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   U.S. vs. China: Which Country is the World’s #1 Superpower?Published 1   
   day ago on September 26, 2024   
   By Dorothy Neufeld   
   Graphics/Design:   
   Joyce Ma   
     See this visualization first on the Voronoi app.   
      
   This bar chart shows the balance of power between the U.S. and China in   
   2024 across eight pillars of strength.   
      
   Comparing the U.S. and China on Eight Measures of Power   
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   Today, the global balance of power is shaped by many forces, including   
   economic strength, trade, and a country’s defense-industrial base.   
      
   While the U.S. and China stand as two great powers, their sources of   
   strength vary significantly. America has unrivaled status in capital   
   markets, and its reserve currency status shows little sign of being   
   overtaken anytime soon. Meanwhile, China’s influence in international   
   trade has grown substantially, now being the top trading partner for 120   
   countries worldwide.   
      
   This graphic compares the U.S. and China across eight key measures of   
   power, based on analysis from Ray Dalio’s Great Powers Index 2024.   
      
   Methodology: Measuring the Strength of Nations   
   For this analysis, Ray Dalio identified eight core pillars that measure   
   a nation’s different types of strength. These eight categories are:   
      
   Trade   
   Innovation and Technology   
   Education   
   Economic Output   
   Military   
   Financial Center   
   Competitiveness   
   Reserve Currency Status   
   Scores for these categories were quantified using Z-scores, which tells   
   you how far a data point is from the average of the dataset, using the   
   typical amount of variation (a standard deviation) in the data as a   
   measuring stick:   
      
   Z-score of 0 = data point is at the average   
   Z-score of 1 = data point is one standard deviation above the average   
   Is the U.S. or China More Powerful?   
   Below, we show how the U.S. and China measure across each metric of   
   country power in 2024, along with their overall strength score which   
   sees the U.S. (0.89 overall strength score) beat out China (0.80 overall   
   strength score):   
      
   Key Eight Measures of Power	🇺🇸 U.S. Score	🇨🇳 China Score   
   Education			2.0	1.6   
   Innovation and Technology	1.9	1.8   
   Competitiveness			-0.4	1.0   
   Military			2.1	0.9   
   Trade				1.3	1.7   
   Economic Output			1.7	1.6   
   Financial Center		2.7	0.2   
   Reserve Currency Status		1.9	-0.6   
   Overall Strength Score		0.89	0.80   
   As we can see, both countries are closely matched across certain metrics   
   like innovation and technology along with economic output, while also   
   featuring wide differences in categories like reserve currency status   
   and overall competitiveness.   
      
   When looking at tech and innovation, America is home to the world’s   
   largest tech companies driving AI advancements, China is quickly   
   developing much of the intellectual property in new industries such as   
   semiconductors, electric vehicles, and advanced manufacturing.   
      
   In terms of economic output and strength, the gap between America and   
   China’s GDP stands at about $10 trillion. China could overtake America’s   
   economy by 2035 assuming 5% in annual GDP growth, however, Ray Dalio’s   
   own estimates of 10-year real GDP growth have China at 4% annual growth.   
   The country’s fragile property sector and weak consumer demand are its   
   biggest obstacles for its future growth prospects.   
      
   Comparing education, while America’s stagnating high-school educational   
   system is a source of concern, its top-ranking universities play a key   
   role in its education score. Meanwhile, China is home to 100 elite   
   universities, although it too has an unequal education system that   
   disproportionately impacts lower-income households.   
      
   When it comes to military power, the U.S. has long being a global leader   
   in defense spending, outpacing China by more than twofold as of 2022.   
   Yet, this position is deteriorating. Today, China’s military   
   modernization means that its defense capabilities are neck and neck with   
   America, and perhaps even greater than the U.S. according to sources   
   like the Global Firepower Index.   
      
   Moreover, China is increasingly growing alliances with Russia, Iran, and   
   North Korea through arms transfers and battlefield exercises, posing a   
   greater risk to America’s military dominance.   
      
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   To learn more about this topic from a labor force perspective, check out   
   this graphic on the growth of working age populations around the world’s   
   major economies.   
      
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