Great Table Describing What We Do: What Europe Does for its Citizens that the US Does Not (link to table)
Interesting videos (external link)
This link takes the reader to some interesting YouTube videos.
For years our website opened with the statement that follows, however, we feel that our education mission is more urgent, something must be done, merely providing objective information is no longer sufficient.
“International Comparisons seeks to compile the most comprehensive and up-to-date performance indicators for eleven selected advanced democracies and the United States (US). We seek provide objective information for academics, students, journalists and others, with:
- Hundreds of quantitative and qualitative statistics
- Easy to use consistent interface and format
- Statistics in table format with graphs where available
- Notes and links to complement and substantiate the data
“International Comparisons compares the performance of eleven advanced democracies with the United States on many indicators:
- Overview: 7 indicators using multiple indexes
- Economic: 31 indicators in 4 areas
- Environmental: 39 indicators in 6 areas
- Political: 62 indicators in 7 areas
- Social: 98 indicators in 17 areas
| Population in Millions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 27.5 | Japan | 124.0 |
| Canada | 41.3 | Netherlands | 17.9 |
| Denmark | 5.9 | Norway | 5.6 |
| France | 68.5 | Sweden | 10.5 |
| Germany | 83.5 | United Kingdom | 69.2 |
| Italy | 58.9 | United States | 340.1 |
Source 9/22/2025: World Bank
The data reveal that the eleven selected advanced democracies are ahead of the US in overall performance. Generally speaking, people in the eleven democracies are happier, healthier, have more leisure time, and are better off overall compared to residents of the US.”
As a not-for-profit organization, International Comparisons has the goal of impartiality. We endeavor to provide information and facts without judgement. We use statistics to compare the performance of the United States with 11 advanced democracies around the world. After collecting the data from reliable, non-biased sources, we make the comparisons on our indicators. We offer only the data, you decide for yourself whether the US is an advanced democracy. We have determined that it is not.
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