Which country has the highest Order of New Year Arrival?

Cook Islands has the highest Order of New Year Arrival, at 30, followed by French Polynesia (29) and Guatemala (28).

Which country has the lowest Order of New Year Arrival?

Kiribati has the lowest Order of New Year Arrival, at 1.

What is the median Order of New Year Arrival across countries?

The median is 20 across the 229 countries with data.

Where does this which country celebrates the new year first? data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: New Year Countdown - Time and Date; Time zone - Wikipedia; Time Zone Converter - Time Difference Calculator - Time and Date.

Country rankings

Which Country Celebrates the New Year First?

Name: Which Country Celebrates the New Year First?
Creator: Rankodex

Cook Islands has the highest Order of New Year Arrival (30), followed by French Polynesia (29) and Guatemala (28). Kiribati has the lowest (1).

Geography229 countries · 2 metricsUpdated Jun 16, 2023Original page

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Order of New Year Arrival

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Ranking

Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 229 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

Middle half 17 – 21

Average

18.57

229 countries

Highest

Cook Islands

Lowest

Kiribati

Data

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229 countries · # = rank by Order of New Year Arrival

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1	Cook Islands	30	12:00:00 AM Dec 31
2	French Polynesia	29	1:00:00 AM Dec 31
3	Guatemala	28	4:00:00 AM Dec 31
3	Honduras	28	4:00:00 AM Dec 31
3	Nicaragua	28	4:00:00 AM Dec 31
3	El Salvador	28	4:00:00 AM Dec 31
3	Costa Rica	28	4:00:00 AM Dec 31
3	Belize	28	4:00:00 AM Dec 31
9	United States	27	5:00:00 AM Dec 31
9	Mexico	27	5:00:00 AM Dec 31
9	Colombia	27	5:00:00 AM Dec 31
9	Peru	27	5:00:00 AM Dec 31
9	Ecuador	27	5:00:00 AM Dec 31
9	Haiti	27	5:00:00 AM Dec 31
9	Cuba	27	5:00:00 AM Dec 31
9	Panama	27	5:00:00 AM Dec 31
9	Jamaica	27	5:00:00 AM Dec 31
9	Bahamas	27	5:00:00 AM Dec 31
9	Cayman Islands	27	5:00:00 AM Dec 31
9	Turks and Caicos Islands	27	5:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Venezuela	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Bolivia	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Dominican Republic	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Paraguay	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Puerto Rico	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Trinidad and Tobago	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Guyana	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Guadeloupe	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Martinique	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Barbados	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Curacao	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Saint Lucia	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Grenada	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Aruba	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Antigua and Barbuda	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	United States Virgin Islands	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Dominica	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Bermuda	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Saint Kitts and Nevis	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Sint Maarten	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	British Virgin Islands	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Saint Martin	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Anguilla	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Saint Barthelemy	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
21	Montserrat	26	6:00:00 AM Dec 31
47	Canada	25	6:30:00 AM Dec 31
48	Argentina	24	7:00:00 AM Dec 31
48	Chile	24	7:00:00 AM Dec 31
48	Uruguay	24	7:00:00 AM Dec 31
48	Suriname	24	7:00:00 AM Dec 31
48	French Guiana	24	7:00:00 AM Dec 31
48	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	24	7:00:00 AM Dec 31
48	Falkland Islands	24	7:00:00 AM Dec 31
55	Brazil	23	8:00:00 AM Dec 31
56	Cape Verde	22	9:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	United Kingdom	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Ghana	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Ivory Coast	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Mali	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Burkina Faso	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Senegal	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Guinea	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Portugal	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Togo	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Sierra Leone	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Liberia	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Mauritania	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Ireland	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Gambia	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Guinea-Bissau	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Iceland	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Sao Tome and Principe	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Jersey	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Isle of Man	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Guernsey	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Faroe Islands	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
57	Greenland	21	10:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Nigeria	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Germany	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	France	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Italy	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Algeria	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Spain	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Angola	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Morocco	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Poland	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Cameroon	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Niger	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Chad	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Netherlands	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Benin	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Tunisia	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Belgium	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Sweden	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Czechia	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Hungary	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Austria	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Switzerland	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Serbia	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Republic of the Congo	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Denmark	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Central African Republic	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Norway	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Slovakia	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Croatia	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Albania	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Gabon	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Slovenia	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Equatorial Guinea	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	North Macedonia	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Luxembourg	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Montenegro	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Western Sahara	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Malta	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Andorra	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Gibraltar	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Liechtenstein	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Monaco	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	San Marino	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
79	Vatican City	20	11:00:00 AM Dec 31
123	Egypt	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	DR Congo	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	South Africa	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Sudan	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Mozambique	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Malawi	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Zambia	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Romania	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Zimbabwe	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Rwanda	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Burundi	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	South Sudan	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Greece	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Israel	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Libya	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Bulgaria	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Lebanon	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Palestine	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Finland	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Namibia	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Moldova	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Lithuania	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Botswana	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Lesotho	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Latvia	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Cyprus	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Estonia	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
123	Eswatini	19	12:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Ethiopia	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Turkey	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Tanzania	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Kenya	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Uganda	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Iraq	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Yemen	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Ukraine	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Saudi Arabia	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Madagascar	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Syria	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Somalia	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Jordan	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Belarus	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Kuwait	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Eritrea	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Qatar	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Bahrain	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Djibouti	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Comoros	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
151	Mayotte	18	1:00:00 PM Dec 31
172	Iran	17	1:30:00 PM Dec 31
173	United Arab Emirates	16	2:00:00 PM Dec 31
173	Azerbaijan	16	2:00:00 PM Dec 31
173	Oman	16	2:00:00 PM Dec 31
173	Georgia	16	2:00:00 PM Dec 31
173	Armenia	16	2:00:00 PM Dec 31
173	Mauritius	16	2:00:00 PM Dec 31
173	Reunion	16	2:00:00 PM Dec 31
173	Seychelles	16	2:00:00 PM Dec 31
181	Afghanistan	15	2:30:00 PM Dec 31
182	Pakistan	14	3:00:00 PM Dec 31
182	Uzbekistan	14	3:00:00 PM Dec 31
182	Tajikistan	14	3:00:00 PM Dec 31
182	Turkmenistan	14	3:00:00 PM Dec 31
182	Maldives	14	3:00:00 PM Dec 31
187	India	13	3:30:00 PM Dec 31
187	Sri Lanka	13	3:30:00 PM Dec 31
189	Nepal	12	3:45:00 PM Dec 31
190	Bangladesh	11	4:00:00 PM Dec 31
190	Kazakhstan	11	4:00:00 PM Dec 31
190	Kyrgyzstan	11	4:00:00 PM Dec 31
190	Bhutan	11	4:00:00 PM Dec 31
194	Myanmar	10	4:30:00 PM Dec 31
195	Vietnam	9	5:00:00 PM Dec 31
195	Thailand	9	5:00:00 PM Dec 31
195	Cambodia	9	5:00:00 PM Dec 31
195	Laos	9	5:00:00 PM Dec 31
199	China	8	6:00:00 PM Dec 31
199	Philippines	8	6:00:00 PM Dec 31
199	Malaysia	8	6:00:00 PM Dec 31
199	Taiwan	8	6:00:00 PM Dec 31
199	Hong Kong	8	6:00:00 PM Dec 31
199	Singapore	8	6:00:00 PM Dec 31
199	Mongolia	8	6:00:00 PM Dec 31
199	Macau	8	6:00:00 PM Dec 31
199	Brunei	8	6:00:00 PM Dec 31
208	Indonesia	7	7:00:00 PM Dec 31
208	Japan	7	7:00:00 PM Dec 31
208	South Korea	7	7:00:00 PM Dec 31
208	North Korea	7	7:00:00 PM Dec 31
208	Timor-Leste	7	7:00:00 PM Dec 31
208	Palau	7	7:00:00 PM Dec 31
214	Papua New Guinea	6	9:00:00 PM Dec 31
214	Guam	6	9:00:00 PM Dec 31
214	Micronesia	6	9:00:00 PM Dec 31
214	Northern Mariana Islands	6	9:00:00 PM Dec 31
218	Australia	5	9:30:00 PM Dec 31
219	Russia	4	10:00:00 PM Dec 31
219	Fiji	4	10:00:00 PM Dec 31
219	Marshall Islands	4	10:00:00 PM Dec 31
219	Nauru	4	10:00:00 PM Dec 31
219	Wallis and Futuna	4	10:00:00 PM Dec 31
219	Tuvalu	4	10:00:00 PM Dec 31
225	New Zealand	3	10:45:00 PM Dec 31
226	Samoa	2	11:00:00 PM Dec 31
226	Tonga	2	11:00:00 PM Dec 31
226	Tokelau	2	11:00:00 PM Dec 31
229	Kiribati	1	12:00:00 AM Jan 01

