United States

Capital Washington, D.C.. 334.9 million people, United States dollar (USD), about 1 USD to the dollar.

United States is the one of the most expensive of 12 countries with price data, at 1 where the United States is 1.00.

Output per person is $85,000 adjusted for purchasing power, and income per person is $80,000 at market rates.

Price level compared with the United States (1.00), across every country with data. Source: World Bank, PPP conversion factor to market exchange rate.

Key figures

Indicator	United States
Price level (US = 1.00)	1 (seed)
GDP per person, PPP	$85,000 (seed)
Income per person (GNI)	$80,000 (seed)
Inflation	3% (seed)
Unemployment	4% (seed)
Life expectancy	78 yrs (seed)
Internet users	93% (seed)
Homicides per 100k	6 (seed)
Urban population	83% (seed)

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Basics

Region: North America
Languages: English
Time zones: UTC-12:00, UTC-05:00, UTC+12:00
Area: 9,372,610 km²

Sources and dates

World Bank Indicators (price level, GDP, income, inflation, unemployment, life expectancy, internet use, homicides, urbanisation). Latest available year shown per figure.
REST Countries for names, capitals, currencies, languages and population.
Exchange rates: European Central Bank via Frankfurter, seed.
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