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	Largest producer of opium, 65% of global opium poppy cultivation, 95% of world's market ($64 billion), with 2.9 million opium farmers[1][2][3]	Drugs	2002
Afghanistan	Largest producer of hashish[4][5]	Drugs	2010
Afghanistan	Largest producer of heroin, 380 tonnes of Heroin in annual production (≈90% of global production)[6][3]	Drugs	2012
Afghanistan	Largest source of refugees, continuously since 1980[7]	Politics	2013
Afghanistan	Lowest electricity consumption per capita, 7.6 kWh per person per year [8]	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	Drugs	2009
Afghanistan	Largest recipient of foreign aid, $6,884,700,000 per year	Economy	2014
Afghanistan	Worst place to grow old as per United Nations/HelpAge International Global AgeWatch Index[9][10]	Society	2014
Andorra	Most tourist arrivals per capita, 22.5[11]	Economy	2011
Argentina	Largest exporter of pears, 490,000 tonnes[12][13]	Agriculture	2009
Argentina	Largest exporter of vegetable oil, US$2,715,890,000[14]	Agriculture	2009
Argentina	Highest consumption of beef per capita, 65.2 kilograms / year[15]	Consumption	2006
Argentina	Largest exporter of soccer players, 2,204[16]	Sports	2010
Argentina	Best performance at Paddle Tennis World Championship (men), 9 gold medals, 12 total medals	Sports	2014
Argentina	Best performance at Paddle Tennis World Championship (women), 8 gold medals, 12 total medals	Sports	2014
Argentina	Best performance at Roller Hockey World Championship (women), 5 gold medals, 8 total medals	Sports	2014
Argentina	Best performance at World Polo Championship, 4 gold medals, 7 total medals	Sports	2015
Argentina	Southernmost city in the world Ushuaia	Geography	2010
Australia	Largest wool producer, output of 475,000 tons	Agriculture	2005
Australia	Largest uranium reserves, 1,673,000 tons	Energy	2009
Australia	Largest aluminium oxide producer, 18,312,000 tons	Industry	2006
Australia	Largest bauxite producer, 67,000,000 tons	Industry	2011
Australia	Largest lithium producer, 13,000 tons	Industry	2014
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), 5 (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015)[17]	Sports	2015
Australia	Winner of most Women's Cricket World Cups, 6 (1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2005, 2013)	Sports	2013
Australia	Most successful team in ICC World Twenty20 (Women), 3-time champions (2010 and 2012, 2014)	Sports	2014
Australia	Best performance at ICF Canoe Polo World Championships (men), 3 gold medals	Sports	2009
Australia	Best performance at Netball World Championships, 10 times winner	Sports	2011
Australia	Best performance at World International Doubles Squash Championships	Sports	2009
Australia	Best performance at World Team Squash Championships (men), 8 gold medals	Sports	2013
Australia	Best performance at World Team Squash Championships (women), 9 gold medals	Sports	2014
Australia	Best performance at Touch Football World Cups	Sports	2009
Australia	Best performance at ITU Triathlon World Championships (women), 13 gold medals, 27 total medals	Sports	2014
Austria	Best performance at FIS Alpine World Ski Championships (men), 44 gold medals, 120 total medals	Sports	2015
Austria	Best performance at FIS Alpine World Ski Championships (women), 37 gold medals, 113 total medals	Sports	2015
Austria	Best performance at FIS Ski Flying World Championships, 7 gold medals, 8 silver medals, 4 bronze medals	Sports	2014
Azerbaijan	Largest percentage of area covered with mud volcanoes[18]	Geography	2009
Bahamas	Highest personal and economic freedoms according to State of World Liberty Index	Economy	2015
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
Belgium	Best performance at UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Men, 26 gold medals, 62 total medals	Sports	2015
Belgium	Best performance at UCI Road World Championships (Men's Road Race), 26 gold medals, 48 total medals	Sports	2015
Belgium	Best performance at Motocross World Championship	Sports	2015
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[19])	Economy	1999
Brazil	Largest citrus producer, output of 20,682,309 tons	Agriculture	2007
Brazil	Largest orange producer, output of 35.6 million tons	Agriculture	2013
Brazil	Largest dry bean producer, output of 3,800,000 tons	Agriculture	2013
Brazil	Largest coffee producer, output of 2,249,010 tons	Agriculture	2007
Brazil	Largest soybean producer, output of 90 million metric tons	Agriculture	2014
Brazil	Largest sugarcane producer, output of 739,267,000 tons	Agriculture	2013
Brazil	Largest sisal producer, output of 113,300 tons	Agriculture	2007
Brazil	Highest government budget surplus, +US$77,300,000,000	Finance	2011
Brazil	Largest renewable freshwater resources, 8,233 km³/year	Geography	2011
Brazil	Largest niobium producer, 58,000 tons	Industry	2011
Brazil	Best performance at FIFA World Cups, 5 times winner (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002), 2 times runner-up (1950, 1998)	Sports	2015
Brazil	Winner of most FIFA Club World Cups 4 (2000, 2005, 2006, 2012) (tied with Spain)	Sports	2015
Brazil	Best performance at FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, 13 times winner (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)	Sports	2015
Brazil	Best performance at FIFA Futsal World Cup, 5 times winner (1989, 1992, 1996, 2008, 2012)	Sports	2015
Brazil	Best performance at Beach Handball World Championships (men) , 4 gold medals, 5 total medals	Sports	2015
Brazil	Best performance at Beach Handball World Championships (women) , 3 gold medals, 5 total medals	Sports	2015
Brazil	Best performance at FIVB Volleyball World Leagues, 9 times winner, 5 times runner-up	Sports	2015
Brazil	Best performance at FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, 11 gold medals, 29 total medals	Sports	2015
Bulgaria	Largest rose oil producer, 70% of all oil in the world[20]	Agriculture	2011
Bulgaria	Largest lavender oil producer[21]	Agriculture	2011
Burundi	Highest rate of urbanisation, +6.8% of urban population per year	Demographics	2008
Burundi	Lowest satisfaction with life according to Satisfaction with Life Index, 100	Quality of life	2006
Cambodia	Longest alphabet[22] It consists of 33 consonants, 23 vowels (that make 47 sounds) and 12 independent vowels.	Education	1995
Canada	Best reputation[23]	Demographics	2015
Canada	Highest opportunity ranking, 86.58	Quality of Life	2015
Canada	Largest flax producer, output of 368,300 tons	Agriculture	2011
Canada	Largest canary seed producer, output of 117,300 tons	Agriculture	2005
Canada	Largest lentil producer, output of 1,880,500 tons	Agriculture	2013
Canada	Largest mustard seed producer, output of 154,500 tonnes	Agriculture	2013
Canada	Largest canola producer, output of 17,960,000 metric tons	Agriculture	2014
Canada	Largest pea producer[24]	Agriculture	2011
Canada	Largest producer of maple syrup, output of 14,890 cubic metres	Agriculture	1995
Canada	Largest rapeseed producer, output of 15.4 million metric tons	Agriculture	2012
Canada	Highest average years in school (women), 15.0 years	Education	2010
Canada	Largest number of lakes, estimated to be at least 2 million	Geography	0
Canada	Largest water area, 891,163 km²[25]	Geography	2009
Canada	Longest coastline, 243,792 km[26]	Geography	2009
Canada	Most craters, 32[27]	Geography	2015
