United Kingdom: 51 winsUnited States: 83 wins
Across 134 shared metrics
Analysis
United States leads in 83 of 134 shared metrics, while United Kingdom leads in 51.
United Kingdom's Population Density is 6.7x that of United States (283.107 vs 36.82).
United Kingdom's Gender Gap in Work is 2.2x that of United States (20.53 vs 6.48).
United Kingdom's Exports (% GDP) is 1.8x that of United States (31.0% vs 11.1%).
United Kingdom's Tax Revenue (% GDP) is 1.5x that of United States (27.0% vs 10.9%).
United Kingdom's Poor Health is 1.4x that of United States (8.3% vs 3.4%).
Key Comparisons
Population DensityUnited Kingdom leads
283.107
36.82
Gender Gap in WorkUnited Kingdom leads
20.53
6.48
Exports (% GDP)United Kingdom leads
31.0%
11.1%
Tax Revenue (% GDP)United Kingdom leads
27.0%
10.9%
Poor HealthUnited Kingdom leads
8.3%
3.4%
Imports (% GDP)United Kingdom leads
31.9%
14.3%
All Metrics
| Winner | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population Density | 283.107 | 36.82 | 669% higher | United Kingdom |
| Gender Gap in Work | 20.53 | 6.48 | 217% higher | United Kingdom |
| Exports (% GDP) | 31.0% | 11.1% | 179% higher | United Kingdom |
| Tax Revenue (% GDP) | 27.0% | 10.9% | 148% higher | United Kingdom |
| Poor Health | 8.3% | 3.4% | 144% higher | United Kingdom |
| Imports (% GDP) | 31.9% | 14.3% | 123% higher | United Kingdom |
| Protected Land (%) | 28.4% | 12.9% | 120% higher | United Kingdom |
| Irrigated Land | 718 | 234.8K | 100% lower | United States |
| Forest Area | 32.2K | 3.10M | 99% lower | United States |
| Foreign Patents | 7.3K | 329.2K | 98% lower | United States |
| Water Withdrawal | 8.42 | 444.29 | 98% lower | United States |
| Land Area | 241.9K | 9.15M | 97% lower | United States |
| Domestic Patents | 11.6K | 262.2K | 96% lower | United States |
| Land Boundaries Length | 499 | 12.0K | 96% lower | United States |
| Homicide Rate | 0.40 | 7.20 | 94% lower | United States |
| Railway Length | 16.4K | 293.6K | 94% lower | United States |
| Electricity Generation | 281.33 | 4.4K | 94% lower | United States |
| Airports | 1.1K | 16.1K | 93% lower | United States |
| Carbon Emissions (Total) | 340.94M | 4.79B | 93% lower | United States |
| Electricity Capacity | 114.75M | 1.24B | 91% lower | United States |
| Railway Network | 16.2K | 148.6K | 89% lower | United States |
| Active Military Personnel | 138.0K | 1.28M | 89% lower | United States |
| Air Passengers | 118.95M | 941.56M | 87% lower | United States |
| GDP (Nominal) | 3686.03B | 28750.96B | 87% lower | United States |
| Shipping Traffic | 9.74M | 62.21M | 84% lower | United States |
| Median Wealth | $303.2K | $165.7K | 83% higher | United Kingdom |
| Overcrowded Housing | 0.8% | 4.4% | 83% lower | United States |
| Homicide Rate | 1.12 | 5.76 | 81% lower | United States |
| Road Deaths | 2.48 | 12.239 | 80% lower | United States |
| Population | 68.75M | 338.02M | 80% lower | United States |
| Highest Elevation | 1.3K | 6.2K | 78% lower | United States |
| Scientific Publications | 105.6K | 457.3K | 77% lower | United States |
| Renewable Energy (%) | 21.3% | 12.1% | 77% higher | United Kingdom |
| Tourist Arrivals | 11.10M | 45.04M | 75% lower | United States |
| Merchant Ships | 868 | 3.5K | 75% lower | United States |
| Long-Term Unemployment | 0.9% | 0.5% | 72% higher | United Kingdom |
