The United States and Maldives are both countries which stamped out the British to gain their respective independences. Since then, what have either acheived?

• According to the CIA Factbook, the Maldives has nurtured 11 industries.
• The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) lists some 1170 industries in the United States.

Given that:

• The Maldives has been independent for 41 years and,
• The US has been independent for 230 years

It is surprising that:

• The Maldives versus US industries ratio is 1:106, while
• The ratio of the period of Independence enjoyed between Maldives versus US is 1:5

Does the phrase 'blown out of proportion' come to mind? In this case it's literal, don't you think?