Why are there so many metals but very few non-metals?

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The electronegativity decreases as we go from top to bottom and from right to left of a periodic table. Therefore, we have the maximum electronegative element in the top right corner of the periodic table which is a narrow region. Thus, the number of metals is much more than the number of non-metals.

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