| CO2 Per Capita | 4.53 | 14.197 | 68% lower | United States |
| Energy Use (Per Capita) | 2.1K | 6.4K | 67% lower | United States |
| Border Countries Count | 1.00 | 3.00 | 67% lower | United States |
| Electricity Use (Per Capita) | 4.2K | 12.6K | 66% lower | United States |
| Water Stress (%) | 5.8% | 15.8% | 63% lower | United States |
| Forest Coverage (%) | 13.3% | 33.9% | 61% lower | United States |
| GDP Growth Rate | 1.1% | 2.8% | 60% lower | United States |
| Health Spending Per Capita | 5.4K | 12.4K | 57% lower | United States |
| Agricultural Land (%) | 70.3% | 46.1% | 53% higher | United Kingdom |
| Loneliness | 7.1% | 13.4% | 47% lower | United States |
| Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs) | 21.362 | 39.454 | 46% lower | United States |
| Smoking Rate | 14.2% | 24.3% | 42% lower | United States |
| GNI Per Capita | 49.5K | 83.5K | 41% lower | United States |
| Women in Parliament (%) | 40.5% | 28.7% | 41% higher | United Kingdom |
| Earnings Inequality | 2.95 | 4.79 | 39% lower | United States |
| Suicide Rate | 9.55 | 15.63 | 39% lower | United States |
| Coastline Length | 12.4K | 19.9K | 38% lower | United States |
| Housing Cost Burden | 18.5% | 29.0% | 36% lower | United States |
| Teen Birth Rate | 8.36 | 13.145 | 36% lower | United States |
| Health Spending (% GDP) | 10.9% | 16.5% | 34% lower | United States |
| Disposable Income (Per Capita) | $41.0K | $61.4K | 33% lower | United States |
| Obesity Rate | 28.7% | 42.9% | 33% lower | United States |
| Nuclear Electricity Share | 12.5% | 18.5% | 32% lower | United States |
| Youth Unemployment Rate | 12.4% | 9.4% | 32% higher | United Kingdom |
| Poverty Rate | 12.6% | 18.1% | 31% lower | United States |
| Wealth Concentration | 52.0% | 75.1% | 31% lower | United States |
| Child Mortality | 4.50 | 6.50 | 31% lower | United States |
| GDP Per Capita | $52.5K | $75.5K | 30% lower | United States |
| Spirits Consumption | 2.56 | 3.63 | 29% lower | United States |
| GDP Per Capita (PPP) | 60.6K | 85.8K | 29% lower | United States |
| Infant Mortality | 4.00 | 5.50 | 27% lower | United States |
| Air Pollution (PM2.5) | 9.91 | 7.81 | 27% higher | United Kingdom |
| Military Spend (% GDP) | 2.4% | 3.2% | 25% lower | United States |
| Gender Pay Gap (%) | 13.1% | 17.3% | 24% lower | United States |
| Average Earnings | $63.7K | $82.9K | 23% lower | United States |
| Nurses & Midwives | 9.15 | 11.88 | 23% lower | United States |
| Job Insecurity | 3.3% | 4.2% | 22% lower | United States |
| Inequality (Gini) | 32.4 | 41.8 | 22% lower | United States |
| High-Tech Exports (%) | 29.7% | 24.3% | 22% higher | United Kingdom |
| Income Gap (Rich vs Poor) | 6.68 | 8.49 | 21% lower | United States |
| Beer Consumption | 3.12 | 3.97 | 21% lower | United States |
| Job Strain | 20.7% | 25.8% | 20% lower | United States |
| Chronic Pain | 27.0% | 33.5% | 19% lower | United States |
| Low Reading Skills | 12.0% | 14.8% | 19% lower | United States |
| Low Math Skills | 12.0% | 14.8% | 19% lower | United States |
| Low Science Skills | 12.0% | 14.8% | 19% lower | United States |
| R&D Spending (% GDP) | 2.9% | 3.6% | 19% lower | United States |
| Unpaid Work Hours | 11.0% | 13.3% | 17% lower | United States |
| Youth Unemployment (%) | 13.7% | 11.8% | 16% higher | United Kingdom |
