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Top Five Countries By Category #4

Can you name the top five countries in each of these categories?
HDI = Health + education + income
Not including external territories
Source: Featured JetPunk quizzes when possible, Wikipedia when not
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Last updated: August 12, 2020
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First submittedOctober 20, 2014
Times taken88,469
Average score64.3%
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Highest HDI
San Marino
Monaco
Norway
Switzerland
Australia
 
Lowest HDI
Somalia
Niger
Central African Republic
Chad
South Sudan
 
Northernmost
Canada
Russia
Norway
United States
Finland
 
Highest Production
of Wine
Italy
Spain
France
United States
China
Lowest % of Forest
Qatar
Oman
Egypt
Libya
Mauritania
 
Lowest Rate of Obesity
Vietnam
Bangladesh
East Timor
India
Cambodia
 
Southernmost
Chile
Argentina
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
 
Tour de France
(Most Wins, Official)
France
Belgium
Spain
Italy
United Kingdom
Most Total Desert Area
Australia
Algeria
Saudi Arabia
Canada
China
 
Highest Rate of Obesity
Nauru
Palau
Marshall Islands
Tuvalu
Tonga
 
Most Sheep per Capita
Mongolia
New Zealand
Australia
Turkmenistan
Uruguay
 
Highest Percent of
HIV infection
Eswatini
Lesotho
Botswana
South Africa
Namibia
Most Winter Olympic Medals
Norway
United States
Germany
Austria
Canada
 
High-Speed Rail Length
China
France
Spain
Germany
Japan
 
Most Land on the Equator
Brazil
Indonesia
D.R. Congo
Kenya
Colombia
 
Most Borders
China
Russia
Brazil
France
D.R. Congo
Germany
mf3
+41
Level 85
Jan 13, 2018
Yes, I remember crossing the vast deserts of Canada on my trusty camel... or moose...
alvarorp7693
+72
Level 66
Jan 13, 2018
"A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life"(Wikipedia).

I don't know the source used by the creator, but many parts of Canada may well fit in the definition.

Anyway, it's clear that a desert doesn't have to be full of sand, the biggest desert of the world is Antarctica.

