List of top international rankings by country

This list of top international rankings by country includes global-scale lists of countries with rankings (this list only contains sovereign states), sorted by country that is placed top or bottom in the respective ranking.

List

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Country	Statistic	Field	Date
Afghanistan	Least peaceful nation according to Global Peace Index	Military Politics	2013
Afghanistan	Largest illegal opium producer, 95% of world's market ($64 billion), with 2.9 million opium farmers[1][2]	Illicit Drugs	2008
Afghanistan	World's largest producer of cannabis, up to 3,500 tonnes of hashish in annual production[3][4]	Illicit Drugs	2010
Afghanistan	World's largest producer of heroin, 380 tonnes of Heroin in annual production (~90% of global production)[5][6]	Illicit Drugs	2012
Afghanistan	Most corrupt country according to Transparency International (tied with Somalia and North Korea)[7]	Politics	2013
Afghanistan	World's largest source of refugees, continuously since 1980[8]	Politics	2013
Afghanistan	Lowest electricity consumption per capita, 7.6 kWh per person per year [9]	Energy	2012
Afghanistan	Lowest annual energy consumption per capita, 90 kgoe per person per year	Energy	2011
Afghanistan	Highest infant mortality rate, 119.41 deaths per 1000 live births	Demographics	2013
Afghanistan	Highest annual prevalence of opiates use, 2.65% of population	Health	2009
Afghanistan	Largest recipient of foreign aid, $6,710,900,000 per year	Economy	2011
Afghanistan	Worst place to grow old as per United Nations/HelpAge International Global AgeWatch Index[10][11]	Society	2013
Andorra	Most tourist arrivals per capita, 22.5[12]	Economy	2011
Argentina	Largest exporter of pears, 490,000 tonnes[13][14]	Agriculture	2009
Argentina	Largest exporter of vegetable oil, US$2,715,890,000[15]	Agriculture	2009
Argentina	Highest consumption of beef per capita, 65.2 kilograms / year[16]	Consumption	2006
Argentina	Largest exporter of soccer players, 2,204[17]	Sports	2010
Argentina	Best performance at Paddle Tennis World Championship (men), 7 gold medals, 9 total medals	Sports	2009
Argentina	Best performance at Paddle Tennis World Championship (women), 7 gold medals, 9 total medals	Sports	2009
Argentina	Best performance at World Polo Championship, 4 gold medals, 7 total medals	Sports	2012
Australia	Largest wool producer, output of 475,000 tons	Agriculture	2005
Australia	Largest sheep meat producer	Agriculture	2005
Australia	Largest uranium reserves, 1,243,000 tons	Energy	2007
Australia	Largest aluminium oxide producer, 18,312,000 tons	Industry	2006
Australia	Largest bauxite producer, 63,000,000 tons	Industry	2008
Australia	Largest titanium producer, 1,291,000 tons	Industry	2003
Australia	Largest zirconium producer, 426,000 tons	Industry	2005
Australia	Largest tantalum producer, 435 tons per annum, 53% of world production	Industry	2008
Australia	Best performance at Rugby League World Cups (men), 10 times winner (1957, 1968, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1988, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2013)	Sports	2014
Australia	Winner of most Cricket World Cups (men), 4 (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007)[18]	Sports	2007
Australia	Winner of most Women's Cricket World Cups, 5 (1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2005)	Sports	2009
Australia	Most successful team in ICC World Twenty20 (Women), 2 time champions (2010 and 2012)	Sports	2013
Australia	Best performance at ICF Canoe Polo World Championships (men), 3 gold medals	Sports	2009
Australia	Best performance at Netball World Championshipss, 9 times winner	Sports	2009
Australia	Best performance at World International Doubles Squash Championships	Sports	2009
Australia	Best performance at World Team Squash Championships	Sports	2009
Australia	Best performance at Touch Football World Cups	Sports	2009
Australia	Best performance at ITU Triathlon World Championships (women), 11 gold medals, 26 total medals	Sports	2009
Austria	Best performance at FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, 74 gold medals, 233 total medals	Sports	2009
Austria	Best performance at FIS Ski Flying World Championships, 5 gold medals, 7 silver medals, 3 bronze medals	Sports	2009
Azerbaijan	Largest percentage of area covered with mud volcanoes[19]	Geography	2009
Bangladesh	Largest percentage of cultivated land, 68.6%	Agriculture Geography	2011
Bangladesh	Largest contributor to UN Peacekeeper Force	Military	2013
Bangladesh	Highest importance of religion, (tied with Nigeria and Somalia)	Demographics	2009
Belarus	Highest annual inflation rate, 52.4%	Finance	2011
Ireland	Most globalized country according to Globalization Index, score of 92.17	Politics	2011
Belgium	Best performance at UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Men, 25 gold medals, 52 total medals	Sports	2009
Belgium	Best performance at UCI Road World Championships (Men's Road Race), 25 gold medals, 47 total medals	Sports	2009
Belgium	Best performance at Motocross World Championship	Sports	2009
Belgium	Largest producer of chicory roots	Agriculture	1992
Botswana	Lowest environmental happiness according to Happy Planet Index, score of 22.6	Environment Quality of life	2012
Botswana	Largest Diamond Producer (two largest mines export 21.7 mil carats combined[20])	Economy	1999
Bhutan	Highest GDP (real) annual growth rate, 21.40% (CIA World Factbook est.)[21]	Economy	2008
Brazil	Largest citrus producer, output of 20,682,309 tons	Agriculture	2007
Brazil	Largest orange producer, output of 17.8 million tons	Agriculture	2005
Brazil	Largest dry bean producer, output of 3,330,435 tons	Agriculture	2008
Brazil	Largest coffee producer, output of 2,249,010 tons	Agriculture	2007
Brazil	Largest sugarcane producer, output of 514,079,729 tons	Agriculture	2008
Brazil	Largest sisal producer, output of 113,300 tons	Agriculture	2007
Brazil	Largest renewable freshwater resources, 8,233 km³/year	Geography	2000
Brazil	Largest niobium producer, 40,000 tons	Industry	2007
Brazil	Winner of most FIFA Club World Cups 4 (2000, 2005, 2006, 2012)	Sports	2012
Brazil	Best performance at FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, 12 times winner (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008)	Sports	2008
Brazil	Best performance at FIFA Futsal World Cup, 4 times winner (1989, 1992, 1996, 2008)	Sports	2008
Brazil	Best performance at Beach Handball World Championships, 2 gold medals, 4 total medals	Sports	2008
Brazil	Best performance at FIVB World Leagues, 9 times winner, 3 times runner-up	Sports	2011
Brazil	Best performance at Beach Volleyball World Championships, 7 gold medals, 19 total medals	Sports	2008
Bulgaria	Largest rose oil producer, 70% of all oil in the world[22]	Agriculture	2011
Bulgaria	Largest lavender oil producer[23]	Agriculture	2011
Burkina Faso	Worst situation with education according to Education Index, score of 0.274	Demographics Quality of life	2009
Burundi	Highest rate of urbanisation, +6.8% of urban population per year	Demographics	2008
Burundi	Least globalized country according to Globalization Index, score of 25.75	Politics	2007
Burundi	Lowest level of property rights according to International Property Rights Index, score of 3.4 (tied with Venezuela, Haiti & Libya)[24]	Politics	2013
Burundi	Lowest satisfaction with life according to Satisfaction with Life Index, 100	Quality of life	2006
Cambodia	Longest alphabets in the world[25] It consists of 33 consonants, 23 vowels (that make 47 sounds) and 12 independent vowels.	Education	1995
Canada	Largest flax producer, output of 633,500 tons	Agriculture	2007
Canada	Largest canary seed producer, output of 117,300 tons	Agriculture	2005
Canada	Largest producer of maple syrup, output of 14,890 cubic metres	Agriculture	1995
Canada	Largest water area, 891,163 km²[26]	Geography	2009
Canada	Longest coastline, 243,792 km[27]	Geography	2009
Canada	Best performance at World Curling Men's Championships, 31 gold medals, 45 total medals	Sports	2009
Canada	Best performance at World Curling Women's Championships, 15 gold medals, 26 total medals	Sports	2009
Canada	Winner of most Women's Ice Hockey World Championships, 9 times winner	Sports	2009
Central African Republic	Lowest prosperity according to Legatum Prosperity Index	Quality of life	2012
