New Zealand leads the Rio Paralympic medals per capita rankingsPHOTOSPORT New Zealand's Sophie Pascoe celebrates her silver medal in the Womens 50m Freestyle S10 Swimming at the Rio Paralympics. New Zealand leads the medals per capita table at the Rio Paralympics, with the nine medals one edging the nation ahead of Slovenia and Jamaica into first place. With a population of 4.53 million, New Zealand have won 1.99 medals per million people, just ahead of Slovenia at 1.93, Statistics New Zealand figures show. New Zealand have four gold medals, shared between Sophie Pascoe, Mary Fisher and Anna Grimaldi. MEDALS PER CAPITA - TOP 5New Zealand - 1.99 (medals per million)Slovenia - 1.93Jamaica - 1.79Denmark - 1.59Georgia - 1.50Australia - 1.13 (10th)- Stuff

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