Rank
|
Category
|
Countries
|
6
|
Highest life expectancy
|
Monaco | Japan | Singapore | San Marino | Canada
|
3
|
Westernmost country settled by Vikings
|
Canada | Denmark (Greenland)
|
8
|
Lowest murder rate, 2000–2019
|
Vatican City | San Marino | Andorra | Japan | Singapore | Qatar | Bahrain
|
3
|
Smallest country starting with I
|
Israel | Ireland
|
10
|
Tallest people
|
Netherlands | Latvia | Estonia | Denmark | Czech Republic | Serbia | Belgium | Slovakia | Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
7
|
Most volcano deaths since 141 B.C.
|
Indonesia | El Salvador | France (Martinique) | Colombia | Japan | Guatemala
|
3
|
Least densely populated
|
Mongolia | Namibia
|
3
|
Coldest capital city
|
Mongolia | Kazakhstan
|
4
|
Richest island country based on per-capita income (PPP)
|
Singapore | Ireland | Brunei
|
5
|
Most Nobel laureates per-capita
|
St. Lucia | Luxembourg | Switzerland | Sweden
|
6
|
Most recently-settled by humans
|
Seychelles | Mauritius | São Tomé and Príncipe | Cape Verde | New Zealand
|
5
|
Most populous with NO military
|
Costa Rica | Panama | Mauritius | Solomon Islands
|
8
|
Least percentage of territory that is forested
* excluding countries < 100 sq. km
|
Qatar | Oman | Egypt | Libya | Mauritania | Djibouti | Kuwait | Saudi Arabia
|
6
|
Highest cheese production per capita
|
New Zealand | Denmark | Ireland | Netherlands
|
3
|
Most heavy metal bands per capita
|
Sweden | Finland
|
2
|
Highest average prices
* excluding countries < 50,000 people
|
Switzerland
|