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Czech Republic: Best at Drinking Beer—Czechs have the Luxembourg: Highest Foreign Language Proiciency—

highest per capita beer consumption in the world, at a The average student in Luxembourg learns 2.5 foreign

yearly rate of 148.6 liters per capita.
languages in school, and by adulthood, 61% of the

Denmark: Most Dancing and Singing—More than any population can speak three different foreign languages at

other European country, 35% of Danes report having a conversational level.

danced in the past 12 months, and 38% report having Malta: Most Optimistic about the Future—Malta’s

sung.
optimism could stem from an amazingly low

Estonia: Least Wasteful—Belgians might recycle more unemployment rate, which is less than half of any of its

than anyone else, but Estonians are the least wasteful Mediterranean neighbors.

altogether.
Netherlands: Most People who’ve Quit Smoking—

Smoking is a gigantic public health problem in Europe,
Finland: Most Tourists—When ranked in terms of
residents who actually go on trips, 88.5% of Finns have but 30% of the Dutch have already quit smoking tobacco

taken an overnight trip for personal tourism in the past 12 cigarettes.

months.
Poland: Biggest Apple Producer—Poland produces more

than 3 million tons of apples per year.
France: Lowest Obesity Rate—It’s hard to believe
Portugal: Highest Cork Production
a country that was founded on triple-fat cheese and —Nearly half of the
baguettes could have the lowest obesity rates in Europe — world’s cork supply comes from Portugal (about 49.6%).

but it’s true.
Romania: Lowest Cocaine Use—Romanians are not very

Germany: Happiest with Employment—The most highly interested in using cocaine.

populated country in the EU, Germany, still manages to Slovakia: Most Work Experience with Robots—More
have enough jobs to go around.
Slovakians reported having previously worked with a

Greece: Lowest Rate of Tuberculosis—The country has a robot either at home or at school.

rate of only 5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
Slovenia: Fewest Teen Mothers—Perhaps it’s because of

Hungary: Least Illegal Spending—Some countries do a excellent access to birth control, but the country has the

lot of off-the-record economic activity, and others, such as lowest incidence of teen moms.

Hungary, reportedly do very little.
Spain: Most popular Erasmus Destination—What are
Ireland: Fewest Divorcesmost people looking for when they study abroad? Warm
—Ireland has the lowest divorce
rate and also the highest fertility rate.
weather, nice beaches, and an excellent selection of ham.

Spain checks all the boxes, and then some.
Italy: Highest Life Expectancy—The life expectancy for an

Italian is 82.03 years—higher than any other European Sweden: Most Internet Users—94.8% of Swedes have

country.
Internet access. (The other 5.2% still have to walk back to
IKEA to igure out how to assemble their new end table.)
Latvia: Most Likely to Give a Gift to a Public Oficial—

Latvians are generous; 67% of them igure that public UK: Lowest Homicide Rate—There have been a lot of

oficials deserve recognition year-round and require at high-proile British murderers starting with Jack the

least a bundt cake to get a pot hole ixed.
Ripper, but the UK actually has the lowest homicide rate

Lithuania: Most Secondary School Graduates—93.4% of at only 0.3 per 100,000 inhabitants.

Lithuanians complete secondary school. (In comparison,

93.4% of Americans can’t ind Lithuania on a map.)

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