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Sports Statistics > Chess > GrandMasters (per capita) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Iceland: 3.033 per 100,000 population 
#2   Andorra: 1.417 per 100,000 population 
#3   Armenia: 0.57 per 100,000 population 
#4   Israel: 0.526 per 100,000 population 
#5   Serbia and Montenegro: 0.462 per 100,000 population 
#6   Slovenia: 0.448 per 100,000 population 
#7   Georgia: 0.406 per 100,000 population 
#8   Croatia: 0.4 per 100,000 population 
#9   Latvia: 0.393 per 100,000 population 
#10   Macedonia, Republic of: 0.391 per 100,000 population 
#11   Hungary: 0.36 per 100,000 population 
#12   Bulgaria: 0.309 per 100,000 population 
#13   Estonia: 0.3 per 100,000 population 
#14   Luxembourg: 0.213 per 100,000 population 
#15   Czech Republic: 0.186 per 100,000 population 
#16   Azerbaijan: 0.177 per 100,000 population 
#17   Norway: 0.174 per 100,000 population 
#18   Sweden: 0.167 per 100,000 population 
#19   Lithuania: 0.167 per 100,000 population 
#20   Denmark: 0.166 per 100,000 population 
#21   Slovakia: 0.129 per 100,000 population 
#22   Netherlands: 0.116 per 100,000 population 
#23   Qatar: 0.116 per 100,000 population 
#24   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 0.113 per 100,000 population 
#25   Ukraine: 0.113 per 100,000 population 
#26   Russia: 0.109 per 100,000 population 
#27   Cuba: 0.106 per 100,000 population 
#28   Finland: 0.096 per 100,000 population 
#29   Greece: 0.094 per 100,000 population 
#30   Switzerland: 0.093 per 100,000 population 
#31   Moldova: 0.09 per 100,000 population 
#32   Belarus: 0.078 per 100,000 population 
#33   Germany: 0.074 per 100,000 population 
#34   Mongolia: 0.072 per 100,000 population 
#35   Kazakhstan: 0.072 per 100,000 population 
#36   Romania: 0.063 per 100,000 population 
#37   Austria: 0.061 per 100,000 population 
#38   Turkmenistan: 0.061 per 100,000 population 
#39   Spain: 0.059 per 100,000 population 
#40   Poland: 0.052 per 100,000 population 
#41   France: 0.048 per 100,000 population 
#42   Singapore: 0.045 per 100,000 population 
#43   United Arab Emirates: 0.039 per 100,000 population 
#44   Uzbekistan: 0.034 per 100,000 population 
#45   Argentina: 0.033 per 100,000 population 
#46   Uruguay: 0.029 per 100,000 population 
#47   Belgium: 0.029 per 100,000 population 
#48   Albania: 0.028 per 100,000 population 
#49   Portugal: 0.028 per 100,000 population 
#50   Ireland: 0.025 per 100,000 population 
#51   Costa Rica: 0.025 per 100,000 population 
#52   United States: 0.02 per 100,000 population 
#53   Tunisia: 0.02 per 100,000 population 
#54   Kyrgyzstan: 0.019 per 100,000 population 
#55   Chile: 0.019 per 100,000 population 
#56   Canada: 0.018 per 100,000 population 
#57   Paraguay: 0.016 per 100,000 population 
#58   Tajikistan: 0.014 per 100,000 population 
#59   Australia: 0.01 per 100,000 population 
#60   Italy: 0.009 per 100,000 population 
#61   Colombia: 0.007 per 100,000 population 
#62   Ecuador: 0.007 per 100,000 population 
#63   Peru: 0.007 per 100,000 population 
#64   Vietnam: 0.005 per 100,000 population 
#65   Brazil: 0.003 per 100,000 population 
#66   Indonesia: 0.003 per 100,000 population 
#67   Morocco: 0.003 per 100,000 population 
#68   Mexico: 0.003 per 100,000 population 
#69   Turkey: 0.003 per 100,000 population 
#70   Iran: 0.003 per 100,000 population 
#71   Bangladesh: 0.002 per 100,000 population 
#72   Burma: 0.002 per 100,000 population 
#73   India: 0.001 per 100,000 population 
#74   China: 0.001 per 100,000 population 
#75   Egypt: 0.001 per 100,000 population 
#76   Cyprus: 0 per 100,000 population 
#77   Afghanistan: 0 per 100,000 population 
#78   Virgin Islands: 0 per 100,000 population 
#79   Papua New Guinea: 0 per 100,000 population 
#80   Guatemala: 0 per 100,000 population 
#81   Macau: 0 per 100,000 population 
#82   Libya: 0 per 100,000 population 
#83   Fiji: 0 per 100,000 population 
#84   Hong Kong: 0 per 100,000 population 
#85   Botswana: 0 per 100,000 population 
#86   Mauritius: 0 per 100,000 population 
#87   Zimbabwe: 0 per 100,000 population 
#88   Namibia: 0 per 100,000 population 
#89   Guernsey: 0 per 100,000 population 
#90   Pakistan: 0 per 100,000 population 
#91   Lebanon: 0 per 100,000 population 
#92   Bahrain: 0 per 100,000 population 
#93   South Africa: 0 per 100,000 population 
#94   Brunei: 0 per 100,000 population 
#95   Liechtenstein: 0 per 100,000 population 
#96   Trinidad and Tobago: 0 per 100,000 population 
#97   New Zealand: 0 per 100,000 population 
#98   Venezuela: 0 per 100,000 population 
#99   Zambia: 0 per 100,000 population 
#100   Japan: 0 per 100,000 population 
#101   Syria: 0 per 100,000 population 
#102   Yemen: 0 per 100,000 population 
#103   Sri Lanka: 0 per 100,000 population 
#104   Angola: 0 per 100,000 population 
#105   Jamaica: 0 per 100,000 population 
#106   Jordan: 0 per 100,000 population 
#107   Panama: 0 per 100,000 population 
#108   Malaysia: 0 per 100,000 population 
#109   Suriname: 0 per 100,000 population 
#110   Thailand: 0 per 100,000 population 
#111   Nepal: 0 per 100,000 population 
#112   Algeria: 0 per 100,000 population 
#113   Ethiopia: 0 per 100,000 population 
#114   Kuwait: 0 per 100,000 population 
#115   Monaco: 0 per 100,000 population 
#116   Faroe Islands: 0 per 100,000 population 
#117   Jersey: 0 per 100,000 population 
#118   El Salvador: 0 per 100,000 population 
#119   Malta: 0 per 100,000 population 
#120   Netherlands Antilles: 0 per 100,000 population 
#121   Sudan: 0 per 100,000 population 
#122   Puerto Rico: 0 per 100,000 population 
#123   San Marino: 0 per 100,000 population 
#124   Nicaragua: 0 per 100,000 population 
#125   Aruba: 0 per 100,000 population 
#126   Honduras: 0 per 100,000 population 
#127   Kenya: 0 per 100,000 population 
#128   Iraq: 0 per 100,000 population 
#129   British Virgin Islands: 0 per 100,000 population 
#130   Barbados: 0 per 100,000 population 
#131   Bermuda: 0 per 100,000 population 
#132   Bolivia: 0 per 100,000 population 
#133   Rwanda: 0 per 100,000 population 
#134   Uganda: 0 per 100,000 population 
#135   Seychelles: 0 per 100,000 population 
Total: 12.591 per 100,000 population  
Weighted average: 0.1 per 100,000 population  


DEFINITION: Number of GrandMaster chess champions, by country. A GrandMaster is the highest level of recognition in chess. Per capita figures expressed per 100,000 population.

SOURCE: World Chess Federation, 2006

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