20 reasons why the USA is still the king of the world

regardless of your opinion of the united states it is undeniably the most powerful and influential country on earth in recent years the united states has battled with its own internal problems from my eyes there has never been a bigger divide between the left and the right and the south and the north and with pretty much every social media company being based in america all of their problems have been on the world stage for everyone to spectate it is impossible to be a country of this stature and magnitude and not have your critics however the usa still dominates every other country in so many aspects of course there are many aspects in which it scores poorly but the main metrics which determine whether a country is a superpower or not are in the us's favor so in this video we've got 20 reasons why the usa is still the king of the world starting off with number one most valuable companies at the time of making this video 61 out of the 100 most valuable companies on the planet by market cap are in the us out of 195 countries in the world this one single country accounts for 61 of the 100 biggest companies apple microsoft alphabet and amazon are first third fourth and fifth most valuable companies in the world respectively with a total market cap of 8.2 trillion u.s dollars roughly the same as germany and japan's economy combined number two the world's largest economy although china is rapidly catching up to the us in terms of economy size the u.s is still reasonably ahead with a gdp of just under 23 trillion u.s dollars compared to china's 17 trillion china will eventually catch up and surpass the us in the next decade or so however this is just an arbitrary number once china does overtake the usa it's not as if this will send the us into decline if anything it will push the us to be even more competitive number three most nobel prizes the nobel prizes are five separate prizes that according to alfred nobel's will of 1895 are awarded to those who during the preceding year have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind the usa has been awarded a total of 400 nobel prizes for reference this is around triple of the next highest the uk at 138 another way to visualize this is that the us has won around the same amount as the uk germany france russia slash the soviet union and sweden combined fun fact if you are awarded in nobel prize you also receive 1.1 million us dollars and a gold medal number four the richest man or richest man in the world although born in south africa and now an american citizen elon musk is the current richest man in the world with a total net worth of around 260 billion us dollars at the time of writing this script of course in fact seven of the richest ten men on the planet are all from the us most notably jeff bezos of amazon and bill gates of microsoft number five medical research and development in monetary terms america dominates the field of medical research the u.s spends more than any country in the world on medical r d with total expenditure hitting 543 billion us dollars in 2017. and american researchers published the lion's share of science papers although in terms of percentage of gdp israel and south korea spend the most on medical research number six higher education america is home to massachusetts institute of technology or mit as it's more commonly known the planet's best university and u.s higher education institutions which are renowned the world over took the first three spots on the qs world university ranking list of 2020. that prestige comes at a price though as those same universities also take the top spots for the world's most expensive places to study nine out of the top 20 universities in the world are all located in the us number seven most olympic medals at 2959 the usa has by far the most olympic medals out of any country in the world next would be what was the soviet union with 1204 and then great britain with 950 but how is the usa so darn good at winning olympic medals well there are many reasons such as a large population richest country in the world with plenty of resources and a very high level of patriotism number eight box office revenue while india's bollywood is the world's largest movie industry in terms of the number of films produced and tickets sold the world's oldest america's hollywood leads the way in terms of box office receipts it totaled over 11 billion dollars in 2019 which is more than a quarter of the 42 billion dollars made globally it is arguably also the biggest industry in terms of international cultural influence now why is this important well people from all across the world watch american tv shows and movies sometimes you'll hear people from around the world with american accents who have never stepped foot in the country this is because they learned english or american english by watching american cartoons and shows when they were younger this level of influence culturally benefits the us number nine most billionaires at 735 the us has by far the most billionaires in the world next and catching up fast is china with 539 and then india with 166. remember both of these countries have a population around four times larger than the us now although billionaires aren't really liked on the internet they usually reflect a country's success and these billionaires who hold enormous wealth tend to have lots of power not just in the us but across the world number 10 gdp per capita although the us does not rank as number one for this statistic it ranks extremely well somewhere in the top ten i say somewhere as different organizations rank countries differently the us's gdp per capita is around the 70 000 us dollars mark which with a population of over 330 million is very impressive as most of the countries above the us are quite small number 11 its population size although not the most populated country in the world and in fact nowhere near the most populated country in the world it is in fact the third most populated country at around 332 million inhabitants it also ranks as the fifth most productive nation in the world when it comes to work and with a workforce of 151 million this creates a booming economic powerhouse although the us has a smaller population than the entirety of the eu it has a larger gdp by about 25 percent number 12 the most powerful military although it doesn't have the biggest army in terms of personnel it does have the strongest with a budget of an eye-watering 600 billion us dollars to put this in perspective that is more than the total gdp of the likes of belgium thailand or nigeria a country with over 200 million people despite spending cuts the united states spends more money on defense than the next nine countries combined america's biggest conventional military advantage is its fleet of 10 aircraft carriers in comparison india which is constructing its third carrier has the second most carriers in the world number 13 space exploration the first country in the world to send mankind to the moon the usa is undoubtedly the world leader in space exploration aerospace and aviation the nation has reaffirmed its top spot with the recent spacex rocket launches which was the first ever commercialized space flight in addition to pioneering space travel the us leads the planet in aircraft engines and parts jets helicopters and more number 14 largest road and rail network and most airports now this one is seriously impressive the us has a total of 6.7 million kilometers of roads more than any other country in the world and in fact more than the european union the us is responsible for more than 10 percent of all roadways on the planet it is a similar story when it comes to real networks the us has 220 000 kilometers more than any other country and again more than the eu and finally the usa blows every other country out of the water with the amount of airports they have and over twenty thousand next is brazil with three thousand nine hundred and then mexico with 1 700. the usa is also home to the busiest airport on the planet atlanta international airport in 2021 it saw 75.5 million passengers passed through in fact the top seven busiest airports in the world all reside in the usa number 15 most aid spend at 34.6 billion dollars the us has spent by far the most in development aid next is germany with 23.8 billion and then the uk with around 19 billion the us's three biggest donations have been to afghanistan ethiopia and jordan with 1.2 billion 1 billion and 902 million respectively it must be noted however that the us does not rank as the highest in the world when it comes to aid per capita this would be norway at 813 the us's is just 96. number 16. most unicorns and no we don't mean the mythical creature a unicorn is a privately held startup company valued at over 1 billion the usa has around 460 companies which meet this criteria next will be china with 301 and then india with 100. startups usually reflect the country's ease of business prosperity entrepreneurship and business freedom startups often solve modern day problems and can usually grow to become companies that can pretty much control or change the entire world having so many of these companies based in the us gives them a huge advantage over other nations just take a look at the power google facebook and twitter hold for example number 17 reserve currency the mighty u.s dollar has been the unofficial world currency since 1944 when the historic bretton woods agreement pegged all currencies to the greenback backed by the world's largest gold reserves these days an estimated 61 percent of the world's foreign banks have their currency reserves in u.s dollars and 40 percent of the world's debt is denominated in u.s bills many countries around the world also allow you to pay for goods and services with us dollars even if it's not their official currency and as the us dollar is so widely used and referenced i use it in my videos rather than great british pounds which is less commonly used number 18. it has the new york stock exchange founded on wall street in 1817 the new york stock exchange was by no means the first of its kind but in the last 200 years it has grown to be the largest in the world in terms of market value the nyse has over 26 trillion dollars worth of equity and its value exceeds that of the next three biggest the nasdaq the london stock exchange and tokyo stock exchange combined number 19 its geographical position the us's geographical position makes it almost impossible to successfully invade with the atlantic to its east and the pacific to its west it is almost like an island with the biggest moats imaginable its neighbor and younger brother canada lives in the north and although usa and mexico don't see eye to eye there is absolutely no chance of an invasion let's compare the us's location with that of india's a country that is surrounded by many other countries some of those being superpowers with nuclear weapons the size of the country and the variety of terrains also play a factor in making the us one of the most difficult countries in the world to conquer and finally number 20 most super bowl wins just kidding the usa has well everything it has gigantic mega cities like new york city chicago and los angeles with that hustle and bustle vibe mountains tropical beaches deserts and so much more when people think about america or look at america on a map they often forget the territories of alaska hawaii and others which offer completely and utterly different vibes and climate it is estimated that around a third of americans have a passport which makes complete sense when their country has everything there is to offer and each state has its own culture why travel for seven to 12 hours on an expensive flight to another country or continent when everything you could ever want is on your doorstep now of course just like any other country in the world the usa is not perfect it ranks very poorly in so many different aspects especially quality of life compared to other developed nations however when it comes to metrics and rankings that correlate to a country's dominance and power the usa is undeniably at the top let us know in the comments below what you think of our list and we will see you very soon in the next video [Music]

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Length: 14min 20sec (860 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 21 2022