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San Marino receives 6 million tourists annually for a population of 34,000 — 176 tourists per resident. Iceland, Andorra, and the Maldives receive 3–8x their own population in tourists each year. Over-tourism is straining small destinations. Here's the complete tourists-per-capita ranking and the double-edged sword of being the world's most-visited small nation.

Iceland has been the world's most gender-equal country for 15 consecutive years, closing 93.5% of its gender gap according to the World Economic Forum's 2024 Global Gender Gap Index. Finland, Norway, and New Zealand follow. The WEF estimates the global gender gap will take 134 years to close at current rates — and political empowerment remains the dimension furthest from parity.