Out of a total of 157 countries in 2008, China ranked 126th and India 115th.

But even western Germany holds the second lowest rank of all developed countries.

It is the 14th largest city in India and 147th largest city in the world.

The limiting factors must be considered in the context of the poverty or extreme poverty in which a large percentage of the population lives, including a disproportionate number of women.

In the same tests, Mexico was in 37th place, while Uruguay, the highest ranked Latin American country, came in 35th.

Among US states, California still ranks first in technology, agriculture, and entertainment.

Bahrain ranked eighth in the Top 10 Sin Cities worldwide, according to blogger Mahmood Al Yousif.

Croatia is ranked as the 18th most popular tourist destination in the world.

Associated with specific gender based sexual violence, rape is ranked No. 10 of all crimes reported and is the No. 1 sexual crime against women.

It is particularly difficult to start a business in China (151st), pay taxes (122nd), obtain construction permits (179th), and get electricity (115th).

Likewise, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands rank, respectively, fifth and sixth on the Innovation Index, but only 28th and 29th on the Peace Index.

The 2008 Men's Health obesity survey ranked four Texas cities among the top 25 fattest cities in America Houston ranked 6th, Dallas 7th, El Paso 8th, and Arlington 14th.

Taiwan was ranked 25th and Korea 41st.

It spent seven weeks at 1, and forty weeks in the top ten.

According to the World Bank, Barbados is classified as being in its 66 top high income economies of the world.

In that war, among United States territories, Puerto Rico had ranked second (after the Hawaiian Islands) in terms of deaths and third in terms of other casualties.

However, evidence of real political will is evidenced in the establishment of a programme offering sufferers access to anti retroviral therapies (Decision No.

Viet Nam's Gender Development Index (GDI) is 0.687 (ranking the 89th among 144 countries).

(This year, Doing Business ranked China 91st out of the 185 national economies it examined.)

In the 2007 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), Armenia ranked 99 of 179 countries.

Iran's monitoring technology is believed to be among the most sophisticated in the world, perhaps only second to China.

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Yet the remaining challenges are huge, for Brazil remains the seventh most unequal society in the world and severe violence persists.

The most obvious fact in the data is the great disparity in the economic positions of castes sharing the same ritual rank.

According to the World Bank, Brazil ranks 130th out of 185 countries in terms of the ease of doing business.

This score represented a significant improvement since 2007, when the country scored 2.1 and ranked 150th of 180 countries.

In 2003, according to the Human Development Report, the country was ranked 168th out of 173 countries.

China ranks only 26th.

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Texas had only one city, Austin, ranked 21st, in the top 25 among the fittest cities in America.

Tradition places seraphs in the highest rank in the Christian angelic hierarchy and in the fifth rank of ten in the Jewish angelic hierarchy.

A recent poll conducted among philosophers of the analytic school ranked Lewis the thirteenth most important philosopher of the past 200 years, and another ranked him as the third most important philosopher of the twentieth century.

But the US also has disturbingly low rankings in the quality of its infrastructure ( 24), technology availability and absorption ( 18), and the sophistication and breadth of its supply chain production processes ( 14).

In 2005, the World Bank ranked China 142nd out of 204 countries on the Control of Corruption index.

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She was ranked fourth in her class.

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According to the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU), that election pushed South Korea from 101st to 62nd place worldwide in terms of the proportion of female MPs , well ahead of 121st ranked Japan.

People and jobs are seeking better opportunities elsewhere. The state s bond rating is dead last.

South Koreans often complain about the disorderliness of their political system, and the Hansun Foundation Report rated South Korea 16th among the G 20 in the efficiency of legislative activities, and 17th in political stability and efficiency.

However, it wished to know why the average grade level of Congolese staff had been budgeted at G 2, step 1, and what the budgeted level was in other peacekeeping missions.

Switzerland is a relatively easy place to do business, currently ranking 28th of 178 countries in the Ease of Doing Business Index.

Botswana is ranked second only to South Africa among sub Saharan Africa countries in the 2009 International Property Rights Index.

Texas ranks close to last in access to healthcare, quality of care, avoidable hospital spending, and equity among various groups.

Rwanda, for example, has skyrocketed in the rankings, from 143rd in 2009 to 52nd in 2013.