2014-01-10

A wonderful map created by William Samari, Ray Yamartino, and Rafaan Anvari of DogHouseDiares illustrates what every country does better than every other country.

They collected the information from various sources and sprinkled in some quirkier rankings since many countries led the world in multiple things. 

"Myanmar leads the world in 'Speaking Burmese.'  That's kind of a silly thing but still true," Anvari told BI. "UK leads in fascist movements, but that's all movements in history, not active movements."

(Some of the categories are hard to read so we published the full list below the map.)



Country

Leads World In…

Measure

Afghanistan

opium

total

Albania



 

Algeria

middle paleolithic flake tool techniques

 

Andorra

reading

rate

Angola

speaking umbundu

 

Antarctica

emperor penguins

endemic

Antigua and Barbuda



 

Argentina

exporting soccer players

 

Armenia



 

Australia

deadly animals and melanoma

total and per 100,000 people

Austria

mohnflesserl

 

Azerbaijan

software piracy

avg per computer

Bahamas



 

Bahrain



 

Bangladesh

peacekeeping

total and per 100,000 people

Barbados



 

Belarus

wisents

 

Belgium

relaxing

%

Belize

destroying the ozone

per capita

Benin



 

Bhutan

farming

%

Bolivia

brazil nuts

total

Bosnia and Herzegovina

having land mines

total per sq mi

Botswana

diamonds

 

Brazil

making coffee

total

Brunei



 

Bulgaria

living the american dream

rate

Burkina Faso

illiteracy

rate

Burundi

unsatisfied

index

Cambodia

long alphabet

total

Cameroon

killer lakes

 

Canada

maple syrup and asteroid impacts

total

Cape Verde



 

Central African Republic

expensive internet

total

Chad

not wasting electricity

per capita

Chile

staying married

crude divorce rate (per capita)

China

co2 emissions and renewable energy

total

Colombia

rain

avg

Comoros



 

Congo, Democratic Republic of

pygmy chimpanzees

endemic

Congo, Republic of

saving energy

 

Costa Rica

happiness

index

Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

malaria

deaths per 100,000 people

Croatia



 

Cuba

baseball

total

Cyprus



 

Czech Republic

beer consumption

per capita

Denmark

education

index

Djibouti



 

Dominica



 

Dominican Republic



 

Ecuador

endangering plants

total

Egypt

africa cup of nations

total

El Salvador



 

Equatorial Guinea



 

Eritrea

african cycling

 

Estonia

prevalence of women

sex ratio (total)

Ethiopia

employing children

percent

Federated States of Micronesia



 

Fiji



 

Finland

drinking coffee

per capita

France

tourism

total

Gabon

sun-tailed monkeys

 

Gambia

not spending money on military

total reserves

Georgia

khachapuri

 

Germany

almost winning the world cup

total

Ghana



 

Greece

olive oil consumption

per capita

Greenland

personal space

pop per sq mi

Grenada

olympic medals

per capita

Guatemala



 

Guinea-Bissau



 

Guyana



 

Haiti



 

Honduras

homocide

rate

Hong Kong

high IQ

avg

Hungary

canoeing

total and total

Iceland

penetrating the internet

percent

India

movies and low prices

total

Indonesia

volcanoes

total

Iran

brain drain

total

Iraq

not safe for journalists

total

Ireland

quality of life

score

Israel

r&d

% of gdp

Italy

UEFA competitions

total

Jamaica



 

Japan

robots

per 10,000 manufactoring workers

Jordan

large falafel balls

total

Kazakhstan

uranium

total

Kenya

flowers

total

Kiribati



 

Kuwait

highest valued currency

exchange rate

Kyrgyzstan

walnut forests

total

Laos

solar energy

per capita

Latvia

eco-friendly

index

Lebanon



 

Lesotho

mortality

rate

Liberia



 

Libya

heat

avg

Liechtenstein

teachers

per capita

Lithuania



 

Luxembourg

generosity

per capita

Macedonia



 

Madagascar

lemurs

total

Malawi

malawisaurus

 

Malaysia

caves

total

Maldives



 

Mali

kulicoro firefinches

endemic

Malta



 

Marshall Islands



 

Mauritania



 

Mauritius



 

Mexico

getting struck by lightning, cartels and boxing

total and total

Moldova

alcohol consumption

per capita

Monaco



 

Mongolia

velociraptor bones

 

Montenegro



 

Morocco

couscous

none

Mozambique



 

Myanmar

speaking burmese

total

Namibia

wealth inequality

wealth gini

Nepal

not killing themselves

per 100,000 people per year

Netherlands

tall people

avg male and female height

New Zealand

sheep and rugby

totaland total

Nicaragua



 

Niger

making babies

births per woman

Nigeria

yams

total

North Korea

censorship

index

Norway

democracy

index

Oman



 

Pacific

white shark cafe

 

Pakistan

field hockey

total

Palau

swimming with jellyfish

 

Palestinian Territory

not having cancer

per 100,000 people per year

Panama

defenselessness

total

Papua New Guinea

linguistic diversity

index

Paraguay

drinking tea

per capita

Peru

sandboarding

 

Philippines

social media

percent

Poland

kielbasa

subjective

Portugal

graduating high school

rate

Puerto Rico



 

Qatar

GDP

per capita

Romania

download speed

 

Russia

raspberries and nuclear warheads

total

Rwanda

women in parliament

% of seats held

San Marino



 

Sao Tome and Principe



 

Saudi Arabia

oil

total reserves

Senegal



 

Serbia

water polo

 

Seychelles



 

Sierra Leone



 

Singapore

science

total

Slovakia

making cars

per capita

Slovenia

casinos

per 1,000 inhabitants

Solomon Islands



 

Somalia

pirates

total

South Africa

ostrich

total

South Korea

workaholics

hrs per year per person

South Sudan

inflation

rate

Spain

organ donation

rate

Sri Lanka

cinnamon

 

Sudan



 

Suriname

forests

percent

Swaziland



 

Sweden

atheism

total

Switzerland

employment

rate

Syria



 

Taiwan



 

Tajikistan



 

Tanzania

national parks and wildlife

 

Thailand

rice exports

 

Timor-Leste



 

Togo

bad driving

road death per 100,000 cars

Tonga



 

Trinidad and Tobago



 

Tunisia

gun control

per capita

Turkey

apricots

total

Turkmenistan

corruption

index

Uganda

young people

median age

Ukraine

population control

percent

United Arab Emirates

prevalence of men

sex ratio (total)

United Kingdom

fascist movements

total

Uruguay

eating beef

 

USA

falling off beds and chairs, getting killed by lawnmowers, nobel laureates and eating hot dogs

total

Uzbekistan

being double landlocked

total

Vanuatu



 

Vatican City



 

Venezuela

miss universe

total

Vietnam

economic growth

index

Western Australia (ocean)

deadly shark attacks

total

Western Sahara



 

Yemen

gender gap

index

Zambia

rhodesian giraffe

index

Zimbabwe

commercial bank prime lending rate

total

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