Canada	Longest border, length of 8,891 kilometres (5,525 mi), shared with United States	Geography	0
Canada	Best performance at Winter Olympics Ice Hockey (men), 9 gold medals, 21 total medals	Sports	2014
Canada	Best performance at Winter Olympics Ice Hockey (women), 4 gold medals, 5 total medals	Sports	2014
Canada	Best performance at World Curling Men's Championships, 34 gold medals, 50 total medals	Sports	2015
Canada	Best performance at World Curling Women's Championships, 15 gold medals, 32 total medals	Sports	2015
Canada	Winner of most Women's Ice Hockey World Championships, 10 times winner	Sports	2015
Canada	Top position at Ice Hockey World Championships (men), 3690 points	Sports	2015
Canada	Top position at Ice Hockey World Championships (women), 3840 points	Sports	2015
Canada	Most ice hockey players, 721,504[28]	Sports	2015
Central African Republic	Lowest GDP (PPP) per capita, 607 Int. $ (IMF est.)	Economy	2014
Central African Republic	Lowest prosperity according to Legatum Prosperity Index	Quality of life	2014
Chad	Highest child mortality rate	Demographics	2011
Chad	Highest maternal mortality ratio	Demographics	2011
Chile	Largest copper producer, 5,800,000 tons	Industry	2014
Chile	Largest lithium reserves, 7,500,000 tons	Industry	2014
Chile	Largest rhenium reserves tons	Industry	2005
Chile	Largest recorded earthquake 9.5	Geology	2011
China	Largest salt producer, 70,000,000 tons	Industry	2012
China	Largest sheep meat producer	Agriculture	2013
China	Highest agricultural sector output	Economy	2014
China	Highest industrial sector output	Economy	2014
China	Largest police force, 1,600,000 officers	Economy	2007
China	Largest rice producer, output of 204,300,000 tons	Agriculture	2012
China	Largest wheat producer, output of 121.7 million metric tons	Agriculture	2013
China	Largest garlic producer, output of 20,000,000 tons	Agriculture	2012
China	Largest tangerine producer, output of 14,152,000 tons	Agriculture	2007
China	Largest peach and nectarine producer, output of 11,500,000 tons	Agriculture	2011
China	Largest plum and sloe producer, output of 5,372,899 tons	Agriculture	2009
China	Largest persimmon producer, output of 3,259,334 tons	Agriculture	2011
China	Largest tomato producer, output of 33,911,702 tons	Agriculture	2008
China	Largest watermelon producer, output of 70,000,000 tons	Agriculture	2012
China	Largest chestnut producer, output of 1,700,000 tons	Agriculture	2011
China	Largest walnut producer, output of 1,700,000 tons	Agriculture	2012
China	Largest peanut producer, output of 16,700,000 tons	Agriculture	2012
China	Largest eggplant producer, output of 28,800,000 tons	Agriculture	2012
China	Largest carrot and turnip producer, output of 16,906,000 tons	Agriculture	2012
China	Largest potato producer, output of 88.9 million metric tons	Agriculture	2013
China	Largest cabbage producer, output of 32,800,000 tons	Agriculture	2012
China	Largest cauliflowers and broccoli producer, output of 9,500,000 tons	Agriculture	2012
China	Largest spinach producer, output of 18,782,961 tons	Agriculture	2011
China	Largest lettuce and chicory producer, output of 13,500,000 tons	Agriculture	2013
China	Largest asparagus producer, output of 7,350,000 tons	Agriculture	2012
China	Largest onion and shallot producer, output of 20,817,295 tons	Agriculture	2008
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 grape producer, output of 9,600,000 tons	Agriculture	2012
China	Largest honey producer, output of 436,000 tons[29]	Agriculture	2012
China	Largest mushroom and truffle producer, output of 5,008,850 tons	Agriculture	2011
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 tea producer, output of 1,623,000 tons	Agriculture	2011
China	Largest tobacco producer, output of 2,298,800 tons	Agriculture	2000
China	Largest livestock of domestic sheep, 136,400,000 heads	Agriculture	2008
China	Largest livestock of domestic pig, 425,600,000 heads	Agriculture	2007
China	Largest pork (pig meat) producer, output of 56,096,000 ton	Agriculture	2013
China	Largest rice consumer, 156.3 million metric tons per year	Consumption	2009
China	Largest car market, 23,722,890 vehicles[30]	Consumption Transport	2014
China	Largest population, 1,371,100,000	Demographics	2015 (July 23)
China	Largest labour force, 797,600,000	Demographics Economy	2013
China	Best student performance in science according to Programme for International Student Assessment	Demographics Quality of life	2012
China	Largest electricity consumer, 5,463,800,000,000 MW·h per year	Consumption Energy	2014
China	Largest electricity producer, 5,649,500,000,000 GWh	Energy	2014
China	Largest wind power producer, 114,763 MW	Energy	2014
China	Largest renewable energy producer, 1,300 TW·h per year	Energy	2014
China	Largest hydroelectricity producer, 652.05 TW·h per year	Energy	2009
China	Largest coal producer, 3,650 million tons	Energy Industry	2012
China	Largest wind turbine producer[31]	Energy Industry	2009
China	Largest solar panel producer,[31]	Energy Industry	2009
China	Largest photovoltaics producer, output of 10,852 MW[31]	Energy Industry	2010
China	Most carbon dioxide emissions, 10,330,000,000 metric tons	Environment	2013
China	Largest forex reserves, $3,899,285,000,000	Finance	2014
China	Largest exporter, $2,252,000,000,000[32]	Finance	2014
China	Highest current account balance, $213,800,000,000	Finance	2012
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, 450 tonnes[33]	Industry	2014
China	Largest aluminium producer, 23,300,000 tons	Industry	2014
China	Largest antimony producer, 120,000 tons	Industry	2010
China	Largest arsenic producer	Industry	2012
China	Largest bismuth producer, 7,600 tons	Industry	2014
China	Largest cadmium producer, 3,000 tons	Industry	2005
China	Largest cement producer, 2,480,000,000 tons	Industry	2013
China	Largest fluorite producer, 3,000,000 tons	Industry	2006
China	Largest iron producer, 1,500,000,000 tons	Industry	2014
China	Largest manganese producer, 6,000,000 tons	Industry	2006
China	Largest mercury producer, 1,150 tons	Industry	2005
China	Largest tractor producer, vehicles	Industry	2010
China	Largest pulp and paper producer, 99,300 tons	Industry	2011
China	Largest steel producer, 822,698,000 tons	Industry	2014
China	Largest steel producer, 543,748,000 tons	Industry	2009
China	Largest strontium producer, 700,000 tons	Industry	2005
China	Largest tin reserves, 1,500,000 tons	Industry	2011
China	Largest tungsten producer, 52,000 tons	Industry	2011
China	Largest zinc producer, 3,100,000 tons	Industry	2009
China	Largest motor vehicle producer, 23,722,890 vehicles per year	Industry Transport	2014
China	Largest army by number of active troops, 2,285,000 troops[34]	Military	2005
China	Best performance at women's badminton Uber Cup, 13 times winner	Sports	2014
China	Best performance at World Badminton Championships, 58 gold medals won	Sports	2014
China	Best performance at World Amateur Go Championship, 20 wins	Sports	2014
China	Best performance at World Table Tennis Championships, 35 team wins	Sports	2009
China	Best performance at World Weightlifting Championships (women), 159 gold medals, 266 total medals	Sports	2014
China	Highest GDP (PPP)	Economy	2014
China	Highest rate of execution per year, officially not released.at least 1700 (estimated)[35][36]	Demographics	2009
