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Countries that Beat Iceland

For each selected category, name any of the countries that ranks higher than Iceland.
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First submittedJune 22, 2020
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Rank
Category
Countries
6
Highest life expectancy
Monaco | Singapore | Japan | Canada | San Marino
3
Westernmost country settled by Vikings
Canada | Denmark (Greenland)
14
Lowest murder rate, 2000–2023
Vatican City | Japan | San Marino | Singapore |
Qatar | Monaco | Norway | Austria | Bahrain |
Switzerland | Spain | Denmark | Indonesia
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
4
Least densely populated
Mongolia | Australia | Namibia
3
Coldest capital city
Mongolia | Kazakhstan
5
Richest island country based on
per-capita income (PPP, 2025)
Singapore | Ireland | Brunei | Taiwan
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
9
Least percentage of territory that is forested
* excluding countries < 100 sq. km
Egypt | Saudi Arabia | Libya | Djibouti | Oman |
Turkmenistan | Jordan | Mauritania
7
Highest cheese production per capita
Denmark | New Zealand | Ireland | Netherlands |
Lithuania | Estonia
3
Most heavy metal bands per capita
Sweden | Finland
2
Highest average prices
* excluding countries < 50,000 people
Norway
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21 Comments
+4
Level 64
Mar 1, 2021
great!
+23
Level 73
Nov 2, 2021
I kept typing "Ulaanbaatar" and "Nur-Sultan" until I realized I had to type the country, not the coldest capital city :D
+5
Level 80
Dec 2, 2021
I did the same thing, but I didn't realize I needed to type the countries until after the time ran out.
+13
Level 52
Nov 19, 2021
As an Iceland-ophile, I reject the premise of this quiz.
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Level 76
Dec 2, 2021
The cheese production question says Iceland is the 6th, but only four answers are given.
+2
Level 64
Dec 2, 2021
Fun quiz, enjoyed it even more as I got full marks first go.
+2
Level 58
Dec 2, 2021
The statistic about heavy metal bands is fascinating. I wonder why that is?
+13
Level 67
Oct 19, 2022
because there are a lot of metal bands
+1
Level 60
Apr 14, 2025
not trying to replicate the comment on the "countries with the most airports" quiz
+2
Level 77
Dec 2, 2021
I feel like the smallest 'I' country should specify that it's smallest by population
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Level 64
Dec 3, 2021
The question is actually asking for "smallest 'I' country" by geographical size, as both Ireland and Israel are greater than Iceland in population. I agree that it might help for the question to be more specific, however.
+2
Level 19
Dec 3, 2021
Might just be me, but I think it would be better without yellow box.
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Level 69
Jan 26, 2024
Yellow box is standard when all the answers are countries, and some countries are valid answers for multiple questions.
+3
Level 46
Dec 4, 2021
Great quiz, but could you clarify for the "smallest country that starts with I" you mean area, because I spent about a minute trying to think of countries with smaller populations than Iceland haha.
+1
Level 32
Mar 8, 2023
Great quiz!
+2
Level 64
May 16, 2023
Cheese production is listed as #6 for Iceland, but only 4 countries are shown to beat it. Is this an error?
+1
Level 77
Mar 13, 2024
Haiti doesn't have a military, and it has a much larger population than Iceland's.
+3
Level 76
Jul 4, 2025
Haiti has no military? Probably not a functioning one, as nothing functions in this country, but here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Haiti

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Level 63
Oct 2, 2024
Love measuring by heavy metal bands per capita. That should be a full quiz!
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Level 27
Dec 31, 2024
How could I forget Switzerland?
+2
Level 48
Jul 4, 2025
I typed Switzerland 10 times before typing norway for the last one 😭