When it comes to comparing things I am a big fan of ratios rather than looking at the absolute values. Here I did a quick analysis on a trendy topic to plan my next business trips before we all get travel restrictions:
Rank | Country | Reported COVID-19 Cases | Land Area (sq km) | COVID-19 per square km | COVID-19 per 100 square km |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vatican City | 1 | 0.44 | 2.27273 | 227.27 |
2 | San Marino | 66 | 61 | 1.08197 | 108.20 |
3 | Monaco | 1 | 2 | 0.50000 | 50.00 |
4 | Macau | 10 | 25 | 0.40000 | 40.00 |
5 | Bahrain | 195 | 665 | 0.29323 | 29.32 |
6 | Singapore | 178 | 693 | 0.25685 | 25.69 |
7 | Hong Kong | 126 | 1,092 | 0.11538 | 11.54 |
8 | South Korea | 7,755 | 99,909 | 0.07762 | 7.76 |
9 | Italy | 12,462 | 301,230 | 0.04137 | 4.14 |
10 | Maldives | 8 | 300 | 0.02667 | 2.67 |
11 | Qatar | 262 | 11,437 | 0.02291 | 2.29 |
12 | Malta | 6 | 316 | 0.01899 | 1.90 |
13 | Switzerland | 652 | 41,290 | 0.01579 | 1.58 |
14 | Guernsey | 1 | 78 | 0.01282 | 1.28 |
15 | Netherlands | 503 | 41,526 | 0.01211 | 1.21 |
16 | Denmark | 444 | 43,094 | 0.01030 | 1.03 |
17 | Belgium | 314 | 30,510 | 0.01029 | 1.03 |
18 | Jersey | 1 | 116 | 0.00862 | 0.86 |
19 | China | 80,790 | 9,596,960 | 0.00842 | 0.84 |
20 | Liechtenstein | 1 | 160 | 0.00625 | 0.63 |
21 | Lebanon | 61 | 10,400 | 0.00587 | 0.59 |
22 | Iran | 9,000 | 1,648,000 | 0.00546 | 0.55 |
23 | Germany | 1,908 | 357,021 | 0.00534 | 0.53 |
24 | Palestine | 30 | 6,220 | 0.00482 | 0.48 |
25 | Israel | 97 | 20,770 | 0.00467 | 0.47 |
26 | Spain | 2,231 | 504,782 | 0.00442 | 0.44 |
27 | France | 2,281 | 547,030 | 0.00417 | 0.42 |
28 | Kuwait | 72 | 17,820 | 0.00404 | 0.40 |
29 | Austria | 246 | 83,858 | 0.00293 | 0.29 |
30 | Slovenia | 57 | 20,273 | 0.00281 | 0.28 |
31 | Luxembourg | 7 | 2,586 | 0.00271 | 0.27 |
32 | Andorra | 1 | 468 | 0.00214 | 0.21 |
33 | Brunei | 11 | 5,770 | 0.00191 | 0.19 |
34 | United Kingdom | 460 | 241,930 | 0.00190 | 0.19 |
35 | Norway | 598 | 324,220 | 0.00184 | 0.18 |
36 | Japan | 639 | 377,835 | 0.00169 | 0.17 |
37 | Taiwan | 48 | 36,193 | 0.00133 | 0.13 |
38 | Czech Republic | 91 | 78,866 | 0.00115 | 0.12 |
39 | Sweden | 500 | 449,964 | 0.00111 | 0.11 |
40 | United Arab Emirates | 74 | 82,880 | 0.00089 | 0.09 |
41 | Iceland | 90 | 103,000 | 0.00087 | 0.09 |
42 | Greece | 99 | 131,940 | 0.00075 | 0.08 |
43 | Cyprus | 6 | 9,250 | 0.00065 | 0.06 |
44 | Portugal | 59 | 92,391 | 0.00064 | 0.06 |
45 | Ireland | 43 | 70,280 | 0.00061 | 0.06 |
46 | Albania | 15 | 28,748 | 0.00052 | 0.05 |
47 | Malaysia | 149 | 329,750 | 0.00045 | 0.05 |
48 | Estonia | 16 | 45,226 | 0.00035 | 0.04 |
49 | Georgia | 24 | 69,700 | 0.00034 | 0.03 |
50 | Croatia | 19 | 56,542 | 0.00034 | 0.03 |
51 | North Macedonia | 7 | 25,433 | 0.00028 | 0.03 |
52 | Costa Rica | 13 | 51,100 | 0.00025 | 0.03 |
53 | Slovakia | 10 | 48,845 | 0.00020 | 0.02 |
54 | Romania | 47 | 237,500 | 0.00020 | 0.02 |
55 | Serbia | 18 | 102,350 | 0.00018 | 0.02 |