China	Leading surveillance society according to the Privacy International[37]	Surveillance	2007
China	Most internet users, 618,110,314[38]	Technology	2013
China	Most main line phones, 269,910,000[39]	Technology	2011
China	Most mobile cellular phones, 1,276,660,000[40]	Technology	2014
China	Highest International tourism expenditure, $164.9 billion	Tourism	2014
China	Largest total length of waterways, 110,000 km	Transport	2011
China	Largest total length of high-speed railways, 16,000 km	Transport	2014
China	Largest total length of controlled-access highways, 111,950 km	Transport	2014
China	Largest total length of rapid transit systems, 2255 km	Transport	2014
China	Longest subway tunnel section, Line 3, Guangzhou Metro, 60,400 m (198,163 ft)	Structures	2010
China	Tallest dam, Jinping-I Dam, 305 m (1,001 ft)	Structures	2014
China	Longest bridge, Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge, 164,800 m (540,700 ft)	Structures Transport	2011
China	Longest building, Great Wall of China, 8,851.8 km	Structures
China	Most books published per year (new titles and re-editions), 440,000	Culture	2013
China	Top position at World Chess Rankings (women), top 10 players average Elo rating of 2496	Sports	2015
Colombia	Largest emerald producer	Industry	2009
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	2011
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	2011
Czech Republic	Highest consumption of beer per capita, 148.6 litres / year[41]	Consumption	2012
Czech Republic	Highest consumption of pure alcohol per capita, 14.1 litres / year[42]	Consumption	2015
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 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[43]	Demographics Economy	1997
Denmark	Least corrupt country according to Transparency International[44]	Politics	2014
Denmark	Highest minimum wage, 22,713 (Intl. dollars)	Finance	2008
Denmark	Lowest central bank interest rate (tied with Switzerland), -0.75%	Finance	2015
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	Highest satisfaction with life according to Satisfaction with Life Index, 273.4	Quality of life	2006
Egypt	Largest artichoke producer, output of 387,704 tons	Agriculture	2012
Egypt	Largest date producer, output of 1,470,000 tons	Agriculture	2012
Egypt	Largest importer of wheat, 9.5 million tonnes per year[45][46]	Consumption	2013
Egypt	Most heavily mined country, 23 million active mines[47]	Military	2013
Eritrea	Lowest ease of doing business, according to Ease of Doing Business Index	Economy Politics	2015
Estonia	Lowest maternal death rate	Quality of life	2010
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
Ethiopia	Lowest Web Index score according to the World Wide Web Foundation, 0	Technology	2014
Fiji	Best performance at Rugby World Cup Sevens (men), 2 times winner (1997, 2005) (tied with New Zealand)	Sports	2013
Finland	Highest consumption of coffee per capita, 11.4 kg / year[48]	Consumption	2008
Finland	Highest consumption of milk per capita, 361.19 kg / year[49]	Consumption	2007
Finland	Most stable country according to Failed States Index, score of 17.8	Politics	2015
Finland	Most property rights according to International Property Rights Index, score of 8.5[50]	Politics	2014
Finland	'Most press freedom according to Freedom of the Press (report) and Press Freedom Index'	Politics	2011
Finland	Best performance at Drivers' World Rally Championship, 14 wins by 7 drivers	Sports	2014
Finland	Most technologically advanced according to the UN's Technology Achievement Index, 0.744[51]	Technology	2001
Finland	Most Olympic medals per capita. [52]	Sports
France	Largest indigenous duck meat producer[53]	Agriculture	2005
France	Largest wine producer, output of 5,286,414 tons	Agriculture	2011
France	Largest producer of pharmaceutical products[54]	Industry	2007
France	Largest exporter of perfume[55]	Industry	2007
France	Largest percentage of nuclear energy in total energy production, 76.9%	Energy	2014
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, 62 gold medals, 153 total medals	Sports	2010
France	Best Weight Engineer, David Perez	Engineering	2016
France	Best performance at UCI Road World Championships (Women's Road Race), 10 gold medals, 17 total medals	Sports	2014
France	Best performance at UCI Track World Championships (cycling), 138 gold medals, 365 total medals	Sports	2015
France	Best performance at Endurance FIM World Championship (motorcycle racing)	Sports	2009
France	Most tourist visits per year, 83.7 million	Tourism	2014
Gambia	Least militarized society	Military	2010
Germany	Largest rye producer, output of 3,893,000 metric tons	Agriculture	2012
Germany	Largest hop producer, output of 34,434 tons	Agriculture	2012
Germany	Largest net exports (balance of trade) country, 219,938 millions US$	Finance	2011
Germany	Largest natural gas importer, 99,630,000,000 cu m	Consumption Energy	2010
Germany	Largest producer of lignite, 183,000,000 tons	Energy Industry	2013
Germany	Largest installed solar power capacity, 9,799 MWh	Energy	2009
Germany  East Germany  West Germany	Most Winter Olympic medals, 128 gold medals, 358 total medals[56]	Sports	2014
Germany	Best performance at FIBT World Championships (bobsleigh and skeleton), 54 gold medals, 146 total medals	Sports	2015
Germany	Best performance at ICF Canoe Polo World Championships (women), 2 gold medals, 3 total medals	Sports	2013
Germany  East Germany  West Germany	Best performance at UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships, 89 gold medals, 226 total medals	Sports	2014
Germany	Best performance at FEI World Equestrian Games, 34 gold medals, 83 total medals	Sports	2014
Germany	Best performance at equestrian Dressage World Championship, 18 gold medals	Sports	2014
Germany	Best performance at Show Jumping World Championships (equestrian), 9 gold medals, 17 total medals	Sports	2014
Germany  East Germany  West Germany	Best performance at Fistball World Cup (men), 10 gold medals, 14 total medals	Sports	2011
Germany	Best performance at Fistball World Cup (women), 4 gold medals, 6 total medals	Sports	2014
Germany	Best performance at Fistball World Games (men), 4 gold medals, 6 total medals	Sports	2009
Germany  East Germany  West Germany	Best performance at FIL World Luge Championships, 96 gold medals, 237 total medals	Sports	2015
Germany  East Germany  West Germany	Best performance at World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women, 19 gold medals, 42 total medals	Sports	2015
Germany	Best performance at World Single Distance Championships for Women (speed skating), 35 gold medals, 74 total medals	Sports	2009
Greece	Highest consumption of olive oil per capita, 26.1 kg / year [57]	Consumption	-->
Greece	Largest merchant marine fleet by deadweight tonnage, 17.8% [58][59]	Transport	-->
Greece	Highest consumption of tobacco per capita, 4,313 cigarettes / year[60]	Consumption	2011
Guinea	Largest bauxite reserves, 7,400,000,000 tons	Industry	2010
Haiti	Worst industrial production decline, -8.00% (CIA World Factbook est.)[61]	Industry	2010
Honduras	Highest intentional homicide rate, 103 per 100,000 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	Highest level of gender equality in the economy according to Global Gender Gap Report	Demographics Economy	2014
Iceland	Highest electricity consumption per capita, 3,152W per person	Consumption Energy	2005
