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The United States, like all countries, has been ranked numerous times by a variety of institutions. As a liberal democracy and the largest developed country, the U.S. commonly ranks high for prosperity, freedom, quality of life.

Organization	Survey	Ranking
United Nations Development Programme	Human Development Index	6 out of 177
A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine	Globalization Index 2005	6 out of 111
IMD International	World Competitiveness Yearbook 2007	10 out of 60
The Economist	The World in 2005 - Worldwide quality-of-life index, 2005	14 out of 111
Yale University/Columbia University	Environmental Sustainability Index, 2005 (pdf)	6 out of 146
Reporters Without Borders World-wide	Press Freedom Index 2006	16 out of 168
Transparency International	Corruption Perceptions Index 2005	14 out of 159
Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal	Index of Economic Freedom, 2007	10 out of 161
The Economist	Global Peace Index	8 out of 121
Fund for Peace/ForeignPolicy.com	Failed States Index, 2007	168 out of 177^[1]