International Rankings of United States 2015, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	505,000,000	1	NA
Internet users	245,000,000	2	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	139,000,000	2	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	310,000,000	3	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$3,517,000,000,000	2	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$2,849,000,000,000	2	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-4.00	73	2013 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	0.5	60	31 Dec 201
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	3.25	146	31 Dec 2012 est.
Current account balance	-$360,700,000,000	191	2013 est.
Debt - external	$15,680,000,000,000	2	31 Dec 2012 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	45.0	38	2007
Exports	$1,575,000,000,000	3	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	13.40	159	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	18.60	44	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	68.60	70	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-16.30	6	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	15.30	107	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	0.40	38	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	1.10	137	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	19.50	126	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	79.40	24	2013 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$16,720,000,000,000	2	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$52,800	12	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$16,720,000,000,000	1	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	1.60	62	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	13.50	95	2013 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	30.00	65	2007 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	2.00	28	2007 est.
Imports	$2,273,000,000,000	2	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	2.50	55	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	1.50	77	2013 est.
Labor force	155,400,000	4	2013 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	17.60	131	2009
Market value of publicly traded shares	$ 15,640,000,000,000	1	31 Dec 2011
Population below poverty line (%)	15.10	99	2010 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	71.80	36	2013 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$150,200,000,000	19	31 Dec 2012 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 12,990,000,000,000	3	31 Dec 2011 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad	$4,854,000,000,000	1	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home	$2,815,000,000,000	1	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$16,970,000,000,000	2	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 2,612,000,000,000	4	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	17.0	149	2013 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	7.30	89	2013 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	5,491,000,000	2	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	41,640	47	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	9,213,000	1	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	11,110,000	2	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	20,680,000,000	13	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	3,886,000,000,000	2	2010 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	12,000,000,000	19	2012 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	75.3	49	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	7.6	110	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	9.7	18	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	5.3	41	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	59,260,000,000	1	2012 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	1,039,000,000	2	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	4,099,000,000,000	2	2011 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	12,185.94	10	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	689,900,000,000	1	2011 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	45,840,000,000	8	2012 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	88,770,000,000	3	2012 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	681,400,000,000	1	2012 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	9,459,000,000,000	5	1 Jan 2012 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	18,840,000	1	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	2,311,000	2	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	2,580,000	2	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	18,450,000	1	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	19,924	15	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	6194	14	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	-86	52	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	1,583	8	2005
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	478.4	3	2005
Irrigated land (sq km)	266,440	3	2007
Land Area - sq km	9,161,966.00	5	NA
Land boundaries - km	12,034	7	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	16.29	66	2011
Land use - other (%)	83.44	119	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	0.26	153	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	34.81	174	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	9,826,675.00	3	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	3,069.00	3	2011
Water Area - sq km	664,709	4	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	71,941,969	3	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	73,270,043	3	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	59,401,941	3	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	60,620,143	3	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	2,055,685	5	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	2,161,727	5	2010 est.
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	4.35	9	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	30,221,106	8	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	31,580,349	8	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	19.40	123	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	21,321,861	5	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	22,436,057	5	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	13.70	77	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	63,671,631	5	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	63,452,792	5	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	39.90	73	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	20,720,284	5	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	19,309,019	5	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	12.60	23	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	25,874,360	5	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	20,304,644	5	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	13.90	39	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	13.42	145	2014 est.
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	1.30	99	2004
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	76.40	18	2010
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	8.15	87	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	21.60	31	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	4.60	109	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	51.00	97	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	29.40	123	2014 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	98	15	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - total	99.2	9	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	99.4	7	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	2	118	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	0.8	116	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	0.6	89	2012 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	5.40	29	2010
Health expenditures	17.90	3	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	0.60	37	2009 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	17,000	19	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	1,200,000	9	2009 est.
Hospital bed density	3.00	45	2010
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	5.56	162	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	6.75	165	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	6.17	168	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	81.94	48	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	77.11	35	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	79.56	39	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	99.00	9	2003 est.
Literacy - male (%)	99.00	10	2003 est.
Literacy - total (%)	99.00	7	2003 est.
Maternal mortality rate	21.00	87	2010
Median age - female (years)	39.00	40	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	36.30	46	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	37.60	42	2014 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	25.40	28	2009 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	2.45	40	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	33.00	17	2008
Physicians density	2.42	52	2009
Population	318,892,103	4	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	0.77	110	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	100	1	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	0	154	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	100	1	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	0	147	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	100	1	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	0	138	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	17	5	2011
School life expectancy - male (years)	16	4	2011
School life expectancy - total (years)	17	4	2011
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.05	12	2014 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.05	18	2014 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	1.00	26	2014 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.97	21	2014 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.77	35	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.05	11	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	0.97	25	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	4	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	2.01	97	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	16	71	2011
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	19	45	2011
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	17	62	2011
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	1.14	111	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	82.4	35	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	13,513	1	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	5,054	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	8,459	1	2013
Heliports	5,287.00	1	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	393	26	2010
Pipelines (km)	2,225,032	1	2013
Railways (km)	224,792	1	2007
Roadways (km)	6,586,610	1	2012
Waterways (km)	41,009	5	2012

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