Which Country is the Most Generous on Pokémon Wonder Trade?

For those not in the know Pokémon is a game about collecting as many of digital monsters as you can. Wonder Trade allows you to put up a Pokémon you have caught and Nintendo will randomly find another person currently using Wonder Trade and swap your two Pokémon around, the interesting thing is you don't know what you are going to get, and your Pokémon is gone for good, you can't get it back once the trade has been finished. You may find you put in your fairly valuable Pokémon only to be given a rubbish pidgin in return.

Before this happens you do get to see the player name of the person about to get your Pokémon and what country they are from, after doing many hundreds of trades I found myself guessing what I was about to get just from the location of the other player. Often I was wrong but it got me wondering if there was a small trend for countries to be more or less stingy on what they give the other player.

It's worth saying there is absolutely no advantage to giving away a valuable Pokémon, you are just connected with a random person and they will get whatever you give them. So this led me to ponder if countries with higher average incomes would be more generous with what they gave away? Would a richer country give more valuable Pokémon to a random person they don't know? Or are poor countries better at sharing their wealth?

Ok, so I’ve now done 1000 Wonder Trades on Pokémon Sun/Moon. It’s taken about 50 hours over 60 days to do them all. I recorded every country I got a trade from and gave the Pokémon they sent a score. This is how I scored each trade:

How I Scored Each Pokémon:

Valueless:

Common:

Good:

Rare:

Very Rare:

Exceedingly Valuable:

- Found in the first 2 hours of the game. - Found after the start of the game. - Only one obtainable in this game.

- Not in this. game.

- Starter.

- Needed to be evolved.

- Version exclusive.





- Only one obtainable in another game.

- Legendary in this game.

- Starter from another game.

- Shiny. - Legendary from another game.

- Shiny from another game.

- Shiny Pokemon you can only get one of. - Shiny legendary.

- Event only.

Magikarp Most popular Pokemon found in this category: Mimikyu Most popular Pokemon found in this category: Rowlet Most popular Pokemon found in this category: Charmander Most popular Pokemon found in this category: Ho-Oh Most popular Pokemon found in this category: Rayquaza

Most popular Pokemon found in this category: 54% Percentage of total: 22% Percentage of total: 16% Percentage of total: 6% Percentage of total: <1% Percentage of total: <1% Percentage of total:

Worth 0 point

Worth 1 point

Worth 2 point

Worth 3 point

Worth 4 point

Worth 5 point

To keep it fair I made sure I did trades at all times of the day to try and capture as many countries as possible. Most of the time I would put up a starter Pokémon of my own from the older games. so if you got a starter from Wonder Trade with a funny name it might have been from me.

I don't know how prevalent hacked Pokémon are and this could skew the results (richer or poorer countries being more likely to use those tools). I did get an excessive amount of shiny Pokémon and I can't believe those are legitimately being given away in that quantity.

Score of Each Country:

Country name Best Gift Worst Gift Most Common Trade Average Score Number of trades Ranking Norway

