We've all heard the statistics: in 2009, America ranks 31st out of 65 nations for basic science skills and 23 out of 65 for basic math.
Mexico ranks 31st out of 45 countries that compete with it on commercial terms or in terms of attracting investment, according to a study by the Mexican Institute of Competitiveness, a privately funded think tank.
And its teacher pay ranks 31st among the 50 states, despite its having the 10th-highest median income in the country.
She's right: The U.S. ranks 31st among the 34 members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in the retirement benefits as the percentage of median earnings (See chart above).
That surely is one reason for the chronically low turnout here (the US ranks 31st out of the 34 member countries of the OECD).
According to Save the Children's 15th annual State of the World's Mother's Report, the U.S. ranks 31st in the rankings of the best and worst countries in the world for moms to live.
