We are great again!
The United States is now the third best country in the world, apparently — our highest score ever in US News & World Report’s annual Best Countries survey.
The ranking, launched in 2016, was compiled using a worldwide survey of 17,000 “global citizens” in 36 different countries, the headline reported.
Questions were asked in ten different categories that included quality of life, cultural influence, power and resourcefulness.
The poll’s inaugural year saw The Land of The Free at no. 4. The country quickly fell to No. 8 during the Trump administration, slowly rising to take the bronze medal in 2024, behind Switzerland at no. 1 and Japan at No. 2.
The U.S. was able to overtake top list favorites Canada and Australia this year, which ranked 4th and 5th respectively.
The rankings were determined by calculating an entire list of averages—for Home of The Brave, taking No. 1 in the Agility and Power categories appeared to determine placement near the top.
Within these categories, respondents gave perfect scores for leadership, international alliances and the country’s dynamic character.
At the other end of the spectrum, the US was perceived to have very poor racial equality (15.6), lack of affordability (6.8) and less than delicious food (29.9).
And, get this—apparently, we’re not sexy at all—scoring a miserable 13.2 on the physical appeal front.
But that doesn’t stop people from wanting to come visit – as a tourist destination, America performed well at 74.1.
“Despite being a dominant global power, the United States still faces domestic challenges, including racial tensions, income inequality, and an increasingly polarized electorate,” the poll’s authors wrote.
“National security is a concern, as is debt caused by wars and spending on an aging population. The US leads the developed world in firearm deaths,” they continued.
The top 10 was rounded out by the inclusion of two Nordic countries, Sweden (No. 6) and Denmark (No. 10), along with Germany (No. 7), the United Kingdom (No. 8) and New Zealand (No. .9).
Out of the 89th ranking, the last place was occupied by the permanently besieged Belarus, which was ranked behind Serbia (No. 88) and Lebanon (No. 89).
The ranking reads quite differently from a recent study of the most desirable places to relocate, compiled through analysis of global search engine searches.
The United States doesn’t even crack the Top 10 – Canada is apparently No. 1 country people would like to move to, followed by Australia, New Zealand, Spain and the United Kingdom.
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