Did you know that Rwanda has the most women in parliament in the world? Or that no country has as many pizza eaters as Norway? David McCandless from InformationIsBeautiful.net has put together a map that reveals what countries are best at and it will definitely raise a lot of eyebrows.
The data has been collected from the World Bank, United Nations, and other sources. It was then divided into 9 categories (commodity, psychology, ecology, gastronomy, economy, nicety, humanity, technology, and nasty) and assigned to each individual state (excluding the very small ones). It’s also worth mentioning that the values are either “mostly per capita” or “% of the population”. So which No.1 shocked you the most?
More info: informationisbeautiful.net (h/t)
North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Africa
If you look closely on the map, we "support" the kidney transplants of Croatia :)))
Load More Replies...South Africa is good at dying?? Well, excuse me but people all over the world have been dying for millions of years and they are also good at it, even old people are masters at it
Too many things out of context...and not all of it is understandable. Best "Spam" in my notion means least spam, but this does not seem to be the intention. And what about "Death" in South Africa? Obviously this is "best" at something negative, but what does it mean? Die youngest? Highest death in infants? Most painful death? While in general I like good infographics, this one brings up more questions than it informs and entertains. Actually, it would be much fun to learn about the background behind the facts. For example, I think Norway is best in “Pizza” because everyone buys loads of a frozen pizza called Grandiosa.
Why is the picture here different than the one from the source? it is the same month, year and version, yet it is different? the link provided after "More info" at the top, shows the source and South Africa is best at PLATINUM not death.
Load More Replies...South Africa - Death!! WTF? Did I miss something? I would have said "Corruption"..., but Death?!!
I was just as shocked as you were.... Corruption hell yeah but death?? Wtf...
Load More Replies...India is famous for Banana? So Taj Mahal and Huge number of Movies produced per year isn't?
It's not supposed to show what countries are famous for, but what they are good at. A lot of countries are indicating their relevant exports.
Load More Replies...Liberia in Brazil? Maybe she's on a vacation and came to take a picture with Cristo Redentor.
Ok, but why there is whole Europe but no Czech or Slovak? I'm really curious what we would have :D
We (Venezuela) sadly have displaced Honduras in murder rate. This is a living hell. 700 homicides BY STATE monthly. =(
If I remember correctly, they found a bunch of raptor fossils in Mongolia
Load More Replies...North Korea “Soldiers.” Not to be a put down but sooooooo many of these are false. North Korea doesn’t have enough money to wage war and if they did they could only wage war for a few days. Unless they were funded by another government. ;)
Ha ha unfortunately very uncreative and wrong chart! Whoever created and dared putting it online deserves a slap...a few slaps...with both sides of my hand...no actually scratch that... I just looked it again. Who ever created this c**p is a liar with no imagination, obviously never travelled/lived around the world and deserves a proper punch in the face! David has lots to learn and travel till he actually creats something people would enjoy look at
Ha ha unfortunately very uncreative and wrong chart! Whoever created and dared putting it online deserves a slap...a few slaps...with both sides of my hand...no actually scratch that... I just looked it again. Who ever created this c**p is a liar with no imagination, obviously never travelled/lived around the world and deserves a proper punch in the face!
Horse meat in Argentina? Who wrote this, Jon Snow? You know nothing BoredPanda.
Horse meat in Argentina, seriously? Who wrote this, Jon Snow? You know nothing BoredPanda.
Baltics are best know for strat-ups, women and fast-wifi. I'm not even mad.
Well this is dumb. If there's nothing good about the US, why do people keep trying to come here?
Well this is dumb. if there's nothing good about the USA, why does everyone keep trying to come here?
What a full of c**p, worthless waste of time this "article/map" is. The United States is best at Spam Emails? If this is the best example of Bored Panda content, I won't be spending much (any) time here.
so the only thing Australia is good at is 'data breaches...interesting...
Nicaragua is empty... There is all good things around it but it doesn't have anything good ;-;
Nicaragüa in Central América is missing. Great for cigars, surf, meat, etc
Argentina: Horse meat. They mean Horse and Meat? or I have to talk to my butcher
Argentina: Horse meat? They mean horse and meat? or I have to talk with my butcher
what about bangladesh? according to this map we do not do anything !!!!!
Uhhh, Mongolia - velociraptors? Velociraptors extincted like 100 million years ago
Best thing in Poland is currants? Guys, Everyone know that's pierogi!
