The Most Lawyers In The World

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When Stephen Magee developed the Magee curve, the measure of the optimal number of lawyers in a society, he noted that Uruguay had the most lawyers per capita, edging out the U.S. with 1 lawyer for roughly every 240 citizens. As recently as 2015, what country currently boasts the most attorneys per capita, with 1 lawyer for every 139 residents?

Hint: This country was 8th according to the 2010 data Magee used for his paper.

See the answer on the next page.

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