Guess the Map III: The Map Lover's Paradise

[Terxpahseyton]

Yay, I never correctly guessed a map

 

[Terxpahseyton]

Oh, I have no map to offer. So please shoot ahead

 

[W|M]

Clue: China is highest and USA is 2nd highest.

 

[uat2d]

What do the colors mean??

 

[Terxpahseyton]

That was my first thought as well. I it should be possible without knowing that, but it would help.

 

[W|M]

Black = 1
Red = 2
Orange = 3
Light orange = 4
Yellow = 5
Light Green = 6
Dark Green = 7
Cyan = 8
Blue = 9
Navy blue = 10
Purple = 11
Lilac = 12
USA = 13
China = 15

 

[aukrest]

Amount of manufacturing goods produced on some sort of scale?

 

[sepamu92]

Could it be something like UNESCO World Heritage sites?

 

[dwaxe]

Peaks above a certain elevation?

 

[W|M]

No for all the guesses.

 

[Lord of Elves]

CO2 emissions?

 

[emzie]

# of ports over a certain tonnage?

 

[Terxpahseyton]

Cash reserves?
or
Gold stockpiled?

 

[emzie]

# of ports over a certain tonnage?

Wow, Uzbekistan? What a dumb answer ><

 

[sepamu92]

Black = 1
Red = 2
Orange = 3
Light orange = 4
Yellow = 5
Light Green = 6
Dark Green = 7
Cyan = 8
Blue = 9
Navy blue = 10
Purple = 11
Lilac = 12
USA = 13
China = 15

Is this the absolute number of whatever it is, or is it the number of [some unit]'s or [some amount]'s? Like, does China have 15 of whatever it is, or does it have (say) 15 thousand tons per year?

 

[emzie]

Cities with a population over 1m?

 

[Joecoolyo]

You would think India would be higher then.

 

[Mango Elephant]

Stock exchanges?

 

[metatron]

Wow, Uzbekistan? What a dumb answer ><

Well...

# of ports over a certain tonnage?

Australia?

Amount of manufacturing goods produced on some sort of scale?

Venezuela > UK ?

Peaks above a certain elevation?

Nepal = 0 ?

Gold stockpiled?

Give that eagle a hug.
FRG #2
USA #1
Sovereigns.
If you want to add up all gold (i doubt there are statistics on that) Switzerland would probably be somewhat more prominent.

Could it be something like UNESCO World Heritage sites?

Italy? France? Spain? Mexico?
Long list before the US comes up with a bunch of parks and a french statue like the "special" kid that has to be included in some way?

@west india man:
I'm sorry. Thought hard about this. But i can't come up with anything that wouldn't deserve immediate mockery as well.

 

[Fuzzz]

production of cars in millions/yr.