Most Interesting Country Survey (Full listings)

196 countries · 24 metrics · 12 months · 1 winner (or possibly more if there's a tie)

This page shows full listings of all countries and metrics within the survey.


Final Standings

This section shows the current standings of all countries based on the total points scored and the Average Distance from the Median Position (ADMP) for all metrics.

POS'N COUNTRY TOP SPOTS* POINTS ADMP*
1Cuba4 / 310548.854167Profile
2Qatar3 / 28753.854167Profile
3United States3 / 28154.354167Profile
4Samoa3 / 17449.562500Profile
5Vatican City5 / 27277.928571Profile
6China2 / 27247.854167Profile
7India1 / 17151.395833Profile
8Monaco5 / 16958.763158Profile
9Yemen3 / 26653.687500Profile
10Saudi Arabia1 / 16650.304348Profile
11Nauru4 / 16248.166667Profile
12Papua New Guinea2 / 16152.130435Profile
13Zambia2 / 26149.630435Profile
14United Arab Emirates2 / 16050.687500Profile
15Burundi1 / 15964.847826Profile
16Oman1 / 15951.652174Profile
17Andorra4 / 15861.447368Profile
18Kuwait1 / 05748.562500Profile
19Japan2 / 15260.687500Profile
20Gambia0 / 05155.413043Profile
21Central African Republic0 / 04859.916667Profile
22Lesotho1 / 14744.239130Profile
23Vanuatu3 / 04644.675000Profile
24Tuvalu3 / 14454.433333Profile
25Bahrain1 / 04047.854167Profile
26Libya1 / 14041.260870Profile
27Chad0 / 03962.527778Profile
28Palau3 / 13950.531250Profile
29El Salvador1 / 13937.782609Profile
30Democratic Republic of the Congo0 / 03866.437500Profile
31Switzerland2 / 13849.369565Profile
32Russia1 / 03650.145833Profile
33Indonesia0 / 03641.645833Profile
34South Sudan1 / 13561.821429Profile
35Venezuela1 / 13555.782609Profile
36Brunei1 / 03547.145833Profile
37Luxembourg2 / 13542.500000Profile
38Haiti1 / 13446.729167Profile
39Rwanda1 / 13350.934783Profile
40Turkmenistan1 / 03040.613636Profile
41Syria1 / 12939.937500Profile
42Kiribati3 / 12749.472222Profile
43Ethiopia0 / 02564.847826Profile
44Bangladesh1 / 12440.145833Profile
45Jamaica0 / 02435.782609Profile
46Liechtenstein3 / 02258.833333Profile
47Uganda0 / 02251.413043Profile
48Angola1 / 12249.562500Profile
49Seychelles1 / 02248.895833Profile
50Micronesia3 / 02248.147059Profile
51Guinea-Bissau0 / 02159.500000Profile
52Malta1 / 02157.145833Profile
53Marshall Islands2 / 02152.647059Profile
54Afghanistan0 / 02151.931818Profile
55Malawi0 / 02148.108696Profile
56Cape Verde0 / 02147.500000Profile
57Canada2 / 12147.270833Profile
58Brazil0 / 02147.145833Profile
59Trinidad and Tobago0 / 02145.391304Profile
60Togo0 / 02052.815789Profile
61Namibia0 / 02046.854167Profile
62Paraguay1 / 12028.136364Profile
63San Marino3 / 01952.576923Profile
64Singapore2 / 01948.020833Profile
65Guyana0 / 01946.104167Profile
66Laos0 / 01945.630435Profile
67Portugal1 / 01942.854167Profile
68Mali0 / 01860.804348Profile
69Niger0 / 01857.972222Profile
70Mozambique0 / 01849.937500Profile
71Equatorial Guinea0 / 01843.704545Profile
72Gabon0 / 01838.604167Profile
73Bosnia and Herzegovina1 / 01837.979167Profile
74Jordan0 / 01836.687500Profile
75Lebanon0 / 01835.391304Profile
76Germany1 / 01751.562500Profile
77Italy1 / 01750.520833Profile
78Australia1 / 01747.729167Profile
79Somalia0 / 01746.650000Profile
80Bhutan0 / 01649.815789Profile
81Liberia0 / 01648.973684Profile
82Bahamas1 / 01648.021739Profile
83Senegal0 / 01647.729167Profile
84South Korea1 / 01647.354167Profile
85Sao Tome and Principe0 / 01645.852941Profile
86Saint Kitts and Nevis1 / 01553.218750Profile
87Guinea0 / 01552.236842Profile
88Pakistan0 / 01550.104167Profile
89Ireland1 / 01544.270833Profile
90Honduras0 / 01527.395833Profile
91Solomon Islands2 / 01449.131579Profile
92Iran0 / 01447.782609Profile
93Tonga1 / 01444.305556Profile
94Georgia1 / 01341.562500Profile
95Iceland2 / 01254.479167Profile
96Ghana0 / 01249.979167Profile
97Tanzania0 / 01249.312500Profile
98Côte d’Ivoire0 / 01247.472222Profile
99Djibouti0 / 01245.888889Profile
100Finland1 / 01245.687500Profile
101Philippines0 / 01244.312500Profile
102Sudan0 / 01243.760870Profile
103Bolivia0 / 01230.891304Profile
104Greece1 / 01141.562500Profile
105Lithuania1 / 01134.645833Profile
106Republic of Congo0 / 01055.305556Profile
107Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2 / 01050.973684Profile
108Sweden1 / 01041.187500Profile
109Mexico0 / 01036.104167Profile
110Grenada1 / 0952.478261Profile
111Iraq0 / 0945.312500Profile
112Moldova1 / 0938.978261Profile
113Latvia1 / 0933.562500Profile
114Dominica1 / 0844.809524Profile
115Thailand0 / 0839.187500Profile
116Tajikistan1 / 0836.108696Profile
117Comoros0 / 0756.583333Profile
118Swaziland0 / 0747.891304Profile
119Ukraine1 / 0744.187500Profile
120Suriname0 / 0733.847826Profile
121Algeria0 / 0732.913043Profile
122Antigua and Barbuda0 / 0655.647059Profile
123Bulgaria1 / 0634.770833Profile
124Benin0 / 0552.921053Profile
125Denmark1 / 0548.854167Profile
126Belize0 / 0545.312500Profile
127Nepal0 / 0545.282609Profile
128Romania1 / 0540.770833Profile
129Croatia1 / 0539.437500Profile
130Burkina Faso0 / 0464.305556Profile
131Sierra Leone0 / 0451.184211Profile
132Norway1 / 0447.604167Profile
133Slovenia1 / 0439.479167Profile
134France1 / 0348.312500Profile
135Maldives1 / 0347.795455Profile
136South Africa0 / 0347.062500Profile
137Cameroon0 / 0346.229167Profile
138Netherlands1 / 0346.020833Profile
139Kenya0 / 0343.020833Profile
140Mauritania0 / 0342.527778Profile
141Armenia0 / 0339.413043Profile
142Nicaragua0 / 0334.956522Profile
143Panama1 / 0328.187500Profile
144Timor-Leste1 / 0247.472222Profile
145Madagascar0 / 0246.312500Profile
146New Zealand1 / 0242.479167Profile
147Costa Rica1 / 0235.812500Profile
148Nigeria0 / 0158.187500Profile
149Austria1 / 0146.413043Profile
150Belgium1 / 0142.437500Profile
151Myanmar0 / 0141.812500Profile
152Uruguay1 / 0134.354167Profile
153Israel1 / 0133.812500Profile
154Botswana1 / 0133.456522Profile
155Saint Lucia1 / 0051.818182Profile
156Barbados1 / 0047.934783Profile
157Kosovo0 / 0046.166667Profile
158Poland1 / 0044.895833Profile
159Palestine0 / 0044.875000Profile
160United Kingdom1 / 0044.604167Profile
161Eritrea0 / 0044.531250Profile
162Cambodia0 / 0043.812500Profile
163Spain1 / 0042.812500Profile
164Czechia1 / 0041.326087Profile
165Argentina0 / 0040.604167Profile
166Estonia1 / 0039.562500Profile
167Mauritius1 / 0039.437500Profile
168Malaysia1 / 0037.479167Profile
169Colombia0 / 0037.312500Profile
170Macedonia1 / 0037.282609Profile
171Zimbabwe0 / 0036.282609Profile
172Hungary1 / 0036.021739Profile
173Vietnam0 / 0035.937500Profile
174Turkey0 / 0035.395833Profile
175North Korea0 / 0034.178571Profile
176Serbia1 / 0034.152174Profile
177Cyprus1 / 0034.062500Profile
178Mongolia0 / 0033.978261Profile
179Chile1 / 0033.854167Profile
180Slovakia1 / 0033.113636Profile
181Uzbekistan1 / 0032.934783Profile
182Belarus1 / 0032.413043Profile
183Montenegro1 / 0031.750000Profile
184Guatemala0 / 0031.562500Profile
185Sri Lanka0 / 0031.217391Profile
186Azerbaijan1 / 0031.195652Profile
187Egypt0 / 0029.979167Profile
188Ecuador0 / 0029.604167Profile
189Dominican Republic0 / 0029.312500Profile
190Albania1 / 0028.770833Profile
191Kazakhstan1 / 0028.543478Profile
192Peru0 / 0027.187500Profile
193Morocco0 / 0026.479167Profile
194Tunisia0 / 0025.812500Profile
195Kyrgyzstan1 / 0025.282609Profile
196Fiji1 / 0024.937500Profile
*TOP SPOTS = Total number of metrics where the country had the highest or lowest value / Total number of metrics where the country had the unique highest or lowest value (ie, not including equal first places)
*ADMP = Average Distance from Median Position