Chad	Lowest ease of doing business, according to Ease of Doing Business Index	Economy Politics	2012
Chad	Highest child mortality rate in the world	Demographics	2011
Chad	Highest maternal mortality ratio in the world	Demographics	2011
Chile	Largest copper producer, 5,360,800 tons	Industry	2006
Chile	Largest lithium producer, 12,000 tons	Industry	2008
Chile	Largest lithium reserves, 300,000 tons	Industry	2008
Chile	Largest rhenium reserves tons	Industry	2005
Chile	Largest recorded earthquake 9.5	Geology	2011
China	Largest salt producer, 65,000,000 tons	Industry	2011
China	Highest agricultural sector output	Economy	2012
China	Highest industrial sector output	Economy	2012
China	Largest police force, 1,600,000 officers	Economy	2007
China	Largest rice producer, output of 182,042,000 tons	Agriculture	2005
China	Largest wheat producer, output of 109.9 million metric tons	Agriculture	2007
China	Largest garlic producer, output of 12,088,000 tons	Agriculture	2008
China	Largest tangerine producer, output of 14,152,000 tons	Agriculture	2007
China	Largest peach and nectarine producer, output of 6,030,000 tons	Agriculture	2005
China	Largest plum and sloe producer, output of 4,635,500 tons	Agriculture	2005
China	Largest persimmon producer, output of 1,987,000 tons	Agriculture	2006
China	Largest tomato producer, output of 32,540,040 tons	Agriculture	2006
China	Largest watermelon producer, output of 69,315,000 tons	Agriculture	2005
China	Largest chestnut producer, output of 825,000 tons	Agriculture	2005
China	Largest walnut producer, output of 499,070 tons	Agriculture	2005
China	Largest peanut producer, output of 13,090,000 tons	Agriculture	2008
China	Largest eggplant producer, output of 18,033,000 tons	Agriculture	2008
China	Largest carrot and turnip producer, output of 8,395,500 tons	Agriculture	2005
China	Largest potato producer, output of 70 million metric tons	Agriculture	2006
China	Largest cabbage producer, output of 36,335,000 tons	Agriculture	2008
China	Largest cauliflowers and broccoli producer, output of 8,585,000 tons	Agriculture	2005
China	Largest spinach producer, output of 11,011,000 tons	Agriculture	2005
China	Largest lettuce and chicory producer, output of 11,005,000 tons	Agriculture	2005
China	Largest asparagus producer, output of 5,906,000 tons	Agriculture	2005
China	Largest onion and shallot producer, output of 17,793,000 tons	Agriculture	2005
China	Largest fish producer, output of 49,467,275 tons	Agriculture	2005
China	Largest aquatic plants producer, output of 11,163,675 tons	Agriculture	2005
China	Largest honey producer, output of 305,000 tons[28]	Agriculture	2012
China	Largest mushroom and truffle producer, output of 1,410,540 tons	Agriculture	2005
China	Largest cotton producer, output of 11,400,000 tons	Agriculture	2005
China	Largest silk producer, output of 290,003 tons	Agriculture	2005
China	Largest rapeseed producer, output of 10.3 million metric tons	Agriculture	2007
China	Largest tea producer, output of 1,183,502 million tons	Agriculture	2007
China	Largest tobacco producer, output of 2,298,800 tons	Agriculture	2000
China	Largest livestock of domestic sheep, 157,900,000 heads	Agriculture	2004
China	Largest livestock of domestic pig, 488,800,000 heads	Agriculture	2005
China	Largest livestock of horses, 8,088,000 heads	Agriculture	2003
China	Largest pork (pig meat) producer, output of 48,500,000 ton	Agriculture	2009
China	Largest rice consumer, 135 million metric tons per year	Consumption	2004
China	Largest car market, 13.64 million vehicles[29]	Consumption Transport	2009
China	Largest population, 1,315,844,000	Demographics	2006
China	Largest labour force, 807,700,000	Demographics Economy	2008
China	Largest electricity producer, 4,940,000,000,000 kWh	Energy	2012
China	Largest electricity consumer, 4,693,000,000,000 kWh	Consumption Energy	2011
China	Largest wind power producer, 75,564 MWh	Energy	2012
China	Largest renewable energy producer, 797,4 TW·h per year	Energy	2011
China	Largest hydroelectricity producer, 585.2 TW·h per year	Energy	2007
China	Largest coal producer, 3,240 million tons	Energy Industry	2010
China	Largest wind turbine producer[30]	Energy Industry	2009
China	Largest solar panel producer,[30]	Energy Industry	2009
China	Largest photovoltaics producer, output of 10,852 MW[30]	Energy Industry	2010
China	Most carbon dioxide emissions, 6,103,493,000 metric tons	Environment	2006
China	Largest forex reserves, $3,312,000,000,000	Finance	2012
China	Largest exporter, $1,200,000,000,000[31]	Finance	2009
China	Highest current account balance, $371,833,000,000	Finance	2007
China	Highest elevation above the sea level, 8,848 m (29,029 ft) at Mount Everest (shared with Nepal)	Geography	2009
China	Longest land border length, 22,117 km (22,147 km if Hong Kong and Macao, the two special administrative regions are counted)	Geography	2009
China	Most countries bordered, 14 (16 if Hong Kong and Macao, the two special administrative regions are counted), the same number as with Russia	Geography	2009
China	Largest gold producer, 276 tonnes[32]	Industry	2007
China	Largest aluminium producer, 5,896,000 tons	Industry	2006
China	Largest antimony producer, 126,000 tons	Industry	2005
China	Largest arsenic producer	Industry	2006
China	Largest bismuth producer, 1,900 tons	Industry	2006
China	Largest cadmium producer, 3,000 tons	Industry	2005
China	Largest cement producer, 1,800,000,000 tons	Industry	2010
China	Largest fluorite producer, 3,000,000 tons	Industry	2006
China	Largest iron producer, 588,000,000 tons	Industry	2006
China	Largest manganese producer, 6,000,000 tons	Industry	2006
China	Largest mercury producer, 1,150 tons	Industry	2005
China	Largest motor vehicle producer, 19,271,808 vehicles per year	Industry Transport	2012
China	Largest tractor producer, vehicles	Industry	2010
China	Largest pulp and paper producer, 92,599 tons	Industry	2010
China	Largest steel producer, 683,000,000 tons	Industry	2011
China	Largest steel producer, 543,748,000 tons	Industry	2009
China	Largest strontium producer, 700,000 tons	Industry	2005
China	Largest tin reserves, 1,700,000 tons	Industry	2006
China	Largest tungsten producer, 46,900 tons	Industry	2005
China	Largest zinc producer, 3,500,000 tons	Industry	2010
China	Largest army by number of active troops, 2.25 million troops[33]	Military	2005
China	Best performance at women's badminton Uber Cup, 11 times winner	Sports	2009
China	Best performance at World Badminton Championships, 43 gold medals won	Sports	2009
China	Best performance at World Amateur Go Championship, 18 wins	Sports	2009
China	Best performance at World Table Tennis Championships, 35 team wins	Sports	2009
China	Best performance at World Weightlifting Championships (women), 314 gold medals, 423 total medals	Sports	2007
China	Highest rate of execution per year,officially not released.at least 1700 (estimated)[34][35]	Demographics	2009
China	Leading surveillance society according to the Privacy International[36]	Surveillance	2007
China	Most internet users, 298,000,000[37]	Technology	2009
China	Most main line phones, 368,000,000[38]	Technology	2006
China	Most mobile cellular phones, 703,000,000[39]	Technology	2009
China	Largest total length of waterways, 110,000 km	Transport	2008
China	Largest total length of high-speed railways, 6,003 km	Transport	2009
China	Largest total length of controlled-access highways, 84,946 km	Transport	2011
China	Largest total length of rapid transit systems, 1879.6 km	Transport	2006
China	Longest bridge in the world, Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge, 164,800 m (540,700 ft)	Structures Transport	2011
China	Longest building in the world, Great Wall of China, 8,851.8 km	Structures
China	Top position at World Chess Rankings (women), top 10 players average Elo rating of 2494	Sports	2014
Colombia	Largest emerald producer	Industry	2009
Cook Islands	Lowest population growth rate, -3.07[40]	Demographics	2013
Costa Rica	Highest environmental happiness according to Happy Planet Index, score of 76.1	Environment Quality of life	2009
Côte d'Ivoire	Largest cacao producer, output of 1,330,000 metric tons	Agriculture	2005
Cuba	Largest producer of Xanthosoma, output of 132,100 tonnes	Agriculture	2011
Cuba	Winner of most Baseball World Cup (men), 25 gold medals	Sports	2009
Cuba	Best performance at Boxing World Cup, 2 times winner (2006, 2008)	Sports	2008
Cuba	Winner of most Volleyball World Cups (women), 4 (1989, 1991, 1995, 1999)	Sports	2009