Iceland	Highest percentage of Internet users, 92%[62]	Technology	2009
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	2014
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[63]	Demographics	2011
India	Highest number of undernourished people, 230 million[64]	Demographics	2013
India	Largest millet producer, output of 10,910,000 tons	Agriculture	2013
India	Largest banana producer, output of 24.9 million metric tons	Agriculture	2012
India	Largest lemon and lime producer, output of 2,060,000 tons	Agriculture	2007
India	Largest mango producer, output of 15,250,000 tons	Agriculture	2012
India	Largest areca nut producer, output of 483,100 tons	Agriculture	2006
India	Largest spice producer, output of 1,525,000 tons	Agriculture	2011
India	Largest Mica producer, output of 60% of world	Mineral	2004
India	Largest ginger producer, output of 703,000 tons	Agriculture	2012
India	Largest chickpea producer, output of 8,832,000 tons	Agriculture	2013
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, 2961 films including 1288 feature films[65]	Film Industry	2010
India	Largest electronic spam producer, 13.7%	Technology	2011
India	Largest Hindu population	Demographics	2005
India	Largest Sikh population	Demographics	2005
India	Largest Jain population	Demographics	2005
India	Highest number of doctors graduating	Demographics	2005
India	Highest number of engineers graduating	Demographics	2005
India	Lowest consumption of beer per capita, 2 L	Consumption	2005
India	Largest Democracy, 1,270,000,000 people[66]	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 archipelagic state in the world by area and population	Geography	2010
Indonesia	Largest island country in the world	Geography	2010
Indonesia	Largest cinnamon producer, output of 60,000 tons	Agriculture	2005
Indonesia	Largest clove producer, output of 110,000 tons	Agriculture	2005
Indonesia	Largest coconut producer, output of 18,300,000 tons	Agriculture	2013
Indonesia	Largest nutmeg producer, 75% world market shares	Agriculture	2012
Indonesia	Largest palm oil producer[67], output of 31,000,000 MT	Agriculture	2015
Indonesia	Largest vanilla producer, output of 3,200 tonnes	Agriculture	2013
Indonesia	Largest kapok producer	Agriculture	2012
Indonesia	Largest area of permanent crops, 128,581 km²	Agriculture Geography	2005
Indonesia	Countries with the most number of mammal species[68]	Biodiversity	2004
Indonesia	Country with the most active volcanoes,	Geography	2005
Indonesia	Largest islands by population, Java, 139,448,718	Geography	2014
Indonesia	Largest island share by number of countries, Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia)	Geography	2010
Indonesia	Largest island on an island, Samosir (North Sumatera)	Geography	2010
Indonesia	Largest language without an official status anywhere (and thus the largest minority language), Javanese, 82,000,000	Demographics	2010
Indonesia	Most trilingual country[69], 17.4% of total population (around 43 million people)	Demographics	2015
Indonesia	Largest Muslim population	Demographics	2005
Indonesia	Largest Buddhist temple, Borobudur	Structures	2005
Indonesia	Best performance at World Halal Tourism Awards[70], won 12 out of 16 awards in 2016	Tourism	2016
Iran	Largest Islamic Banking Sector, valued at 235.5 billion US dollars	Finance	2009
Iran	Largest pistachio producer, output of 472,097 tons[71]	Agriculture	2012
Iran	Largest saffron producer, 93.7% of world's total production[72]	Agriculture	2009
Iran	Largest caviar producer[73]	Agriculture	2009
Iran	Largest producer of stone fruits205,000 tonnes[71]	Agriculture	2012
Iran	Oldest Carpet in the World Pazyryk burials
Iran	Hottest surface temperature ever recorded, 70.7 °C (159 °F) recorded at Dasht-e Lut[74]	Climate	2005
Iran	Largest Shia Population	Demographics	2016
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[75]	Geology	2010
Iran	Most accurate calendar in use, Iranian calendar	Geophysics	2013
Iran	Highest ratio of female to male school enrollment,[76] 1.22 female per male student	Education	2005
Iran	Largest number of former national capitals, 31 former capital cities	History	2010
Iran	Largest population of foreign refugees, Mostly Iraqi & Afghan refugees[77][78][79][80]	Humanitarian	1999
Iran	Largest producer of turquoise[81][82]	Industry	2010
Iran	Largest reserves of zinc[83][84][85]	Industry	2010
Iran	Largest producer and exporter of handmade carpets[86][87][88]	Industry	2010
Iran	Fastest growth rate in science and technology, 1000% increase of science & technology output in nine years[89][90][91]	Science	2010
Iran	Largest fleet of NGV, 3.50 million NGV in use[92]	Transportation	2013
Iraq	Most terrorist activities in the world	Politics	2014
Ireland	Most Eurovision wins (7 between 1956 and 2012)	Culture	2015
Ireland	Most globalized country according to Globalization Index, score of 92.17	Politics	2014
Israel	Lowest depression below the sea level, -428 m at Dead Sea (shared with Jordan)	Geography	2012
Israel	Largest Jewish population 6,251,000	Demographics	2015
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[93]	Technology	2011
Israel	Most militarized society	Military	2010
Italy	Largest kiwifruit producer, output of 384,844 tons	Agriculture	2012
Italy	Highest number of World Heritage Sites, 51	Culture	2015
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, 29 gold medals, 85 total medals	Sports	2011
Italy	Best performance at World Championships of Ski Mountaineering, 5 times winner (2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014)	Sports	2014
Italy	Largest feldspar producer, 4,700,000 tonnes	Industry	2011
Jamaica	Fastest man, Usain Bolt, 12.42 m/s	Sports	2014
Japan	Lowest commercial bank prime lending rate, 1.50%	Finance	2014
Japan	Largest net creditor nation	Finance	2014
Japan	Highest public debt as percentage of GDP, 226.1%	Finance	2012
Japan	Best performance at World Judo Championships, 121 gold medals, 287 total medals	Sports	2014
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	Best performance at Women's Baseball World Cup, 4 times winner (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)	Sports	2014
Japan	Most patents granted, 274,791	Technology	2012
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, -428 m at Dead Sea (shared with Israel)	Geography	2012
Kazakhstan	Largest freshwater withdrawal per capita, 5,104 m³/year	Agriculture Consumption	2000
Kazakhstan	Largest uranium producer, 22,451 tons	Energy Industry	2013
Kazakhstan	Largest landlocked country, 2,724,900 km²	Geography	2013
North Korea	Largest stadium, Rungrado 1st of May Stadium	Structures	1989
North Korea	Lowest public debt as percentage of GDP, 0.4%	Finance	2007
North Korea	Lowest level of economic freedom according to Index of Economic Freedom	Economy Politics	2015
North Korea	Largest military budget as % of GDP, 22.9%	Military	2003
North Korea	Most diesel submarines in operation, 70	Military	2011
North Korea	Most active troops per population, 47.8 per 1000 people	Military	2012
North Korea	Largest paramilitary, 5,889,000	Military	2012
North Korea	Smallest nuclear arsenal, <10 nuclear weapons[94]	Military	2014
North Korea	Youngest world leader currently in power, Kim Jong-un, at age 32	Politics	2015
North Korea	Lowest level of press freedom according to Freedom of the Press (report), 97/100	Politics	2015
