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- The US has once more been ranked the world’s most powerful nation, per US News & World Report evaluation.
- However, America slipped to twenty first place for common high quality of life.
- David Reibstein, who performed the analysis, stated the dip was pushed by considerations about security.
The US has been ranked the world’s most powerful nation for the seventh time, in accordance with the newest rankings by the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and US News & World Report.
Per the evaluation, the US additionally moved again into the high 5 best countries total, leaping from sixth place in 2021 to fourth. It was outranked by Switzerland, Germany, and Canada, with Sweden rising 4 spots to fifth place.
“There’s no country that is viewed more of a leader than the United States,” stated David Reibstein, a professor of promoting at the Wharton School who performed the analysis.
“It’s really high in terms of economic influence, really high in terms of a strong military, and very highly politically influential,” he added.
The rankings have been calculated from responses given by greater than 17,000 people in 36 nations.
Reibstein stated the rankings have been collected equally from three teams: the common inhabitants, upper-income earners, and enterprise decision-makers.
The robust US job market this 12 months had additionally boosted Americans’ happiness. In 2021, solely 4% of the respondents stated it had a great job market, but that determine soared to 96% this 12 months.
“The most positive thing is a good job market – that contributes to the economy and quality of life,” Reibstein stated.
The US has benefited from the robust labor market. In September, 263,000 jobs were added, beating the common estimate of 250,000 payrolls, whereas the unemployment price declined from 3.7% to three.5%, in accordance with the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Despite the excessive employment alternatives, the US still slipped from twentieth to twenty first place for common high quality of life.
Reibstein stated the foremost motive for the decline was as a result of simply 11% of respondents regarded the US as protected — a major decline from final 12 months’s 38% determine.
“It is pretty well known that we allow people to have guns and whenever there’s a shooting in the United States it gets a lot of publicity,” he stated.
“Between school shootings and all the reported crime in the cities, it is not perceived to be very safe, and perceived safety has gone down, which has led to the quality of life going down.”
As of October 20, there had been 546 mass shootings in the nation, in accordance with the gun violence charity Archive.
In comparability with the US, 95% of respondents regarded Switzerland, which was named the best country in the world, as a protected nation.
