27. Lehman Brothers went bankrupt on September 15, 2008 with assets worth $691 billion
and debt of $613 billion.
Washington Mutual went bankrupt on September 26, 2008, and its $327 billion asset
was immediately sold to J P Morgan Chase for mere $1.9 billion.
WorldCom had gone belly up in July 2002 with $107 billion.
General Motors bankruptcy with assets worth $91 billion
Enron had gone bankrupt in December 2001 with $63.4 billion in assets
Chrysler filed for bankruptcy on April 30, 2009, with assets worth $ 39.3 billion
The five bankruptcies in the current economic crisis together
account for assets worth about $1.2 trillion, as against about
$250 billion for the rest five.
29. Assault victims
1.2% [11th of 20]
Car thefts
1,246,096 [1st of 46]
Drug offences
560.1 per 100,000 people
[4th of 46]
Executions
42 executions [5th of 22]
Gun violence > Homicides > %
homicides with firearms
39.5604 [7th of 32]
Illicit drugs
world's largest consumer of
cocaine (shipped from
Colombia through Mexico and
the Caribbean), Colombian
heroin, and Mexican heroin
and marijuana; major
consumer of ecstasy and
Mexican methamphetamine;
minor consumer of high-
quality Southeast Asian heroin;
illicit producer of cannabis,
marijuana, depressants,
stimulants, hallucinogens, and
methamphetamine; money-
laundering center
Murders
16,204 [2nd of 49]
30. Murders with firearms
9,369 [1st of 36]
Perception of safety > Walking in
dark
82% [2nd of 15]
Police
941,139 [1st of 47]
Prisoners
2,019,234 prisoners [1st of 168]
Prisoners > Per capita
715 per 100,000 people
[1st of 164]
Rape victims
0.4% [13th of 20]
Rapes
95,136 [1st of 50]
Robberies
420,637 [2nd of 47]
Software piracy rate
20% [107th of 107]
Suicide rates in ages 15-24
13.7 per 100,000 people
[7th of 17]
Suicide rates in ages 25-34
15.3 per 100,000 people
[10th of 17]
Total crime victims
21.1% [15th of 20]
Total crimes
11,877,218 [1st of 50]
34. Higher & Secondary Education
Research
Science and technology
Political stability
Economic stability
Notas do Editor
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO)
UNDP | United Nations Development Programme
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO
UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR )
The United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
The United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP)