Challenge Statistics

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

These are the stats from the 2009/2010 challenge. See the next post for the 2010/2011 challenge.

2009/2010 Challenge Stats

Number of Participants - 67
Number of Countries Read - 178
Number of Sovereign Countries Not Read - 35
Country Most Read - USA
Continent Most Read - Europe
Number of States Read - 48
State Most Read - New York
States Not Read - Arkansas and Delaware

Destinations Visited and the # of Participants Who Read Them

USA 61
England/Great Britain/UK 53
France 37
Canada 35
Italy 34
Ireland 33
Germany 31
Russia 31
Sweden 30
Mexico 29
Spain 27
China 26
India 26
Japan 24
Scotland 21
Egypt 20
Australia 19
Greece 17
Netherlands/Holland 17
Turkey 17
Norway 16
Afghanistan 15
Botswana 15
Czech Republic 15
Denmark 15
Indonesia (including individual islands) 15
Iran 15
Poland 15
Romania 15
Colombia 14
Iraq 14
Israel 14
Thailand 14
Wales 14
Austria 13
Cuba 13
South Africa 13
Vietnam 13
Finland 12
New Zealand 12
Nigeria 12
Pakistan 12
Brazil 11
Saudi Arabia 11
Belgium 10
Chile 10
Iceland 10
Peru 10
Portugal 10
Serbia 10
Switzerland 10
Zimbabwe 10
Antarctica 9
Argentina 9
Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo) 9
Hungary 9
Jamaica 9
Mali 9
Bosnia and Herzegovina 8
Channel Islands (including Guernsey) 8
Dominican Republic 8
Ecuador (including Galapagos Islands) 8
Hong Kong 8
Kenya 8
Morocco 8
Ukraine 8
Yemen 8
Albania 7
Algeria 7
Croatia 7
Dominica 7
Haiti 7
Nepal 7
South Korea 7
Tanzania (including Zanzibar) 7
Tibet 7
Venezuela 7
Burma/Myanmar 6
Ghana 6
Oman 6
Papua New Guinea 6
Qatar 6
Rwanda 6
Sierra Leone 6
Sri Lanka 6
Sudan 6
Bulgaria 5
Ethiopia 5
Malta 5
North Korea 5
Greenland 5
Laos 5
Malaysia 5
Mozambique 5
Panama 5
Slovenia 5
Belize 4
Congo (Republic of) 4
Kiribati 4
Liberia 4
Malawi 4
Uganda 4
Vanuatu 4
Vatican 4
Angola 3
Antigua and Barbuda 3
Bahamas 3
Belarus 3
Cambodia 3
Costa Rica 3
El Salvador 3
Guyana 3
Latvia 3
Lebanon 3
Libya 3
Mauritius 3
Mongolia 3
Nicaragua 3
Philippines 3
Sicily 3
Singapore 3
Solomon Islands 3
Suriname 3
Syria 3
Tahiti 3
Tunisia 3
Bangladesh 2
Barbados 2
Benin 2
Bolivia 2
Brunei 2
Cyprus 2
East Timor 2
Guatemala 2
Honduras 2
Jordan 2
Lithuania 2
Madagascar 2
Palestine 2
Puerto Rico 2
Senegal 2
Slovakia 2
Somalia 2
Tonga 2
Trinidad and Tobago 2
Uruguay 2
Uzbekistan 2
Abkhazia 1
Bermuda 1
Burundi 1
Cameroon 1
Central African Republic 1
Chechnya/Chechen Republic 1
Comoros 1
Estonia 1
Gabon 1
Georgia 1
Guadeloupe 1
Guinea 1
Ivory Coast/Cote d’Ivoire 1
Kazakhstan 1
Kuwait 1
Lesotho 1
Macau 1
Martinique 1
Mauritania 1
Moldova 1
Monaco 1
Montenegro 1
Palau 1
Paraguay 1
Seychelles 1
St. Bart’s 1
St. Honore 1
St. Kitts and Nevis 1
St. Martin/St. Maarten 1
Tasmania 1
Virgin Islands 1
Zambia 1

Sovereign Countries Not Visited:

Andorra
Bhutan
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Chad
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Fiji
Gambia
Grenada
Guinea-Bissau
Kyrgyzstan
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Namibia
Nauru
Niger
Samoa
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
San Marino
Sao Tome & Principe
Swaziland
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Togo
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
United Arab Emirates

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

2010/2011 Challenge Stats for World Countries:

53 Participants
185 Countries and Destinations Read
Number of Sovereign Countries Not Read - 30
Country Read by Most People – USA
Continent Most Read - Europe

Destinations Visited and the # of Participants Who Read Them:

