10 Ways America Is Still Number One

10 Ways America Is Still Number One

10. America is home to 6 of the top 10 Universities in the world.

Source: cindab.com

And 83 of the top 400 universities in the world.

Via: huffingtonpost.com

9. We are #1 in the world in olympic medals.

Source: drhighsmith.com

To put that in perspective, the number 2 country would be Russia with 1835 overall medals and that’s including their Soviet Union era.

Source: i.cdn.turner.com

8. Americans have the highest level of personal earnings (defined as average annual earnings per full-time employee), at $54,450 per year.

Source: necolebitchie.com

7. US gave $30 billion in foreign aid last year—more than double the second largest contributor on this list.

However this did only account for 0.2% of the country’s gross national income.

Source: shadow.foreignpolicy.com

6. America has the largest Gross Domestic Product on the planet BY FAR at $15.56 trillion.

Source: bloomberg.com

5. America has BY FAR the largest consumer market on the planet.

Source: telegraph.co.uk

Making up ALMOST 30% of the world’s purchasing power.

Source: cindab.com

4. America has the most powerful military on the planet and accounts for roughly 40% of the world’s defense budget.

Source: darkroom.baltimoresun.com

3. America has the most gold reserves in the world.

Source: flickr.com

2. America is the world’s largest producer of beef and cheese.

Source: flickr.com

1. America is the place Chuck Norris chose to be born.

And if you dont think America’s #1 Chuck Norris says: