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Country – US State Comparisons
| RANK | LOCATION | DEMO. | CULT. | GOVT. | INFR. | GEOG. | TOTAL |
| 1 | FRENCH GUIANA | -1.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 | -0.3 | 2.2 | 4.3 |
| 2 | REP CONGO | -1.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 3 | BOSNIA | -1.1 | 0.2 | -1.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 4 | BENIN | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| 5 | DEM REP CONGO | -1.6 | 0.8 | -0.6 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 6 | CENT AFR REP | -0.1 | 1.1 | -1.6 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 7 | LIBERIA | -0.2 | 1.5 | -1.4 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.0 |
| 8 | GUYANA | -0.2 | 2.6 | -2.3 | -0.2 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 9 | BAHAMAS | 0.2 | 2.3 | -2.7 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 10 | TOGO | -0.8 | 1.1 | -1.1 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 11 | GUINEA BISSAU | -0.4 | 0.8 | -1.8 | -0.3 | 2.8 | 1.1 |
| 12 | MONTENEGRO | -2.1 | -0.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| 13 | REUNION | -1.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| 14 | BOTSWANA | -0.9 | 1.2 | -0.6 | 2.0 | -0.8 | 0.9 |
| 15 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | -0.3 | 1.0 | -1.8 | -0.2 | 2.2 | 0.9 |
| 16 | GABON | -1.6 | 0.8 | -1.2 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 0.7 |
| 17 | SLOVENIA | -3.2 | -1.3 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 0.7 |
| 18 | SURINAME | -0.8 | 0.4 | -0.7 | -0.1 | 1.7 | 0.5 |
| 19 | ZAMBIA | -0.8 | 0.8 | -1.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
| 20 | GREAT BRITAIN | -1.7 | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.3 |
| 21 | RWANDA | -0.5 | 0.6 | -1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| 22 | MOLDOVA | -1.4 | -0.2 | 1.2 | -0.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| 23 | SOUTH AFRICA | -0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | -2.0 | 0.1 |
| 24 | EQUAT. GUINEA | -1.6 | 0.6 | -1.4 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 0.1 |
| 25 | IVORY COAST | -0.9 | 0.4 | -2.3 | 1.2 | 1.6 | -0.0 |
| 26 | NEW CALEDONIA | -2.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | -1 | -0.0 |
| 27 | BURUNDI | -0.7 | 0.8 | -1.4 | 0.1 | 1.1 | -0.1 |
| 28 | GHANA | -1.2 | 0.6 | -1.7 | 0.8 | 1.4 | -0.1 |
| 29 | LESOTHO | -0.5 | 0.5 | -1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -0.2 |
| 30 | MALAWI | -0.1 | 1.5 | -1.4 | -0.2 | 0 | -0.2 |
| 31 | GUINEA | -1.2 | 1.0 | -2.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 | -0.3 |
| 32 | BOLIVIA | -2.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | -0.4 |
| 33 | GAMBIA | -1.4 | 1.2 | -1.8 | 0.1 | 1.5 | -0.4 |
| 34 | SIERRA LEONE | -0.5 | 1.0 | -2.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | -0.4 |
| 35 | MOZAMBIQUE | -0.5 | 0.2 | -0.6 | 1.3 | -0.9 | -0.5 |
| 36 | BRAZIL | -0.8 | 0.4 | -0.3 | -0.1 | 0.3 | -0.5 |
| 37 | FIJI | -0.7 | 0.4 | -1.3 | 1.2 | -0.2 | -0.6 |
| 38 | SERBIA | -1.8 | -0.7 | -1.0 | 1.6 | 1.3 | -0.6 |
| 39 | UGANDA | -0.7 | 0.8 | -2.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | -0.6 |
| 40 | SOUTH SUDAN | -0.5 | 1.0 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -0.8 |
| 41 | ECUADOR | -2.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | -0.2 | 0 | -0.8 |
| 42 | HONDURAS | -2.2 | 0.4 | 1.2 | -0.5 | 0.3 | -0.9 |
| 43 | ESWATINI | -0.1 | 1.8 | -2.0 | -0.4 | -0.2 | -0.9 |
| 44 | DENMARK | -2.3 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.5 | 2 | -1.0 |
| 45 | GERMANY | -2.6 | -1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.9 | -1.0 |
| 46 | JAMAICA | -0.1 | 1.7 | -3.2 | -0.5 | 1 | -1.1 |
| 47 | NORTH MACEDONIA | -2.4 | 0.0 | -1.4 | 1.2 | 1.5 | -1.1 |
| 48 | CROATIA | -2.5 | -1.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.3 | -1.1 |
| 49 | SWEDEN | -2.2 | -0.7 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -1.1 |
| 50 | NAMIBIA | -0.5 | 1.3 | -1.4 | 0.6 | -1.1 | -1.1 |
| 51 | NIGERIA | -0.8 | 1.3 | -2.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | -1.1 |
| 52 | DJIBOUTI | -1.4 | 1.3 | -0.9 | 0.8 | -1 | -1.2 |
| 53 | MALI | -0.5 | 0.8 | -1.5 | 0.3 | -0.3 | -1.2 |
| 54 | BANGLADESH | -1.2 | -0.2 | -1.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 | -1.2 |
| 55 | COLOMBIA | -2.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -1.2 |
| 56 | ETHIOPIA | -0.7 | 1.0 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -1.4 | -1.2 |
| 57 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | -1.4 | 0.4 | -1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | -1.2 |
| 58 | HUNGARY | -2.8 | -1.2 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | -1.3 |
| 59 | NEPAL | -1.0 | 0.2 | -0.3 | 0.2 | -0.4 | -1.3 |
| 60 | FRANCE | -3.4 | -1.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.6 | -1.4 |
| 61 | LATVIA | -2.1 | -1.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.9 | -1.4 |
| 62 | MAURITANIA | -0.9 | 1.1 | -2.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | -1.4 |
| 63 | CAMEROON | -1.2 | -0.2 | -1.9 | -0.3 | 2.2 | -1.4 |
| 64 | CZECHIA | -2.3 | -1.4 | -1.3 | 1.2 | 2.4 | -1.4 |
| 65 | NETHERLANDS | -3.0 | -1.0 | -0.1 | 0.3 | 2.3 | -1.5 |
| 66 | BAHRAIN | -1.2 | 0.1 | -0.6 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -1.6 |
| 67 | LITHUANIA | -2.2 | -1.0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.5 | -1.6 |
| 68 | ISRAEL | -2.1 | -0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | -1.6 |
| 69 | NICARAGUA | -1.8 | -0.4 | 1.7 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -1.7 |
| 70 | BELGIUM | -3.1 | -1.2 | -0.3 | 0 | 2.9 | -1.7 |
| 71 | SENEGAL | -1.6 | 0.8 | -2.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | -1.7 |
| 72 | KENYA | -0.4 | 0.5 | -1.0 | 0.1 | -1 | -1.8 |
| 73 | ANGOLA | -1.4 | 0.0 | -0.9 | 0.8 | -0.3 | -1.8 |
| 74 | BURKINA FASO | -0.5 | 0.0 | -3.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | -1.8 |
| 75 | ZIMBABWE | 0.0 | 1.3 | -3.1 | 1.2 | -1.2 | -1.8 |
| 76 | NIGER | -0.5 | 1.0 | -2.4 | 0.4 | -0.4 | -1.9 |
| 77 | PARAGUAY | -2.4 | 0.6 | -0.3 | -0.4 | 0.6 | -1.9 |
| 78 | CAMBODIA | -1.6 | 0.2 | -0.9 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -1.9 |
| 79 | UKRAINE | -1.8 | -1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | -1.9 |
| 80 | BELIZE | -1.4 | 0.7 | -1.5 | -0.2 | 0.4 | -2.0 |
| 81 | GREENLAND | -0.5 | 1.4 | 0.2 | -0.5 | -2.6 | -2.0 |
| 82 | HAITI | -1.0 | 0.7 | -0.6 | -1 | -0.1 | -2.0 |
| 83 | VENEZUELA | -1.7 | -0.1 | 0.7 | -0.8 | -0.1 | -2.1 |
| 84 | BRUNEI | -1.4 | 0.8 | -1.8 | -0.7 | 1 | -2.1 |
| 85 | BELARUS | -1.4 | -1.7 | -0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | -2.2 |
| 86 | CUBA | -1.5 | -1.4 | 1.9 | -1.2 | 0 | -2.2 |
| 87 | TURKMENISTAN | -1.5 | 0.8 | -0.6 | 0.3 | -1.2 | -2.2 |
| 88 | SAMOA | -1.2 | 0.6 | -1.1 | 0.2 | -0.8 | -2.3 |
| 89 | FINLAND | -1.5 | -0.6 | -0.3 | -0.4 | 0.5 | -2.3 |
| 90 | VANUATU | -1.0 | 0.2 | -0.4 | 0 | -1.2 | -2.4 |
| 91 | COSTA RICA | -2.3 | -0.1 | 1.3 | -1 | -0.3 | -2.5 |
| 92 | POLAND | -2.4 | -1.3 | -0.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | -2.5 |
| 93 | LAOS | -1.2 | -0.2 | -1.4 | 0.8 | -0.5 | -2.5 |
| 94 | QATAR | -1.0 | 1.1 | -1.8 | -0.9 | 0.1 | -2.5 |
| 95 | SUDAN | -0.5 | 1.5 | -2.8 | 0.1 | -0.8 | -2.5 |
| 96 | ALGERIA | -2.4 | -0.1 | -1.3 | 1.6 | -0.4 | -2.6 |
| 97 | NORWAY | -2.1 | -0.1 | 0.9 | -0.2 | -1.1 | -2.6 |
| 98 | THAILAND | -1.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -0.5 | -1 | -2.7 |
| 99 | CHAD | -1.6 | 1.3 | -1.5 | 0.2 | -1.2 | -2.8 |
| 100 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | -1.1 | 1.3 | -2.1 | -0.9 | 0 | -2.8 |
| 101 | IRELAND | -1.6 | -0.9 | -0.7 | -0.9 | 1.2 | -2.9 |
| 102 | MADAGASCAR | -0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -0.2 | -2 | -2.9 |
| 103 | ESTONIA | -1.7 | -1.5 | 0.6 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -2.9 |
| 104 | PAPUA NEW GUINEA | -1.4 | 0.9 | -2.1 | 1.5 | -1.8 | -2.9 |
| 105 | PUERTO RICO | -2.4 | -0.5 | -1.4 | -1.1 | 2.4 | -3.0 |
| 106 | ROMANIA | -2.2 | -0.8 | -0.1 | 0.4 | -0.3 | -3.0 |
| 107 | MYANMAR | -0.9 | 0.2 | -2.1 | 0.5 | -0.7 | -3.0 |
| 108 | LUXEMBOURG | -3.3 | -2.1 | -0.6 | 0.6 | 2.4 | -3.0 |
| 109 | JORDAN | -2.8 | 0.1 | -1.7 | 1.5 | -0.1 | -3.0 |
| 110 | PERU | -2.0 | 0.4 | -0.5 | 0.2 | -1.1 | -3.0 |
| 111 | TUNISIA | -2.2 | -0.1 | -0.3 | 0.5 | -1.0 | -3.1 |
| 112 | BHUTAN | -1.6 | 0.4 | -1.0 | -0.2 | -0.7 | -3.1 |
| 113 | ERITREA | -1.0 | 1.0 | -1.4 | 0.8 | -2.5 | -3.1 |
| 114 | SINGAPORE | -1.5 | 0.2 | -1.9 | -0.8 | 0.9 | -3.1 |
| 115 | ALBANIA | -2.0 | -1.1 | 0.7 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -3.3 |
| 116 | NORTH KOREA | -1.8 | -0.6 | -0.8 | -0.3 | 0.2 | -3.3 |
| 117 | BULGARIA | -2.4 | -1.6 | -1.7 | 0.5 | 1.9 | -3.3 |
| 118 | CAPE VERDE | -1.4 | 0.4 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -1.4 | -3.3 |
| 119 | EL SALVADOR | -1.7 | 0.2 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -1.4 | -3.4 |
| 120 | TANZANIA | -0.7 | 0.2 | -2.6 | 0.1 | -0.4 | -3.4 |
| 121 | ICELAND | -1.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | -2.1 | -0.6 | -3.5 |
| 122 | MALAYSIA | -1.1 | 0.2 | -1.4 | -0.4 | -0.8 | -3.5 |
| 123 | SOLOMON ISLANDS | -1.0 | 0.6 | -2.4 | 0.4 | -1.2 | -3.6 |
| 124 | CYPRUS | -2.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -3.6 |
| 125 | GEORGIA | -1.3 | -0.6 | -0.9 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -3.7 |
| 126 | KUWAIT | -1.4 | 0.3 | -1.4 | -1.5 | 0.3 | -3.7 |
| 127 | SLOVAKIA | -2.3 | -2.1 | -0.2 | 0.9 | -0.1 | -3.8 |