| Home Internet Access | 95.8% | 84.4% | 14% higher | United Kingdom |
| Self-Rated Health | 73.4% | 84.9% | 14% lower | United States |
| Inflation Rate | 3.3% | 2.9% | 14% higher | United Kingdom |
| Social Time | 5.65 | 5.06 | 12% higher | United Kingdom |
| Renewable Energy (%) | 12.2% | 10.9% | 12% higher | United Kingdom |
| Lack of Support | 11.1% | 10.0% | 11% higher | United Kingdom |
| Hospital Beds (per 1,000) | 2.40 | 2.70 | 11% lower | United States |
| Government Debt (% GDP) | 131.1% | 118.1% | 11% higher | United Kingdom |
| Doctors (per 1,000) | 3.30 | 3.68 | 10% lower | United States |
| Education Spending (% GDP) | 5.9% | 5.4% | 9% higher | United Kingdom |
| Elderly Population (%) | 19.5% | 17.9% | 9% higher | United Kingdom |
| Mobile Subscriptions (%) | 122 | 113 | 8% higher | United Kingdom |
| Broadband Access (%) | 41 | 38 | 8% higher | United Kingdom |
| Alcohol Consumption | 10.73 | 9.90 | 8% higher | United Kingdom |
| Voter Turnout | 59.8% | 64.1% | 7% lower | United States |
| Housing Affordability | 76.5% | 81.8% | 6% lower | United States |
| Safety at Night | 76.0% | 71.5% | 6% higher | United Kingdom |
| Dependency Ratio | 57.94 | 54.448 | 6% higher | United Kingdom |
| Death Rate | 9.25 | 8.76 | 6% higher | United Kingdom |
| Employment Rate (%) | 80.2% | 76.7% | 5% higher | United Kingdom |
| Math Skills | 488.98 | 464.89 | 5% higher | United Kingdom |
| Air Pollution Exposure | 99.1% | 95.8% | 4% higher | United Kingdom |
| Low-Wage Workers | 23.5% | 22.7% | 4% higher | United Kingdom |
| Reading Score Gap | 1.75 | 1.82 | 4% lower | United States |
| Median Age | 40.9 years | 39.5 years | 4% higher | United Kingdom |
| Life Expectancy | 81.2 years | 78.4 years | 4% higher | United Kingdom |
| Urban Population (%) | 83.2% | 80.1% | 4% higher | United Kingdom |
| Life Expectancy | 81.0 years | 78.4 years | 3% higher | United Kingdom |
| Science Score Gap | 1.75 | 1.79 | 3% lower | United States |
| Internet Users (%) | 96.0% | 93.0% | 3% higher | United Kingdom |
| Life Expectancy | 81.3 years | 79.3 years | 3% higher | United Kingdom |
| Reading Skills | 494.4 | 503.94 | 2% lower | United States |
| Safe Drinking Water (%) | 99.8% | 97.6% | 2% higher | United Kingdom |
| Long Work Hours | 9.2% | 9.2% | 1% higher | United Kingdom |
| Leisure Time | 14.94 | 14.745 | 1% higher | United Kingdom |
| Social Support | 88.8% | 89.9% | 1% lower | United States |
| Human Development Index | 0.95 | 0.94 | 1% higher | United Kingdom |
| Math Score Gap | 1.69 | 1.71 | 1% lower | United States |
| University Enrollment Rate | 80.5% | 79.4% | 1% higher | United Kingdom |
| Sanitation Access (%) | 99.1% | 99.6% | 1% lower | United States |
| Fertility Rate | 1.64 | 1.63 | 1% higher | United Kingdom |
| Youth Population (%) | 17.2% | 17.3% | 1% lower | United States |
| Science Skills | 499.67 | 499.41 | equal | United Kingdom |
| Extreme Temperature Exposure | 0.0% | 25.0% | ranked lower | United States |
| Electricity Access (%) | 100.0% | 100.0% | equal | United Kingdom |
| Unemployment Rate | 4.1% | 4.1% | equal | United Kingdom |
| Birth Rate | 10.76 | 10.75 | equal | United Kingdom |
| Lowest Elevation | -4 | -86 | ranked higher | United Kingdom |
| FDI Inflows (% GDP) | -1.6% | 1.0% | ranked lower | United States |