> In contrast to other large Western industrialized societies, the United States had the highest crime rate, the longest working hours, the highest divorce rate

> In contrast to other large Western industrialized societies, the United States had the highest crime rate, the longest working hours, the highest divorce rate, the highest rate of volunteerism, the highest percentage of citizens with a post-secondary education, the highest productivity rate, the highest GDP, the highest poverty rate, and the highest income-inequality rate; and Americans were the least supportive of various governmental interventions Perhaps part of the reason the USA is a statistical outlier among WIERD societies is simply its size. It has by fa the biggest population of any WIERD country. This means that most of its cultural influences come from within the country, whereas for a smaller country, a larger proportion of its cultural influences come from outside it -- meaning that smaller countries are less likely to be outliers.