Countries More Guessed than their Capitals

The most guessed Countries and the most guessed Capitals were compiled into a list. The difference between their percentage guessed (%) was calculated. Can you name the Countries which were guessed at least 30% more often than their Capital?
Data Taken at 9:30am GMT on Saturday 3rd March (Screenshot of the excel workings here)
Thanks to scambigol for the idea!
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Last updated: May 2, 2018
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First submittedMarch 5, 2018
Times taken996
Average score50.0%
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Difference
Country
54%
Madagascar
54%
Niger
41%
R. of the Congo
40%
D. R. of the Congo
39%
Sudan
38%
Sri Lanka
38%
Dominica
37%
Chad
37%
Nigeria
Difference
Country
35%
Mongolia
35%
Morocco
35%
South Africa
34%
Saudi Arabia
33%
Papua New Guinea
32%
North Korea
32%
Ivory Coast
32%
Myanmar
31%
Somalia
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7 Comments
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Level 80
Mar 5, 2018
nice - thanks for the mention!
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Level 68
Mar 5, 2018
Thanks! And no problem, look out for the opposite version in the coming days ;)
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Level 33
Mar 5, 2018
Omg such a good quiz 5 stars!!! If you are looking for more, you can totally hit up my quizzes too XD
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Level 76
Apr 13, 2019
Feels like totally unexpected random answers. But looking closer, I guess the capital one was done by people that were quite good (more than knowing vienna and bucharest) at it and only the obscure ones scored low. Though that makes me wonder why rabat for instance is there)
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Level 67
Jul 27, 2020
Interesting results. I'm assuming Dominica and Niger are there because of DR/ Nigeria. Good quiz concept!
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Level 89
Apr 16, 2026
Yeah, for sure. As soon as I saw Niger near the top, I went "Ohhh that makes sense! People are going for Nigeria, and just getting Niger 'for free' - but when it comes to Niamey, yeah you actually have to know that."

A similar king of thing likely going on for the Congos - plenty of people can just type "Congo", and get two of them quickly; but knowing both capitals is harder.

Madacascar, Ivory Coast, and Sri Lanka make sense not because people don't necessarily "know" the capitals, but more that the spelling is tricky (not everyone knows about the 'Kotte' shortcut for Sri Lanka, and not every quiz accepts the 'SJK' shortcut). Hence Madagascar being at the top also tracks.

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Level 89
Apr 16, 2026
South Africa here surprises the heck out of me!

Sure I can imagine a bunch of people think the capital is Johannesburg and might have to think a bit when that comes up empty. But Cape Town shouldn't be that hard...?

Especially when you have three tries at it (granted almost anyone who knows Bloemfontein is also going to know at least one of the other two, so it wouldn't help much, but still...). Definitely feel like I'm missing something with South Africa. It's not one I expected to see here at all.