| First country to legalise Euthanasia | Netherland |
| First country to recognise ‘third gender’ on census forms | Nepal |
| First country to require SMS for aircraft entry | Bermuda |
| First country to draft its constitution on iPad | Hungary |
| First country to account for natural assets globally | India |
| First country to ban fur for fashion week events | Norway |
| First country to slap ‘Fat tax’ on food products | Denmark |
| First country to use the Arabic language for domain name | Egypt |
| First country to sign biodiversity protocol | Colombia |
| First country to block 100000 websites | Thailand |
| First country to monitor every car journey | Britain |
| First country to ban amalgam fillings | Norway |
| First country to ban use of animal circuses | Bolivia |
| First country to have cruise manoeuvrable Missile | India |
| First woman President of a country | Marma Estella ‘Isabel’ Martinez Cartas de Peron |
| First country to approve stem cell therapy | South Korea |
| First country in the world to introduce internet | votingEstonia |
| First country to launch secret | Denmark |
| First country to use bivalent polio vaccine | Afghanistan |
| First country to adopt the International Labour Organisation (ILO) | Brazil |
| First crossword puzzle in the world was published | By London Sunday Express |
| First country to make a constitution | United States of America |
| First country to appoint Lokpal | Sweden |
| First Asian city to host Olympic game | Tokyo, Japan |
| First country printed book | China |
| First country to start paper currency | China |
| First country to start civil service commission | China |
| First country to make education compulsory | Prussia |
| First country to win world cup football | Uruguay |
| First country to organize NAM summit | Belgrade |
| First country to host modern Olympic | Greece |
| First country to set radio telescope satellite into space | Japan |
| First country to ban capital punishment | Venezuela |
| First country to give constitutional status to animal rights | Switzerland |
| First country to give voting right to women | New Zealand |
| First country to set carbon tax | New Zealand |
| First country to start VAT (Value Added Tax) | Brazil and Germany |
| First country to start plastic currency | Australia |
| First country to sign nuclear agreement with India | France |
| First country to send human to moon | USA |
| First spaceship landed on Mars | VIKING – 1 |
| First space shuttle launched | Columbia |
| First religion of the world | Sanatan Dharma |
| First University of the world | Taxila University |
| First country to brings out the FIAT | Italy |
| First country to issue stamps | Great Britain |
| First animated colour cartoon of full feature length | Snow white and seven dwarf |
| First country in Asia to have a UNESCO category one institute | India |
| First country to sign enforcement for sentences | Italy |
| First country to be affected by industrial revolution | Great Britain |
| First country to sign agreements to set up nuclear reactors in India | France |
| First country to use iris scans on ID cards | Mexico |
| First developing country to receive doses of donated H1N1 swine flu vaccines | Mongolia |
| First Developing country to contribute to crop Benefit Sharing Fund | Indonesia |
| First country in the world to limit banker’s bonuses | France |
| First European country to directly receive Azerbaijani gas | Greece |