Guess the map 15: GDP or population?

[Kyriakos]

UK is on it, and I am surprised it is so low. More surprised about Albania.

Yes. I do wonder if that stat could be realistic.
Maybe this accounts mostly for drinks bought in supermarkets etc, not in bars.

 

[lymond]

Yay!!! I knew the Finns liked their alcohol...and milk. And I believe an Irish person has been known to drink on occasion.

edit: may take me a bit to put something together, but I have an idea already

 

[amadeus]

I thought it would be something more esoteric given that so many countries lacked data.

 

[Takhisis]

What amadeus said, and also a certain Himalayan country showing up like that threw me off.

 

[bene_legionary]

Hmmm... I read that Albanians had a long wine history so I was thinking of putting % of households with vineyards, but you can't fit many vineyards in Bhutan...

 

[amadeus]

Hmmm... I read that Albanians had a long wine history so I was thinking of putting % of households with vineyards, but you can't fit many vineyards in Bhutan...

Maybe that’s why such a significant share of income is spent on alcohol.

 

[stfoskey12]

This thread has been dead for over a year, so I am reviving it with a new map.

 

[Samson]

That seems a pretty odd set of countries. Is it more economic, cultural or demographic?

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Is oil production involved in this?

 

[Arakhor]

Are Jamaica and the Bahamas involved in oil production? Trinidad isn't listed either, if that's the case.

I have no idea what links Bulgaria with the Philippines, Costa Rica and Jamaica.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

This ought to be easy in a way. Most of them are so different from each other so that if you can find something that links two countries like Bulgaria and Oman you should most definitely get the answer.

 

[EnglishEdward]

The popularity of karaoke ?

 

[Arakhor]

And yet Japan is not there.

 

[Samson]

Outside of the Americas it is only Bulgaria, Oman the Philipines and one South Pacific Island. The middle bit of the americas is swarmng with it. Is it to do with guns?

Spoiler Centralish America :

 

[Kyriakos]

Percentage of people fluent in English? ^^

A quick google search did not reveal common traits for Bulgaria-US-Oman.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Perhaps It has to do with volcanic activity.

 

[Birdjaguar]

There is no reason to think that the connection is in our current time frame.

 

[stfoskey12]

That seems a pretty odd set of countries. Is it more economic, cultural or demographic?

Demographic

Is oil production involved in this?

No

The popularity of karaoke ?

No

Outside of the Americas it is only Bulgaria, Oman the Philipines and one South Pacific Island. The middle bit of the americas is swarmng with it. Is it to do with guns?

Spoiler Centralish America :

Indirectly

Perhaps It has to do with volcanic activity.

No

 

[Hygro]

Chatgpt has decided it’s probably countries that have put astronauts in space exclusively with the USA space program.

That was a bust and it guessed progressively worse after that. I think when it said these are the countries most susceptible to hurricanes (including Bulgaria) was my favorite

 

[amadeus]

Is it countries where s———— is done primarily by firearm?