I thought it would be interesting to see how each country is doing in the medal count relative to population. I used the UN population figures for 2000, and the up-to-date medal standings. I only calculated as far as Canada, so I'm sure many other countries could appear on this list. What this shows me is that Australia's record is the most impressive, followed by the Netherlands. Canada is not doing much worse than the US in relative terms. China is doing quite poorly given the large population.
Another report could be made based on each country's GNP. I leave that for someone else to calculate.
Relative medal Standings:
Medals/1,000,000 population
Australia = 2.036
Netherlands = 1.195
Hungary = 1.099
Belarus = 1.096
Greece = 1.009
Bulgaria = 0.988
Cuba = 0.714
Romania = 0.712
South Korea = 0.448
France = 0.438
UK = 0.409
Germany = 0.401
Italy = 0.382
Russia = 0.343
Ukraine = 0.342
Spain = 0.294
Japan = 0.260
USA = 0.256
Canada = 0.228
Poland = 0.207
China = 0.041
Joe Sports read my calculations on the Big Show! He called me a legal wizard and a math wizard. LOL!
|