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DEFINITION:
Number of GrandMaster chess champions, by country. A GrandMaster is the highest level of recognition in chess. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
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1 | Iceland | 29.63 | 2006 | |
2 | Andorra | 12.21 | 2006 | |
3 | Armenia | 5.66 | 2006 | |
4 | Israel | 4.68 | 2006 | |
5 | Slovenia | 4.48 | 2006 | |
6 | Georgia | 4.32 | 2006 | |
7 | Croatia | 4.05 | 2006 | |
8 | Latvia | 3.93 | 2006 | |
9 | Hungary | 3.57 | 2006 | |
10 | Bulgaria | 2.99 | 2006 | |
11 | Estonia | 2.98 | 2006 | |
NATO countries average (profile) | 2.62 | 2006 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 2.45 | 2006 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 2.31 | 2006 | ||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 2.17 | 2006 | ||
12 | Luxembourg | 2.12 | 2006 | |
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 2.08 | 2006 | ||
13 | Czech Republic | 1.85 | 2006 | |
14 | Lithuania | 1.77 | 2006 | |
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 1.77 | 2006 | ||
15 | Norway | 1.72 | 2006 | |
16 | Denmark | 1.66 | 2006 | |
17 | Sweden | 1.65 | 2006 | |
18 | Azerbaijan | 1.65 | 2006 | |
European Union average (profile) | 1.47 | 2006 | ||
19 | Slovakia | 1.3 | 2006 | |
20 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.29 | 2006 | |
Eurozone average (profile) | 1.17 | 2006 | ||
21 | Netherlands | 1.16 | 2006 | |
22 | Ukraine | 1.13 | 2006 | |
23 | Moldova | 1.12 | 2006 | |
24 | Russia | 1.09 | 2006 | |
25 | Cuba | 1.06 | 2006 | |
26 | Qatar | 1.03 | 2006 | |
27 | Finland | 0.949 | 2006 | |
28 | Switzerland | 0.935 | 2006 | |
29 | Greece | 0.897 | 2006 | |
30 | Belarus | 0.833 | 2006 | |
Emerging markets average (profile) | 0.81 | 2006 | ||
31 | Mongolia | 0.781 | 2006 | |
32 | Germany | 0.741 | 2006 | |
33 | Kazakhstan | 0.719 | 2006 | |
34 | Romania | 0.649 | 2006 | |
35 | Turkmenistan | 0.625 | 2006 | |
36 | Austria | 0.605 | 2006 | |
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 0.596 | 2006 | ||
37 | Spain | 0.544 | 2006 | |
38 | Poland | 0.524 | 2006 | |
39 | France | 0.456 | 2006 | |
40 | Singapore | 0.454 | 2006 | |
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 0.387 | 2006 | ||
41 | Uzbekistan | 0.34 | 2006 | |
42 | Argentina | 0.333 | 2006 | |
43 | Albania | 0.315 | 2006 | |
44 | Uruguay | 0.3 | 2006 | |
45 | Belgium | 0.284 | 2006 | |
46 | Portugal | 0.283 | 2006 | |
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 0.278 | 2006 | ||
47 | Ireland | 0.235 | 2006 | |
48 | Costa Rica | 0.228 | 2006 | |
49 | United Arab Emirates | 0.205 | 2006 | |
50 | United States | 0.201 | 2006 | |
51 | Tunisia | 0.197 | 2006 | |
52 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.192 | 2006 | |
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 0.186 | 2006 | ||
53 | Canada | 0.184 | 2006 | |
54 | Chile | 0.182 | 2006 | |
55 | Paraguay | 0.166 | 2006 | |
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 0.148 | 2006 | ||
56 | Tajikistan | 0.144 | 2006 | |
OPEC countries average (profile) | 0.141 | 2006 | ||
57 | Australia | 0.0966 | 2006 | |
58 | Italy | 0.0848 | 2006 | |
59 | Peru | 0.0714 | 2006 | |
60 | Ecuador | 0.0713 | 2006 | |
61 | Colombia | 0.0684 | 2006 | |
62 | Vietnam | 0.048 | 2006 | |
63 | Morocco | 0.0329 | 2006 | |
64 | Brazil | 0.0319 | 2006 | |
65 | Indonesia | 0.0307 | 2006 | |
66 | Turkey | 0.0291 | 2006 | |
67 | Iran | 0.0282 | 2006 | |
68 | Mexico | 0.0268 | 2006 | |
69 | Bangladesh | 0.0207 | 2006 | |
70 | Burma | 0.0198 | 2006 | |
71 | China | 0.0145 | 2006 | |
72 | Egypt | 0.0137 | 2006 | |
73 | India | 0.00962 | 2006 | |
South Asia average (profile) | 0.00758 | 2006 | ||
=74 | Ethiopia | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Monaco | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Afghanistan | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Bahrain | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Libya | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Liechtenstein | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Mauritius | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Malaysia | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Barbados | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Panama | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | El Salvador | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Rwanda | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Thailand | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Hong Kong | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Lebanon | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Fiji | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Sudan | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Nepal | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Suriname | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Venezuela | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Zimbabwe | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Jordan | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Syria | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Botswana | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Aruba | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Bolivia | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Guatemala | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Pakistan | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | New Zealand | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Yemen | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Jamaica | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Macau | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Kenya | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | San Marino | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Cyprus | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Bermuda | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Angola | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | South Africa | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Uganda | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Japan | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Brunei | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Algeria | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Puerto Rico | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Iraq | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Seychelles | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Nicaragua | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Malta | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Kuwait | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Zambia | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Honduras | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Sri Lanka | 0.0 | 2006 | |
=74 | Namibia | 0.0 | 2006 |
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Interesting observations about Sports > Chess > GrandMasters per million
- Iceland ranked first for chess > grandMasters per million amongst Europe in 2006.
- Slovenia ranked first for chess > grandMasters per million amongst European Union in 2006.
- Israel ranked second for chess > grandMasters per million amongst High income OECD countries in 2006.
- Latvia ranked first for chess > grandMasters per million amongst Emerging markets in 2006.
- Azerbaijan ranked first for chess > grandMasters per million amongst Muslim countries in 2006.
- Andorra ranked first for chess > grandMasters per million amongst Catholic countries in 2006.
- Czech Republic ranked first for chess > grandMasters per million amongst Non-religious countries in 2006.
- Cuba ranked first for chess > grandMasters per million amongst Hot countries in 2006.
- Armenia ranked first for chess > grandMasters per million amongst Former Soviet republics in 2006.
- Japan ranked last for chess > grandMasters per million amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2006.