Czech Republic	Highest consumption of beer per capita, 132 litres / year[41]	Consumption	2010
Czech Republic	Largest poppy seed producer, output of 12,814 tonnes	Agriculture	2012
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Highest percentage of population suffering from undernourishment, 75%	Demographics	2006
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Lowest GDP (PPP) per capita, 349 Int. $ (IMF est.)	Economy	2011
Democratic Republic of Congo	Highest poverty, 95.15% of population living under 2 dollar (PPP) a day	Demographics Economy	2010
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Highest energy intensity, 4746.3 toe per 1 million dollars of GDP	Energy	2003
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Largest cobalt producer, 22,000 tons	Industry	2005
Denmark	Most equal income distribution according to UN[42]	Demographics Economy	1997
Denmark	Least corrupt country according to Transparency International (tied with New Zealand)[43]	Politics	2013
Denmark	Highest minimum wage, 22,713 (Intl. dollars)	Finance	2008
Denmark	Most northernmost point on land, 83°40'N at Kaffeklubben Island,  Greenland	Geography	2009
Denmark	Highest E-readiness, 8.87 out of 10	Technology	2009
Denmark	Most well endowed citizen, average 7.9 inches	Science	2014
Denmark	Best knowledge of English according to EF English Proficiency Index	Demographics Economy Education	2014
Denmark	Highest satisfaction with life according to Satisfaction with Life Index, 273.4	Quality of life	2006
Egypt	Largest date producer, output of 1,313,690 tons	Agriculture	2011
Egypt	Largest importer of wheat, 9.5 million tonnes per year[44][45]	Consumption	2013
Egypt	Most heavily mined country, 23 million active mines[46]	Military	2013
Eritrea	Lowest average weight per person	Health	2012
Estonia	Lowest maternal death rate	Quality of life	2010
Estonia	Highest personal and economic freedoms according to State of World Liberty Index	Economy	2006
Estonia	Lowest importance of religion	Demographics	2009
Estonia	Highest prevalence of females in population, 0.84 males per female	Demographics	2009
Estonia	Largest shale oil producer	Energy Industry	Since before 1960
Ethiopia	Earliest human settlement, 195,000 years ago	Demographics	2010
Ethiopia	Best performance at World Cross Country Running Championships, 27 wins	Sports	2009
Fiji	Best performance at Rugby World Cup Sevens (men), 2 times winner (1997, 2005)	Sports	2008
Finland	Highest consumption of coffee per capita, 11.4 kg / year[47]	Consumption	2008
Finland	Highest consumption of milk per capita, 361.19 kg / year[48]	Consumption	2007
Finland	Best student performance in science according to Programme for International Student Assessment	Demographics Quality of life	2006
Finland	Most stable country according to Failed States Index, score of 19.7	Politics	2011
Finland	Most property rights according to International Property Rights Index, score of 8.6[24]	Politics	2013
Finland	Most press freedom according to Freedom of the Press (report)	Politics	2011
Finland	Highest prosperity according to Legatum Prosperity Index	Quality of life	2009
Finland	Best performance at Drivers' World Rally Championship, 14 wins by 7 drivers	Sports	2009
Finland	Most technologically advanced according to the UN's Technology Achievement Index, 0.744[49]	Technology	2001
Finland	Most Olympic medals per capita. [50]	Sports
France	Largest sugar beet producer, output of 29 million metric tons	Agriculture	2005
France	Largest indigenous duck meat producer[51]	Agriculture	2005
France	Largest producer of pharmaceutical products[52]	Industry	2007
France	Largest exporter of perfume[53]	Industry	2007
France	Largest percentage of nuclear energy in total energy production, 76.2%	Energy	2008
France	Largest electricity exporter, 67,600 million kWh	Energy	2007
France	Most time zones (overseas territories included), 12	Geography	2009
France	Best performance at World Championships of Basque Pelota, 58 gold medals, 140 total medals	Sports	2009
France	Best performance at UCI Road World Championships (Women's Road Race), 9 gold medals, 15 total medals	Sports	2009
France	Best performance at Endurance FIM World Championship (motorcycle racing)	Sports	2009
France	Most tourist visits per year, 81.9 million	Tourism	2007
Gambia	Least militarized society	Military	2010
Germany	Largest hop producer, output of 34,438 tons	Agriculture	2005
Germany	Largest net exports (balance of trade) country, 217,000 millions US$	Finance	2010
Germany	Largest producer of lignite, 175,400,000 tons	Energy Industry	2001
Germany	Largest installed solar power capacity, 9,799 MWh	Energy	2009
Germany	Most Winter Olympic medals, 128 gold medals, 358 total medals[54]	Sports	2010
Germany	Best performance at FIBT World Championships (bobsleigh and skeleton), 58 gold medals, 146 total medals	Sports	2009
Germany	Best performance at ICF Canoe Polo World Championships (women), 3 gold medals, 7 total medals	Sports	2009
Germany	Best performance at ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, 171 gold medals, 406 total medals	Sports	2009
Germany	Best performance at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, 92 gold medals, 252 total medals	Sports	2009
Germany	Best performance at UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Women, 4 gold medals, 10 total medals	Sports	2009
Germany	Best performance at UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships, 79 gold medals, 201 total medals	Sports	2009
Germany	Best performance at FEI World Equestrian Games, 25 gold medals, 58 total medals	Sports	2009
Germany	Best performance at equestrian Dressage World Championship, 18 gold medals	Sports	2009
Germany	Best performance at Show Jumping World Championships (equestrian), 8 gold medals, 16 total medals	Sports	2009
Germany	Best performance at Fistball World Cup (men), 9 gold medals, 13 total medals	Sports	2009
Germany	Best performance at Fistball World Cup (women), 3 gold medals, 4 total medals	Sports	2009
Germany	Best performance at Fistball World Games (men), 4 gold medals, 6 total medals	Sports	2009
Germany	Best performance at FIFA Women's World Cups, 2 times winner (2003, 2007), 1 time runner-up (1995)	Sports	2008
Germany	Best performance at FIL World Luge Championships, 85 gold medals, 215 total medals	Sports	2009
Germany	Best performance at World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women, 19 gold medals, 41 total medals	Sports	2009
Germany	Best performance at World Single Distance Championships for Women (speed skating), 35 gold medals, 74 total medals	Sports	2009
Germany	Most Soft power of any nation	Politics	2013
Greece	Highest consumption of olive oil per capita, 26.1 kg / year [55]	Consumption	-->
Greece	Highest consumption of tobacco per capita, 4,313 cigarettes / year[56]	Consumption	2011
Guinea	Largest bauxite reserves, 7,400,000,000 tons	Industry	2008
Haiti	Lowest level of property rights according to International Property Rights Index, score of 3.4 (tied with Venezuela, Libya & Burundi)[24]	Politics	2013
Honduras	Highest intentional homicide rate, 58 per 100000 people per year	Demographics	2008
Hungary	Best performance at FINA Water Polo World Cup (men), 3 times winner (1979, 1995, 1999), 3 times runner-up (1993, 2002, 2006)	Sports	2009
Iceland	Best environmental performance according to Environmental Performance Index, 93.5	Environment	2010
Iceland	Highest electricity consumption per capita, 3,152W per person	Consumption Energy	2005
Iceland	Highest percentage of Internet users, 92%[57]	Technology	2009
Iceland	Most freedom of press according to Press Freedom Index	Politics	2010
Iceland	Most northernmost southernmost point on land, 63°17'N at Surtsey island	Geography	2009
Iceland	Most peaceful country according to Global Peace Index	Quality of life	2011
Iceland	Highest annual energy consumption per capita, 16882.5 kgoe per person per year	Energy	2011
India	Largest number of multi-dimensionally poor, 612 million[58]	Demographics	2011
India	Highest number of undernourished people, 230 million[59]	Demographics	2013
India	Largest millet producer, output of 10,610,000 tons	Agriculture	2007
India	Largest banana producer, output of 21.77 million metric tons	Agriculture	2007
India	Largest lemon and lime producer, output of 2,629,200 tons[60]	Agriculture	2007
India	Largest mango producer, output of 13,501,000 tons	Agriculture	2007
