section_path: Demographics/Statistical oddities
section_name: Statistical oddities
paragraph_text: Statistical oddities
  
  In statistics comparing countries in per capita or per area metrics, Vatican City is often an outlier – these stem from the state's small size and ecclesiastical function. For example, as most of the roles which would confer citizenship are reserved for men, the gender ratio of Vatican City citizenship is several men per woman. Further oddities are petty crimes against tourists, resulting in a very high per-capita crime rate, and the city-state leading the world in per-capita wine consumption due to its sacramental use. A jocular illustration of these anomalies is sometimes made by calculating a "popes per km 2 " statistic, which is greater than two because Vatican City is less than half a square kilometre in area.