This makes me so sad, South Africa has the best "Death" rating. Honestly we have a beautiful life style, beautiful people, stunning weather, excellent food, incredible sense of humour, a magnificent country full of amazing natural wonders. I reject this statistic completely. I will not let this negativity over shadow my beautiful country.
This list shows just how ignorant and obnoxious the internet is.
Finally, after seeing this post I'm going to leave boredpanda forever because maybe every post of it just a b******t.
Ukraine isn't good for anything..True! Although I'd say it is good at f*****g up its own economy once every 5 years.
Apparently, Bolivia's better at producing Brazil nuts than Brazil. Huh.
I do not think that "Jailed Journalists" is "the best" in China but "Illegal Organ Harvesting" or "Falun Gong Persecution" happening for 17 years. Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners have been killed for the illegal organ harvesting. It is the belief that when the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong in China has been fully revealed, the persecution will come to an end, since the world will simply not be able to tolerate it. You can find out the truth @ http://www.clearwisdom.net/cc/1/ organ_harv...b1f29f.jpg
I do not think that "Jailed Journalists" are "the best" in China, but the so called "Illegal Organ Harvesting" or "Falun Gong Persecution". You can find out the truth here http://en.minghui.org/cc/8/ organ_harv...e94cfd.jpg
Ummm...since when was Pakistan to the east of india? You have your map wrong..... Gay porn is the most searched in pakistan but you are showing that as afghanistan...inbtwn india and afghanistan is pakistan...
Romania is also a country. Did you really not find anything about this country????
Correction: Vietnam's pepper isn't its best feature, it's the coffee beans produced here that's the best
This is stupid. New Zealand's known for a fish that was introduced there. What about being the best in the world for rugby?? Disappointed
We're on the original map. Apparently we're best at data breaches.
Load More Replies...Just point at Kenya again? My eyes seem to be playing tricks on me.
Let's ignore JAMAICA one of the most talented countries in the world?!
We have the most Nobel-prize winner and Olympic medalist per capita and what the map mention? Pornstars...
Iran is good at caviar ??? it's so stupid !!! we have so much better things . come on !!! caviar ....
porn stars as gastronomy...well surely everyone has a different taste even in that ;D
Some of these might be close to a national trend, some are just plain stupid and mean close to nothing. I'd love to join one of the fabled scrabble tournaments taking place in Nigeria or hop the border to Togo where, apparently, everyone's sad for their lack of a chance to ever win the yearly African Scrabble Cup. Also, according to this map, the future will be populated by Latvian girls f*****g the s**t out of UAE men so... if you're not from either of these countries.. well, you're kinda destined for extinction, anyway...
I'm Nicaraguan and seems we're good at not being relevant... or good at nothing... since our country is not on the map.
How is Gay Porn in Pakistan considered Gastronomy? Oh wait... Oh.. Ohhhhh, Ok i got it.
Maternity leave for Bulgaria?!?!??!!!!!?! Where did you read that?? Better change it to yogurt!! http://www.bacillusbulgaricus.com/bulgarian-yogurt <------ Read about it Bulgarian yogurt is the most popular variety of yogurt in the world and is one of the things that make Bulgarians proud to call themselves Bulgarians; it is their exclusive invention and heritage that dates back many centuries. A mildly sour-tasting yogurt, kiselo mlyako is undoubtedly the best and the healthiest of all dairy products that are available to consumers nowadays. The western world calls it Bulgarian yogurt but in its homeland, Bulgaria, it’s called sour milk. Whatever the name, this wonderful probiotic food has impeccable ancestry - it is believed to have been known for at least 4000 years.
Mexico has the most lemons. Odd, because when I shop in Mexico City, I find *tons* of limes, and something called limon which is a sweeter, larger, less yellow, more lumpy citrus, but actual lemons are not nearly as common.
they were afraid of the vampires, thats why romania is not on the map.
please see it again carefully, Indonesia - Coconut, Healthiest People - Singapore.
Load More Replies...In Quebec Canada, our electricity is produced only by renewable energy, hydroelectric dam and wind turbine. This could be the thing to fill in the map hole at this region.
I really love how none of these types of things zoom in on Australia and surrounding islands. Like gee thanks guys, Australia doesnt exist at all
On the original map we are noted for being best at data breaches.
Load More Replies...Croatia famous is great for kidney transplants? well, that's great :D better then being great at eating stuff :P
The US provides 60% of the world food aid and most new technologies but gets spam emails. Screw you.
