Most Ethnically Diverse Countries

Name the 20 countries in the world with most ethnic diversity.

The number is the Ethnic Fractionalization according to Alesina et al

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#	Country
0.9302	Uganda
0.9084	Liberia
0.8791	Madagascar
0.8747	D.R. of Congo
0.8747	Republic of the Congo
0.8635	Cameroon
0.8620	Chad
0.8588	Kenya
0.8505	Nigeria
0.8295	Central African Republic
0.8204	Ivory Coast
0.8191	Sierra Leone
0.8117	Somalia
0.8092	Guinea Bissau
0.7962	Djibouti
0.7920	Libya
0.7872	Benin
0.7867	Angola
0.7864	The Gambia
0.7808	Zambia

Level 85

Mar 1, 2016

Wow. Who knew that nobody but Africa is diverse?

Level 82

Mar 1, 2016

The way that the source determines diversity (and "ethnicity")... really just favors countries that are poorly integrated... where many different populations live isolated from one another and maybe don't share a common language or other cultural artifacts due to this fact. Naturally... if your country has no roads, airports or telephones, that would get you ranked highly using such methodology.

If you looked at, for example, the number of different countries/continents with significant representation in more than one large city... probably not a single country in Africa would make such a list. Possibly excepting South Africa, Egypt, or Morocco.

Level 78

Aug 9, 2019

Two tribes in Africa within miles of each other can have more genetic difference than there is between a European and Asian person.

https://www.businessinsider.com/four-neighboring-african-tribes-are-more-genetically-different-than-ronald-reagan-and-mao-zedong-2014-2

This doesn't speak for the actual methodology used, or this quiz, since ethnicity is more about culture than genetics (the same reason race and ethnicity are separate on the US Census - an Afrocarribean Puerto Rican is just as Latino as a white Argentinian), but whichever way you look at it, biologically or ethnically, it holds up. The only way it doesn't make sense is through the lens of the outdated concept of race. You're right, though - isolation between tribes is what makes this definition favor African countries in terms of diversity.

Level 82

Mar 1, 2016

I disagree with the methodology but good quiz, I guess.

Level 65

Mar 1, 2016

Can Gambia also be accepted?

Level 50

Mar 1, 2016

Can Cote D'Ivoire be accepted for Ivory Coast as that is how it is named in most quizzes? Also, can Gambia be accepted for The Gambia?

Level 65

Jan 2, 2018

with the plethora of African nations, it seems they are including all the different tribal groups as being ethnically different.

Level 70

Jan 11, 2018

Agree with Cote D'Ivoire, since umm... that's the official name.

Level 60

Aug 19, 2022

Bruh Somalia is less ethnically diverse than 90% of European countries

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