Social Development in United States

166 indicators covering social development for United States.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index 5 2020 down 50.0% 98th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 3,779 2025 up 1,442.5% 84th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 1,352.3% 173rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 817.1% 184th
Political Rights Score 32 2025 down 11.1% 71st
Freedom Score 81 2025 down 10.0% 67th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 3.72 million 2025 up 1,199.5% 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0109 units per person 2025 up 1,123.6% 6th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 672.7% 47th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate 56.87 % change on previous year 2025 up 15.1% 10th
Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 down 100.0% 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 18 2018 down 10.0% 52nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 16.8 % change on previous year 2025 down 67.9% 31st
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.608 2025 down 26.7% 101st
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.789 2025 down 17.3% 88th
Political Corruption Index 0.06 2025 up 13.2% 155th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.06 2025 up 13.2% 155th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 3.61 2024 down 13.3% 34th
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 down 100.0% 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 down 100.0% 56th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0002 units per square kilometre 2023 up 624.7% 186th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.2844 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2,985.3% 25th
LGBT+ Rights Index 7.08 2019 up 215.5% 26th
Forcibly displaced people 4.18 million 2025 up 646.7% 7th
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 0 number 2025 116th
Age of electoral democracy 61 years 2025 up 19.6% 29th
Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Corruption Perceptions Index 65 2024 down 12.2% 28th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 9.56 2024 up 2.9% 43rd
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 9.2 2024 up 4.1% 27th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.3755 2024 down 22.1% 130th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.0147 2024 up 52.7% 124th
Self-reported life satisfaction 6.82 2025 down 4.1% 22nd
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.82 2025 down 4.1% 22nd
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 40.5% 2024 down 14.7% 89th
Homicide rate 5.76 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 28.8% 56th
Homicides 19,796 homicides 2023 up 38.2% 5th
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 5.76 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 28.8% 56th
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 5.76 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 28.8% 56th
Age of electoral democracy 106 years 2025 up 10.4% 6th
States involved in interstate conflicts 1 2014 unchanged 1st
Citizen support for democracy 0.2049 2020 down 66.6% 47th
Homicides 24,849 deaths 2022 up 48.9% 3rd
Child homicide rate 4.7 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 53.0% 14th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy 0.3425 2020 down 39.1% 44th
Homicide rate 7.42 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 39.7% 22nd
Homicide rate by age of the victim 7.42 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 39.7% 22nd
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 90th
Homicides 19,110 deaths 2021 up 14.1% 5th
Homicide rate 5.67 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 6.2% 84th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 5.77 2021 up 6.3% 80th
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 33.35 million 2030 down 25.7% 4th
States involved in wars 1 2011 unchanged 1st
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 9.77 2030 down 0.7% 43rd