1. Freedom of the Press: US is 45th in the world, right above Papua New Guinea, Senegal and Romania.
2. Social Justice Index: US is 36 of 41 advanced countries in the world.
3. Poverty: Among OECD countries, South Africa ranks highest with 26.6%, also the largest wealth inequality gap, where the top 1% of earners take home almost 20% of income, and 90% of South African earners take home only 35% of all income. Interestingly, the US has the highest poverty rate in the world for an advanced country at 17.8%, with inequality gap comparable to South Africa.
4. Healthcare and education ranking places the US 27th (in 2016, US has slipped in the last four years) behind a host of top-ranking Scandinavian countries.
5. Child poverty: US finds itself fourth from the bottom of 41 nations, with unsafe living conditions, including unsafe drinking water.
6. The cost of American universities is the highest in the world, nearly twice the average of advanced countries.
7. Ethnic and cultural diversity ranking has the US in 84th place, right below Guatemala, and above Venezuela.
8. Women’s workplace equality index ranks the US 20th in the world, between Estonia and South Korea.
9. Human rights index ranking has the US 124th in the world, below South Africa, and above Mauritius.
10. US is number one in defense spending at $750 billion, as much as the next top ten countries combined.
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