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International rankings of the People's Republic of China

List of statistically superlative countries

International rankings of the United States

Communications

 * Economist Intelligence Unit: e-readiness 2008 ranked 56 out of 70 countries

Economics

 * A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2005, ranked 54 out of 62 countries
 * IMD International: World Competitiveness Yearbook 2005, ranked 19 out of 60 economies (countries and regions)
 * The Wall Street Journal: 2006 Index of Economic Freedom 2006, ranked 111 out of 155 countries
 * The Economist: Worldwide Quality-of-life index, 2005, ranked 60 out of 111 countries
 * GDP growth rate ranked 10 out of 215 10.5% growth rate (2006)
 * PPP GDP ranked 2 out of 181 (2008)
 * Per capita GDP PPP ranked 100 out of 179 (2007)
 * Nominal GDP ranked 3 out of 181 (2008)
 * Per capita GDP ranked 105 out of 179 (2007)
 * Unemployment rate ranked 50 of 197 with 5.2% unemployment (2005)
 * World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Index 2007-2008, ranked 34 out of 131 countries
 * United Nations: Human Development Index 2006, ranked 81 out of 177 countries
 * IMD World Competitiveness Center: 17th out 55 economies

Energy / Environment

 * Yale University Center for Environmental Law and Policy and Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network: Environmental Sustainability Index, 2005: ranked 133 out of 146 countries.
 * Carbon emissions by country - Ranked 2 after the United States in 2002 (3,300,371 metric tons)
 * Carbon emissions per capita: Ranked 99 out of 211 countries in 2003 (3.2 metric tons per capita)

Globalization

 * A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, ranked 51 out of 62 countries
 * KOF: Index of Globalization 2007, ranked 37 out of 122 countries

Society

 * Save the Children: State of the World's Mothers 2005, ranked 30 out of 110 countries
 * World Health Organization: suicide rate, ranked 27 out of 100 countries (the only country in the world where the suicide rate is higher for women than men)
 * World Economic Forum: Gender Gap Index, ranked 73 out of 128 countries

Technology

 * Economist Intelligence Unit: E-readiness 2008, ranked 56 out of 70 countries
 * WEF Networked Readiness Index 2007–2008, ranked 57 out of 127 countries
 * Nokia Siemens: Connectivity Scorecard, ranked 17 out of 25 countries