North Korea	Lowest level of democracy according to Democracy Index, score of 1.08	Politics	2014
North Korea	Most corrupt country according to Transparency International (tied with Somalia)[95]	Politics	2014
South Korea	Highest percentage of 25- to 34-year-olds having a tertiary education degree at 63.82%	Education	2011
South Korea	Highest percentage of graduates with a degree in natural sciences or engineering at 32%	Education	2012
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	Most patents in force, 2,962,000	Technology	2012
South Korea	Largest shipbuilder, 2,310,000 Gross Tonnage, 41% of world's total	Industry Transport	2015
South Korea	Highest in ICT Development Index, with a score of 8.93	Technology	2015
South Korea	Highest in 4G LTE penetration at 97%.	Technology	2015
South Korea	Fastest Internet connection speed at 25.3 Mbps	Technology	2014
South Korea	Highest percentage of users accessing the Internet from smartphones at 84.1%	Technology	2014
South Korea	Highest number of IoT (Internet of Things) devices online at 37.9 devices	Technology	2015
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	Highest spending on research and development per capita, 4.36% of GDP	Economy	2012
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 (women), 12 gold medals, 20 total medals	Sports	2011
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, 162 gold medals, 222 total medals	Sports	2015
South Korea	Best performance at World Cyber Games	Game	2011
Kuwait	Highest current account balance as a percentage of GDP, 35.35%	Finance	2014
Lebanon	Highest annual population growth, 9.73%	Demographics	2013
Lebanon	Highest net migration rate, 83.82 migrants per 1000 persons	Demographics	2014
Lesotho	Smallest volume of carbon dioxide emissions, 18,000 metric tons	Environment	2010
Lesotho	Least carbon dioxide emissions per capita[96]	Environment	2010
Lesotho	Highest lowest point among all countries, 1400 m	Geography	2009
Libya	Worst GDP (real) decline, -19.80% (CIA World Factbook est.)[97]	Economy	2014
Libya	Hottest air temperature ever recorded, 57.8 °C (136 °F)	Climate	1922
Libya	The biggest rock art sites in the world Tadrart Acacus	align="right"|History	1985
Libya	The greatest Roman Archeaology site Leptis Magna	History	1980
Libya	Largest Irrigation project made by mankindGreat man made river	Irrigation	1985
Libya	Oldest Mosque in The Sahara Atiq mosque , Awjila	1200 A D
Liechtenstein	Most exports per capita, $122,193 per person	Finance	2011
Liechtenstein	Smallest double landlocked country, 160 km²	Geography
Luxembourg	Highest consumption of wine per capita, 8.16 liters / year	Consumption	2011
Luxembourg	Largest external debt per capita, $3,696,467	Finance	2014
Luxembourg	Largest external debt as percentage of GDP, 3443%	Finance	2014
Madagascar	Largest vanilla producer, output of 3,500 tons	Agriculture	2012
Madagascar	Highest commercial bank prime lending rate, 61%	Finance	2014
Malawi	Lowest GDP (nominal) per capita	Economy	2014
Malaysia	Tallest twin buildings, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 1483 ft	Structures	1998
Maldives	Lowest highest point among all countries, 2 m (7 ft)	Geography	2009
Mexico	Largest avocado producer, output of 1,264,141 tons	Agriculture	2011
Mexico	Largest silver producer, 5,400 tons	Industry	2013
Mexico	Largest producer of opuntia	Agriculture
Mexico	Largest exporter of flat screen televisions[98]	Industry	2016
Federated States of Micronesia	Highest coastline to area ratio, 8,706.553 m/km²	Geography	2009
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	Most densely populated, 47,850 per km²	Demographics	2013 (December 31)
Monaco	Highest median age of population, 51.1 years	Demographics	2014
Monaco	Highest nominal Gross National Income per capita, $186,950	Finance	2008
Mongolia	Least densely populated, 1.92 per km²	Demographics	2015
Morocco	Largest phosphorus reserve, about 50 trillion metric tons of 67 trillion metric tons worldwide (about the 75% the world reserves)	Industry	2011
Myanmar	World's largest book, stands upright, set in stone, in the ground deck of Kuthodaw pagoda in Mandalay. It has 730 leaves and 1460 pages.	Structure	19th Century
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	Lowest level of business corruption according to Bribe Payers Index, score of 8.8 (tied with Switzerland)	Economy Politics	2011
Netherlands	Best performance at Field hockey World Cup (women), 7 times winner (1974, 1978, 1983, 1986*, 1990, 2006, 2014*)	Sports	2014
Netherlands	Best performance at Korfball World Championship, 8 times winner	Sports	2011
Netherlands	Best performance at World Junior Speed Skating Championships, 28 gold medals, 76 total medals	Sports	2015
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	2014
New Zealand	Best performance at Women's Rugby World Cups, 4 times winner (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)	Sports	2014
New Zealand	Best performance at Men's Rugby World Cups, 3 times winner (1987, 2011, 2015)	Sports	2016
New Zealand	Best performance at Rugby World Cup Sevens (men), 2 times winner (2001, 2013) (tied with Fiji)	Sports	2013
New Zealand	Best performance at Women's Rugby League World Cups, 3 times winner (2000, 2005, 2008)	Sports	2013
New Zealand	Best performance at Men's Softball World Championships, 6 times winner (1976, 1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2013)	Sports	2016
Niger	Highest birth rate, 46.84 births per 1000 persons	Demographics	2013
Niger	Highest fertility rate, 6.89 births per woman	Demographics	2014
Niger	Lowest median age of population, 15.1 years	Demographics	2014
Niger	Lowest Human Development Index (HDI), 0.337	Quality of life	2014
Niger	Worst situation with education according to Education Index, score of 0.198	Demographics Quality of life	2013
Nigeria	Largest yam producer, output of 38,000,000 tons	Agriculture	2012
Nigeria	Largest cassava producer, output of 41,565,000 tons	Agriculture	2005
Nigeria	Largest taro producer, output of 4,400,000 tons	Agriculture	2009
Nigeria	Most HIV/AIDS deaths, 210,000	Demographics	2013
Nigeria	Highest importance of religion, (tied with Bangladesh and Somalia) The most winner of the FIFA Under 17 world cup.	align="right"|Demographics	2009
Northern Cyprus	Largest illuminated flag, 450 × 225 m2[99][100]	Culture	1974
Northern Cyprus	Oldest female paragliding fly, at the age of 104, from a 730 m (2,400 ft) peak	Sports	2012
Norway	Most generous country by GNI 1.07%, Total aid: US$5.58 billion [101]	Economy	2013
Norway	Highest Human Development Index (HDI), 0.944	Quality of life	2014
Norway	Highest prosperity according to Legatum Prosperity Index	Quality of life	2014
Norway	Longest road tunnel, Lærdal Tunnel, 24,510 m (80,413 ft)	Structures	2000
Norway	Highest level of democracy according to Democracy Index, score of 9.93	Politics	2014
Norway	Best performance at FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, 126 gold medals, 324 total medals	Sports	2015
Norway	Best performance at World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men, 36 gold medals, 98 total medals	Sports	2015
Pakistan	Highest Perinatal Mortality Rate; 433,800 newborn baby deaths per year[102][103]	Health	2012
Pakistan	Best performance at Field hockey World Cup (men), 4 times winner (1971, 1978, 1982, 1994)	Sports	2014
