Fide top juniors
Country distributions
the juniors may give an insight how some countries support the chess scene, assuming that chess talent is equally distributed around the world, but the infrastructure (social and technical) is missing. Also if a country has good juniors, those may become part of the elite later.
Juniors are those players up to 20 years old.
Also checking every year, as the rating of players don't change drastically in a year once reached the top.
The idea is that early Russia and other ex soviet countries would dominate (especially those around the Caucasus). Then the weight would shift given renewed interest elsewhere.
FIDE July 2000
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1 CHN
1 ESP
1 GRE
1 IND
1 ISR
1 NED
1 POL
2 ARM
2 FRA
2 UKR
7 RUS
Russia, Ukraine, Armenia making the most of the top juniors.
FIDE July 2001
1 ARM
1 AZE
1 ESP
1 GEO
1 GER
1 HUN
1 IND
2 CHN
2 CUB
2 FRA
2 UKR
5 RUS
FIDE July 2002
1 ARM
1 CHN
1 CZE
1 ESP
1 FRA
1 GER
1 IND
2 AZE
2 CUB
2 GEO
4 RUS
4 UKR
FIDE July 2003
1 ARM
1 CHN
1 CUB
1 CZE
1 ENG
1 FRA
1 GER
1 HUN
2 GEO
3 AZE
3 UKR
4 RUS
FIDE July 2004
1 CHN
1 CZE
1 ENG
1 GER
1 HUN
1 IND
1 POL
1 USA
2 GEO
3 AZE
3 UKR
4 RUS
FIDE July 2005
1 BUL
1 CHN
1 CZE
1 GER
1 HUN
1 IND
1 POL
1 USA
4 AZE
4 RUS
4 UKR
FIDE July 2006
1 BUL
1 CZE
1 FRA
1 GEO
1 GER
1 HUN
1 IND
1 NED
1 NOR
1 POL
1 RUS
1 USA
2 CHN
3 AZE
3 UKR
FIDE July 2007
1 BIH
1 CZE
1 FRA
1 GER
1 IND
1 ISR
1 NED
1 NOR
1 UKR
1 USA
2 AZE
2 CHN
2 POL
5 RUS
FIDE July 2008
1 AZE
1 BLR
1 CZE
1 FRA
1 GER
1 ISR
1 ITA
1 NOR
1 PHI
1 SLO
2 UKR
2 VIE
3 CHN
3 RUS
FIDE July 2009
1 AZE
1 BLR
1 ENG
1 IND
1 ISR
1 ITA
1 NOR
1 PHI
2 CHN
2 FRA
2 UKR
2 VIE
4 RUS
FIDE July 2010
1 ENG
1 ESP
1 IND
1 ITA
1 NED
1 PHI
1 UKR
2 NOR
2 VIE
3 FRA
6 RUS
FIDE July 2011
1 ARG
1 AZE
1 ESP
1 FRA
1 IND
1 ISR
1 ITA
1 NED
1 PER
1 PHI
1 USA
1 VIE
2 UKR
3 CHN
3 RUS
FIDE July 2012
1 ARG
1 HUN
1 IND
1 ITA
1 NED
1 PHI
1 POL
1 SWE
1 TUR
1 USA
2 AZE
2 UKR
3 CHN
3 RUS
FIDE July 2013
1 AUS
1 BEL
1 BIH
1 BLR
1 CZE
1 DEN
1 ENG
1 GEO
1 GRE
1 IRI
1 ITA
1 NOR
1 PHI
1 SRB
1 SVK
1 SWE
1 TKM
1 TUR
1 UAE
2 ARG
2 AZE
2 PER
3 FRA
3 HUN
4 ARM
4 ESP
4 ISR
4 NED
4 UKR
5 USA
6 GER
6 POL
7 CHN
10 IND
15 RUS
FIDE July 2014
1 AUS
1 BEL
1 BIH
1 BLR
1 CHI
1 CZE
1 DEN
1 ENG
1 FIN
1 IRI
1 LTU
1 PER
1 SRB
1 SUI
1 TKM
1 UZB
1 VEN
2 FRA
2 ISR
2 ITA
2 LAT
2 TUR
3 AZE
3 HUN
3 UKR
4 ARM
4 ESP
4 GER
5 NED
5 POL
7 CHN
7 USA
9 IND
19 RUS
FIDE July 2015
1 ARG
1 BIH
1 BRA
1 CAN
1 CHI
1 CZE
1 DEN
1 EGY
1 ENG
1 FIN
1 INA
1 ISR
1 LTU
1 MAD
1 MGL
1 NOR
1 ROU
1 SUI
1 SVK
1 UZB
2 AZE
2 FRA
2 HUN
2 IRI
2 ITA
2 NED
2 PER
2 TUR
3 POL
3 SRB
3 UKR
4 ARM
4 ESP
6 USA
7 GER
7 IND
8 CHN
19 RUS
FIDE July 2016
1 ARG
1 AUS
1 AZE
1 BRA
1 CAN
1 CHI
1 CUB
1 CZE
1 ESP
1 FIN
1 FRA
1 LTU
1 MGL
1 NED
1 PER
1 ROU
1 SRB
1 UZB
2 GRE
2 NOR
2 POL
2 SUI
2 SVK
2 VIE
3 ARM
3 HUN
3 ISR
3 TUR
3 UKR
4 ITA
6 IRI
7 CHN
7 GER
8 IND
8 USA
18 RUS
FIDE July 2017
1 ARG
1 AUT
1 AZE
1 CAN
1 CUB
1 CZE
1 EST
1 MAS
1 POL
1 ROU
1 SRB
1 SVK
1 VIE
2 AUS
2 ESP
2 GRE
2 ITA
2 NED
2 UZB
3 HUN
3 ISR
3 NOR
3 TUR
4 ARM
4 UKR
5 CHN
5 IRI
8 GER
11 IND
11 USA
15 RUS
FIDE July 2018
1 ARG
1 AUS
1 AUT
1 CAN
1 CRO
1 CZE
1 DEN
1 ESP
1 FRA
1 INA
1 KAZ
1 MAS
1 ROU
1 SRB
2 AZE
2 GRE
2 ITA
2 NOR
2 PER
2 POL
2 TUR
3 CUB
3 GER
3 HUN
3 ISR
3 NED
3 SVK
4 ARM
4 UKR
4 UZB
5 CHN
5 IRI
9 USA
10 IND
13 RUS
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