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Chess grandmasters
FIDE grandmasters per million residents. England, Scotland and Wales are separate chess federations and are combined into the UK here.
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Countries
184 · FIDE rating list- 1stMonaco78.25
- 2ndAndorra36.19
- 3rdIceland35.68
- 4thMontenegro17.65
- 5thArmenia12.63
- 6thSerbia8.86
- 7thCroatia8
- 8thGeorgia7.62
- 9thSlovenia6.57
- 10thHungary5.57
- 11thNorth Macedonia5.49
- 12thBulgaria5.44
- 13thIsrael5.14
- 14thEstonia4.39
- 15thLatvia4.33
- 16thLithuania3.81
- 17thNorway3.56
- 18thMoldova3.39
- 19thSlovakia3.32
- 20thCzechia2.94
- 21stAzerbaijan2.83
- 22ndDenmark2.66
- 23rdNetherlands2.38
- 24thCuba2.38
- 25thSweden2.36
- 26thMongolia2.24
- 27thUkraine2.21
- 28thBosnia and Herzegovina1.91
- 29thGreece1.63
- 30thBelarus1.54
- 31stPoland1.54
- 32ndSwitzerland1.43
- 33rdAustria1.41
- 34thRussia1.28
- 35thRomania1.26
- 36thSpain1.24
- 37thGermany1.23
- 38thKazakhstan1.1
- 39thTurkmenistan1.05
- 40thQatar1.01
- 41stSingapore0.98
- 42ndFrance0.86
- 43rdBelgium0.75
- 44thCyprus0.73
- 45thFinland0.71
- 46thUnited Kingdom0.71
- 47thUruguay0.59
- 48thParaguay0.57
- 49thArgentina0.55
- 50thUzbekistan0.51
- 51stAlbania0.43
- 52ndCanada0.38
- 53rdPortugal0.37
- 54thAustralia0.36
- 55thUnited States0.33
- 56thItaly0.31
- 57thChile0.3
- 58thPeru0.26
- 59thColombia0.21
- 60thTürkiye0.2
- 61stCosta Rica0.19
- 62ndNew Zealand0.19
- 63rdIran0.18
- 64thIreland0.18
- 65thUnited Arab Emirates0.17
- 66thTunisia0.16
- 67thVietnam0.13
- 68thPhilippines0.12
- 69thTajikistan0.09
- 70thDominican Republic0.09
- 71stJordan0.09
- 72ndBolivia0.08
- 73rdBrazil0.07
- 74thMexico0.07
- 75thIndia0.06
- 76thAlgeria0.06
- 77thEgypt0.06
- 78thEcuador0.05
- 79thSenegal0.05
- 80thZambia0.05
- 81stChina0.04
- 82ndVenezuela0.04
- 83rdBangladesh0.03
- 84thMalaysia0.03
- 85thMorocco0.03
- 86thSouth Korea0.02
- 87thIndonesia0.02
- 88thSouth Africa0.02
- 89thAfghanistan0
- 89thAngola0
- 89thAntigua and Barbuda0
- 89thBahamas0
- 89thBahrain0
- 89thBarbados0
- 89thBelize0
- 89thBhutan0
- 89thBotswana0
- 89thBrunei0
- 89thBurkina Faso0
- 89thBurundi0
- 89thCambodia0
- 89thCameroon0
- 89thCape Verde0
- 89thCentral African Republic0
- 89thChad0
- 89thComoros0
- 89thDjibouti0
- 89thDominica0
- 89thDR Congo0
- 89thEl Salvador0
- 89thEquatorial Guinea0
- 89thEritrea0
- 89thEswatini0
- 89thEthiopia0
- 89thFiji0
- 89thGabon0
- 89thGambia0
- 89thGhana0
- 89thGrenada0
- 89thGuatemala0
- 89thGuinea0
- 89thGuyana0
- 89thHaiti0
- 89thHonduras0
- 89thIraq0
- 89thIvory Coast0
- 89thJamaica0
- 89thJapan0
- 89thKenya0
- 89thKuwait0
- 89thKyrgyzstan0
- 89thLaos0
- 89thLebanon0
- 89thLesotho0
- 89thLiberia0
- 89thLibya0
- 89thLiechtenstein0
- 89thLuxembourg0
- 89thMadagascar0
- 89thMalawi0
- 89thMaldives0
- 89thMali0
- 89thMalta0
- 89thMauritania0
- 89thMauritius0
- 89thMozambique0
- 89thMyanmar0
- 89thNamibia0
- 89thNauru0
- 89thNepal0
- 89thNicaragua0
- 89thNiger0
- 89thNigeria0
- 89thOman0
- 89thPakistan0
- 89thPalau0
- 89thPanama0
- 89thPapua New Guinea0
- 89thRwanda0
- 89thSaint Kitts and Nevis0
- 89thSaint Lucia0
- 89thSaint Vincent and the Grenadines0
- 89thSan Marino0
- 89thSão Tomé and Príncipe0
- 89thSaudi Arabia0
- 89thSeychelles0
- 89thSierra Leone0
- 89thSolomon Islands0
- 89thSomalia0
- 89thSouth Sudan0
- 89thSri Lanka0
- 89thSudan0
- 89thSuriname0
- 89thSyria0
- 89thTanzania0
- 89thThailand0
- 89thTimor-Leste0
- 89thTogo0
- 89thTonga0
- 89thTrinidad and Tobago0
- 89thUganda0
- 89thVanuatu0
- 89thYemen0
- 89thZimbabwe0
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Who leads the world
- Monacotops life expectancy86.5 years
- Singaporetops homicide rate0.1 per 100k
- Bulgariatops paid maternity leave59 weeks
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