Ranking Countries
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How New York ranks
NY
Among the 50 states + DC —
median rank 4th
·
all states
vs US states
vs Europe
vs World
▸
Life expectancy
79 years
’21
4th
▸
Lowest homicide rate
3.5 per 100k
’24
15th
▸
Lowest gun deaths
†
4.6 per 100k
’24
4th
▸
Lowest prisoner population
†
167 per 100k
’23
9th
▸
Paid maternity leave
†
18 weeks
’26
4th
▸
Statutory paid holiday
0 days
’26
1st
▸
Lowest road deaths
†
5.5 per 100k
’24
3rd
▸
Lowest drug deaths
‡
18.6 per 100k
’25
22nd
▸
Minimum wage
†
$16
’26
5th
▸
Lowest obesity
‡
29.5 % of adults
’24
8th
▸
GDP per capita
†
$107,577
’24
3rd
▸
Lowest unemployment
4.2%
’24
38th
▸
Lowest infant mortality
4 per 1k births
’24
4th
▸
Lowest suicide rate
†
8.7 per 100k
’24
3rd
▸
Lowest CO₂ per person
†
8.4 t per person
’22
4th
▸
Renewable energy share
†
8.2%
’24
25th
▸
Nobel laureates per million
‡
3.7 per million
’25
2nd
▸
Population
20M people
’25
4th
▸
Land area
122,049 km²
’25
30th
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