you did pretty well until your idea of exceptionalism started clouding your thinking. US didn't crack top 10
The US did make the list of 16. I did not claim to have the top 10, just which might be on the list.
I'm a fairly well read guy. I lived in Germany 1969-70, then wrote a graduate thesis in 1974 comparing the economies of W. Germany and E. Germany. Then from 1974 until 1988 I served in a couple of international firms specializing in foreign ops, to some extent.
I know that if I visited Germany today, there would be huge differences, including American brands like McDonalds', Walmart and Starbucks, more people would own private motorcars, etc. And their per capita income has improved compared to ours.
American conservatives would probably criticize most of the other places, calling them "socialist." However in reality like the US they have mixed economies, with surprisingly little more government ownership of the factors of economic production., than the US.
Take the muslims out of Europe, and they have reached a nice level of civilization. But the muslims are becoming an equalizer with our black, and the degradation they do to American cities.