They also forgot Belize. It was all for jokes though
Load More Replies...No wonder the English hate the Argentines! Horse meat! The horse was sacred to the Anglo-Saxons!
is that up-to-date? with the recent development in Turkey, the title "most jailed journalists" may go there ...
If you look closely on the map, we "support" the kidney transplants of Croatia :)))
Load More Replies...South Africa is good at dying?? Well, excuse me but people all over the world have been dying for millions of years and they are also good at it, even old people are masters at it
Too many things out of context...and not all of it is understandable. Best "Spam" in my notion means least spam, but this does not seem to be the intention. And what about "Death" in South Africa? Obviously this is "best" at something negative, but what does it mean? Die youngest? Highest death in infants? Most painful death? While in general I like good infographics, this one brings up more questions than it informs and entertains. Actually, it would be much fun to learn about the background behind the facts. For example, I think Norway is best in “Pizza” because everyone buys loads of a frozen pizza called Grandiosa.
Why is the picture here different than the one from the source? it is the same month, year and version, yet it is different? the link provided after "More info" at the top, shows the source and South Africa is best at PLATINUM not death.
Load More Replies...South Africa - Death!! WTF? Did I miss something? I would have said "Corruption"..., but Death?!!
I was just as shocked as you were.... Corruption hell yeah but death?? Wtf...
Load More Replies...India is famous for Banana? So Taj Mahal and Huge number of Movies produced per year isn't?
It's not supposed to show what countries are famous for, but what they are good at. A lot of countries are indicating their relevant exports.
Load More Replies...Liberia in Brazil? Maybe she's on a vacation and came to take a picture with Cristo Redentor.
Ok, but why there is whole Europe but no Czech or Slovak? I'm really curious what we would have :D
We (Venezuela) sadly have displaced Honduras in murder rate. This is a living hell. 700 homicides BY STATE monthly. =(
If I remember correctly, they found a bunch of raptor fossils in Mongolia
Load More Replies...North Korea “Soldiers.” Not to be a put down but sooooooo many of these are false. North Korea doesn’t have enough money to wage war and if they did they could only wage war for a few days. Unless they were funded by another government. ;)
Ha ha unfortunately very uncreative and wrong chart! Whoever created and dared putting it online deserves a slap...a few slaps...with both sides of my hand...no actually scratch that... I just looked it again. Who ever created this c**p is a liar with no imagination, obviously never travelled/lived around the world and deserves a proper punch in the face! David has lots to learn and travel till he actually creats something people would enjoy look at
Ha ha unfortunately very uncreative and wrong chart! Whoever created and dared putting it online deserves a slap...a few slaps...with both sides of my hand...no actually scratch that... I just looked it again. Who ever created this c**p is a liar with no imagination, obviously never travelled/lived around the world and deserves a proper punch in the face!
Horse meat in Argentina? Who wrote this, Jon Snow? You know nothing BoredPanda.
Horse meat in Argentina, seriously? Who wrote this, Jon Snow? You know nothing BoredPanda.
Baltics are best know for strat-ups, women and fast-wifi. I'm not even mad.
Well this is dumb. If there's nothing good about the US, why do people keep trying to come here?
Well this is dumb. if there's nothing good about the USA, why does everyone keep trying to come here?
What a full of c**p, worthless waste of time this "article/map" is. The United States is best at Spam Emails? If this is the best example of Bored Panda content, I won't be spending much (any) time here.
so the only thing Australia is good at is 'data breaches...interesting...
Nicaragua is empty... There is all good things around it but it doesn't have anything good ;-;
Nicaragüa in Central América is missing. Great for cigars, surf, meat, etc
Argentina: Horse meat. They mean Horse and Meat? or I have to talk to my butcher
Argentina: Horse meat? They mean horse and meat? or I have to talk with my butcher
what about bangladesh? according to this map we do not do anything !!!!!
Uhhh, Mongolia - velociraptors? Velociraptors extincted like 100 million years ago
Best thing in Poland is currants? Guys, Everyone know that's pierogi!
This makes me so sad, South Africa has the best "Death" rating. Honestly we have a beautiful life style, beautiful people, stunning weather, excellent food, incredible sense of humour, a magnificent country full of amazing natural wonders. I reject this statistic completely. I will not let this negativity over shadow my beautiful country.
This list shows just how ignorant and obnoxious the internet is.