Pakistan	Most number of British Open Squash champions (men), 30 championships	Sports	2015
Pakistan	World's highest paved road
Pakistan	Greatest number of World Open Squash champions (men), 14 championships	Sports	2014
Pakistan	Most active UN peacekeeping force	Military	2015
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[104]	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	2011
Peru	Largest quinoa producer, output of 41,200 metric tons	Agriculture	2011
Peru	Largest maca producer, 4,589 tons	Agriculture	2005
Philippines	Largest Abacá (Manila Hemp) producer[71]	Agriculture	2007
Philippines	Largest nickel producer, 330,000 tons	Industry	2012
Philippines	Largest business process outsourcing industry[105]	Industry	2010
Philippines	Largest indoor arena, Philippine Arena	Structures	2015
Philippines	Best performance at World Cup of Pool, 3 times winner (2006, 2009 and 2013)	Sports	2013
Philippines	Best performance at Miss Tourism International, 3 times winner (2000, 2012 and 2013)	Culture	2014
Philippines	Best proficiency in Business English according to GlobalEnglish [106]	Demographics Economy Education	2013
Poland	Largest triticale producer, output of 3.7 million metric tons	Agriculture	2005
Poland	Best performance at motorcycle Speedway World Cup, 8 times winner	Sports	2017
Portugal	Earliest abolition of life imprisonment, 1884[107]	Politics	2016
Portugal	Oldest operating bookshop, Chiado's Bertrand booksellers, open in 1732[108]	Culture	2010
Portugal	Largest cork producer, output of 17.7 metric tons	Agriculture	2009
Qatar	Most carbon dioxide emissions per capita, 44 metric tons	Environment	2009
Qatar	Highest GDP (PPP) per capita, 143,427 Int. $ (IMF est.)	Economy	2014
Republic of the Congo	Lowest energy intensity, 30.5 toe per 1 million dollars of GDP	Energy	2003
Republic of the Congo	Highest gross fixed investment as percentage of GDP, 51.9%	Finance	2012
Romania	Highest home ownership rate, 95.6%[109]	Quality of life Demographics	2013
Romania	Best performance at Mini-football European Championship, 5 gold medals (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)	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, 56.3%	Politics	2013
Russia	Largest barley producer, output of 15.4 million metric tons	Agriculture	2013
Russia	Largest buckwheat producer, output of 833,936 tons	Agriculture	2013
Russia	Largest oats producer, output of 4,027,000 metric tons	Agriculture	2013
Russia	Largest sugar beet producer, output of 47.6 million metric tons	Agriculture	2011
Russia	Largest currant and gooseberry producer, output of 463,500 tons	Agriculture	2005
Russia	Largest raspberry producer, output of 140,000 tons	Agriculture	2011
Russia	Largest vetches producer, output of 377,750 tons[110]	Agriculture	2008
Russia	Highest crude divorce rate, 4.8 per 1000 population	Demographics	2011
Russia	Largest proven natural gas reserves, 48,700,000,000,000 m³	Energy	2013
Russia	Largest natural gas exporter, 173,000,000,000 cu m	Energy	2007
Russia	Largest oil producer, 10,107,000 bbl/d (1,606,900 m3/d)[111]	Energy Industry	2015
Russia	Largest forest area, 7,762,602 km²	Geography	2011
Russia	Largest land area, 17,075,200 km²[112]	Geography	2009
Russia	Largest total area, 17,098,242 km²[113]	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 palladium producer, 143 tons	Industry	2005
Russia	Largest nuclear arsenal, 5,200 / 8,800 active/total warheads (2005 est)[114]	Military	2009
Russia	Largest tank army, 20,550 tanks	Military	2014
Russia	Most corvettes in operation, 70	Military	2011
Russia	Top position at World Chess Rankings (men), top 10 players average Elo rating of 2744	Sports	2015
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, 23 (1957, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)	Sports	2015
Russia  USSR	Most World Chess Champions, 10	Sports	2009
Russia  USSR	Best performance at FIE World Championships in Fencing, 137 gold medals, 298 total medals	Sports	2015
Russia  USSR	Best performance at World Figure Skating Championships, 76 gold medals, 189 total medals	Sports	2015
Russia  USSR	Best performance at World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 139 gold medals, 344 total medals	Sports	2014
Russia  USSR	Best performance at World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, 27 gold medals, 68 total medals	Sports	2014
Russia  USSR	Best performance at gymnastics at the Summer Olympics, 81 gold medals	Sports	2012
Russia  USSR	Best performance at gymnastics Trampoline World Championships, 85 gold medals	Sports	2014
Russia  USSR	Best performance at World Women's Handball Championship, 7 gold medals, 10 total medals	Sports	2013
Russia  USSR	Winner of most Ice Hockey World Championships (men), 30 times winner	Sports	2013
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	2015
Russia  USSR	Best performance at World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men, 12 gold medals, 26 total medals	Sports	2015
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	2012
Russia  USSR	Winner of most Volleyball World Championships (men), 6 (1949, 1952, 1960, 1962, 1978, 1982)	Sports	2014
Russia  USSR	Winner of most Volleyball World Championships (women), 7 (1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990, 2006, 2010)	Sports	2014
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, 47 gold medals, 92 total medals	Sports	2012
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, 105 gold medals, 185 total	Sports	2012
Russia  USSR	Longest total human spaceflight time by country, over 20,000 person-days	Technology	2010
San Marino	Most motor vehicles per capita, 1263 per 1000 population	Transport Consumption	2010
Saudi Arabia	Largest oil exporter, 8,865,000 (bbl/day)[115]	Energy	2012
Serbia  Serbia and Montenegro  Yugoslavia	Winner of most Basketball World Championships, 5 times winner (tied with United States)	Sports	2014
Serbia  Serbia and Montenegro  Yugoslavia	Best performance at FINA World Water Polo Championship (men), 4 times winner	Sports	2013
Sierra Leone	Highest industrial production growth rate, 88%	Industry	2013
Singapore	Lowest fertility rate, 0.8 births per woman	Demographics	2014
Singapore	Lowest infant mortality rate, 2.31 deaths per 1000 live births	Demographics	2009
Singapore	Most economic freedom according to Index of Economic Freedom, 89.4 points	Economy Politics	2015
Singapore	Most trade freedom according to Global Enabling Trade Report, 5.9 points	Economy Politics	2014
Singapore	Easiest business doing according to Ease of Doing Business Index	Economy Politics	2015
Singapore	Highest overall growth potential according to Global Dynamism Index[116]	Economy Politics	2015
Somalia	Largest livestock of camels, 7,000,000 heads	Agriculture	2003
Somalia	Most corrupt country according to Transparency International (tied with North Korea)[44]	Politics	2014
Somalia	Highest importance of religion, (tied with Bangladesh and Nigeria)	Demographics	2009
South Africa	Most people living with HIV/AIDS, 6,300,000	Demographics	2013
South Africa	Largest chromium producer	Industry	2013
South Africa	Largest mohair producer	Agriculture	2013
South Africa	Largest platinum producer, 147 tonnes	Industry	2010
South Sudan	Youngest country, Established 2011	History	2013
South Sudan	Lowest literacy rate, 27% of population	Demographics Quality of life	2009