India	Largest areca nut producer, output of 483,100 tons	Agriculture	2006
India	Largest spice producer, output of 1,600,000 tons	Agriculture	2004
India	Largest ginger producer, output of 420,000 tons	Agriculture	2008
India	Largest chickpea producer, output of 5,970,000 tons	Agriculture	2008
India	Largest lentil producer, output of 1,400,000 tons	Agriculture	2007
India	Largest milk producer, output of 110,040 tons	Agriculture	2009
India	Largest butter producer, output of 1,470,000 tons	Agriculture	1997
India	Largest jute producer, output of 1,924,326 tons	Agriculture	2011
India	Largest livestock of water buffalos, 97,700,000 heads	Agriculture	2004
India	Largest fennel producer, output of 110,000 tons	Agriculture	2008
India	Largest total freshwater withdrawal, 645.84 km³/year	Agriculture Consumption	2000
India	Largest area of irrigated land, 558,080 km²	Agriculture Geography	2003
India	Largest tiger headcount, 2226 tigers	Environment	2014
India	Largest producer of films in the world, 2961 films including 1288 feature films[61]	Film Industry	2010
India	Largest electronic spam producer, 13.9%	Technology	2011
India	Largest Hindu population in the world	Demographics	2005
India	Largest Sikh population in the world	Demographics	2005
India	Highest number of doctors graduating in the world	Demographics	2005
India	Highest number of engineers graduating in the world	Demographics	2005
India	Lowest consumption of beer per capita, 2 L	Consumption	2005
India	Largest Democracy, 1,270,000,000 people[62]	Politics	2014
India	Most successful team in ICC World Twenty20 (men), (2007)	Sports	2015
India	Best performance at Summer Olympics Field Hockey (men), 8 gold medals, 11 total	Sports	2015
Indonesia	Largest cinnamon producer, output of 60,000 tons	Agriculture	2005
Indonesia	:File:Clove output.jpg|Largest clove producer, output of 110,000 tons	Agriculture	2005
Indonesia	Largest area of permanent crops, 128,581 km²	Agriculture Geography	2005
Indonesia	Largest islands by population, Java, 132,941,000	Geography	2010
Indonesia	Best performance at men's badminton Thomas Cup, 13 times winner	Sports	2009
Indonesia	Largest Muslim population in the world	Demographics	2005
Iran	Largest Islamic Banking Sector, valued at 235.5 billion US dollars	Banking	2009
Iran	Largest pistachio producer, output of 230,000 tons[63]	Agriculture	2007
Iran	Largest saffron producer, 93.7% of world's total production[64]	Agriculture	2009
Iran	Largest caviar producer[65]	Agriculture	2009
Iran	Largest producer of berries[63]	Agriculture	2007
Iran	Largest producer of stone fruits[63]	Agriculture	2007
Iran	Largest producer of Berberis[66]	Agriculture	2009
Iran	Hottest surface temperature ever recorded, 70.7 °C (159 °F) recorded at Dasht-e Lut[67]	Climate	2005
Iran	Highest rate of brain drain in the world	Demographics	2003
Iran	Largest Shia Population in the world	Demographics	2012
Iran	Location with the highest natural background radiation, annual dose of 260 mSv	Geography	2010
Iran	Most number of major earthquakes, 5.5+ Richter Magnitude[68]	Geology	2010
Iran	Most accurate calendar in use, Iranian calendar	Geophysics	2013
Iran	Highest ratio of female to male school enrollment,[69] 1.22 female per male student	Education	2005
Iran	Largest number of former national capitals, 31 former capital cities	History	2010
Iran	Host to the world's largest population of foreign refugees, Mostly Iraqi & Afghan refugees[70][71][72][73]	Humanitarian	1999
Iran	Largest producer of Turquoise[74][75]	Industry	2010
Iran	Largest reserves of Zinc[76][77][78]	Industry	2010
Iran	World's largest producer and exporter of handmade carpets[79][80][81]	Industry	2010
Iran	World's fastest growth rate in science and technology, 1000% increase of science & technology output in nine years[82][83][84]	Science	2010
Iran	World's largest fleet of NGV, 2.86 million NGV in use[85]	Transportation	2011
Iraq	Most terrorist activities in the world	Politics	2012
Ireland	Best quality of life according to the Quality-of-life index, 8.333 out of 10[86]	Quality of life	2005
Ireland	Most Eurovision wins (7 between 1956 and 2012)	Culture	2012
Israel	Lowest depression below the sea level, -427 m at Dead Sea (shared with Jordan)	Geography	2012
Israel	Largest Jewish population ,6,045,900	Demographics	2013
Israel	Highest spending on research and development per capita, 4.2% of GDP	Economy	2011
Israel	Highest percentage of recycled water, 80%	Environment	2010
Israel	The world leader in the use of solar energy per capita, 3% of the primary national energy consumption	Environment	2010
Israel	Longest hours spent on social networks, 11.1 per person per month	Technology	2011
Israel	Highest production of milk per cow, 12,240 kg per year	Agriculture	2009
Israel	Highest density of eco-friendly companies[87]	Technology	2011
Israel	Most militarized society	Military	2010
Italy	Largest grape producer, output of 8,519,418 tons	Agriculture	2008
Italy	Largest wine producer, output of 8,519,418 tons	Agriculture	2005
Italy	Largest kiwifruit producer, output of 415,050 tons	Agriculture	2005
Italy	Largest artichoke producer, output of 469,980 tons	Agriculture	2005
Italy	Highest number of World Heritage Sites, 47	Culture	2012
Italy	Best performance at Karting World Championship, 21 wins	Sports	2009
Italy	Best performance at F1 Powerboat World Championship, 13 wins	Sports	2008
Italy	Best performance at FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships, 27 gold medals, 80 total medals	Sports	2009
Italy	Best performance at World Championships of Ski Mountaineering, 2 times winner (2006, 2008)	Sports	2009
Italy	Largest feldspar producer, 4,700,000 tonnes	Industry	2011
Japan	Lowest central bank interest rate, 0.10%	Finance	2011
Japan	Lowest commercial bank prime lending rate, 1.48%	Finance	2011
Japan	Largest net creditor nation	Finance	2014
Japan	Best performance at American Football World Cup, 2 times winner (1999, 2003)	Sports	2009
Japan	Best performance at World Judo Championships, 97 gold medals, 229 total medals	Sports	2009
Japan	Best performance at Karate World Championships, 10 wins	Sports	2009
Japan	Best performance at World Baseball Classic , 2 times winner (2006, 2009)	Sports	2013
Japan	Most patents granted, 185,827	Technology	2007
Japan	Most patents in force, 1,613,776	Technology	2007
Japan	Most merchant ships owned, 3757	Transport	2008
Japan	Longest life expectancy , 84.6 years	Health	2012
Japan	Most three-starred Michelin restaurants, 32	Culture	2012
Jordan	Lowest depression below the sea level, -427 m at Dead Sea (shared with Israel)	Geography	2012
Kazakhstan	Largest uranium producer, 17,803 tons	Energy Industry	2010
Kazakhstan	Largest landlocked country, 2,724,900 km²	Geography	2013
Kiribati	Smallest volume of carbon dioxide emissions, 29,000 metric tons	Environment	2006
Lesotho	Least carbon dioxide emissions per capita[88]	Environment	2010
Liechtenstein	Smallest double landlocked country, 160 km²	Geography
North Korea	Lowest level of economic freedom according to Index of Economic Freedom	Economy Politics	2009
North Korea	Largest military budget as % of GDP, 22.9%	Military	2003
North Korea	Most diesel submarines in operation, 62	Military
North Korea	Largest reserve force, 4,700,000	Military	2006
North Korea	Most active troops per population, 46 per 1000 people	Military	2006
North Korea	Smallest nuclear arsenal, <10 nuclear weapons[89]	Military	2013
North Korea	Youngest world leader currently in power, Kim Jong-un, at age 31	Politics	2014
North Korea	Lowest level of press freedom according to Freedom of the Press (report)	Politics	2009
North Korea	Lowest level of democracy according to Democracy Index, score of 1.08	Politics	2012
North Korea	Most corrupt country according to Transparency International (tied with Somalia and Afghanistan)[7]	Politics	2013
South Korea	Highest percentage of 25-34 year olds having a tertiary education degree at 63.82%	Education	2011
South Korea	Best performance in eighth grade math at Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study with a score of 613	Education	2011
South Korea	Best performance in fourth grade science at Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study with a score of 587	Education	2011
South Korea	Highest in Bloomberg Innovation Index	Technology	2014
South Korea	Highest Global innovation performance at Innovation Union Scoreboard with a score of 0.740	Technology	2014
