Every country is #1 at something. For Finland, it’s the number of female doctors; for Gabon, it’s manganese reserves; for Canada, it’s fruit juice drinkers. Graphic designer David McCandless has a demographic to warm (or disturb) the patriotic heart of every nationality.
Link via Fast Company
Israel Leite
WTF, they put BRASIL in the wrong place.
They don’t F(*#$% know wher my country is located?
dermotmoconnor
Ireland #1 for Quality of Life?
Hahahahaha! That’s funny!!!
Gauldar
Wow, when Czechoslovakia, it made quite the divide. Looks like the Czech Republic got all the beer while Slovakia got all the fat chicks. I duno about you, but I kinda like both.
Gauldar
Hey, I just noticed that Slovakia was removed from the main list. Must have gotten complaints.
MadMolecule
Uh, folks, the place names that show up on mouseover are next to a “flag” that’s at the top of a “pole.” The BOTTOM of the pole is in the country being named.
It’s bad design, not bad geography.
Zavatone
Yes! Mose serial killers! We WIN! Where is our prize and victory champagne?
Boris
Your prize and victory champagne are right here inside my van 
come inside, let’s celebrate!!
ocdigital
Last time I checked Brazil has 5 World Cup wins. Uruguay has 2. How is Uruguay #1 in WC wins?
marcusbacus
Paraguay #1 in hydroelectricity? OK, fine. Bolivia #1 in Brazil nuts? Uruguay #1 in World Cups? I guess this was a very clever joke. Poorly executed, though.
lulu
OBVIOUSLY, the USA was labelled as home to the most serial killers…. Please. What it IS home to is the most serial killers who are caught by the police, thank you very much and thank goodness! There are murders and disappearances in many countries but, here, we try to explain them and make a point of trying to stop them.
I thought giving the world a half-black president meant that we were going to be loved and respected by all now…? I guess the word didn’t get to the guy making the graphic, huh.
ali babba babee babuu
@ Israel Leite Brazil is in the right place. The SUGAR flag points down to Brazil. Almost hits Brasilia, it’s capital.
Why did he leave out so many countries like Belarus, Armenia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Lesotho, Borneo, Syria, Slovakia, Kosovo, Estonia, Turkmenistan, Brunei, East Temor, Bahrain, Jamaica, Venezuela, Seychelles, Equatorial Guinea. And the list goes on and on and on. I guess these countries aren’t number one is something.
And Puerto Rico is not a country.
Gauldar
@lulu
The US didn’t give “The world” anything, and I don’t know where this self entitlement of “love and respect” you expect is coming from. I honestly don’t know any country which feels the need to be narcissistic and put itself up on a pedestal to be loved and cherished by all other countries. Maybe Vatican City, but I doubt the feeling is more than half of what it used to be last year.
Gauldar
@ali babba babee babuu
Slovakia was removed from the map. It seems to be going through random updates of the information.
Martin
What a lousy design of the map.
Obivously causing people to read it wrong.
Big fail as the map design isnt consistant and have the names of the countries in different places.
Tempscire
lulu, I’m pretty sure “the world” is actually quite accustomed to non-white leaders. =p
Martin
“OBVIOUSLY, the USA was labelled as home to the most serial killers…. Please. What it IS home to is the most serial killers who are caught by the police, thank you very much and thank goodness! There are murders and disappearances in many countries but, here, we try to explain them and make a point of trying to stop them.
I thought giving the world a half-black president meant that we were going to be loved and respected by all now…? I guess the word didn’t get to the guy making the graphic, huh.”
@Lulu
BWAHAHA! You’re funny Yes the rest of the world has never heard of a non-white leader before! thanks!!
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