All the Stats You Can Eat
Go here and play for hours Here's what I have found so far:
The USA is the second richest country in the world...per person
We're 23rd in murders..woohoo
3rd in military spending...per rerson
I didn't know we were 3rd in population
We're pretty stingy...20th on the list for charity
Zambia is the poorest country in the world
We're 15th in education
We're the 5th laregst country graphically
There's all kinds of other in-depth stuff as you play around.
We are in the bottom 5 countries when it comes to:
Crime - Bribery victims
Crime - Robbery victims
Economy - Development assistance to LDCs
Economy - GDP - composition by sector (services) (per capita)
Economy - Imports - goods and services
Economy - Innovation (per capita)
Education - Literacy (female) (per capita)
Education - School enrollment - secondary (net) (per capita)
Education - School life expectancy (female) (per capita)
Environment - Water - phosphorus concentration (per capita)
Geography - Precipitation (per capita)
Identification - Oceanographic code (per capita)
Language - Spanish speakers (per capita)
People - Gender development (per capita)
People - Persons per room
And here is a comprehensive list of stats that the US has online.