South Korea	Highest Global innovation growth at Innovation Union Scoreboard at 6.0%	Technology	2014
South Korea	Highest patent applications per GDP according to World Intellectual Property Indicators	Technology	2012
South Korea	Highest patent applications per million population according to World Intellectual Property Indicators	Technology	2012
South Korea	Highest application design counts per million population according to World Intellectual Property Indicators	Technology	2012
South Korea	Largest shipbuilder, 2,310,000 Gross Tonnage, 41% of world's total	Industry Transport	2015
South Korea	Highest in 4G LTE penetration at 62%	Technology	2013
South Korea	World's fastest Internet connection speed at 21.9 Mbps	Technology	2013
South Korea	Highest in ICT Development Index, with a score of 8.56	Technology	2011
South Korea	Highest in UN e-Government Readiness Index, with a score of 0.9283	Technology	2011
South Korea	Highest in Economist Intelligence Unit's Government Broadband Index with a score of 4.4	Technology	2011
South Korea	Highest in mobile banking usage at 47%	Technology	2012
South Korea	Lowest obesity rate in the OECD	Health	2009
South Korea	Highest colorectal cancer 5-year survival rate at 72.8%	Health	2011
South Korea	Highest cervical cancer 5-year survival rate at 76.8%	Health	2011
South Korea	Lowest in Long-term unemployment rate at 0.01%	Economy	2012
South Korea	Highest in average number of movies watched in cinemas at 4.12	Culture	2013
South Korea	Best performance at Battle of the Year, 6 wins	Culture	2010
South Korea	Best performance at World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, 12 gold medals, 30 total medals	Sports	2009
South Korea	Best performance at World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships, 29 gold medals, 66 total medals	Sports	2009
South Korea	Best performance at World Taekwondo Championships, 142 gold medals, 186 total medals	Sports	2009
South Korea	Best performance at World Cyber Games	Game	2011
Lesotho	Highest lowest point among all countries, 1400 m	Geography	2009
Luxembourg	Highest consumption of wine per capita, 8.16 liters / year	Consumption	2011
Libya	Hottest air temperature ever recorded, 57.8 °C (136 °F)	Climate	1922
Libya	Lowest level of property rights according to International Property Rights Index, score of 3.4 (tied with Venezuela, Haiti & Burundi)[24]	Politics	2013
Madagascar	Largest vanilla producer, output of 6,200 tons	Agriculture	2006
Madagascar	Highest commercial bank prime lending rate, 52.5%	Finance	2011
Malaysia	Tallest twin buildings in the world, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 1483 ft	Structures	1998
Maldives	Highest annual population growth, 5.57%	Demographics	2008
Maldives	Lowest highest point among all countries, 2 m (7 ft)	Geography	2009
Mali	Highest fertility rate, 7.34 births per woman	Demographics	2008
Mauritania	Highest nominal GDP year-to-year growth rate, 31.27%	Economy	2012
Mexico	Largest avocado producer, output of 1,021,520 tons	Agriculture	2005
Mexico	Largest silver producer, 4,500 tons	Industry	2011
Mexico	Largest producer of opuntia	Agriculture
Federated States of Micronesia	Highest coastline to area ratio, 8,706.553 m/km²	Geography	2009
Federated States of Micronesia	Highest percent of forest area, 90.31%	Geography	2007
Moldova	Largest percentage of arable land, 54.52%	Agriculture Geography	2011
Moldova	Highest rate of deurbanisation, -1.5% of urban population per year	Demographics	2008
Moldova	Highest consumption of alcohol per capita, 18.22 litres / year	Consumption	2011
Monaco	Highest overall life expectancy, 89.68 years[90]	Demographics Quality of life	2012 est.
Monaco	Most densely populated, 23,660 per km²	Demographics	2004
Monaco	Highest median age of population, 45.7 years	Demographics	2008
Monaco	Largest external debt per capita, $540,000	Finance	2000
Monaco	Largest external debt as percentage of GDP, 1843.70%	Finance	2000
Monaco	Highest nominal Gross National Income per capita, $203,900	Finance	2008
Mongolia	Least densely populated, 1.7 per km²	Demographics	2004
Montenegro	Largest annual population decline, -0.93%	Demographics	2008
Morocco	Largest phosphorus reserve, about 50 trillion metric tons of 67 trillion metric tons worldwide (about the 75% the world reserves)	Industry	2011
Namibia	Least equal income distribution	Demographics Economy	2003
Nepal	Highest elevation above the sea level, 8,848 m (29,029 ft) at Mount Everest (shared with China)	Geography	2009
Netherlands	Tallest people, both men (1.837 m) and women (1.693 m)	Demographics	2009
Netherlands	Best performance at Field hockey World Cup (women), 6 times winner (1974, 1978, 1983, 1986*, 1990, 2006)	Sports	2009
Netherlands	Best performance at Korfball World Championship, 7 times winner	Sports	2007
Netherlands	Best performance at World Junior Speed Skating Championships, 22 gold medals, 62 total medals	Sports	2009
Netherlands	Best performance at World Single Distance Championships for Men (speed skating), 34 gold medals, 82 total medals	Sports	2009
Netherlands	Best performance at FINA Water Polo World Cup (women), 8 times winner (1980, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999)	Sports	2009
New Zealand	Least corrupt country according to Transparency International (tied with Denmark)[7]	Politics	2013
New Zealand	Best performance at Women's Rugby World Cups, 3 times winner (1998, 2002, 2006)	Sports	2006
New Zealand	Best performance at Women's Rugby League World Cups, 3 times winner (2000, 2005, 2008)	Sports	2008
Niger	Highest birth rate, 51.60 births per 1000 persons	Demographics	2009
Niger	Lowest Human Development Index (HDI), 0.340	Quality of life	2007
Nigeria	Largest yam producer, output of 34,000,000 tons	Agriculture	2005
Nigeria	Largest cassava producer, output of 41,565,000 tons	Agriculture	2005
Nigeria	Largest taro producer, output of 4,000,000 tons	Agriculture	2005
Nigeria	Highest importance of religion, (tied with Bangladesh and Somalia)	Demographics	2009
Northern Cyprus	Largest illuminated flag, 450x225 m2[91][92]	Culture	1974
Northern Cyprus	Oldest female paragliding fly, at the age of 104, from a 2,400 ft peak	Sports	2012
Norway	Highest level of gender equality in the economy according to Global Gender Gap Report	Demographics Economy	2008
Norway	Highest government budget surplus, +US$37,300,000,000	Finance	2009
Norway	Highest Human Development Index (HDI), 0.971	Quality of life	2007
Norway	Highest level of democracy according to Democracy Index, score of 9.93	Politics	2012
Norway	Best performance at the Winter Olympics, 107 gold medals, 303 total medals	Sports	2010
Norway	Best performance at FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, 107 gold medals, 285 total medals	Sports	2009
Norway	Best performance at World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men, 36 gold medals, 97 total medals	Sports	2009
Oman	Lowest public debt as percentage of GDP, 2.40%	Finance	2008
Pakistan	Highest Perinatal Mortality Rate; 433,800 newborn baby deaths per year[93][94]	Health	2012
Pakistan	Best performance at Field hockey World Cup (men), 4 times winner (1971, 1978, 1982, 1994)	Sports	2010
Pakistan	Most number of British Open Squash champions (men), 30 championships	Sports	2010
Pakistan	Greatest number of World Open Squash champions (men), 14 championships	Sports	2010
Panama	Most merchant ships registered, 6,323	Transport	2008
Papua New Guinea	Highest annual prevalence of cannabis use, 29.5% of population	Demographics	1995
Papua New Guinea	Most languages spoken in a country, 820 languages[95]	Demographics	2005
Papua New Guinea	Best performance at Australian Football International Cup, 1 time winner (2008), 2 times runner-up (2002, 2005)	Sports	2008
Paraguay	Best performance at AMF Futsal World Cup, 3 times winner, 3 times runner-up	Sports	2007
Peru	Largest quinoa producer, output of 32,600 metric tons	Agriculture	2005
Peru	Largest maca producer, 4,589 tons	Industry	2005
Philippines	Largest Abacá (Manila Hemp) producer[63]	Agriculture	2007
Philippines	Largest coconut producer, output of 19,500,000 tons	Agriculture	2008
Philippines	Happiest Country, 7th among the Happiest Nation	Tourism	2009
Philippines	Largest pineapple producer, output of 2,169,230 metric tons[96]	Agriculture	2010
Philippines	Largest business process outsourcing industry[97]	Industry	2010
