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What do you think? . “Mr. Obama is hapless in promoting job creation and determined to expand government until the United States resembles Sweden .”. Mitt Romney July 29, 2012. Pop = 9,103,788. Pop = 313,847,465. What do you think? . Bad Good. It DEPENDS!. Standard of Living.
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“Mr. Obama is hapless in promoting job creation and determined to expand government until the United States resembles Sweden.” Mitt Romney July 29, 2012
Pop = 9,103,788 Pop = 313,847,465
What do you think? BadGood
Standard of Living • GDP Per Capita (PPP): $49,000 • GDP Growth Rate: 1.7% • GDP Per Capita (PPP): $40,900GDP Growth Rate: 4.0%
Income Distribution • Gini index: 45 (2005) • Gender Wage Gap:20% • Gini index: 23 (2005) • Gender Wage Gap:15% *Lower is more equal
Unemployment/Inflation • UE Rate: 9.0% • Inflation Rate: 3.0% • UE Rate: 7.5% • Inflation Rate: 2.5%
Taxes • Tax Revenues: 15.3% of GDP • Tax Revenues: 51.6% of GDP
Budget/Debt • Budget Surplus/Deficit: -8.6% of GDP • Public Debt: 104.1% of GDP • Budget Surplus/Deficit: 0.1% of GDP • Public Debt: 38.4% of GDP
Military/Education Spending • Military Expenditure: 4.1% of GDP • Education Expenditure: 5.5% of GDP • Military Expenditure: 1.5% of GDP • Education Expenditure: 6.6% of GDP
Education Outcomes • Average years school: 12.0 • Adult literacy rate: 99% • Average years school: 11.4 • Adult literacy rate: 99%
Health Care Spending • Health Care Expenditure: 16.2% of GDP • 2.7 physicians per 1,000 Pop • Health Care Expenditure: 9.9% of GDP • 3.6 physicians per 1,000 Pop
Health Status • Life expectancy at birth: 78.5 years • 6.0 deaths per 1,000 live births • Adult Obesity Rate: 33.9% • Life Expectancy at Birth: 81.2 years • 2.7 deaths per 1,000 live births • Adult Obesity Rate: 12.0%
Investment Spending • Investment: 12.4% of GDP • Global Competitiveness: rank = 5 • Investment: 18.3% of GDP • Global Competitiveness: rank = 3
Oil & CO2 Emissions • Oil Consumption: 19.2 million bbl/day • CO2 Emissions: 5,762,050 mt(thousands) • Oil Consumption: 351,100 bbl/day • CO2 Emissions: 48,761 mt(thousands)
Guns • Guns per 100 Pop: 88.8 • Murders with Firearms: 9,369 • Murders by Youth: 8,226 • Guns per 100 Pop: 31.6 • Murders with Firearms: 58 • Murders by Youth: 16
Jail/Prison • # of Prisoners: 2,019,234 • Prisoners per 100,000 Pop: 715 • # of Prisoners: 5,920 • Prisoners per 100,000 Pop: 75
Other Social Indicators • Alcohol Traffic Deaths per 100,000 Pop: 10.5 • Teen Pregnancies per 1,000 Pop: 52.1 • Alcohol Traffic Deaths per 100,000 Pop: 2.6 • Teen Pregnancies per 1,000 Pop: 6.5