I'll settle for, "We're Number One!"

[Locut0s]

5. Not only more useful but sadder/scarier, an indicator of an even bigger problem...

than the list in the OP. The list in the OP is roughly correlated with population sizes and size of government / world influence. This list has the US at the top of a list of countries like Rwanda, Azerbaijan, El Savador and others... Not good. Especially when you consider the percentage of the incarcerated population in for minor drug possession and trafficking crimes. sad

The tiny countries that dot this list are probably largely at the top because small countries are always skewed to the top or bottom when you look at per capita numbers.