South Sudan	Most unstable country according to Failed States Index, score of 114.5	Politics	2015
Spain	Largest olive producer, output of 7,820,060 tons	Agriculture	2011
Spain	Largest carob producer, output of 40,000 tons	Agriculture	2012
Spain	Best performance at Roller Hockey World Championship (men), 16 gold medals, 36 total medals	Sports	2015
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
Sri Lanka	Most suicide rate	Demographics	2015
Sudan	Lowest level of innovation according to Global Innovation Index, score of 0.4	Technology	2013
Suriname	Highest percent of forest area, 90.20%	Geography	2011
Swaziland	Highest HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate, 26.5 of population	Demographics	2012
Swaziland	Lowest overall life expectancy, 31.88 years[117]	Demographics Quality of life	2009
Sweden	Most equal income distribution according to CIA World Factbook	Demographics Economy	2005
Sweden	Lowest importance of religion	Demographics	2009
Sweden	Winner of most Bandy World Championships for women, 6 (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012)	Sports	2014
Sweden	Best performance at World Floorball Championship	Sports	2009
Switzerland	Lowest level of business corruption according to Bribe Payers Index, score of 8.8 (tied with Netherlands)	Economy Politics	2011
Switzerland	Highest economic competitiveness according to Global Competitiveness Report, score of 5.80	Economy Politics	2015
Switzerland	Best environmental performance according to Environmental Performance Index, 87.67	Environment	2014
Switzerland	Lowest central bank interest rate (tied with Denmark), -0.75%	Finance	2015
Switzerland	Best performance at UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships, 8 gold medals, 20 total medals	Sports	2015
Switzerland	Best performance at Sidecarcross World Championship	Sports	2009
Switzerland	Best quality of life according to the Quality-of-life index, 8.22 out of 10[118]	Quality of life	2013
Switzerland	Longest railway tunnel, Gotthard Base Tunnel, 57,104 m (18,735 ft)	Structures	2016
Syria	Least peaceful nation according to Global Peace Index	Military Politics	2014
Syria	Lowest net migration rate per 1,000 population, -113.51[119]	Demographics	2014
Syria	Lowest population growth rate, -9.73[120]	Demographics	2013
Taiwan	Best student performance in mathematics according to Programme for International Student Assessment[121]	Demographics Quality of life	2006
Tajikistan	Largest average elevation, 3,196 m	Geography	2015
Thailand	Busiest low-cost-carrier (LCC) airport, 22.5 million passengers[122]	Transport	2015
Thailand	Best performance at ISTAF (International Sepaktakraw Federation) (both men[123] and women[124])	Sports	2015
Thailand	Best performance at Miss International Queen, 3 times winner (2004, 2007, and 2011)[125]	Culture	2015
Thailand	Largest Buddhist population 64,419,840 people or 93.20% of country	Culture	2015
Timor-Leste	Highest tax rate as percentage of GDP, 69.1%	Finance	2015
Timor-Leste	Least globalized country according to Globalization Index, score of 24.35	Politics	2013
Turkey	Largest apricot producer, output of 795,768 tonnes [126]	Agriculture	2012
Turkey	Largest cherry producer, output of 480,748 tonnes [126]	Agriculture	2012
Turkey	Largest sour cherry producer, output of 187,941 tonnes [126]	Agriculture	2012
Turkey	Largest fig producer, output of 274,535 tonnes [126]	Agriculture	2012
Turkey	Largest hazelnut producer, output of 660,000 tonnes [126]	Agriculture	2012
Turkey	Largest quince producer, output of 135,406 tonnes [126]	Agriculture	2012
Turkey	Largest wheat flour exporter, output of 2.062,730 tons [127]	Agriculture	2011
Turkey	Highest consumption of tea per capita, 6.87 kg (242 oz) [128]	Consumption	2014
Turkey	Largest boron reserves and producer, output of 2500 tonnes.[129]	Industry	2012
Turkey	Most generous country by GNI 0.21%, Total aid: US$1.6 billion [101]	Economy	2013
Turkey	Biggest refugee hosting country with 3 million Syrian and Iraqi refugees [130][131]	Demographics	2015
Turkmenistan	Highest GDP (real) annual growth rate, 10.30% (CIA World Factbook est.)[97]	Economy	2014
Tuvalu	Smallest number of immigrants, 148	Demographics	2013
Tuvalu	Lowest GDP (nominal), US$38 million	Economy	2014
Tuvalu	Lowest GDP (PPP), US$4 million	Economy	2014
Tuvalu	Largest percentage of permanent crops, 66.67%	Agriculture Geography	2005
Ukraine	Largest sunflower seed producer, output of 8.39 million metric tons	Agriculture	2012
Ukraine	Highest central bank interest rate, 30.00%	Finance	2015
United Arab Emirates	Lowest death rate, 0.9 deaths per 1000 persons	Demographics	2011
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	2015
United Arab Emirates	Highest military expenditure per capita, $2653 per person per year	Military	2009
United Arab Emirates	Tallest building, Burj Khalifa, 2717 ft	Structures	2014
United Kingdom	Most overseas territories/dependencies, the UK has 14 overseas territories and 3 crown dependencies.	Politics	2014
United Kingdom	Most Open and Transparent Government Data, According to The World Wide Web Foundation's Open Data Barometer.[132]	Politics	2015
United Kingdom	City with highest non-food retail sales, London with a total spend of around £64.2 billion	Finance	2010
United Kingdom	Busiest airport system by passenger traffic, London sees a total 146,685,710 passengers annually, through Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, City and Southend airports.[133]	Transport	2014
United Kingdom	Busiest single runway, Gatwick Airport (LGW)	Transport	2014
United Kingdom	Busiest train station, Clapham Junction railway station, in London, by 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	Largest enclosed rain-forest, the Eden Project near St Austell	Environment	2001
United Kingdom	Longest guided busway 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.[134]	Science
United Kingdom	Largest off-shore wind farm, London Array in the United Kingdom, producing 630 MW.	Energy Industry	2015
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.	Industry	2010
United Kingdom	Most valuable football club, 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), 9 gold medals, 21 total medals	Sports	2010
United Kingdom	Best government website, GOV.uk won the Designs of the Year Award 2013	Politics	2013
United Kingdom	Most Formula One Grand Prix wins, 243 by 19 drivers	Sports	2015
United Kingdom	Most Formula One Grand Prix wins (constructors), 520 by 16 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), 10 gold medals, 18 total medals	Sports	2014
United Kingdom	Most books published per year per capita[135]	Culture	2006
United Kingdom	The highest-grossing film series (inflation adjusted), the James Bond film series	Culture	2014
United Kingdom	Oldest metro system, the Tube in London, opened in 1863[136]	Transport	1863
United Kingdom	Oldest currency, sterling, first used in 775AD[137]	Economics	754AD
United Kingdom	Largest empire in history, population was a fifth of the world's population	History, Geography	1920
United States	Largest producer of berries output of 2,074,000[71]	Agriculture	2012
United States	Largest corn (maize) producer, output of 353,699,441 tons	Agriculture	2013
United States	Highest share of gold in total forex reserves, 75.4%	Finance	2017
United States	Largest sorghum producer, output of 12 million tons	Agriculture	2008
