Country Leads World In… Measure Source
Afghanistan opium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium#Illegal_production
Albania
Algeria Middle Paleolithic flake tool techniques http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria#Ancient_history
Andorra reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_literacy_rate
Angola speaking umbundu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola#Languages
Antarctica emperor penguins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Penguin
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina exporting soccer players http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2010-12-30-3736107920_x.htm
Armenia
Australia deadly animals and melanoma http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/top-30-deadly-animals-in-australia.htm, http://www.aneki.com/melanoma_cancer_countries.html
Austria mohnflesserl http://www.funtrivia.com/en/Geography/Austria-5140.html
Azerbaijan software piracy http://www.economist.com/node/9248524
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh peacekeeping http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_UN_peacekeepers
Barbados
Belarus wisents http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_bison#Numbers_and_distribution
Belgium relaxing http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/lif_lei_lei_tim_lei_tim_acr_dem_gro_tot-time-across-demographic-groups-total
Belize destroying the ozone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_capita
Benin
Bhutan farming http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/agr_lab_sha-agriculture-labor-share
Bolivia brazil nuts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_nut
Bosnia & Herzegovina land mines http://www.unicef.org/sowc96pk/hidekill.htm
Botswana diamonds http://geology.com/articles/gem-diamond-map/
Brazil coffee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_coffee_production
Brunei
Bulgaria living the american dream http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_home_ownership_rate
Burkina Faso illiteracy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_literacy_rate
Burundi being unsatisfied http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisfaction_with_Life_Index
Cambodia long alphabet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_top_international_rankings_by_country
Cameroon killer lakes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos#Medical_problems
Canada maple syrup and asteroid impacts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_syrup#Commerce, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_impact_craters_on_Earth
Cape Verde
Central African Republic expensive internet http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/int_pri_bas_for_int_us_per_mon-price-basket-us-per-month
Chad not wasting electricity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electricity_consumption
Chile staying married http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divorce_demography
China CO2 emissions and renewable energy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electricity_production_from_renewable_sources, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions
Colombia rain http://www.top5ofanything.com/index.php?h=83a372df
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of pygmy chimpanzees http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
Congo, Republic of saving energy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_energy_intensity
Costa Rica happiness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Planet_Index
Ivory Coast malaria http://www.aneki.com/highest_rate_of_malaria_deaths.html
Croatia
Cuba baseball http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_World_Cup#Medal_table
Cyprus
Czech Republic beer consumption http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_beer_consumption_per_capita
Denmark education http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Index
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador endangering plants http://www.top5ofanything.com/index.php?h=4639d2e4
Egypt African Cup of Nations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Cup_of_Nations#Results
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia prevalence of women http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_sex_ratio
Ethiopia employing children http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.0714.ZS/countries?order=wbapi_data_value_2011+wbapi_data_value+wbapi_data_value-last&sort=asc
Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji
Finland drinking coffee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_coffee_consumption_per_capita
France tourism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tourism_rankings
Gabon sun-tailed monkeys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_of_Gabon#Mammals
Gambia not spending money on military http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures
Georgia khachapuri http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khachapuri
Germany almost winning the World Cup http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_records
Ghana
Greece smoking http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_dai_smo-health-daily-smokers
Greenland personal space http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density
Grenada Olympic medals per capita http://www.medalspercapita.com/#medals-per-capita:2012
Guatemala
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras homicide rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_homicide_rate
Hong Kong IQ avg http://www.statisticbrain.com/countries-with-the-highest-lowest-average-iq/
Hungary canoeing medals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canoeing_and_kayaking_at_the_Summer_Olympics#Medal_table
Iceland using the internet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_Internet_users
India movies and low prices http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-top-ten/world-top-ten-feature-film-production-map.html, http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings_by_country.jsp
Indonesia volcanoes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_volcanoes
Iran brain drain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%27s_brain_drain
Iraq not safe for journalists total http://www.top5ofanything.com/index.php?h=cdd1370f
Ireland quality of life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality-of-life_index
Israel r&d % of gdp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_research_and_development_spending
Italy UEFA competitions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UEFA_club_competition_winners
Jamaica
Japan robots per 10,000 manufactoring workers http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/01/top-10-countries-by-robot-density.html
Jordan large falafel balls total http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falafel#Largest_falafel_ball
Kazakhstan uranium total http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Nuclear-Fuel-Cycle/Mining-of-Uranium/World-Uranium-Mining-Production/#.UhJWen9Yojc
Kenya flowers total http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floral_industry#New_flower_growing_centres
Kiribati –
Kuwait highest valued currency exchange rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest-valued_currency_unit
Kyrgyzstan walnut forests http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arslanbob
Laos solar energy http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene_ele_sol_pro_sel_percap-production-self-producer-per-capita
Latvia eco-friendly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_Performance_Index
Lebanon
Lesotho mortality rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_death_rate
Liberia