Philippines	Best performance at World Cup of Pool, 3 times winner (2006, 2009 and 2013)	Sports	2013
Philippines	Best performance at World Championships of Performing Arts, 10 times winner ( 2005,2017, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, (2)2013 and (2)2014)	Culture	2014
Philippines	Best performance at Miss Tourism International, 3 times winner (2000,2012 and 2013)	Culture	2013
Philippines	Best proficiency in Business English according to GlobalEnglish[98]	Demographics Economy Education	2013
Philippines	Largest population of English Speaker in Southeast Asia
Philippines	Number one powerhouse of beauty pageant in Asia
Poland	Largest triticale producer, output of 3.7 million metric tons	Agriculture	2005
Poland	Best performance at motorcycle Speedway World Cup, 3 times winner	Sports	2009
Portugal	Highest share of gold in total forex reserves, 92.8%	Finance	2009
Portugal	Best performance at Roller Hockey World Championship (men), 15 gold medals, 36 total medals	Sports	2009
Portugal	Largest cork producer, output of 17.7 metric tons	Agriculture	2009
Qatar	Most carbon dioxide emissions per capita, 56.2 metric tons	Environment	2006
Qatar	Highest GDP (PPP) per capita, 85,868 Int. $ (IMF est.)	Economy	2008
Qatar	Highest industrial production growth rate, 27.10%	Industry	2010
Qatar	Highest net migration rate, 40.62 migrants per 1000 persons	Demographics	2012
Republic of the Congo	Lowest energy intensity, 30.5 toe per 1 million dollars of GDP	Energy	2003
Romania	Highest home ownership rate, 97%[99]	Quality of life Demographics	2012
Romania	Best performance at Mini-football European Championship, 4 gold medals (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)	Sports	2014
Romania	Most International Mathematical Olympiads hosted, 5 (1959, 1960, 1969, 1978, 1999)	Education	2014
Romania	Most participations at a World Women's Handball Championship, 21 (all)	Sports
Rwanda	Highest proportion of women in government, 56%	Politics	2013
Russia	Largest barley producer, output of 15.7 million metric tons	Agriculture	2007
Russia	Largest buckwheat producer, output of 1 004 850 tons	Agriculture	2007
Russia	Largest oats producer, output of 5.1 million metric tons	Agriculture	2005
Russia	Largest rye producer, output of 3.6 million metric tons	Agriculture	2005
Russia	Largest currant and gooseberry producer, output of 463,500 tons	Agriculture	2005
Russia	Largest raspberry producer, output of 110,000 tons	Agriculture	2004
Russia	Largest vetches producer, output of 377,750 tons[100]	Agriculture	2008
Russia	Highest crude divorce rate, 4.42 per 1000 population	Demographics	2004
Russia	Moscow is city with most billionaires, 79 billionaires with combined wealth of $375.3 billion	Demographics Economy	2012
Russia	Largest proven natural gas reserves, 44,650,000,000,000 m³	Energy	2008
Russia	Largest natural gas producer, 654,000,000,000 m³	Energy Industry	2007
Russia	Largest natural gas exporter, 173,000,000,000 cu m	Energy	2007
Russia	Largest oil producer, 9,980,000 bbl/d (1,587,000 m3/d)[101]	Energy Industry	2009
Russia	Largest forest area, 8,087,900 km²	Geography	2007
Russia	Largest land area, 17,075,200 km²[102]	Geography	2009
Russia	Largest total area, 17,098,242 km²[103]	Geography	2009
Russia	Largest EEZ continental shelf area, 3,817,843 km²	Geography	2009
Russia	Most countries bordered, 14 (16 if Abkhazia and South Ossetia are counted), the same number as with China	Geography	2009
Russia	Most time zones (contiguous territory), 9	Geography	2009
Russia	Largest diamond producer, 38,000,000 carats (7,600 kg)	Industry	2005
Russia	Largest nickel producer, 300,000 tons	Industry	2005
Russia	Largest palladium producer, 143 tons	Industry	2005
Russia	Largest nuclear arsenal, 5,200 / 8,800 active/total warheads (2005 est)[104]	Military	2009
Russia	Largest tank army, 22,800 tanks	Military
Russia	Most corvettes in operation, 85	Military
Russia	Top position at World Chess Rankings (men), top 10 players average Elo rating of 2746	Sports	2014
Russia	Best performance at the World Sambo Championships, 58 gold medals, 99 total medals	Sports	2009
Russia	Most television broadcast stations, 7,306	Technology	1998
Russia  USSR	Winner of most Bandy World Championships for men, 22 (1957, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014)	Sports	2009
Russia  USSR	Most World Chess Champions, 10	Sports	2009
Russia  USSR	Best performance at UCI Track World Championships, Women (cycling), 48 gold medals, 111 total medals	Sports	2009
Russia  USSR	Best performance at FIE World Championships in Fencing, 121 gold medals, 257 total medals	Sports	2009
Russia  USSR	Best performance at World Figure Skating Championships, 74 gold medals, 178 total medals	Sports	2009
Russia  USSR	Best performance at World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 140 gold medals, 341 total medals	Sports	2009
Russia  USSR	Best performance at World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, 23 gold medals, 58 total medals	Sports	2009
Russia  USSR	Best performance at gymnastics at the Summer Olympics, 81 gold medals	Sports	2012
Russia  USSR	Best performance at gymnastics Trampoline World Championships, 21 gold medals	Sports	2009
Russia  USSR	Best performance at World Women's Handball Championship, 7 gold medals, 10 total medals	Sports	2009
Russia  USSR	Winner of most Ice Hockey World Championships (men), 25 times winner	Sports	2009
Russia  USSR	Best performance at Team Ice Racing World Championship, 26 times winner	Sports	2009
Russia  USSR	Best performance at World Shooting Championships, 307 gold medals, 656 total medals	Sports	2009
Russia  USSR	Best performance at World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women, 24 gold medals, 69 total medals	Sports	2009
Russia  USSR	Best performance at World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men, 11 gold medals, 24 total medals	Sports	2009
Russia  USSR	Winner of most Summer Olympic Volleyball Tournaments (men), 4 (1964, 1968, 1980, 2012)	Sports	2012
Russia  USSR	Winner of most Summer Olympic Volleyball Tournaments (women), 4 (1968, 1972, 1980, 1988)	Sports	1988
Russia  USSR	Winner of most Volleyball World Championships (men), 6 (1949, 1952, 1960, 1962, 1978, 1982)	Sports	2006
Russia  USSR	Winner of most Volleyball World Championships (women), 7 (1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990, 2006, 2010)	Sports	2010
Russia  USSR	Winner of most Volleyball World Cups (men), 6 (1965, 1977, 1981, 1991, 1999, 2011)	Sports	2011
Russia  USSR	Best performance at Canoeing at the Summer Olympics, 31 gold medals, 62 total medals	Sports	2012
Russia  USSR	Best performance at World Weightlifting Championships (men), 350 gold medals, 746 total medals	Sports	2007
Russia  USSR	Best performance at Summer Olympics Weightlifting, 42 gold medals, 83 total medals	Sports	2004
Russia  USSR	Best performance at FILA Wrestling World Championships, 64 times winner in three team tournaments	Sports	2009
Russia  USSR	Best performance at Summer Olympics Wrestling, 87 gold medals, 167 total	Sports	2012
Russia  USSR	Longest total human spaceflight time by country, over 20,000 person-days	Technology	2010
San Marino	Highest annual deflation, -3.50%	Finance	2008
San Marino	Most motor vehicles per capita, 1263 per 1000 population	Transport Consumption	2010
Saudi Arabia	Largest oil exporter, 6,880,000 (bbl/day)[105]	Energy	2011
Serbia  Serbia and Montenegro  Yugoslavia	Winner of most Basketball World Championships, 5 (1970, 1978, 1990, 1998, 2002)[106]	Sports	2006
Serbia  Serbia and Montenegro  Yugoslavia	Best performance at FINA World Water Polo Championship (men), 4 times winner	Sports	2009
Singapore	Lowest fertility rate, 1.08 births per woman	Demographics	2008
Singapore	Lowest infant mortality rate, 2.31 deaths per 1000 live births	Demographics	2009
Singapore	Most economic freedom according to Index of Economic Freedom, 87.1 points	Economy Politics	2009
Singapore	Most trade freedom according to Global Enabling Trade Report, 5.71 points	Economy Politics	2008
Singapore	Easiest business doing according to Ease of Doing Business Index	Economy Politics	2009
Singapore	Highest gross fixed investment as percentage of GDP, 45.00%	Finance	2008
Singapore	Most exports per capita, $49,100 per person	Finance	2005
Somalia	Largest livestock of camels, 7,000,000 heads	Agriculture	2003
Somalia	Most unstable country according to Failed States Index, score of 114.7	Politics	2009
