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United States

North America · High income · capital Washington D.C.

Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

78.9years

Ranks 61 of 217 in 2024

6% above world median · 4% below North America

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

6.5per 1,000 live births

Ranks 53 of 196 in 2024

57% below world median · 9% above North America

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

17per 100,000 live births

Ranks 65 of 194 in 2023

64% below world median · 17% above North America

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2022 · 4 years old

3.8% of under-5s

Ranks 5 of 32 in 2022

81% below world median · about the same North America

Medians computed across 32 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

16.69% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

1.6× above world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

1.63births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

14% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Primary enrolment

2022 · 4 years old

97.0% gross

Ranks 117 of 165 in 2022

3% below world median · about the same North America

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Education spending

2021 · 5 years old

5.42% of GDP

Ranks 41 of 168 in 2021

28% above world median · 14% above North America

Medians computed across 168 countries reporting in 2021 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

90,027current US$

Ranks 7 of 186 in 2025

10.4× above world median · 24% above North America

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

90,027international $

Ranks 10 of 185 in 2025

3.5× above world median · 15% above North America

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2024 · 2 years old

1.1% of population

Ranks 7 of 25 in 2024

59% below world median · about the same North America

Medians computed across 25 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2024 · 2 years old

41.8index, 0–100

Ranks 15 of 25 in 2024

4% above world median · about the same North America

Medians computed across 25 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

4.2% of labour force

Ranks 70 of 182 in 2025

17% below world median · 24% below North America

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2024 · 2 years old

2.9% per year

Not ranked — no better end

2% below world median

Medians computed across 174 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

3.42% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

1.2× above world median

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same North America

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

97.6% of population

Ranks 39 of 148 in 2024

21% above world median · about the same North America

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

94.7% of population

Ranks 29 of 182 in 2024

15% above world median · about the same North America

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

13.62t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

4.3× above world median · about the same North America

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

341.8mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

51.2× above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

United States has no figure in this dataset for Adult literacy. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.