Quizmaster
+66
Level ∞
Jan 13, 2018
Exactly. A desert is defined by lack of precipitation. Not by the presence of camels and sand.
Pandora49
+1
Level 55
Sep 15, 2020
+1
AlexThirkell
+11
Level 73
Nov 24, 2020
As of today: 16 people like a joke, 37 people don't... :(
OwenProGolfer
+17
Level 67
Jan 29, 2021
This is a very serious website, no jokes allowed
charlie636
+9
Level 32
Mar 9, 2018
The Canadian territories are largely tundra, which is a type of desert I believe. Just a cold one
Xenobiologista
+1
Level 60
Feb 12, 2021
They are defined as cold deserts, yes.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 77
Aug 13, 2020
Really you do?
Shiloh376
+11
Level 74
Jan 13, 2018
This is a fun quiz, well done. Too bad there isn't a way to highlight each top five by itself so when you type in a country it doesn't fill-in every relevant answer. Like it though.
Algernon
+6
Level 71
Jan 13, 2018
Another good quiz. I do think they could do with a bit more time as some of the categories aren't that straight forward and require a bit of thinking.
Boucot
+15
Level 67
Jan 14, 2018
Took me a while to understand why the likes of Merckx, Indurain or Anquetil weren't accepted. Turns out they aren't countries.
APHill
+6
Level 74
Jan 15, 2018
Singapore, Monaco, etc. aren't on the list for least forest? Even by percentage, I was sure that both would be there.
relessness
+3
Level 47
Jan 15, 2018
Good point about Monaco - it doesn't appear on the source. Singapore has 3% forest cover, 10x more than Mauritania
MarieDS
+6
Level 59
Feb 12, 2020
Vatican city?
GreySkyCat
+3
Level 46
Jun 28, 2021
Wikipedia counts some of the Vatican's gardens as forest, I think
johnappleseed
+4
Level 49
May 27, 2020
yeah, i typed in all european microstates, i was sure they mustve had no forest at all
RJF
+1
Level 64
Jan 19, 2023
The problem with such small countries is that a handful of trees can get you up to 1% "forest cover" very easily, whereas in a country like Libya or Mauritania, you'd need to cover more than the entire surface area of said microstates in forest to even gain tenths of a percent.
tbd123
+1
Level 48
Jan 16, 2018
The UK is equal with Luxembourg on TDF wins. 5 each
richiesyxx
+2
Level 71
Oct 21, 2020
Our boys saw this comment and added one more just for you! Lol
SeekerSpock1
+2
Level 76
Jan 16, 2018
Vatican City should be on the forest list.
eibi
+2
Level 79
Jan 16, 2018
Even if you count the papal gardens? I expected Nauru on the forest list, but no, it's surprisingly green these days after they carved all the phosphate out.
Arp2600
+1
Level 85
Jan 21, 2018
UK and Luxembourg both have 5 Tour de France victories.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 22, 2018
UK will work now
dogla305
+2
Level 60
Feb 10, 2018
why is most borders a top 6? quiz reads top 5
Miqueas
+1
Level 69
Mar 31, 2018
There's probably a tie for the last place
Fuse
+1
Level 76
Apr 6, 2021
DRC and Germany both have 9 borders
NikyVestern
+13
Level 54
Mar 23, 2018
How come USA is not there for most sheep per capita? :)
relessness
+3
Level 47
Mar 23, 2018
Unexpected. I like it haha
WolfCam
+2
Level 65
Mar 23, 2018
Great Quiz in a Great Series. One question. Why does the Tour de France question end in a _______ or _______ answer, while in the most borders question it just extends it to top six?
kalbahamut
+8
Level 83
Apr 28, 2018
I feel like these quizzes have way too many categories and it is mostly just typing in every country in the world.
tourwoorden
+4
Level 70
Apr 28, 2018
This quiz got me to exactly 8888 points. 8-)
np
+4
Level 64
Apr 28, 2018
I feel that Vatican city may have 0% of forest
AayushD
+1
Level 70
Apr 28, 2018
Why is there a top 6 for the most borders list?
kalbahamut
+3
Level 83
Mar 30, 2019
Because 5th place is a tie
undeadwarrior
+1
Level 63
May 3, 2018
Indians may be svelte in their own country, but I can ascertain that they most certainly fall victim to the curse of the increasing waistline in Australia.
buck1017
+1
Level 77
Jul 22, 2021
One of the side effects of moving from a country with rampant starvation.
Anderis
+3
Level 70
Sep 1, 2019
Wow, why are people from the Oceanian countries so obese?
vermiciousknid
+2
Level 86
Aug 20, 2020
Seems that there are a number of factors involved. Here's what Wikipedia has to say on the subject.
brettski
+3
Level 48
Sep 25, 2019
I'm pretty sure the vatican has 0% forest.
ooftownroad
+1
Level 56
Jan 18, 2020
isnt iceland very far north?
tjmoores
+3
Level 38
Mar 11, 2020
What about Monaco and the Vatican's ~0% forest cover? I would've thought that'd be lower than those listed?
PhantomMaster
+1
Level 35
May 13, 2020
I don't think they count because they are cities, and a forest should be bigger than a city
JackintheBox
+1
Level 77
Aug 13, 2020
Got all with 2 secs left (though had to pause the quiz a few times)!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
Aug 13, 2020
got everything except for the bottom two sheep countries.
johnappleseed
+3
Level 49
Sep 26, 2020
i feel like you should count external territories, because theyre still land that exist on earth and completely ignoring eg greenland for northernmost category doesnt feel right
Savio
+1
Level 67
Dec 11, 2022
If you do that then you would have to do the same for the southernmost countries and include territories like South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands or go even further and count territory claims in the Antarctic Treaty System because Antarctica and territories like South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are still land that exists on earth and are claimed by a country. You have to be consistent in topics like this
HavardN
+1
Level 36
Sep 26, 2020
Little Norway beats USA and Canada in the combined medals of Winter Olympics!! :O :O wow
dunkinggandalf2
+3
Level 67
Dec 27, 2020
Germany has 408 medals to Norway's 368, unless you arbitrarily exclude East German medals. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say arbitrarily, I meant to say: unless you exclude them on purpose to artificially inflate the ranking of the US.
cta127
+1
Level 68
Feb 8, 2023
Of course, barring the fact that East Germany was an entirely different entity from the Germany we have today.
eppek
+1
Level 58
Dec 27, 2020
Doesn't the Vatican have no forest?
Koopa
+1
Level 73
Dec 27, 2020
The forest % has me scratching my head a little, with Vatican City not on there. I also tried Nauru and Maldives. It's hard to believe the Vatican has enough trees to be considered forest. This was a very enjoyable quiz.
Historyenjoyer
+2
Level 43
Jul 4, 2021
Shouldn't Denmark be among the northernmost countries? Like it controls Greenland...
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 64
Dec 30, 2021
Huh you never really think about Canada as having deserts but technically it does, interesting
My3dviews
+2
Level 51
Dec 30, 2021
I found myself just randomly typing in country names rather than looking at the categories. Ended up with 71% correct. :-)
Kenneth3748
+1
Level 54
May 9, 2022
Uruguay is more southern than South Africa
Landafraedi
+1
Level 22
Nov 17, 2022
What HDI list did they use for this quiz?
Landafraedi
+2
Level 22
Nov 17, 2022
San Marino is in 44th place not first, Norway is in 2nd place, Switzerland is in 1st place, but they got australia right at fifth.

Source:UN HDI ranking

https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/country-insights#/ranks

nickelz
+1
Level 57
May 2, 2023
San Marino is NOT top five, not even close. Remove that.
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