Horizontal bar chart of US performance residuals versus what its wealth predicts across 21 metrics. Largest underperformance: inequality, incarceration, homicide, academic freedom, obesity. Overperformance: labor share, rule of law, corruption.

US underperforms its wealth most on inequality, incarceration, homicide, academic freedom, obesity, road deaths, and maternal mortality; it overperforms on labor share, rule of law, and corruption perception.
Percentile points vs the level predicted by GDP per capita (log), latest year per metric. Positive = worse than wealth predicts. n = 109 to 196 countries per metric.