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geocaching stats
for europe
2007 01 01

auf deutsch



europe’s top 15 according to cache density | map made by world66.com

rank
country
geocaches
total
area
(km2)
caches
per km2
1 cache
every ... km2
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1 *
Germany
27,007
356,000
0.076
13.18
2 * Netherland
3,100
41,000
0.076
13.23
3 Sswitzerland
3,052
41,293
0.074
13.53
4 Denmark
2,787
43,000
0.065
15.43
5 UK
15,060
245,000
0.061
16.27
6 Belgium
1,755
31,000
0.057
17.66
7 Luxemburg
140
3,000
0.047
21.43
8 Czech Republic
3,069
79,000
0.039
25.74
9 Austria
2,560
84,000
0.030
32.81
10 Andorra
7
453
0.015
64.71
11 Sweden

6542

450,000
0.015
68.79
12 Slovakia
606
49,000
0.012
80.86
13 Estonia
492
45,200
0.011
91.78
14 Norway
3,397
324,000
0.010
95.38
15 Portugal
794
92,000
0.009
115.87

also this comparison is won by the germanic speaking countries (see also cache stats for europe: absolute and per capita). this time scandinavia is not part of the top 10. the cache densitiy according to countries is the highest in the world (see comparison below).

* acutally the winners are following countries (some distortions for the really small area):

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Vatican
2
0.44
4.545
0.22
2 Liechtenstein
19
160
0.119
8.42

international comparison

country
geocaches
total
area
(km2)
caches
per km2
1 cache
every ... km2
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USA
222,985
9,373,000
0.024
42.0
Canada

26,178

9,976,000
0.003
381.1
Australia

8646

7,687,000
0.001
889.1
New Zealand
2520
269,000
0.009
106.7
Argentina
45
2,767,000
0.000
61,488.9
Brasili
96
8,514,000
0.000
88,687.5


1 km2 (square kilometer) = 0.386 square miles | 1 square mile = 2.589 km2




stats’ figures may not be 100% accurate.

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