United States	Largest grapefruit and pummelo producer, output of 1,580,000 tons	Agriculture	2007
United States	Largest strawberry producer, output of 1,312,960 tons	Agriculture	2011
United States	Largest almond producer, output of 1,410,000 tons	Agriculture	2010
United States	Largest beef producer, output of 11,789,000 ton	Agriculture	2010
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 livestock of horses, 9,500,000 heads	Agriculture	2008
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, 689,900,000,000 cu m	Consumption Energy	2011
United States	Largest oil consumer, 18,840,000 bbl/d (2,995,000 m3/d)[138]	Consumption Energy	2011
United States	Largest oil importer, 7,713,000 bbl/day[139]	Consumption Energy	2013
United States	Largest consumer market, Annual market size of approximately US$10 trillion	Consumption Household	2013
United States	The highest-grossing film series, the Marvel Cinematic Universe film series	Culture	2015
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, 88.8 per 100 population[140]	Demographics	2014
United States	Most privately owned firearms in total, 270 million[140]	Demographics	2007
United States	Largest number of immigrants, 45,785,090	Demographics	2013
United States	Most billionaires,536	Demographics Economy	2015
United States	New York City is city with most billionaires, 103 billionaires	Demographics Economy	2014
United States	Highest GDP (nominal), 17,418,925	Economy	2014
United States	Largest Christian population, 240 million	Demographics	2017
United States	Highest service sector output	Economy	2014
United States	Largest nuclear power producer, 101,119 MWh	Energy	2008
United States	Most nuclear reactors for electricity generation, 100	Energy	2014
United States	Largest proven coal reserves, 237,295 million tons	Energy	2008
United States	Largest natural gas producer, 681,400,000,000 m³	Energy Industry	2012
United States	Largest external debt, $18,540,448,667,000	Finance	2015
United States	Largest government budget revenues, $3,001,721,000,000	Finance	2014
United States	Largest government budget expenditures, $3,650,526,000,000	Finance	2014
United States	Highest government budget deficit, $-648,805,000,000	Finance	2014
United States	Largest official gold reserves, 8,133.5 tons	Finance	2015
United States	Largest stock of foreign direct investment abroad, $4,854,000,000,000.00	Finance	2013
United States	Largest stock of received foreign direct investment, $2,815,000,000,000	Finance	2013
United States	Largest importer, $2,380,000,000,000	Finance	2014
United States	Worst current account balance, -$784,775,000,000	Finance	2011
United States	Largest Exclusive Economic Zone, 11,351,000 km2	Geography	2015
United States	Largest bentonite producer, 4,620,000 tons	Industry	2006
United States	Largest cheese producer, 5,162,730 tons	Agriculture	2011
United States	Largest cellulose producer, 47,047 tons	Industry	2009
United States	Largest arms exporter, $10,194,000,000	Industry Military	2014
United States	Largest military budget, $581,000,000,000	Military	2014
United States	Most aircraft carriers in operation, 10	Military	2015
United States	Most cruisers in operation, 22	Military	2014
United States	Most destroyers in operation, 62	Military	2014
United States	Most nuclear submarines in operation, 71	Military	2014
United States	Largest airforce, 4000 units	Military	2014
United States	Most science papers output, 2,798,448 journal papers published between 1998-2008[141]	Science	2008
United States	Most cited country, 35,368,367 citations between 1993-2003[142]	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	2012
United States	Most Olympic medals, 1,072 gold, 2,680 total	Sports	2015
United States	Most Summer Olympic medals, 976 gold, 2,399 total	Sports	2015
United States	Best performance at American Football World Cup, 3 times winner (2007, 2011, 2015)	Sports	2015
United States	Winner of most Basketball World Championships for Women, 9 (1953, 1957, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014)[143]	Sports	2014
United States	Best performance at World Aquatics Championships, 214 gold medals, 499 total medals	Sports	2013
United States	Best performance at World Championships in Athletics, 138 gold medals, 300 total medals	Sports	2013
United States	Best performance at World Backgammon Championship, 19 wins	Sports	2014
United States	Winner of most Basketball World Championships, 5 times winner (tied with Serbia/Yugoslavia)	Sports	2014
United States	Best performance at FIFA Women's World Cups, 3 times winner (1991, 1999), (2015, 1 time runner-up (2011)	Sports	2015
United States	Best performance at WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships, (women) 23 gold medals, 67 total medals	Sports	2014
United States	Best performance at UCI BMX World Championships, 24 gold medals, 70 total medals	Sports	2014
United States	Best performance at Golf World Cup (men), 24 wins	Sports	2013
United States	Best performance at World Lacrosse Championship (men), 9 times winner	Sports	2014
United States	Best performance at Women's Lacrosse World Cup, 7 times winner	Sports	2013
United States	Best performance at Racquetball World Championships	Sports	2009
United States	Best performance at ISF Women's World Championship (softball), 9 gold medals, 13 total medals	Sports	2014
United States	Best performance at tennis Davis Cup (men), 32 team wins	Sports	2014
United States	Best performance at tennis Fed Cup (women), 17 team wins	Sports	2014
United States	Best performance at tennis Hopman Cup (mixed pairs), 6 team wins	Sports	2015
United States	Best performance at FINA World Water Polo Championship (women), 3 times winner	Sports	2013
United States	Best performance at Basketball World Championships for Women, 9 gold medals, 12 total medals	Sports	2014
United States	Highest International tourism receipts, $177.2 billion	Tourism	2014
United States	Longest total length of railways, 224,792 km[144]	Transport	2014
United States	Longest total length of roadways, 6,586,610 km[145]	Transport	2013
United States	Most airports, 15,095[146]	Transport	2005
United States	Most heliports, 2,575	Transport	2010
United States	Largest total length of pipelines, 2,225,032 km	Transport	2013
United States	Most Soft power of any nation	Politics	2014
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, 839	Demographics	2012
Vatican City	Largest percentage of immigrant population, 100%	Demographics	2015
Vatican City	Smallest total area, 0,44 km²	Geography	2015
Vatican City	Smallest landlocked country, 0,44 km²	Geography	2015
Venezuela	Largest proven oil reserves, 297,740,000,000 bbl (4.7337×1010 m3)[147]	Energy	2014
Venezuela	Best performance at Big Four Beauty Pageants (Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, Miss Earth), 21 times winner	Culture	2014
Venezuela	Lowest level of property rights according to International Property Rights Index, score of 3.2[50]	Politics	2014
Venezuela	Highest annual inflation rate, 96.3%	Finance	2015
Vietnam	Smallest percentage of immigrant population, 0.0249%	Demographics	2005
Vietnam	Largest reserve force, 3,000,000	Military	2012
Zimbabwe	Highest unemployment rate, 70% of population	Demographics Economy	2011
Zimbabwe	Oldest world leader currently in power, Robert Mugabe, at age 91	Politics	2015