If you lived in United States instead of Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, you would:

Health

live 1.6 years less

In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, the average life expectancy is 80 years (78 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022. In United States, that number is 79 years (76 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

be 71.3% less likely to die during infancy

In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, approximately 19.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In United States, on the other hand, 5.5 children do as of 2024.

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have 14.0% more children

In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, there are approximately 9.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In United States, there are 10.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 2.5 times more likely to have internet access

In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, approximately 37.6% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In United States, about 94.7% do as of 2024.

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Infrastructure

find 2.1 times more home broadband

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha has 18.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. United States has 38.9 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2024), The World Factbook (2021–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2022). How we calculate this

United States: At a glance

United States (sometimes abbreviated US or USA) is a sovereign country in North America, with a total land area of approximately 9,147,593 sq km. Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. The two most traumatic experiences in the nation's history were the Civil War (1861-65), in which a northern Union of states defeated a secessionist Confederacy of 11 southern slave states, and the Great Depression of the 1930s, an economic downturn during which about a quarter of the labor force lost its jobs. Buoyed by victories in World Wars I and II and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the US remains the world's most powerful nation state. Since the end of World War II, the economy has achieved relatively steady growth, low unemployment and inflation, and rapid advances in technology.
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