56 | Finland | 59 | 337,030 | 0.00018 | 0.02 |
57 | Philippines | 49 | 300,000 | 0.00016 | 0.02 |
58 | Iraq | 71 | 437,072 | 0.00016 | 0.02 |
59 | Latvia | 10 | 64,589 | 0.00015 | 0.02 |
60 | Hungary | 13 | 93,030 | 0.00014 | 0.01 |
61 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7 | 51,187 | 0.00014 | 0.01 |
62 | Azerbaijan | 11 | 86,600 | 0.00013 | 0.01 |
63 | United States | 1,110 | 9,147,593 | 0.00012 | 0.01 |
64 | Vietnam | 38 | 329,560 | 0.00012 | 0.01 |
65 | Thailand | 59 | 514,000 | 0.00011 | 0.01 |
66 | Dominican Republic | 5 | 48,730 | 0.00010 | 0.01 |
67 | Panama | 8 | 78,200 | 0.00010 | 0.01 |
68 | Poland | 31 | 312,685 | 0.00010 | 0.01 |
69 | Jamaica | 1 | 10,831 | 0.00009 | 0.01 |
70 | Moldova | 3 | 33,843 | 0.00009 | 0.01 |
71 | Oman | 18 | 212,460 | 0.00008 | 0.01 |
72 | Bulgaria | 7 | 110,910 | 0.00006 | 0.01 |
73 | Ecuador | 17 | 283,560 | 0.00006 | 0.01 |
74 | Egypt | 60 | 1,001,450 | 0.00006 | 0.01 |
75 | Belarus | 12 | 207,600 | 0.00006 | 0.01 |
76 | Lithuania | 3 | 65,200 | 0.00005 | 0.00 |
77 | Tunisia | 7 | 163,610 | 0.00004 | 0.00 |
78 | Armenia | 1 | 29,800 | 0.00003 | 0.00 |
79 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 65,610 | 0.00003 | 0.00 |
80 | Chile | 23 | 756,950 | 0.00003 | 0.00 |
81 | Pakistan | 19 | 803,940 | 0.00002 | 0.00 |
82 | Bhutan | 1 | 47,000 | 0.00002 | 0.00 |
83 | Bangladesh | 3 | 144,000 | 0.00002 | 0.00 |
84 | Senegal | 4 | 196,190 | 0.00002 | 0.00 |
85 | India | 62 | 3,287,590 | 0.00002 | 0.00 |
86 | New Zealand | 5 | 268,680 | 0.00002 | 0.00 |
87 | Honduras | 2 | 112,090 | 0.00002 | 0.00 |
88 | Indonesia | 34 | 1,919,440 | 0.00002 | 0.00 |
89 | Togo | 1 | 56,785 | 0.00002 | 0.00 |
90 | Cambodia | 3 | 181,040 | 0.00002 | 0.00 |
91 | Australia | 127 | 7,686,850 | 0.00002 | 0.00 |
92 | Morocco | 6 | 446,550 | 0.00001 | 0.00 |
93 | Paraguay | 5 | 406,750 | 0.00001 | 0.00 |
94 | Jordan | 1 | 92,300 | 0.00001 | 0.00 |
95 | Afghanistan | 7 | 647,500 | 0.00001 | 0.00 |
96 | Saudi Arabia | 21 | 1,960,582 | 0.00001 | 0.00 |
97 | South Africa | 13 | 1,219,912 | 0.00001 | 0.00 |
98 | Canada | 102 | 9,976,140 | 0.00001 | 0.00 |
99 | Peru | 11 | 1,285,220 | 0.00001 | 0.00 |
100 | Algeria | 20 | 2,381,740 | 0.00001 | 0.00 |
101 | Colombia | 9 | 1,138,910 | 0.00001 | 0.00 |
102 | Burkina Faso | 2 | 274,200 | 0.00001 | 0.00 |
103 | Nepal | 1 | 140,800 | 0.00001 | 0.00 |
104 | Argentina | 19 | 2,766,890 | 0.00001 | 0.00 |
105 | Brazil | 52 | 8,511,965 | 0.00001 | 0.00 |
106 | Cameroon | 2 | 475,440 | 0.00000 | 0.00 |
107 | Mexico | 8 | 1,972,550 | 0.00000 | 0.00 |
108 | Ivory Coast | 1 | 322,463 | 0.00000 | 0.00 |
109 | Nigeria | 2 | 923,768 | 0.00000 | 0.00 |
110 | Bolivia | 2 | 1,098,580 | 0.00000 | 0.00 |
111 | Ukraine | 1 | 603,700 | 0.00000 | 0.00 |
112 | Russia | 28 | 17,075,200 | 0.00000 | 0.00 |
113 | Turkey | 1 | 780,580 | 0.00000 | 0.00 |
114 | Mongolia | 1 | 1,565,000 | 0.00000 | 0.00 |
115 | DR Congo | 1 | 2,267,048 | 0.00000 | 0.00 |