USA - 43
England/Great Britain/UK - 40
France - 29
Italy - 27
Canada - 26
Sweden - 26
China - 25
Germany - 25
Australia - 23
Ireland - 23
India - 22
Peru - 19
Mexico - 18
Scotland - 18
Egypt - 17
Greece - 17
Spain - 17
Bosnia-Herzegovina - 16
Japan - 16
Kenya - 14
Poland - 15
Russia - 15
Botswana - 14
Hungary - 13
New Zealand - 13
Thailand - 13
Vietnam - 13
Israel - 12
South Africa - 12
Switzerland - 12
Turkey - 12
Wales - 12
Afghanistan - 11
Denmark - 11
Dominican Republic - 11
Iceland 11
Iran - 11
Netherlands - 11
Pakistan - 11
Zimbabwe - 11
Antarctica - 10
Cuba - 10
Indonesia - 10
Nigeria - 10
Austria - 9
Belgium - 9
Brazil - 9
Chile - 9
Nepal - 9
Romania - 9
Algeria - 8
Croatia - 8
Dominica - 8
Finland - 8
Malaysia - 8
Mongolia - 8
Sudan - 8
Yemen - 8
Argentina - 7
Iraq - 7
Jamaica - 7
Korea (unspecified) - 7
Laos - 7
Norway - 7
Tanzania - 7
Ukraine - 7
Albania - 6
Antigua and Barbuda 6
Congo (DRC) - 6
Czech Republic - 6
Greenland - 6
Haiti - 6
Morocco - 6
Panama - 6
Philippines - 6
Portugal - 6
Serbia - 6
Sierra Leone - 6
Syria - 6
Vatican City - 6
Burma - 5
Cyprus - 5
Guernsey - 5
Hong Kong - 5
Jordan - 5
Lebanon - 5
Virgin Islands - 5 (BVI & USVI, including individual islands)
Bangladesh - 4
Bolivia - 4
Bulgaria - 4
Colombia - 4
Latvia - 4
Mozambique - 4
Rwanda - 4
Singapore - 4
Slovenia - 4
Lithuania - 4
Papua New Guinea - 4
Paraguay - 4
Trinidad & Tobago - 4
Tunisia - 4
Uganda - 4
Venezuela - 4
Ecuador - 4
Ethiopia - 4
Georgia - 4
Monaco - 4
Azerbaijan - 3
Bahamas - 3
Barbados - 3
Cambodia - 3
Congo (Republic) - 3
Costa Rica - 3
Fiji - 3
Galapagos Islands - 3
Guatemala - 3
Liberia - 3
Libya - 3
Oman - 3
Puerto Rico - 3
Qatar 3
Saudi Arabia - 3
Sri Lanka - 3
Tajikistan 3
Tibet - 3
United Arab Emirates - 3
Uruguay - 3
Zambia - 3
Benin - 2
Cayman Islands - 2
Djibouti - 2
Estonia - 2
Ghana - 2
Grenada - 2
Kosovo - 2
Malta - 2
Moldova - 2
Namibia - 2
Northern Ireland - 2
Senegal - 2
Slovakia - 2
Solomon Islands - 2
Suriname - 2
South Korea - 2
Uzbekistan - 2
Western Sahara - 2
Andorra - 1
Angola - 1
Armenia - 1
Belarus - 1
Belize - 1
Bermuda - 1
Bhutan - 1
Brunei - 1
Burundi - 1
Cameroon - 1
Central African Republic - 1
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) - 1
Curacao - 1
East Timor - 1
Easter Island 1
El Salvador 1
Falkland Islands 1
French Guiana 1
Guadeloupe - 1
Guinea - 1
Kazakhstan 1
Kiribati 1
Lesotho - 1
Liechtenstein - 1
Macedonia - 1
Madagascar - 1
Mali - 1
Martinique - 1
Mauritania -1
Mauritius - 1
Micronesia - 1
North Korea - 1
Palau - 1
Reunion - 1
Saint Kits and Nevis - 1
Samoa - 1
Seychelles - 1
Southern Sudan – 1
Taiwan - 1
Tonga - 1
Turkmenistan - 1
Fictional Country - 3

Sovereign Countries Not Read:

Bahrain
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Chad
Comoros
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Gabon
Gambia
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Honduras
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Luxembourg
Malawi
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Montenegro
Nauru
Nicaragua
Niger
San Marino
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
Sao Tome and Principe
Swaziland
Togo
Tuvalu
Vanuatu

Countries Not Read During Last Two Challenges Combined:

Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Chad
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Gambia
Guinea-Bissau
Kyrgyzstan
Luxembourg
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Nauru
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
San Marino
Sao Tome & Principe
Swaziland
Tuvalu

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

2010/2011 Challenge Stats for U.S. States

Number of States Read – 50 plus Washington DC
US State Read by Most People – California

U.S. States Read and the # of Participants Who Read Them:

California - 19
New York - 18
Georgia - 17
Massachusetts - 17
New Jersey - 16
Louisiana - 14
Washington - 14
Virginia - 13
North Carolina - 12
Texas - 12
Maryland - 11
Mississippi - 11
New Hampshire - 11
Ohio - 11
Pennsylvania - 11
Hawaii - 10
Illinois - 10
Minnesota - 10
Montana - 10
Utah - 10
Washington DC - 10
Alaska - 9
Arizona - 9
Florida - 9
Maine - 9
Tennessee - 9
Alabama - 8
South Carolina - 8
Vermont - 8
Wisconsin - 8
Colorado - 7
Connecticut - 7
Indiana - 7
Iowa - 7
Nevada - 7
Rhode Island - 7
West Virginia - 7
Arkansas - 6
Idaho - 6
Michigan - 6
Missouri - 6
New Mexico - 6
Oregon - 6
South Dakota - 6
Wyoming - 6
Kansas - 5
Kentucky - 5
Oklahoma - 5
Delaware - 4
Nebraska - 4
North Dakota – 4

[Courtney]

Love the stats! Will you have a chance to do one for 2012? :-)

(And thanks again for all the work you put in running this group! All the lists, stats, updates, etc. are amazing!)

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Courtney wrote: "Love the stats! Will you have a chance to do one for 2012? :-)

(And thanks again for all the work you put in running this group! All the lists, stats, updates, etc. are amazing!)"

Wow, I totally forgot about 2012! I will put definitely that together. Thanks for the reminder!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

2012 Challenge Statistics

WORLD CHALLENGE

134 Participants
250 Countries and Destinations Read
Number of Sovereign Countries Not Read - 0
Non-US Country Read by Most People – UK (England)
Region Most Read - Europe

Top 10 Most Read Books for Challenge:

The Tiger's Wife
Between Shades of Gray
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Book Thief
The Old Man and the Sea
Memoirs of a Geisha
Island Beneath the Sea
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Non-US Destinations Visited and the # of Books Read:

AFRICA:

Egypt (44)
South Africa (34)
Kenya (31)
Nigeria (30)
Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (28)
Zimbabwe (26)
Algeria (25)
Morocco (25)
Botswana (23)
Rwanda (20)
Ethiopia (16)
Libya (11)
Sudan (11)
Zambia (11)
Namibia (10)
Malawi (9)
Somalia (9)
South Sudan (9)
Mozambique (8)
Tanzania (8)
Senegal (7)
Tunisia (7)
Uganda (7)
Angola (6)
Lesotho (6)
Liberia (6)
Mauritius (6)
Cameroon (5)
Central African Republic (5)
Gabon (5)
Guinea (5)
Niger (5)
Canary Islands (4)
Cape Verde (4)
Djibouti (4)
Madagascar (4)
Seychelles (4)
Benin (3)
Burkina Faso (3)
Burundi (3)
Comoros (3)
Congo (Republic of the Congo) (3)
Equatorial Guinea (3)
Gambia (3)
Sao Tome and Principe (3)
Swaziland (3)
Togo (3)
Chad (2)
Cote d'Ivoire (2)
Eritrea (2)
Guinea-Bissau (2)
Mali (2)
Mauritania (2)
Reunion (2)
Western Sahara (2)

ASIA:

India (85)
Japan (83)
China (60)
Vietnam (25)
Indonesia (22)
Burma (19)
Pakistan (19)
Thailand (19)
Philippines(18)
South Korea (17)
Malaysia (15)
Cambodia (12)
Mongolia (12)
Singapore (12)
Hong Kong (11)
Nepal (11)
North Korea (11)
Tibet (11)
Azerbaijan (10)
Brunei (8)
Kazakhstan (8)
Armenia (7)
Bangladesh (7)
Georgia (7)
Sri Lanka (7)
Laos (6)
Bhutan (5)
Uzbekistan (5)
Kyrgyzstan (4)
Taiwan (4)
Tajikistan (4)
Turkmenistan (4)
East Timor (3)
Korea - Unspecified (3)
Maldives (3)
Andaman Islands (1)
Kashmir (1)
Macau (1)

CARIBBEAN:

Cuba (27)
Jamaica (24)
Haiti (22)
Trinidad and Tobago (16)
Dominican Republic (14)
Bahamas (10)
Antigua (8)
Barbados (6)
Guadeloupe (6)
Grenada (5)
Puerto Rico (5)
Martinique (4)
Bermuda (3)
Curacao (3)
Dominica (3)
Saint Barthelemy (3)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (3)
Saint Lucia (3)
Saint Martin / Sint Maarten (3)
US Virgin Islands (3)
Anguilla (2)
Aruba (2)
British Virgin Islands (2)
Cayman Islands (2)
Montserrat (2)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
Turks and Caicos (2)
Bonaire (1)
Caribbean - unspecified (1)
Dampier Cay (1)
Saba (1)
Sint Eustatius (1)