Somalia	Most corrupt country according to Transparency International (tied with North Korea and Afghanistan)[43]	Politics	2013
Somalia	Lowest GDP (nominal) per capita	Economy	2011
Somalia	Highest importance of religion, (tied with Bangladesh and Nigeria)	Demographics	2009
South Africa	Most people living with HIV/AIDS, 5,600,000	Demographics	2003
South Africa	Most HIV/AIDS deaths, 350,000	Demographics	2007
South Africa	Largest chromium producer	Industry	2000
South Africa	Largest mohair producer	Industry
South Africa	Largest platinum producer, 168 tonnes	Industry	2005
South Africa	Highest death rate, 17.23 deaths per 1000 persons	Demographics	2012
South Sudan	Youngest country in the world, Established 2011	History	2013
South Sudan	Lowest literacy rate, 27% of population	Demographics Quality of life	2009
Spain	Largest olive producer, output of 6,160,100 tons	Agriculture	2003
Spain	Largest carob producer, output of 70,000 tons	Agriculture	2006
Spain	Best performance at Roller Hockey World Championship (women), 4 gold medals, 7 total medals	Sports	2009
Sri Lanka	Largest Tea Exporter, 318.47 million kilograms	Agriculture	2008
Sri Lanka	Largest Cinnamon Exporter and Producer, 90% of world production	Agriculture	2011
Sri Lanka	Most successful team in ICC World Twenty20 (Men)	Sports	2014
Sudan	Lowest level of innovation according to Global Innovation Index, score of 0.4	Technology	2012
Swaziland	Highest HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate, 26.01 of population	Demographics	2008
Swaziland	Lowest overall life expectancy, 31.88 years[90]	Demographics Quality of life	2009
Sweden	Most equal income distribution according to CIA World Factbook	Demographics Economy	2005
Sweden	Winner of most Bandy World Championships for women, 6 (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012)	Sports	2009
Sweden	Best performance at World Floorball Championship	Sports	2009
Switzerland	Lowest level of business corruption according to Bribe Payers Index, score of 7.81	Economy Politics	2006
Switzerland	The cleanest country in the world (Clean Index), 2013"
Switzerland	Highest economic competitiveness according to Global Competitiveness Report, score of 5.60	Economy Politics	2009
Switzerland	Best performance at UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships, 5 gold medals, 12 total medals	Sports	2009
Switzerland	Best performance at Sidecarcross World Championship	Sports	2009
Switzerland	Highest tourist competitiveness according to Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report, 5.68	Tourism	2009
Syria	Lowest net migration rate per 1,000 population, -113.51[107]	Demographics	2014
Taiwan	Best student performance in mathematics according to Programme for International Student Assessment[108]	Demographics Quality of life	2006
Timor-Leste	Highest tax rate as percentage of GDP, 109.7%	Finance	2009
Timor-Leste	Highest current account balance as a percentage of GDP, 44.52%	Finance	2008
Turkey	Largest apricot producer, output of 795,768 tonnes [109]	Agriculture	2012
Turkey	Largest cherry producer, output of 480,748 tonnes [109]	Agriculture	2012
Turkey	Largest sour cherry producer, output of 187,941 tonnes [109]	Agriculture	2012
Turkey	Largest fig producer, output of 274,535 tonnes [109]	Agriculture	2012
Turkey	Largest hazelnut producer, output of 660,000 tonnes [109]	Agriculture	2012
Turkey	Largest quince producer, output of 135,406 tonnes [109]	Agriculture	2012
Turkey	Largest wheat flour exporter, output of 2.062,730 tons [110]	Agriculture	2011
Turkey	Highest consumption of tea per capita, 13.8 kg (490 oz) [111]	Consumption	2013
Turkey	Largest boron reserves and producer, output of 2500 tonnes.[112]	Industry	2012
Turkey	Most generous country by GNI 0.21%, Total aid: US$1.6 billion [113]	Economy	2013
Turkey	Biggest refugee hosting country with 1.7 million Syrian refugees [114][115]	Demographics	2015
Turkmenistan	Largest freshwater withdrawal per capita, 5,104 m³/year	Agriculture Consumption	2000
Tuvalu	Smallest number of immigrants, 300	Demographics	2005
Tuvalu	Lowest GDP (nominal), US$14.94 million	Economy	2008
Tuvalu	Lowest GDP (PPP), US$15 million	Economy	2008
Tuvalu	Worst current account balance as a percentage of GDP, -78.17%	Finance	2008
Tuvalu	Largest percentage of permanent crops, 66.67%	Agriculture Geography	2005
Tuvalu	Largest percentage of permanent crops area, 66.67%	Agriculture Geography	2005
Uganda	Lowest median age of population, 15 years	Demographics	2008
Ukraine	Largest sunflower seed producer, output of 8.39 million metric tons	Agriculture	2012
United Arab Emirates	Lowest death rate, 2.11 deaths per 1000 persons	Demographics	2009
United Arab Emirates	Highest prevalence of males in population, 2.19 males per female	Demographics	2009
United Arab Emirates	Highest ecological footprint	Environment	2009
United Arab Emirates	Lowest tax rate as percentage of GDP, 1.4%	Finance	2009
United Arab Emirates	Highest military expenditure per capita, $2653 per person per year	Military	2009
United Arab Emirates	Tallest building in the world, Burj Khalifa, 2717 ft	Structures	2014
United Kingdom	Most overseas territories/dependencies, Britain has 14 overseas territories and 3 crown dependencies.	Politics	2014
United Kingdom	Most Open and Transparent Government, According to The World Wide Web Foundation's Open Data Barometer.[116]	Politics	2015
United Kingdom	Highest non-food retail sales of any city in the world, London with a total spend of around £64.2 billion	Finance	2010
United Kingdom	The busiest airport system by passenger traffic, London sees a total 134,997,486 passengers annually, through Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, City and Southend airports.[117]	Transport	2011
United Kingdom	Busiest Single Runway, Gatwick Airport (LGW)	Transport	2014
United Kingdom	Busiest train station, Clapham Junction railway station, in London is the world's busiest railway station by daily rail traffic (one train every 13 seconds at peak times; one train every 30 seconds at off-peak times).	Transport	2014
United Kingdom	World's largest enclosed rain-forest, Eden Project	Environment	2001
United Kingdom	Longest guided busway in the world by length in miles, Cambridgeshire Guided Busway - 16 miles	Transport	2011
United Kingdom	The largest television broadcaster, BBC	Television	2014
United Kingdom	Most elements of the periodic table discovered, 23 of the 118 known elements were discovered by British scientists.[118]	Science
United Kingdom	Largest off-shore wind farm, London Array in the United Kingdom is the largest offshore wind farm in the world at 630 MW.	Energy Industry	2012
United Kingdom	Highest producing off-shore wind farm, the biggest producer of wind energy is the Greater Gabbard wind farm. In 2012 it produced 1,195 GigaWatt-hours (GWh).	Energy Industry	2012
United Kingdom	Deepest off-shore wind farm, The Beatrice Wind Farm is the deepest fixed-foundation wind farm at 45-metre water depth.	Energy Industry	2007
United Kingdom	Largest exporter of off-shore generated wind power, the UKs wind farms combine to produce the greatest wind farm exports to foreign countries	Energy Industry	2012
United Kingdom	Largest producer of alcoholic spirits, Diageo Plc. of London is the world's largest producer of alcoholic spirits.	Industry
United Kingdom	Most valuable football club in the world, Manchester United	Sports	2014
United Kingdom	Most number of times the Olympic Games have been held in one city, London held Olympics 3 times: 1908, 1948, 2012	Sports	2012
United Kingdom	Best performance at Eventing World Championship (equestrian), 8 gold medals, 19 total medals	Sports	2009
United Kingdom	Best government website in the world, GOV.uk won the Designs of the Year Award 2013	Politics	2013
United Kingdom	Most visited city, London with 15.6 million visitors.	Tourism	2006
United Kingdom	Most Formula One Grand Prix wins, 208 by 19 drivers	Sports	2009
United Kingdom	Most Formula One Grand Prix wins (constructors), 494 by 12 constructors	Sports	2009
United Kingdom	Best performance at equestrian Mounted games, 22 wins (including separate England and Wales wins)	Sports	2009
United Kingdom	Best performance at ITU Triathlon World Championships (men), 8 gold medals, 13 total medals	Sports	2009
United Kingdom	Most books published per year per capita[119]	Culture	2006
