Highest per capita incarceration rate: A US citizen is more likely to end up in prison than the citizen of any other nation in the world. The US prison establishment is more expansive than the gulag system under Stalin. The United States imprisons 320% more people than the totalitarian government in China.

The US leads the developed world in number of executions according to Amnesty International. In all fairness, many countries don’t issue complete numbers on extrajudicial killings. The United States, for example, has proclaimed legal authority to kill its own citizens without trial. It does not release the numbers of those killed in this manner.

While the US rails against child brides, it boasts the highest teen pregnancy rate in the developed world.

Campaign spending: The United States leads the world in legal bribes. There was roughly $6 billion “donated” to the candidates in the 2012 election.

Most external debt: The United States owes more money to external creditors than any other nation in the world.

Highest obesity rate: Despite such healthy practices as having junk food in schools and leading the world in hours spent watching TV, the United States managed to end up leading the world in obesity.

Waste generation: Americans generate more garbage than any other people on the planet.