What correlates with Order of New Year Arrival?

Pearson r against 1,278 other country metrics sharing at least 138 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Order of New Year Arrival tend to score higher on these

Erect Length (cm)Penis Size by Country
r = +0.53 · strong · n = 140
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Erect Length (in)Penis Size by Country
r = +0.52 · strong · n = 140
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Average Penis LengthCondom Size by Country
r = +0.52 · strong · n = 140
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Anxiety Cases OverallAnxiety Rates by Country
r = +0.50 · strong · n = 199
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Anxiety Cases Lower LimitAnxiety Rates by Country
r = +0.49 · moderate · n = 199
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Miscarriage Rate (Lower Limit)Miscarriage Rates by Country
r = +0.49 · moderate · n = 198
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Order of New Year Arrival tend to score lower on these

Amphetamine Use RateDrug Use by Country
r = −0.46 · moderate · n = 200
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Male Tobacco UsersSmoking Rates by Country
r = −0.45 · moderate · n = 165
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Son Bias (ratio of male births to female births)Most Dangerous Countries for Women
r = −0.44 · moderate · n = 196
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Male Tobacco SmokersSmoking Rates by Country
r = −0.40 · moderate · n = 165
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Heart Disease ASR DALYs - MaleHeart Disease Rates by Country
r = −0.40 · moderate · n = 200
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Male Cigarette SmokersSmoking Rates by Country
r = −0.39 · moderate · n = 164
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Order of New Year Arrival?: Cook Islands has the highest Order of New Year Arrival, at 30, followed by French Polynesia (29) and Guatemala (28).
Which country has the lowest Order of New Year Arrival?: Kiribati has the lowest Order of New Year Arrival, at 1.
What is the median Order of New Year Arrival across countries?: The median is 20 across the 229 countries with data.
Where does this which country celebrates the new year first? data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: New Year Countdown - Time and Date; Time zone - Wikipedia; Time Zone Converter - Time Difference Calculator - Time and Date.