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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