1. The The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world and the largest total prison population on the entire globe

2. The United States has the highest percentage of obese people in the world

3. The United States has the highest divorce rate on the globe by a wide margin

4. The United States is tied with the U.K. for the most hours of television watched per person each week

5. The United States has the highest rate of illegal drug use on the entire planet

6. There are more car thefts in the United States each year than anywhere else in the world by far

7. There are more reported rapes in the United States each year than anywhere else in the world

8. There are more reported murders in the United States each year than anywhere else in the world

9. There are more total crimes in the United States each year than anywhere else in the world

10. The United States also has more police officers than anywhere else in the world

11. The United States spends much more on health care as a percentage of GDP than any other nation on the face of the earth

12. The United States has more people on pharmaceutical drugs than any other country on the planet

13. The percentage of women taking antidepressants in America is higher than in any other country in the world

14. Americans have more student loan debt than anyone else in the world

15. More pornography is created in the United States than anywhere else on the entire globe. 89 percent is made in the U.S.A. and only 11 percent is made in the rest of the world

16. The U.S. has had a negative trade balance every single year since 1976. Between December 2000 and December 2010, the United States ran a total trade deficit of $6.1 trillion with the rest of the world

17. The United States spends 7 times more on the military than any other nation on the planet does. In fact, U.S. military spending is greater than the military spending of China, Russia, Japan, India, and the rest of NATO combined

18. The United States has far more foreign military bases than any other country does

19. The United States has the most complicated tax system in the entire world

20. The U.S. has accumulated the biggest national debt that the world has ever seen and it is rapidly getting worse. Right now, U.S. government debt is expanding at a rate of $40,000 per second

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Also, not on the List:

Countries That Produced The Largest Number Of Serial Killers

Rank

Country

Number of Serial Killers

1

United States

2,743

2

England

145

3

South Africa

112

4

Canada

101

#2. United States

In the world’s most developed economy, situation of child abuse including rape and assault is not what you would expect. 1 out of 5 teenagers say they have faced some kind of abuse either in school or at home. USA deals with almost 20,000 such cases annually.

1. Australia

Number one on our list of 11 Countries With The Highest Rates of Child Abuse in The World is Australia. It is estimated that close to 50,000 cases of child abuse are reported in Australia each year.

U.S. Energy consumption worldwide

Americans like to live well without consideration of the cost. We want it, and we want it now, it’s all about Me attitude, instead of the We attitude that America used to have.

“U.S. Consumes 30% of World’s Resources it Makes Up Only 4% of World’s Population”

“World’s wealthiest 16 percent uses 80 percent of natural resources”

The U.S. Has Been At War 222 Out of 239 Years. America Has Been At War 93% of the Time – 222 Out of 239 Years – Since 1776, i.e. the U.S. has only been at peace for less than 20 years total since its birth.

Population 323.1 million (2016)