EUROPE:

England (226)
France (149)
Italy (99)
Russia (88)
Germany (78)
Scotland (57)
Spain (57)
Sweden (50)
Greece (47)
Ireland (46)
Norway (43)
Netherlands (34)
Poland (32)
Czech Republic (29)
Wales (29)
Finland (28)
Switzerland (28)
Austria(26)
Denmark (26)
Lithuania (25)
Belgium (21)
Croatia (21)
Iceland (21)
Guernsey (18)
Romania (17)
Portugal (16)
Serbia (15)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (14)
Ukraine (14)
Estonia (13)
Hungary (12)
Bulgaria (11)
Greenland (10)
Kosovo (10)
Slovenia (10)
Luxembourg (9)
Vatican City (9)
Malta (8)
Northern Ireland (8)
Slovakia (7)
Albania (6)
Belarus (5)
Latvia (5)
Monaco (5)
Montenegro (5)
Liechtenstein (4)
Andorra (3)
Macedonia (3)
Azores (2)
Faeroe Islands (2)
Gibraltar (2)
Moldova (2)
San Marino (2)
Hebrides (1)
Jersey (1)
Madeira (1)
Occitania (1)

LATIN AMERICA:

Brazil (31)
Argentina (28)
Peru (23)
Colombia (21)
Chile (16)
Bolivia (14)
Guatemala (12)
Uruguay (12)
Venezuela (12)
Ecuador (11)
Guyana (10)
Costa Rica (8)
Panama (8)
Belize (7)
Easter Island (6)
Honduras (6)
Nicaragua (5)
Falkland Islands (4)
Paraguay (4)
El Salvador (3)
Galapagos Islands (3)
Suriname (3)
French Guiana (2)

MIDDLE EAST:

Turkey (43)
Afghanistan (34)
Iran (29)
Israel (28)
Saudi Arabia (21)
Yemen (17)
Palestine (15)
Iraq (14)
Lebanon (14)
Syria (12)
United Arab Emirates (9)
Cyprus (8)
Oman (8)
Jordan (7)
Qatar (5)
Bahrain (4)
Kuwait (2)

NORTH AMERICA (NON-US):

Canada (66)
Mexico (33)

ANTARCTICA/ARCTIC:

Antarctica (24)
Arctic/Svalbard (7)

OCEANIA, etc:

Australia (61)
New Zealand (20)
Papua New Guinea (17)
French Polynesia (15)
Fiji (7)
Kiribati (7)
Solomon Islands (6)
Vanuatu (6)
Samoa (4)
Guam (3)
Marshall Islands (3)
Nauru (3)
Cook Islands (2)
Micronesia (2)
Oceania - unspecified (2)
Pitcairn Island (2)
Tonga (2)
Tuvalu (2)
New Caledonia (1)
Niue (1)
Saint Helena (1)
Saipan (1)
Tristan da Cunha (1)
Tasmania (1)

[Kristina Simon]

Diane wrote: "2012 Challenge Statistics

WORLD CHALLENGE

134 Participants
250 Countries and Destinations Read
Number of Sovereign Countries Not Read - 0
Non-US Country Read by Most People – UK (England)
Region ..."

Thanks for putting that together, Diane! I've read most of the Top 10 Most Read Books, but I found a few to add to my around the world trip!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

2012 USA Road Trip Challenge

Number of Participants - 60
Number of States Read - 50 plus Washington, DC
Number of States Not Read - 0
State Most Read - New York
State Least Read - Delaware

Top Read Books for Challenge:

1. Moloka'i
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
3. The Grapes of Wrath
4. The Witch of Blackbird Pond
5. The Help
6. The Great Gatsby
7. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
8. The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
9. In Cold Blood
10-a. The Fault in Our Stars
10-b. The Color Purple

States Visited and the # of Books Read:

New York (82)
California (60)
Massachusetts (42)
Illinois (32)
Oregon (31)
North Carolina (29)
Mississippi (28)
Georgia (27)
Maine (27)
Alabama (26)
Louisiana (26)
Connecticut (25)
Florida (23)
Kansas (23)
Washington, DC (23)
Colorado(22)
Hawaii (22)
Iowa (22)
Pennsylvania (22)
Ohio (21)
Virginia (21)
Arkansas (20)
Michigan (20)
Texas (20)
Utah (20)
Maryland (19)
Minnesota (19)
Missouri (19)
Nevada (19)
south Carolina (17)
Tennessee (17)
Vermont (17)
Arizona (16)
Montana (15)
Nebraska (15)
New Hampshire (15)
New Mexico (15)
Wyoming (15)
West Virginia (14)
Wisconsin (14)
Indiana (13)
Oklahoma (12)
Rhode Island (12)
South Dakota (12)
Idaho (11)
North Dakota (11)
Kentucky (8)
Delaware (7)