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DEFINITION:
Number of International Masters in chess, by country. International Master is the second highest recognition in chess. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 36.21 | 2006 | |
| 2 | Croatia | 12.39 | 2006 | |
| 3 | Andorra | 12.21 | 2006 | |
| 4 | Slovenia | 11.96 | 2006 | |
| 5 | Hungary | 9.83 | 2006 | |
| 6 | Estonia | 8.93 | 2006 | |
| 7 | Armenia | 7.33 | 2006 | |
| 8 | Georgia | 6.59 | 2006 | |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 6.1 | 2006 | |
| 10 | Czech Republic | 5.94 | 2006 | |
| 11 | Denmark | 5.89 | 2006 | |
| 12 | Israel | 5.81 | 2006 | |
| 13 | Moldova | 5.58 | 2006 | |
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 5.32 | 2006 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 5.17 | 2006 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 4.49 | 2006 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 4.47 | 2006 | ||
| 14 | Luxembourg | 4.23 | 2006 | |
| 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.13 | 2006 | |
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 4.12 | 2006 | ||
| 16 | Austria | 4.11 | 2006 | |
| European Union average (profile) | 3.92 | 2006 | ||
| 17 | Lithuania | 3.83 | 2006 | |
| 18 | Barbados | 3.64 | 2006 | |
| 19 | Ukraine | 3.61 | 2006 | |
| 20 | Sweden | 3.52 | 2006 | |
| 21 | Switzerland | 3.47 | 2006 | |
| 22 | Finland | 3.42 | 2006 | |
| 23 | Netherlands | 3.36 | 2006 | |
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 3.36 | 2006 | ||
| 24 | Romania | 3.29 | 2006 | |
| 25 | Cuba | 3.27 | 2006 | |
| 26 | Slovakia | 3.15 | 2006 | |
| 27 | Qatar | 3.1 | 2006 | |
| 28 | Latvia | 3.06 | 2006 | |
| 29 | Norway | 3 | 2006 | |
| Eurozone average (profile) | 2.94 | 2006 | ||
| 30 | Russia | 2.93 | 2006 | |
| 31 | Belarus | 2.81 | 2006 | |
| 32 | Germany | 2.26 | 2006 | |
| 33 | Poland | 2.12 | 2006 | |
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 1.98 | 2006 | ||
| 34 | Singapore | 1.82 | 2006 | |
| 35 | Greece | 1.79 | 2006 | |
| 36 | Azerbaijan | 1.77 | 2006 | |
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 1.65 | 2006 | ||
| 37 | Spain | 1.59 | 2006 | |
| 38 | Mongolia | 1.56 | 2006 | |
| 39 | Kazakhstan | 1.44 | 2006 | |
| 40 | Ireland | 1.41 | 2006 | |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 1.37 | 2006 | |
| 42 | Argentina | 1.28 | 2006 | |
| 43 | New Zealand | 1.19 | 2006 | |
| 44 | Belgium | 1.14 | 2006 | |
| 45 | France | 1.05 | 2006 | |
| 46 | Turkmenistan | 1.04 | 2006 | |
| 47 | Portugal | 1.04 | 2006 | |
| 48 | Albania | 0.944 | 2006 | |
| 49 | Uruguay | 0.901 | 2006 | |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 0.82 | 2006 | |
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 0.795 | 2006 | ||
| 51 | Australia | 0.773 | 2006 | |
| 52 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.767 | 2006 | |
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 0.714 | 2006 | ||
| 53 | Canada | 0.675 | 2006 | |
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 0.636 | 2006 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 0.577 | 2006 | ||
| 54 | Ecuador | 0.57 | 2006 | |
| 55 | Chile | 0.545 | 2006 | |
| 56 | Puerto Rico | 0.526 | 2006 | |
| 57 | Colombia | 0.479 | 2006 | |
| 58 | Italy | 0.441 | 2006 | |
| 59 | Tajikistan | 0.431 | 2006 | |
| 60 | Venezuela | 0.405 | 2006 | |
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 0.372 | 2006 | ||
| 61 | Nicaragua | 0.362 | 2006 | |
| 62 | Angola | 0.35 | 2006 | |
| 63 | Egypt | 0.343 | 2006 | |
| 64 | Uzbekistan | 0.34 | 2006 | |
| 65 | Paraguay | 0.333 | 2006 | |
| 66 | United States | 0.332 | 2006 | |
| 67 | El Salvador | 0.328 | 2006 | |
| 68 | Peru | 0.321 | 2006 | |
| 69 | Tunisia | 0.296 | 2006 | |
| 70 | Algeria | 0.29 | 2006 | |
| 71 | Lebanon | 0.245 | 2006 | |
| 72 | Zimbabwe | 0.236 | 2006 | |
| 73 | Mexico | 0.223 | 2006 | |
| 74 | Bolivia | 0.21 | 2006 | |
| 75 | Zambia | 0.17 | 2006 | |
| 76 | Syria | 0.16 | 2006 | |
| 77 | Turkey | 0.146 | 2006 | |
| 78 | Iraq | 0.143 | 2006 | |
| 79 | Honduras | 0.142 | 2006 | |
| 80 | South Africa | 0.126 | 2006 | |
| 81 | Brazil | 0.112 | 2006 | |
| 82 | Yemen | 0.0968 | 2006 | |
| 83 | Iran | 0.0845 | 2006 | |
| 84 | Burma | 0.0792 | 2006 | |
| 85 | Guatemala | 0.077 | 2006 | |
| 86 | Malaysia | 0.076 | 2006 | |
| 87 | Vietnam | 0.048 | 2006 | |
| 88 | Indonesia | 0.0395 | 2006 | |
| 89 | India | 0.0394 | 2006 | |
| 90 | Morocco | 0.0329 | 2006 | |
| 91 | Bangladesh | 0.0276 | 2006 | |
| South Asia average (profile) | 0.0199 | 2006 | ||
| 92 | Pakistan | 0.0124 | 2006 | |
| 93 | China | 0.00915 | 2006 | |
| 94 | Japan | 0.00783 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Ethiopia | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Monaco | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Afghanistan | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Bahrain | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Libya | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Liechtenstein | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Mauritius | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Panama | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Rwanda | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Thailand | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Hong Kong | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Fiji | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Sudan | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Nepal | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Suriname | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Jordan | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Botswana | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Aruba | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Jamaica | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Macau | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Kenya | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | San Marino | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Cyprus | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Bermuda | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Uganda | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Brunei | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Seychelles | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Malta | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Kuwait | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Sri Lanka | 0.0 | 2006 | |
| =95 | Namibia | 0.0 | 2006 |