Metrics

NUMBER DESCRIPTION HIGHEST LOWEST
1Total methane emissionsChinaPalauDetails
2Total petrol consumptionUnited StatesKiribatiDetails
3Price of milk / incomeCubaSwitzerlandDetails
4Tourists / populationAndorraBangladeshDetails
5Urban growth rateOmanSyriaDetails
6Price of rice / incomeCubaZambiaDetails
7Price of wineSaudi ArabiaYemenDetails
8Length of coastlineCanadaMonacoDetails
9Price of petrol / incomeCubaQatarDetails
10Total workforceChinaTuvaluDetails
11GDP growth rateNauruVenezuelaDetails
12Largest settlement % population3 countriesIndiaDetails
13Prisoners % populationUnited StatesVatican CityDetails
14Living in slums % populationSouth Sudan89 countriesDetails
15Linguistic diversity indexPapua New GuineaHaitiDetails
16MurdersEl Salvador6 countriesDetails
17Electricity production / consumptionParaguayLuxembourgDetails
18Birth rateAngolaVatican CityDetails
19Females % parliamentRwanda4 countriesDetails
20Rents / incomeSamoaZambiaDetails
21CO2 emissions per capitaQatarBurundiDetails
22Elderly dependency ratioJapanUnited Arab EmiratesDetails
23Military spending % GDPLibya20 countriesDetails
24Male/female literacy rate comparisonYemenLesothoDetails