United States 2019
Statista Country Report
The United States is a high income country with a population growth of 0.7% in 2018. Real GDP growth at 2.9% was faster and real GDP per capita at US$53,820 was higher than average in 2018. Fitch Solutions rates the overall operational risk of the United States with 76.9 in 2019, meaning the risk decreased compared to the previous year. Find out more about the United States in our report focusing on the general economy, trade and investment, society, consumers, retail and eCommerce markets, infrastructure, and politics. The Statista Country Report provides a comprehensive overview of the economy of the United States, which can be relevant for manufacturing, foreign direct investment and the importing and exporting business. It is a market entry report suited for everybody who wants to open a business or sell their product/service in a new country.Gain insight into the major trends in the United States in order to assess the risks and opportunities relevant for international business. The Statista Country Reports feature statistics, forecasts, survey results, and analyses in a form that is easy to understand and adopt. They allow regional comparisons than can be used for market research, risk assessment or for the strategy development, planning, and execution of business operations.
What's covered in the Country Report?
- Economic conditions, public finances, and detailed information on the labor force
- Imports, exports, foreign direct investments
- Fitch Solutions operational risk indices
- Demographics, consumption, and income
- Infrastructure and digitalization
- Brick-and-mortar retail and eCommerce
- Business culture and local habits
- Infrastructure
- Government structure, overview of stability and threats, and the political environment
Key insights featured in the report include:
- Gross national product data with growth rates and forecast
- Inflation and interest rates
- Obstacles for business and reputation of manufactured products
- Government budget balance
- Merchandise import and export values
- Top global outward and inward FDI flows
- Unemployment trends
- Presence of global grocery chains and grocery market characteristics
- eCommerce revenue forecast
- Population forecasts and demographic transition
- Household spending and income structure
- Latest election results and political stability
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ContentTables
Introduction
- Overview
- Executive summary
Economy
- Economic conditions
- Public finances
- Labor force
- Business environment
Trade & Investment
- Merchandise trade
- Commercial services
- Investments
Fitch Solutions Risk Indices
Society
- Population
- Income
- Human Development Index
Retail & Consumption
- Consumption
- Consumer behavior
- eCommerce
- FinTech
Infrastructure
- Digital
- Transport
Politics
- Political profile
- Political environment
Appendix
Introduction
Overview
- General information
- Religious affiliation
- Land use out of total area
- Ethnic groups
- Population in major Urban areas
- Major airports in country
- Flight times from regional hubs
- Economy
- Trade & Investment
- Society, Retail & Consumption
- Politics
- Business culture
Economy
Economic conditions
- Real GDP over time
- Real GDP growth, real GDP and real GDP per capita in region
- Real GDP per capita worldwide
- Value added by sector
- Inflation and central bank interest rates
- Expenses and revenues
- Expenditure in % of GDP
- Government expenditure and revenue
- Central government debt in country and region
- Total labor force over time and by gender
- Employment by sector
- Educational attainment of population
- Unemployment over time in country and in region
- Unemployment by gender
- Made-In-Country Index
- Percentile rankings in the Global Competitiveness Index
- Time to start a business
- Time to register property
- Time to fulfill tax requirements
- Time to resolve insolvency
- Time to export
- Time to import
- Efficiency of customs clearance
- New businesses registered per 1,000 inhabitants in country and region
- Ease of doing business score in country and region
Trade & Investment
Merchandise trade
- Export trade flows of total merchandise in global comparison
- Import trade flows of total merchandise in global comparison
- Shares in merchandise trade export value in global comparison
- Shares in merchandise trade import value in global comparison
- Merchandise export trade flows by sector
- Merchandise import trade flows by sector
- Export trade flows of total commercial services in global comparison
- Import trade flows of total commercial services in global comparison
- Shares in commercial services export value in global comparison
- Shares in commercial services import value in global comparison
- Commercial services export trade flows by sector
- Commercial services import trade flows by sector
- Top global inward FDI flows by region
- Top global outward FDI flows by region
- FDI inward and outward flows over time
Fitch Solutions Risk Indices
- Methodology
- Overall operational risk index over time
- Subindices over time
- Comparison of country scores to highest and lowest scores in the region and worldwide
- Operational risk index and change compared to previous year worldwide
- Operational risk index worldwide and in region
Society
Population
- Population projection
- Population distribution
- Population growth, total population, and real GDP per capita in region
- Total population worldwide
- Population, disposable income growth, and disposable income per capita in region
- Human Development Index
Retail & Consumption
Consumption
- Development stages of retail markets
- Presensence of international grocery chains
- Characteristics of the grocery market
- Insights into a national typic grocery structure
- Household consumption in country and region by type
- Household consumption expenditure
- Product and service ownership of consumers
- Brand awareness by product and gender
- Digital expenditures as share of consumer spending per capita in country and regions
- Total digital revenues in country and breakdown
- eCommerce revenue growth, ARPU and eCommerce penetration in the region
- Insights into the eCommerce structure
- eCommerce revenues by segment
- Products mostly bought online by gender
- Top online stores by net sales in country
- Market share of online store
- Selected online store profile
- FinTech transaction value by segment
- Segment CAGR
Infrastructure
Digital
- Internet penetration in country and region
- Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants in country and region
- Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants in country and region
- Internet penetration worldwide
- Quality of trade and transport-related infrastructure in country and in region
- Freight transportation
Politics
Political profile
- General information
- Latest election results
- Percentile rankings in rule of law
- Efficiency of control of corruption worldwide
- Percentile rankings in regulatory quality in region
- Governance against political instability and threat of violence/terrorism worldwide
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