3

Bulbasaur 0

Magnemite Multiple 1.37 8 27 1st Netherlands

3

Torchic 0

Caterpie Multiple 1.26 15 26 2nd Finland

3

Yamask 0

Spearow Multiple 1.25 4 25 3rd Australia

5

Hoopa 0

Magnemite 0

Magnemite 1.22 22 24 4th Ireland

2

Snubbull 0

Magikarp Multiple 1.2 5 23 5th Belgium

2

Dewpider 0

Pikipek Multiple 1.12 8 22 6th Canada

3

Charmander 0

Magikarp 0

Pikipek 1 13 21 7th Germany

5

Dialga (Shiny) 0

Spearow 1

Mimikyu 0.86 66 20 8th (joint) Japan

3

Bulbasaur 0

Magikarp 0

Magikarp 0.86 314 19 8th (joint) Switzerland

2

Scraggy 0

Wingull Multiple 0.83 6 18 10th USA

5

Arceus (Shiny) 0

Pikipek 0

Zubat 0.76 219 17 11th Spain

3

Charmander 0

Ralts Multiple 0.7 65 16 12th UK

3

Charmander 0

Yungoos 0

Yungoos 0.68 47 15 13th Austria

2

Timburr 0

Magikarp 0

Magikarp 0.66 6 14 14th (joint) South Africa

2

Rowlet 0

Fletchling Multiple 0.66 3 13 14th (joint) Italy

3

Bulbasaur 0

Magikarp 0

Grimer 0.61 21 12 16th Anguilla

1

Geodude 0

Yungoos Multiple 0.6 5 11 17th (joint) Sweden

3

Tirtouga 0

Yungoos Multiple 0.6 5 10 17th (joint) South Korea

3

Nidoqueen 0

Magikarp 0

Wingull 0.59 27 09 19th Mexico

2

Golett 0

Abra Multiple 0.53 13 08 20th France

4

Charizard 0

Spearow 0

Spearow 0.5 80 07 21st Brazil

2

Cottonee 0

Caterpie Multiple 0.37 8 06 22nd New Zealand

1

Tauros 0

Crabrawler Multiple 0.33 3 05 23rd Poland

1

Ditto 0

Rattata Multiple 0.2 5 04 24th Portugal

1

Ditto 0

Grimer Multiple 0.12 3 03 25th Taiwan

0

Abra 0

Abra Multiple 0 3 02 26th (joint) Russia

0

Magikarp 0

Magnemite Multiple 0 3 01 26th (joint)

TOTAL 5

Arceus (Shiny) 0

Magnemite Multiple 0.77 977

- Excludes countries that did less than 3 trades.

- Excludes the 3 times I forgot to record the country.

Trades for each country:

Let’s have a look at the amount of trades I got for each country, because obviously the more trades I got from a place the more accurate the result will be. You can already see some of the low scoring countries had the least trades because they were not given the time to get some of these rarer trades that would bring up their score, and I accept that, however it’s still fun to carry on and see the results.

My Stats:

How Long it Took (hours): 50 How Long it Took (days): 60 Most Common Trade: Magikarp Total Trades: 1000 Number of Shiny Pokémon: 8 Number of Valueless Pokémon: 545 Number of Common Pokémon: 222 Number of Good Pokémon: 165 Number of Rare Pokémon: 57 Number of Very Rare Pokémon: 7 Number of Valuable Pokémon: 4

I am aware its pretty ruthless to rate countries by their average income, but also its really brutal rating the generosity on a very small number of trades.

I had a perception that trades at around midnight GMT were the worst, I didn't let this change when I did trades and just spread them out when I could, but I once got 4 Magikarp's in a row which is about as lucky as rolling the same number 3 times on a roulette wheel.

Score of Country vs Wealth of Country:

It does look to me that the general trend of this graph shows that a countries wealth matches the score they got for their Wonder Trades, there are loads of reasons why this graph could be wrong or there are other factors impacting it. but there does seem to be a correlation to me.

Some of the trades I've got:

A few months before I thought about recording my trades I got a shiny Ditto with maxed out evs, while Ditto itself isn't rare this has been a crazy valuable Pokémon for me as it allows me to breed other Pokémon. I got this before I started recording the country, but whoever you are I thank you because this has totally changed how I play the game. This is the most valuable thing I received because it took a lot of work from the other person to make.

I also got some trades with names that made me laugh, here are a few of them.

Here are the number of time I got each Pokémon and what score I thought they were worth:

Pokémon Number Value Magikarp 59 0 Pikipek 35 0 Magnemite 31 0 Wingull 26 0 Eevee 23 0 Rattata 21 0 Yungoos 20 0 Zubat 18 0 Abra 17 0 Charmander 17 3 Spearow 17 0 Mimikyu 16 1 Caterpie 16 0 Cutiefly 14 0 Rockruff 13 0 Crabrawler 12 0 Vulpix 12 1 Lillipup 12 0 Salandit 12 0 Ralts 12 0 Meowth 11 0 Grimer 11 0 Rowlet 11 2 Gible 11 2 Metapod 10 0 Slowpoke 10 0 Litten 9 2 Diglett 9 0 Gastly 9 0 Ledyba 8 0 Exeggcute 8 1 Wishiwashi 8 0 Skarmory 8 1 Poliwag 8 0 Pichu 8 1 Gumshoos 7 0 Froakie 7 3 Trumbeak 7 1 Raticate 7 0 Fearow 7 1 Stufful 7 1 Makuhita 7 0 Finneon 7 0 Fletchling 7 0 Bagon 6 0 Torkoal 6 1 Scyther 6 1 Cubone 6 1 Snorunt 6 1 Psyduck 6 0 Popplio 6 2 Growlithe 6 0 Bounsweet 5 1 Mareanie 5 1 Dratini 5 1 Torchic 5 3 Machop 5 0 Carbink 5 1 Riolu 5 1 Wimpod 5 1 Mudbray 5 0 Staryu 4 0 Golduck 4 1 Bulbasaur 4 3 Smeargle 4 0 Pelipper 4 0 Beldum 4 1 Minior 4 1 Geodude 4 1 Grubbin 4 0 Shellder 4 1 Spinarak 4 2 Trapinch 4 1 Fomantis 4 0 Pyukumuku 4 1 Drifloon 4 2 Fletchinder 4 0 Honedge 4 2 Larvitar 3 2 Dugtrio 3 1 Feebas 3 0 Tentacool 3 0 Sandile 3 1 Snivy 3 3 Togedemaru 3 1 Roggenrola 3 0 Porygon 3 2 Surskit 3 2 Pancham 3 1 Ariados 3 2 Cyndaquil 3 3 Pinsir 3 1 Comfey 3 1 Jangmo-o 3 1 Emolga 3 1 Lycanroc 3 2 Snubbull 3 2 Phantump 2 1 Nosepass 2 0 Mudkip 2 2 Ribombee 2 1 Ho-oh 2 4 Hippopotas 2 2 Drampa 2 2 Sandshrew 2 2 Charjabug 2 1 Klefki 2 1 Bellsprout 2 2 Gigalith 2 2 Sandygast 2 1 Shellos 2 2 Marill 2 2 Poliwhirl 2 2 Dewpider 2 2 Morelull 2 2 Granbull 2 1 Gastrodon 2 1 Carvanha 2 2 Araquanid 2 2 Gyarados 2 1 Oricorio 2 0 Piplup 2 3 Absol 2 1 Ferroseed 2 2 Hypno 2 1 Chimchar 2 3 Larvesta 2 2 Bruxish 2 1 Munchlax 2 1 Buneary 2 2 Igglybuff 2 2 Togepi 2 2 Rufflet 2 2 Ditto 2 1 Pikachu 2 1 Fennekin 2 3 Oranguru 2 2 Vullaby 2 2 Axew 2 2 Herdier 1 2 Wailord (Shiny!) 1 3 Squirtle 1 3 Timburr 1 2 Wooper 1 2 Tangela 1 2 Golett 1 2 Turtonator 1 2 Budew 1 2 Mawile 1 2 Pineco 1 2 Wailmer 1 1 Yanma 1 2 Litwick 1 2 Mandibuzz 1 2 Boldore 1 1 Nidoran f 1 2 Tauros 1 1 Conkeldurr 1 2 Talonflame 1 2 Trubbish 1 1 Pachirisu 1 2 Krabby 1 2 Rayquaza (Shiny!) 1 5 Phione 1 3 Stunky 1 2 Tapu Bulu 1 3 Dialga (Shiny!) 1 5 Xurkitree 1 3 Venonat 1 2 Gligar 1 2 Barboach 1 0 Venipede 1 2 Butterfree 1 0 Dhelmise 1 1 Paras 1 2 Delibird 1 1 Glameow 1 2 Tirtouga 1 3 Clauncher 1 2 Frogadier 1 3 Trevenant 1 2 Toucannon 1 2 Yamask 1 3 Gothita 1 2 Roselia 1 2 Buizel 1 2 Hariyama 1 1 Swablu 1 2 Persian 1 2 Sableye 1 1 Sneasel 1 1 Duskull 1 2 Cleffa 1 2 Mankey 1 1 Golbat 1 1 Jolteon 1 2 Skorupi 1 2 Snorlax 1 2 Scraggy 1 2 Elekid 1 1 Marowak 1 2 Dartrix 1 2 Chinchou 1 1 Ledian 1 1 Shroomish 1 2 Exeggutor 1 1 Deino 1 2 Cottonee 1 2 Drifblim 1 2 Chikorita 1 3 Zigzagoon 1 2 Aerodactyl 1 2 Stoutland 1 2 Kartana 1 3 Arceus (Shiny!) 1 5 Audino 1 2 Goldeen 1 1 Charizard 1 4 Dragonite (Shiny!) 1 4 Teddiursa 1 2 Hoopa 1 5 Hitmonlee (Shiny!) 1 4 Magcargo (Shiny!) 1 4 Shuppet 1 2 Eelektross 1 3 Vikavolt 1 2 Sawsbuck (Shiny!) 1 4 Plusle 1 2 Nidoqueen 1 3 Passimian 1 2 Stunfisk 1 2

If you disagree with how I rated each Pokémon or just want to have a play around I think it would be fun to download my raw data and have a play for yourself. You could change the values I gave for each trade and see if that impacts the final results.