While America is widely recognized as Number 1, the following are links to international rankings of the United States. Economics World Economic Forum 2018–2019 Global Competitiveness Report, ranked 2 out of 141 countries World Economic Forum 2016 Global Enabling Trade Report ranked 22 The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal 2018 Index of Economic Freedom ranked 17 out of 178 economies Fraser Institute Economic Freedom of the World 2019 Annual Report (Economic Freedom Ratings for 2017) ranked 5 out of 152 countries and territories The Harvard Growth Lab ranked 12th in technological advancement, as of 2019. Education Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment, ranked 40 of 72 in mathematics, 25 of 72 in science, 24 of 72 in reading Globalization 2006 Globalization Index (A.T. Kearney) ranked 3rd 2010 KOF Index of Globalization ranked 27 Health , the Maternal Mortality Ratio is 46th out of the countries ranked. (See Maternal mortality in the United States.) Among wealthy nations, a study on 2016 data found the United States ranked first for child deaths by automobile accident and firearm, with overall child mortality 57% higher in the U.S. than other high-income countries. Though traffic deaths were decreasing, they were 5 times the rate in England and Wales; firearms deaths were increasing from a rate 100 times that in England and Wales. , the United States life expectancy is 79.8 years at birth, ranking 42nd among 224 nations. Peace Vision of Humanity 2018 Global Peace Index ranked 121 out of 162 countries Politics Transparency International 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index: ranked 23 out of 198 countries Reporters Without Borders 2020 Press Freedom Index: ranked 45 out of 180 countries Economist Intelligence Unit 2019 Democracy Index: ranked 25 out of 167 countries World Justice Project 2020 Rule of Law Index ranked 21 out of 128 countries and jurisdictions Standard of Living List of countries by Human Development Index: ranked 13 out of 189 countries for 2018 List of countries by inequality-adjusted HDI: ranked 25 out of 151 countries for 2018 References Foreign relations of the United States Economy of the United States United States