| 128 | PHILIPPINES | -2.2 | 0.0 | -0.9 | 1.0 | -1.8 | -3.9 |
| 129 | MAURITIUS | -1.5 | -0.2 | -1.9 | -1.3 | 1 | -3.9 |
| 130 | GUATEMALA | -1.5 | 0.5 | -1.0 | -0.4 | -1.5 | -3.9 |
| 131 | SRI LANKA | -1.2 | 0.2 | -2.7 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -4.1 |
| 132 | PALESTINE | -2.3 | 0.1 | -2.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | -4.2 |
| 133 | LIBYA | -2.6 | 0.5 | -1.4 | -0.4 | -0.3 | -4.2 |
| 134 | AUSTRIA | -2.9 | -1.9 | -1.2 | 0.2 | 1.5 | -4.3 |
| 135 | INDONESIA | -2.0 | 0.0 | -1.8 | 0.9 | -1.4 | -4.3 |
| 136 | PORTUGAL | -2.8 | -1.2 | 0.6 | -0.2 | -0.7 | -4.3 |
| 137 | ARMENIA | -1.6 | 0.0 | -1.6 | -0.1 | -1.2 | -4.5 |
| 138 | OMAN | -2.1 | 0.5 | -1.4 | 0.4 | -1.9 | -4.5 |
| 139 | SAUDI ARABIA | -1.6 | 0.5 | -1.7 | -0.7 | -1.1 | -4.6 |
| 140 | MONGOLIA | -1.4 | -0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | -3.4 | -4.6 |
| 141 | SOUTH KOREA | -1.6 | -1.9 | -1.5 | 0.4 | -0.1 | -4.7 |
| 142 | SOMALIA | -1.6 | 0.4 | -1.8 | 0.2 | -1.9 | -4.7 |
| 143 | PANAMA | -2.2 | 0.5 | -3.7 | 0.8 | -0.3 | -4.9 |
| 144 | YEMEN | -2.2 | 0.6 | -1.8 | 0 | -1.5 | -4.9 |
| 145 | SYRIA | -2.5 | 0.1 | -2.5 | 0.4 | -0.5 | -5.0 |
| 146 | IRAQ | -2.5 | 0.3 | -2.9 | 0.3 | -0.2 | -5.0 |
| 147 | INDIA | -1.6 | 0.2 | -3.3 | 1.0 | -1.3 | -5.0 |
| 148 | LEBANON | -1.8 | -0.3 | -1.9 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -5.0 |
| 149 | EGYPT | -2.5 | 0.1 | -2.7 | 0.2 | -0.3 | -5.2 |
| 150 | GREECE | -1.8 | -0.5 | -0.8 | -0.4 | -1.7 | -5.2 |
| 151 | UZBEKISTAN | -1.1 | -0.6 | -2.4 | 0.3 | -1.4 | -5.2 |
| 152 | IRAN | -2.4 | 0.5 | -2.0 | 0.5 | -1.9 | -5.3 |
| 153 | URUGUAY | -2.2 | -1.5 | -0.8 | -1.6 | 0.7 | -5.4 |
| 154 | KYRGYZSTAN | -0.8 | -0.2 | -2.1 | 0.2 | -2.7 | -5.6 |
| 155 | MOROCCO | -2.7 | 0.7 | -2.0 | -0.1 | -1.6 | -5.7 |
| 156 | TAJIKISTAN | -2.0 | -0.2 | -1.0 | -0.1 | -2.4 | -5.7 |
| 157 | SPAIN | -3.3 | -1.7 | 1.2 | -0.4 | -1.5 | -5.7 |
| 158 | SWITZERLAND | -3.0 | -1.6 | -2.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | -5.8 |
| 159 | JAPAN | -2.1 | -1.1 | -0.8 | -1.1 | -0.8 | -5.9 |
| 160 | PAKISTAN | -1.7 | 0.4 | -3.0 | -0.1 | -1.6 | -6.0 |
| 161 | CHILE | -2.8 | -0.8 | 0.8 | -0.3 | -3.0 | -6.1 |
| 162 | EAST TIMOR | -2.5 | 0.2 | -1.4 | -1 | -1.8 | -6.5 |
| 163 | TAIWAN | -1.7 | -1.0 | -1.6 | -1.1 | -1.2 | -6.6 |
| 164 | AFGHANISTAN | -2.8 | 0.1 | -2.3 | 0.1 | -1.7 | -6.6 |
| 165 | VIETNAM | -1.6 | -1.0 | -1.0 | -0.9 | -2.1 | -6.6 |
| 166 | TURKEY | -2.2 | 0.1 | -2.0 | 0.3 | -3.3 | -7.1 |
| 167 | NEW ZEALAND | -2.5 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -2.1 | -2.3 | -7.1 |
| 168 | AZERBAIJAN | -1.6 | -0.4 | -3.1 | -0.7 | -1.9 | -7.7 |
| 169 | ITALY | -3.4 | -1.3 | -1.1 | -0.7 | -1.2 | -7.7 |
| 170 | CANADA | -2.0 | -0.8 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -4.1 | -7.7 |
| 171 | MEXICO | -2.2 | -0.4 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -5.2 | -8.1 |
| 172 | KAZAKHSTAN | -1.6 | -0.9 | -2.4 | -0.7 | -2.5 | -8.1 |
| 173 | RUSSIA | -1.9 | -1.5 | -1.8 | 0.2 | -3.2 | -8.2 |
| 174 | AUSTRALIA | -2.6 | -0.2 | -0.9 | -1.0 | -3.9 | -8.6 |
| 175 | ARGENTINA | -2.8 | -1.2 | -0.3 | -1.5 | -2.8 | -8.6 |
| 176 | CHINA | -2.2 | -0.9 | -2.2 | -0.3 | -3.7 | -9.3 |