Of all the data maps I’ve ever seen, this is the one I don’t believe in the most. US Americans are so embarrassingly shit at geography. There is no way on god’s green earth Americans are familiar with this many countries. I bet most Americans couldn’t name more than like 30 US states. Do you really think 80-90% of Americans have heard of Zambia? Or Papua New Guinea?! No way, I don’t buy this for a second. Gotta be some really low quality underlying data. Americans are liars.
Prankster pollster sneaks in some maps for a bonus round.
The pollster shows Yugoslavia and asks “Is this Belgravia?”
American: “Yeah. I think so. Belgravia? Yeah.”
Italy’s boot appears. “Is this Greece?”
American: “Yeah.”
Pollster: "Let’s go to the Middle East. He shows Egypt. “Is this Libya?”
American: “Yeah. I’m better at this than I thought!”
Pollster: “You’re doin’ awesome. Next up is…”
1% haven’t heard of U.S :what-the-hell:
Burkina Faso >50%
:(
Which disputed zone? Western Sahara is ‘no data’.
Or am I missing the joke?
Sweden isn’t a real place.