| Country | Metric | Value | Units | Measure of Power | Source |
| | | | | | |
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| China | Current account balance | 272.5 | $ billion | Financial | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2187rank.html |
| America | Current account balance | -561 | $ billion | Financial | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2187rank.html |
| China | Population | 1330 | millions of people | Population | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html |
| America | Population | 310 | millions of people | Population | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html |
| China | Emissions | 7.7 | billion tonnes | Pollution | http://unstats.un.org/unsd/environment/air_greenhouse_emissions.htm |
| America | Emissions | 5.4 | billion tonnes | Pollution | http://unstats.un.org/unsd/environment/air_greenhouse_emissions.htm |
| China | Active armed forces | 2.2 | million military personnel | Military | http://www.iiss.org/ |
| America | Active armed forces | 1.6 | million military personnel | Military | http://www.iiss.org/ |
| China | Exports | 1506 | $ billion | Trade | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2078rank.html |
| America | Exports | 1270 | $ billion | Trade | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2078rank.html |
| China | Market capitalisation | 15 | $ trillion | Stock | http://www.world-exchanges.org/statistics/ytd-monthly |
| America | Market capitalisation | 3.6 | $ trillion | Stock | http://www.world-exchanges.org/statistics/ytd-monthly |
| China | Performance in Olympics | 51 | Gold medals in 2008 Olympics | Sport | http://www.olympic.org/medallists-results |
| America | Performance in Olympics | 36 | Gold medals in 2008 Olympics | Sport | http://www.olympic.org/medallists-results |
| China | Reading ability | 556 | OECD reading score in schools | Education | http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/dec/07/world-education-rankings-maths-science-reading |
| America | Reading ability | 500 | OECD reading score in schools | Education | http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/dec/07/world-education-rankings-maths-science-reading |
| China | Diplomacy | 251 | number of embasies, consulates and missions | | http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/nov/29/wikileaks-cables-data |
| America | Diplomacy | 289 | number of embasies, consulates and missions | | http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/nov/29/wikileaks-cables-data |
| China | Unemployment | 4.3 | % of working population | Unemployment | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2129rank.html |
| America | Unemployment | 9.4 | % of working population | Unemployment | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2129rank.html |
| China | Economic growth | 9.6 | GDP growth for % on previous year | Economy | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2003rank.html |
| America | Economic growth | 2.6 | GDP growth for % on previous year | Economy | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2003rank.html |
| China | Economic growth | 374436 | $ GDP per capita | Economy | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html |
| America | Economic growth | 459891.18 | $ GDP per capita | Economy | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html |