude still exists today. Look at the past, when has hate ever promoted progress?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NJZAQIBG5PWHW26NVD7C4YFKOE Frank E

    This list is ABSOLUTLY incorrect. You want racism? Try India, Africa, Asia, South America. All these countries are far more racist than the U.S. Let the blacks go to Asia and bring their culture of law breaking, uneducated, violent behavior there and see how far they will get. In ALL the above countries those people will not dumb down their schools, dumb down their tests to get into college, or tests to get hired into a job, have illegitiment children then leave the mother to get by as best she can, because the blacks refuse to progress. Conduct like the above will get them killed in most any other country