I was less than specific here, it should be "where does the entire world want to go for college or university".I don’t think anyone wants to go to the United States for grade or high school. In THAT we are far behind but for one HUGE thing —-
Many countries, school is very different from ours. Some education isn’t available for everyone. Others are set along a track at an early age - we have more or less a cookie cutter one size fits all approach.
Comparisons often don’t make any sense because the pool of students is not the same.