>>http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781359.html
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>Let's see if the math works: the US ranks 7.6.
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>Looking at just European countries:
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>Iceland 	9.7
>Finland 	9.6
>Denmark 	9.5
>Sweden 	9.2
>Switzerland 	9.1
>Norway 	8.9
>Austria 	8.7
>Netherlands 	8.6
>United Kingdom 	8.6
>Luxembourg 	8.5
>Germany 	8.2
>France 	7.5
>Belgium 	7.4
>Ireland 	7.4
>Spain 	7
>Portugal 	6.5
>Estonia 	6.4
>Slovenia 	6.1
>Hungary 	5
>Italy 	5
>Lithuania 	4.8
>Czech Republic 	4.3
>Greece 	4.3
>Slovakia 	4.3
>Latvia 	4.2
>Bulgaria 	4
>Croatia 	3.4
>Poland 	3.4
>Romania 	3
>Armenia 	2.9
>Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.9
>Moldova 	2.9
>Serbia and Montenegro	2.8
>Macedonia 	2.7
>Belarus 	2.6
>Ukraine 	2.6
>Albania 	2.4
>Russia 	2.4
>Georgia 	2.3
>Cyprus 	5.7
>Malta 	6.6
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>Average score:	5.64
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>Oh, dear. That didn't quite work out to your advantage, did it?

You forgot to include the rest of Americas on the American side.