United Kingdom	The highest grossing film series, the Harry Potter film series	Culture	2014
United Kingdom	The highest grossing film series (inflation adjusted), the James Bond film series	Culture	2014
United States	Largest corn (maize) producer, output of 332,092,180 tons	Agriculture	2007
United States	Largest sorghum producer, output of 9.8 million tons	Agriculture	2005
United States	Largest grapefruit and pummelo producer, output of 1,580,000 tons	Agriculture	2007
United States	Largest strawberry producer, output of 1,115,000 tons	Agriculture	2007
Brazil	Largest soybean producer, output of 90 million metric tons	Agriculture	2014
United States	Largest almond producer, output of 715,620 tons	Agriculture	2005
United States	Largest beef producer, output of 11,816,000 ton	Agriculture	2009
United States	Largest chicken (broiler) producer, output of 15,980,000 ton	Agriculture	2009
United States	Largest turkey meat producer, output of 5,567,000 ton	Agriculture	2009
United States	Largest area of cultivated land, 1,669,302 km²	Agriculture Geography	2005
United States	Largest area of arable land, 1,650,062 km²	Agriculture Geography	2005
United States	Largest electricity importer, 51,400 million kWh	Consumption Energy	2007
United States	Largest natural gas consumer, 652,900,000,000 cu m	Consumption Energy	2007
United States	Largest natural gas importer, 130,300,000,000 cu m	Consumption Energy	2007
United States	Largest oil consumer, 20,680,000 bbl/d (3,288,000 m3/d)[120]	Consumption Energy	2007
United States	Largest oil importer, 13,710,000 bbl/day[121]	Consumption Energy	2005
United States	Largest consumer market, Annual market size of approximately US$10 trillion	Consumption Household	2008
United States	Most books published per year (new titles), 275,232	Culture	2008
United States	Highest incarceration rate, 760 prisoners per 100000 people, totaling 2,310,984 prisoners	Demographics	2008
United States	Most privately owned firearms per capita, 90 per 100 population[122]	Demographics	2007
United States	Most privately owned firearms in total, 270 million[122]	Demographics	2007
United States	Largest number of immigrants, 38,355,000	Demographics	2005
United States	Most billionaires, 359	Demographics Economy	2009
United States	Highest GDP (nominal), 16,799,700	Economy	2013
China	Highest GDP (PPP)	Economy	2013
United States	Highest service sector output	Economy	2012
United States	Largest nuclear power producer, 101,119 MWh	Energy	2008
United States	Most nuclear reactors for electricity generation, 104	Energy	2008
United States	Largest proven coal reserves, 246,643 million tons	Energy	2006
United States	Largest external debt, $16,700,000,000,000	Finance	2013
United States	Largest government budget revenues, $2,524,000,000,000	Finance	2008
United States	Largest government budget expenditures, $2,979,000,000,000	Finance	2008
United States	Highest government budget deficit, $-455,000,000,000	Finance	2008
United States	Largest official gold reserves, 8,133.5 tons	Finance	2009
United States	Largest stock of foreign direct investment abroad, $2,751,000,000,000.00	Finance	2008
United States	Largest stock of received foreign direct investment, $2,220,000,000,000	Finance	2008
United States	Largest importer, $2,190,000,000,000	Finance	2008
United States	Worst current account balance, -$664,125,000,000	Finance	2007
United States	Largest Exclusive Economic Zone, 11,351,000 km2	Geography	2009
United States	Largest bentonite producer, 4,620,000 tons	Industry	2006
United States	Largest cheese producer, 4,275,000 tons	Industry	2006
United States	Largest cellulose producer, 47,047 tons	Industry	2009
United States	Largest arms exporter, $7,454,000,000	Industry Military	2007
United States	Largest military budget, $518,100,000,000	Military	2005
United States	Most aircraft carriers in operation, 11	Military	2009
United States	Most cruisers in operation, 22	Military
United States	Most destroyers in operation, 53	Military
United States	Most nuclear submarines in operation, 71	Military
United States	Largest airforce, 4000 units	Military
United States	Most science papers output, 2,798,448 journal papers published between 1998-2008[123]	Science	2008
United States	Most cited country, 35,368,367 citations between 1993-2003[124]	Science	2004
United States	Most Olympic Games hosted, 8 (1904 Summer Olympics, 1932 Summer Olympics, 1984 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 1932 Winter Olympics, 1960 Winter Olympics, 1980 Winter Olympics, 2002 Winter Olympics)	Sports	2008
United States	Most Olympic medals, 1017 gold, 2551 total	Sports	2010
United States	Most Summer Olympic medals, 2298 total, 930 gold	Sports	2008
United States	Winner of most Basketball World Championships for Women, 9 (1953, 1957, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014)[125]	Sports	2014
United States	Best performance at World Aquatics Championships, 182 gold medals, 434 total medals	Sports	2009
United States	Best performance at World Championships in Athletics, 120 gold medals, 250 total medals	Sports	2009
United States	Best performance at World Backgammon Championship, 18 wins	Sports	2009
United States	Best performance at Women's Baseball World Cup, 2 times winner (2004, 2006)	Sports	2008
United States	Best performance at WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships, (women) 16 gold medals, 51 total medals	Sports	2009
United States	Best performance at UCI BMX World Championships, 24 gold medals, 69 total medals	Sports	2009
United States	Best performance at Golf World Cup (men), 23 wins	Sports	2009
United States	Best performance at World Lacrosse Championship (men), 8 times winner	Sports	2009
United States	Best performance at Women's Lacrosse World Cup, 6 times winner	Sports	2009
United States	Best performance at Racquetball World Championships	Sports	2009
United States	Best performance at ISF Women's World Championship (softball), 8 gold medals, 10 total medals	Sports	2009
United States	Best performance at tennis Davis Cup (men), 32 team wins	Sports	2009
United States	Best performance at tennis Fed Cup (women), 17 team wins	Sports	2009
United States	Best performance at tennis Hopman Cup (mixed pairs), 5 team wins	Sports	2009
United States	Best performance at FINA World Water Polo Championship (women), 3 times winner	Sports	2009
United States	Best performance at Basketball World Championships for Women, 9 gold medals, 12 total medals	Sports	2014
United States	Highest International tourism receipts, $116.3 billion	Tourism	2003
United States	Longest total length of railways, 227,736 km[126]	Transport	2003
United States	Longest total length of roadways, 6,407,637 km[127]	Transport	2004
United States	Most airports, 15,095[128]	Transport	2005
United States	Most heliports, 2,575	Transport	2010
United States	Largest total length of pipelines, 793,285 km	Transport	2006
Uruguay	Most southernmost northernmost point on land, 30°05'S	Geography	2009
Uzbekistan	Largest double landlocked country, 447,400 km² (172,742 sq mi)	Geography
Vatican City	Smallest population, 800	Demographics	2008
Vatican City	Largest percentage of immigrant population, 100%	Demographics	2005
Vatican City	Smallest total area, 0,44 km²	Geography	2009
Vatican City	Smallest landlocked country, 0,44 km²	Geography	2013
Venezuela	Largest proven oil reserves, 296,500,000,000 bbl (4.714×1010 m3)[129]	Energy	2010
Venezuela	Best performance at Big Four Beauty Pageants (Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, Miss Earth), 21 times winner	Culture	2013
Venezuela	Lowest level of property rights according to International Property Rights Index, score of 3.4 (tied with Haiti, Libya & Burundi)[24]	Politics	2013
Vietnam	Smallest percentage of immigrant population, 0.0249%	Demographics	2005
Vietnam	Largest paramilitary, 5,080,000	Military	2006
Yemen	Lowest Web Index score according to the World Wide Web Foundation, 0	Technology	2012
Zimbabwe	Highest unemployment rate, 70% of population	Demographics Economy	2009
Zimbabwe	Worst GDP (real) decline, -14.10% (CIA World Factbook est.)[21]	Economy	2008
Zimbabwe	Highest central bank interest rate, 975.00%	Finance	2007
Zimbabwe	Highest public debt as percentage of GDP, 241.20%	Finance	2008
Zimbabwe	Worst industrial production decline, -14.70% (CIA World Factbook est.)[130]	Industry	2008
Zimbabwe	Oldest world leader currently in power, Robert Mugabe, at age 90	Politics	2014