These reports never seem to acknowledge the fact that the US has a much sparser population density than nearly any of the European countries we are "competing" against. Shouldn't this be a huge factor in all 5 of those categories mentioned?
Excuses excuses.
We're still in the middle of the pack, behind Estonia (#19) and Latvia(#18), but hey! They're much smaller nations than America, so of course these little putt-putt nations deserve to kick our butt.
