29,015 answers · 6 June to 6 October 2026

The countries players know least, and the ones they know best

I make GeoQuiz, a geography quiz app. Players meet each country in up to four ways: its flag, its shape, its place on the map and, for Europe and Asia, its capital. I took 29,015 answers on those questions and gave every country one score, the average of how often players got each kind right.

< 55%
55%–65%
65%–75%
75%–85%
85%+
Not enough answers

Teal means players got the country right more often, red means less often.

Notes on the numbers

Of the 15 least-known countries, 4 are in Europe: Hungary (51%), Latvia (51%), Lithuania (53%) and Slovenia (55%). Players did better on Madagascar (86%) than on any of them.
All 57 players asked to find Australia on the map found it, but only 50% knew its flag.
Central America is where players struggled most in the Americas: Nicaragua (46%), Costa Rica (47%), Honduras (54%) and Belize (54%) are all in the bottom 15.
Timor-Leste is Australia the other way round: 77% knew the flag, and 40% could find the country on the map.
By region, players did best on Asia (75%), then Europe (71%), and worst on Oceania (59%).
Canada came first. 85% knew its flag, and all 24 players asked to find it on the map did.

Find the ten hardest

These are the ten lowest-scoring countries that show on the map. The map zooms to the right area; tap the country. Players found 4.9 of these ten on average.

Too small to see on the map

Island and city states disappear at this size, so here they are on their own.

San Marino81%
Andorra77%
Monaco68%
Kosovo67%
Liechtenstein66%

Every country, ranked

A dash means fewer than 15 answers on that kind of question.