Finally, after seeing this post I'm going to leave boredpanda forever because maybe every post of it just a b******t.
Ukraine isn't good for anything..True! Although I'd say it is good at f*****g up its own economy once every 5 years.
Apparently, Bolivia's better at producing Brazil nuts than Brazil. Huh.
I do not think that "Jailed Journalists" is "the best" in China but "Illegal Organ Harvesting" or "Falun Gong Persecution" happening for 17 years. Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners have been killed for the illegal organ harvesting. It is the belief that when the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong in China has been fully revealed, the persecution will come to an end, since the world will simply not be able to tolerate it. You can find out the truth @ http://www.clearwisdom.net/cc/1/ organ_harv...b1f29f.jpg
I do not think that "Jailed Journalists" are "the best" in China, but the so called "Illegal Organ Harvesting" or "Falun Gong Persecution". You can find out the truth here http://en.minghui.org/cc/8/ organ_harv...e94cfd.jpg
Ummm...since when was Pakistan to the east of india? You have your map wrong..... Gay porn is the most searched in pakistan but you are showing that as afghanistan...inbtwn india and afghanistan is pakistan...
Romania is also a country. Did you really not find anything about this country????
Correction: Vietnam's pepper isn't its best feature, it's the coffee beans produced here that's the best
This is stupid. New Zealand's known for a fish that was introduced there. What about being the best in the world for rugby?? Disappointed
We're on the original map. Apparently we're best at data breaches.
Load More Replies...Just point at Kenya again? My eyes seem to be playing tricks on me.
Let's ignore JAMAICA one of the most talented countries in the world?!
We have the most Nobel-prize winner and Olympic medalist per capita and what the map mention? Pornstars...
Iran is good at caviar ??? it's so stupid !!! we have so much better things . come on !!! caviar ....
porn stars as gastronomy...well surely everyone has a different taste even in that ;D
Some of these might be close to a national trend, some are just plain stupid and mean close to nothing. I'd love to join one of the fabled scrabble tournaments taking place in Nigeria or hop the border to Togo where, apparently, everyone's sad for their lack of a chance to ever win the yearly African Scrabble Cup. Also, according to this map, the future will be populated by Latvian girls f*****g the s**t out of UAE men so... if you're not from either of these countries.. well, you're kinda destined for extinction, anyway...
I'm Nicaraguan and seems we're good at not being relevant... or good at nothing... since our country is not on the map.
How is Gay Porn in Pakistan considered Gastronomy? Oh wait... Oh.. Ohhhhh, Ok i got it.
Maternity leave for Bulgaria?!?!??!!!!!?! Where did you read that?? Better change it to yogurt!! http://www.bacillusbulgaricus.com/bulgarian-yogurt <------ Read about it Bulgarian yogurt is the most popular variety of yogurt in the world and is one of the things that make Bulgarians proud to call themselves Bulgarians; it is their exclusive invention and heritage that dates back many centuries. A mildly sour-tasting yogurt, kiselo mlyako is undoubtedly the best and the healthiest of all dairy products that are available to consumers nowadays. The western world calls it Bulgarian yogurt but in its homeland, Bulgaria, it’s called sour milk. Whatever the name, this wonderful probiotic food has impeccable ancestry - it is believed to have been known for at least 4000 years.
Mexico has the most lemons. Odd, because when I shop in Mexico City, I find *tons* of limes, and something called limon which is a sweeter, larger, less yellow, more lumpy citrus, but actual lemons are not nearly as common.
they were afraid of the vampires, thats why romania is not on the map.
please see it again carefully, Indonesia - Coconut, Healthiest People - Singapore.
Load More Replies...In Quebec Canada, our electricity is produced only by renewable energy, hydroelectric dam and wind turbine. This could be the thing to fill in the map hole at this region.
I really love how none of these types of things zoom in on Australia and surrounding islands. Like gee thanks guys, Australia doesnt exist at all
On the original map we are noted for being best at data breaches.
Load More Replies...Croatia famous is great for kidney transplants? well, that's great :D better then being great at eating stuff :P
The US provides 60% of the world food aid and most new technologies but gets spam emails. Screw you.
They also forgot Belize. It was all for jokes though
Load More Replies...No wonder the English hate the Argentines! Horse meat! The horse was sacred to the Anglo-Saxons!
is that up-to-date? with the recent development in Turkey, the title "most jailed journalists" may go there ...
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