What's the Most Ignorant Country in the World?

No matter how well versed you may be with the latest goings-on in the world, it’s all too easy to slip behind occasionally. However, according to a survey by Ipsos MORI, some corners of the world could be more guilty of this than others.

1500 people from 33 different countries were asked a series of questions that looked at different social and political issues in their country, such as “What do you think the average annual wage for a full-time worker is?” and “How old do you think the average person is?”

For example, almost every country they looked at underestimates how much of an issue obesity is, with only China, Japan, and India overestimating the number of overweight or obese people. Immigration is also misunderstood. The average guess across the countries is that 23 percent of the population are immigrants, when in reality it’s 10 percent.

Here are the 20 countries that scored the lowest:

1) Mexico

2) India

3) Brazil

4) Peru

5) New Zealand

6) Colombia

7) Belgium

8) South Africa

9) Argentina

10) Italy   

11) Russia

12) Chile

13) Great Britain

14) Israel

15) Australia

16) Japan

17) Canada

18) Germany

19) Netherlands

20) Spain

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