Libya heat http://www.aneki.com/hottest.html
Liechtenstein teachers per capita http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/edu_sec_edu_tea_percap-education-secondary-teachers-per-capita
Lithuania
Luxembourg generosity per capita http://www.aneki.com/most_generous_countries.html
Macedonia
Madagascar lemurs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar#Ecology
Malawi malawisaurus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malawisaurus
Malaysia caves http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia#Geography
Maldives
Mali firefinches http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_of_Mali#Birds
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico getting struck by lightning, cartels and boxing http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/mor_vic_of_lig-mortality-victim-of-lightning, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_cartel#Mexico, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_Mexico#Boxing
Moldova alcohol consumption per capita http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption
Monaco
Mongolia velociraptor bones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velociraptor
Montenegro
Morocco couscous http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moroccan_cuisine#Main_dishes
Mozambique
Myanmar speaking Burmese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Burma
Namibia wealth inequality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_distribution_of_wealth
Nepal not killing themselves http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate
Netherlands male and female height http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Average_height_around_the_world
New Zealand sheep and rugby http://agriexchange.apeda.gov.in/product_profile/Major_Exporing_Countries.aspx
Nicaragua
Niger births per woman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_by_fertility_rate
Nigeria yams http://www.top5ofanything.com/index.php?h=7e762cf1
North Korea censorship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_by_country
Norway democracy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index#Changes_from_2010_to_2011_and_2012
Oman
Pakistan field hockey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey_World_Cup#Successful_national_teams
Palau swimming with jellyfish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish_Lake
Palestine not having cancer http://www.top5ofanything.com/index.php?h=b62e36fc
Panama defenselessness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_troops
Papua New Guinea linguistic diversity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_diversity_index
Paraguay drinking tea per capita http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tea_consumption_per_capita
Peru sandboarding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandboarding#Sandboarding_in_South_America
Philippines social media http://www.mediameasurement.com/how-social-media-use-varies-across-countries-and-age/
Poland kielbasa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kielbasa
Portugal graduating high school http://www.aneki.com/oecd_countries_high_school_graduation_rates.html
Puerto Rico
Qatar GDP per capita http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita
Romania download speed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania#Telecommunications
Russia raspberries and nuclear warheads http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry#Commercial_production, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_level_of_military_equipment
Rwanda women in parliament http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SG.GEN.PARL.ZS?order=wbapi_data_value_2012+wbapi_data_value+wbapi_data_value-last&sort=asc
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia oil reserves http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_oil_exports
Senegal
Serbia water polo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_polo_at_the_World_Aquatics_Championships
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore science http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trends_in_International_Mathematics_and_Science_Study
Slovakia making cars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia#Industry
Slovenia casinos per thousand inhabitants http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia#Tourism
Solomon Islands
Somalia pirates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy_in_Somalia#Somalia
South Africa ostriches http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_of_South_Africa#Birds
South Korea work hours per year per person http://www.aneki.com/work_hours.html
South Sudan inflation rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_inflation_rate
Spain cocaine use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_prevalence_of_cocaine_use
Sri Lanka cinnamon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon#Cultivation
Sudan
Suriname forested area http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_forest_area
Swaziland
Sweden atheism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreligion_by_country
Switzerland employment rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_employment_rate
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania national parks and wildlife http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_of_Tanzania#National_Parks
Thailand rice exports http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand#Economy
Timor-Leste
Togo deaths per 100,000 cars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia guns per capita http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country
Turkey apricots http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_apricot_production
Turkmenistan corruption http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2012/results/
Uganda median age http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_median_age
Ukraine population control http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_con_pre_of_wom_age_1549-prevalence-women-ages-15-49
United Arab Emirates sex ratio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_sex_ratio
United Kingdom fascist movements http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fascist_movements_by_country_U-Z
Uruguay eating beef http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-11000/largest-bovine-meat-consumption-per-capita/
USA falling off beds and chairs, getting killed by lawnmowers, Nobel laureates, and eating hot dogs http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/mor_fal_inv_bed-mortality-fall-involving-bed, http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/mor_fal_inv_cha-mortality-fall-involving-chair, http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/mor_con_wit_pow_law-mortality-contact-with-powered-lawnmower, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates_by_country, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan’s_Hot_Dog_Eating_Contest
Uzbekistan being double landlocked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_landlocked#Doubly_landlocked_country
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela Miss Universe pageants http://www.aneki.com/beautiful.html
Vietnam economic growth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3G_%28countries%29
Western Australia deadly shark attacks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_attack#Statistics
Western Sahara
Yemen gender gap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Gender_Gap_Report
Zambia Rhodesian giraffe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe#Subspecies
Zimbabwe prime lending rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_commercial_bank_prime_lending_rate
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