#	Country	Score	Flag	Shape	Map	Capital
1	Canada	93%	85%	94%	100%	–
2	India	92%	84%	96%	97%	–
3	Japan	92%	85%	94%	95%	–
4	China	89%	78%	90%	100%	–
5	United Kingdom	89%	79%	95%	94%	–
6	Sri Lanka	88%	86%	93%	86%	–
7	Egypt	88%	64%	100%	100%	–
8	Spain	88%	70%	95%	93%	93%
9	Brazil	87%	66%	96%	100%	–
10	Italy	87%	75%	91%	100%	82%
11	Argentina	87%	75%	93%	92%	–
12	United States	87%	81%	–	93%	–
13	South Africa	86%	67%	92%	100%	–
14	Madagascar	86%	67%	90%	100%	–
15	Israel	85%	84%	86%	86%	–
16	Senegal	85%	65%	94%	96%	–
17	Portugal	84%	62%	91%	84%	100%
18	Iran	84%	75%	–	94%	–
19	Philippines	83%	84%	81%	85%	–
20	Mexico	83%	69%	92%	87%	–
21	Turkey	83%	73%	92%	82%	83%
22	Bangladesh	82%	78%	87%	–	–
23	South Korea	82%	77%	79%	90%	–
24	Chile	82%	83%	89%	73%	–
25	Nepal	82%	77%	74%	94%	–
26	United Arab Emirates	81%	76%	–	86%	–
27	San Marino	81%	73%	–	–	89%
28	Australia	81%	50%	92%	100%	–
29	Tunisia	81%	72%	–	89%	–
30	Libya	80%	68%	–	92%	–
31	Yemen	80%	69%	71%	86%	93%
32	Norway	80%	65%	81%	82%	90%
33	Togo	80%	72%	–	87%	–
34	Germany	79%	77%	74%	88%	–
35	Croatia	79%	73%	100%	65%	79%
36	Russia	79%	67%	78%	93%	–
37	Vietnam	79%	74%	73%	90%	–
38	Ukraine	79%	74%	77%	88%	74%
39	Greece	78%	71%	82%	86%	75%
40	Ireland	78%	66%	–	74%	95%
41	Qatar	78%	70%	–	86%	–
42	Cuba	78%	65%	100%	69%	–
43	Mongolia	78%	86%	52%	96%	–
44	South Sudan	78%	73%	–	83%	–
45	Angola	78%	64%	78%	91%	–
46	Indonesia	78%	76%	66%	92%	–
47	Cyprus	78%	67%	–	–	88%
48	Mozambique	78%	70%	78%	85%	–
49	Belarus	77%	69%	75%	79%	87%
50	North Korea	77%	75%	62%	95%	–
51	Iceland	77%	68%	87%	78%	74%
52	Lesotho	77%	68%	–	85%	–
53	Andorra	77%	58%	–	–	95%
54	Kuwait	77%	69%	–	84%	–
55	Peru	77%	76%	65%	89%	–
56	Saudi Arabia	76%	84%	59%	86%	–
57	Jordan	76%	72%	73%	84%	–
58	Taiwan	76%	70%	–	81%	–
59	Chad	76%	72%	–	79%	–
60	DR Congo	75%	59%	79%	89%	–
61	Dominican Republic	75%	64%	–	87%	–
62	Uganda	75%	78%	–	72%	–
63	France	75%	73%	–	77%	–
64	Algeria	75%	60%	–	89%	–
65	Morocco	75%	67%	73%	84%	–
66	Niger	74%	64%	–	85%	–
67	Cambodia	74%	75%	77%	70%	–
68	Malta	74%	71%	–	–	77%
69	Sweden	74%	66%	80%	76%	–
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina	74%	62%	88%	76%	70%
71	Finland	74%	68%	60%	73%	94%
72	Turkmenistan	74%	77%	–	70%	–
73	New Zealand	73%	49%	83%	89%	–
74	Haiti	73%	73%	–	73%	–
75	Colombia	73%	69%	69%	81%	–
76	Luxembourg	73%	73%	–	57%	88%
77	Pakistan	72%	78%	63%	76%	–
78	Benin	72%	60%	–	84%	–
79	North Macedonia	72%	76%	–	68%	72%
80	Mali	72%	61%	–	83%	–
81	Venezuela	71%	68%	61%	85%	–
82	Kenya	71%	68%	70%	76%	–
83	Netherlands	71%	67%	68%	70%	80%
84	Uzbekistan	71%	70%	–	72%	–
85	Somalia	71%	63%	–	79%	–
86	Ethiopia	71%	66%	64%	83%	–
87	Georgia	71%	78%	52%	73%	79%
88	Myanmar	70%	77%	64%	–	71%
89	Kazakhstan	70%	78%	54%	80%	69%
90	Poland	70%	71%	58%	79%	71%
91	Namibia	70%	65%	–	74%	–
92	Laos	70%	69%	59%	81%	–
93	Oman	70%	70%	74%	65%	–
94	Thailand	70%	75%	65%	69%	–
95	Cameroon	70%	77%	64%	68%	–
96	Syria	69%	63%	–	76%	–
97	Malawi	69%	65%	–	73%	–
98	Bhutan	69%	74%	–	64%	–
99	Afghanistan	69%	72%	67%	69%	–
100	Malaysia	69%	78%	75%	54%	–
101	Nigeria	69%	76%	50%	80%	–
102	Austria	69%	58%	71%	78%	–
103	Sudan	69%	63%	71%	72%	–
104	Belgium	69%	67%	60%	74%	73%
105	Botswana	69%	67%	–	70%	–
106	Azerbaijan	68%	80%	67%	59%	–
107	Monaco	68%	52%	–	–	85%
108	Bolivia	68%	68%	58%	78%	–
109	Denmark	68%	66%	68%	70%	–
110	Jamaica	68%	65%	–	71%	–
111	Mauritania	67%	62%	–	72%	–
112	Tanzania	67%	69%	65%	68%	–
113	Bahamas	67%	58%	–	76%	–
114	Liberia	67%	69%	–	64%	–
115	Albania	67%	71%	–	56%	73%
116	Kosovo	67%	65%	–	67%	68%
117	Zambia	66%	70%	–	63%	–
118	Liechtenstein	66%	62%	–	–	70%
119	Equatorial Guinea	66%	69%	–	63%	–
120	Switzerland	66%	75%	71%	65%	54%
121	Bulgaria	66%	59%	76%	40%	88%
122	Zimbabwe	66%	55%	–	76%	–
123	Eritrea	65%	67%	–	63%	–
124	Armenia	65%	73%	56%	46%	86%
125	Central African Republic	65%	48%	–	82%	–
126	Paraguay	65%	62%	60%	73%	–
127	Kyrgyzstan	65%	74%	–	56%	–
128	Burundi	65%	66%	–	63%	–
129	Czechia	64%	52%	–	73%	68%
130	Côte d'Ivoire	64%	60%	–	69%	–
131	Panama	64%	74%	48%	70%	–
132	Ghana	64%	57%	53%	81%	–
133	Republic of the Congo	64%	48%	–	79%	–
134	Romania	63%	58%	–	50%	82%
135	Trinidad and Tobago	62%	70%	–	55%	–
136	Gabon	62%	68%	–	57%	–
137	Moldova	62%	60%	–	50%	76%
138	Eswatini	61%	65%	–	58%	–
139	Uruguay	61%	75%	48%	61%	–
140	Estonia	61%	73%	46%	55%	68%
141	Rwanda	60%	48%	–	73%	–
142	Burkina Faso	60%	60%	–	61%	–
143	Ecuador	60%	57%	38%	85%	–
144	Guatemala	60%	55%	74%	50%	–
145	Papua New Guinea	59%	41%	–	78%	–
146	El Salvador	59%	58%	–	60%	–
147	Djibouti	59%	55%	–	63%	–
148	Timor-Leste	59%	77%	–	40%	–
149	Slovakia	59%	54%	65%	39%	77%
150	Guinea-Bissau	58%	60%	–	56%	–
151	Gambia	58%	61%	–	55%	–
152	Serbia	57%	59%	85%	47%	37%
153	Montenegro	56%	61%	–	53%	55%
154	Iraq	56%	34%	58%	78%	–
155	Tajikistan	56%	62%	–	50%	–
156	Sierra Leone	56%	67%	–	45%	–
157	Brunei	56%	71%	–	40%	–
158	Slovenia	55%	46%	–	46%	74%
159	Guyana	54%	67%	55%	40%	–
160	Belize	54%	61%	–	46%	–
161	Honduras	54%	55%	–	53%	–
162	Lithuania	53%	65%	32%	55%	62%
163	Fiji	52%	45%	–	59%	–
164	Latvia	51%	52%	58%	38%	57%
165	Hungary	51%	67%	38%	49%	–
166	Guinea	50%	43%	–	56%	–
167	Suriname	49%	58%	–	39%	–
168	Costa Rica	47%	51%	41%	49%	–
169	Nicaragua	46%	43%	–	49%	–
170	Vanuatu	45%	44%	–	46%	–
171	Solomon Islands	41%	35%	–	47%	–

How I counted

Answers: 29,015 answers from signed-in GeoQuiz players, 6 June to 6 October 2026
Score: For each country, the average of the share right on each kind of question with at least 15 answers
Choices: Flag, shape and capital questions show four names. Map questions have none: you tap the country
Left out: Answers that ran out of time

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