Can you guess what this top 10 country list is actually ranking?

[AviatorTom]

Here is a list of the top 10 countries in a specific category.

1 China 2 million
2 United States 1.6 million
3 Australia 1.4 million
4 Brazil 914 thousand
5 Russia 833 thousand
6 Kazakhstan 827 thousand
7 India 689 thousand
8 Saudi Arabia 670 thousand
9 Argentina 448 thousand
10 Sudan 435 thousand

What do you think that category is?

The number for each country might be a hint. Can you guess what they mean?

Correct answer will be given in a few days (Thursday).

Updates

3 mo

This is a list of Country's based on the amount of agricultural land (in square miles) in the country.

China leads the way with 2 million square miles (about 5.2 million square kilometers).

[KostasKouvalis]

Based on the numbers and countries listed, it is difficult to determine the exact category with certainty, but this data is likely related to land area, agricultural production, or specific resource reserves.

The figures represent large quantities of something measurable by nation.

The ranking includes a mix of geographically large and populous nations.

Without more context, a specific identification is not possible.

[KostasKouvalis]

Is that in acres or square miles?

[NathanDavis]

as a Texan... I thought of one thing instantly...

cowboys, cattle... you do have the US cowboys, Aussie cowboys, Brazilian cowboys, Argentinian cowboys

so this countries are producers or keepers... of cattle

[jennifer_bloom]

The number of millionaires or multi-millionaires in the country? Or the number of people earning millionaire paycheques each year?

[purplepoppy]

All big countries. I'm guessing land mass dedicated to something like farming

[OlderAndWiser]

Number of citizens with a Ph. D?

[RavVid]

Australia comes third on a lot of lists so it is a tough one. I thought it might be Olympic gold medals but actually we came 4th.

Maybe USD millionaires?

[RavVid]

Completely missed that. In fact if it had occurred to me, I would have rejected it out of hand because a large part of Australia is arid if not exactly desert.

[queenofcardio]

Something to do to with infrastructure?

I have no idea

[BonzoInBitburg]

Most agricultural land

[msc545]

I don't know the number of billionaires in the country.

[msc545]

Or I think it might be the prison population in each country.

[Anonymous]

It might have something to do with Social Credit Scores, lack of citizen privacy, or Facial Recognition Technology. Basically something evil.

[Jennz6]

I’m not good at math or puzzles

[sage2021]

The number of rude people in each country. 😂

[MrChinaski]

Numbers are waaaaaay to low...

[MrChinaski]

Gold production?

Totally random guess

[exitseven]

Number of people that are in prison

[AngryCarl3]

Total number of executions by the state.

[Mike_Hum]

number of millionaires.

[beefcakebradybatson]

Obese folk?