FIFA Ranking: January 2010 preview (IV)

Point totals for teams from the top 20 of the October 2007 ranking should be 100% correct. For the others, there's the issue of historical rankings published before July 2006.

Included: matches up to and including January 21st, 2010.

FIFA will publish the ranking on February 3rd.

I might post a final update on Monday, if I can find the time.

Three matches left: Nigeria - Algeria (2010 ACN third place match), Ghana - Egypt (2010 ACN final) and Jamaica - Canada (friendly). I'm not so sure about Jamaica - Canada being included.

Here's how the totals can change for these six teams:

Egypt (1012 - loss, 1034 - PSO loss, 1056 - PSO win, 1077 - win)
Nigeria (862 - loss, 902 - PSO loss, 937 - PSO win, 972 - win)
Ghana (823 - loss, 852 - PSO loss, 882 - PSO win, 911 - win)
Algeria (784 - loss, 819 - PSO loss, 855 - PSO win, 890 - win)
Canada (527 - loss, 540 - draw, 566 - win)
Jamaica (387 - loss, 399 - draw, 423 - win)

In the ranking table, the value displayed for these teams is the minimum possible value. This means that even if they lose, their total can't drop.

Egypt could climb to 8th with a win against Ghana.

Best movers:

25 - Yemen
18 - Gambia
17 - Malawi and Tajikistan

Worst movers:

-29 - Nicaragua
-21 - Burundi
-17 - Guinea

Best movers in the top 50:

11 - Egypt
7 - Ghana
4 - Gabon

Both Egypt and Ghana can still improve.

Worst movers in the top 50:

-8 - Cameroon
-6 - Côte d'Ivoire and Mali
-5 - Algeria

Algeria could limit the damage and could even improve their best ever ranking with a win against Nigeria.

Saudi Arabia overtake Bahrain for 4th place in AFC.

Egypt will be the new African top team even if they lose against Ghana in the 2010 ACN final.

Three teams will have their best ever ranking:

Egypt (13th - 15th in January 2009)
Venezuela (47th - 48th in April 2004)
Montenegro (72nd - 73rd in November 2009)

Mongolia will return to their best ever ranking - 170th first achieved in November 2009.

Two teams will return to their worst ever ranking:

Tunisia (56th - first achieved in March 2008)
Tahiti (195th - first achieved in November 2009)

Four teams will have their worst ever ranking:

Romania (38th - 36th in October 2009)
Sweden (43rd - 42nd in July 2009)
Morocco (65th - 63rd in November 2009)
Guinea-Bissau (195th - 194th in December 2009)

January 2010 rank - Team - January 2010 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1627	0	0
2	Brazil	1568	0	0
3	Netherlands	1288	0	0
4	Italy	1209	0	0
5	Portugal	1176	0	0
6	Germany	1173	0	0
7	France	1117	0	0
8	Argentina	1082	0	-3
9	England	1076	0	0
10	Croatia	1053	0	11
11	Greece	1030	2	14
12	Russia	1026	0	0
13	Egypt	1012	11	180
14	USA	963	0	-17
15	Chile	955	0	19
16	Mexico	947	1	16
17	Switzerland	924	1	0
18	Serbia	916	1	0
19	Cameroon	914	-8	-121
20	Uruguay	909	0	0
21	Nigeria	868	1	20
22	Côte d'Ivoire	865	-6	-69
23	Australia	857	-2	-6
24	Ukraine	848	-2	0
25	Czech Republic	828	0	0
26	Denmark	827	2	7
27	Ghana	823	7	76
27	Israel	823	-1	0
29	Paraguay	806	0	0
30	Bulgaria	801	0	0
31	Algeria	784	-5	-39
32	Norway	772	0	12
33	Slovenia	767	-2	0
34	Honduras	759	3	21
35	Ecuador	753	2	15
36	Slovakia	752	-3	0
37	Republic of Ireland	746	-2	0
38	Romania	745	-2	0
39	Colombia	736	0	0
40	Japan	729	3	20
40	Northern Ireland	729	0	0
42	Turkey	728	-1	0
43	Sweden	727	-1	6
44	Gabon	706	4	46
45	Costa Rica	699	-1	-2
46	Scotland	665	0	0
47	Venezuela	646	3	0
48	Bosnia-Herzegovina	645	3	3
49	Korea Republic	634	3	9
49	Latvia	634	-4	-43
51	Burkina Faso	616	-2	-34
51	Hungary	616	3	3
53	Mali	598	-6	-64
54	Finland	576	1	-16
55	Bolivia	573	1	0
56	Tunisia	572	-3	-42
57	Poland	567	1	11
58	Saudi Arabia	538	5	28
59	Bahrain	529	1	5
60	Canada	527	-4	-46
61	Austria	523	0	0
62	Lithuania	522	0	0
63	Iran	499	1	-9
64	FYR Macedonia	495	1	0
65	Belgium	491	1	0
65	Morocco	491	2	14
67	Benin	483	-8	-49
68	Cyprus	471	0	0
68	Peru	471	0	0
70	Togo	468	1	1
71	El Salvador	464	7	51
72	Montenegro	456	2	0
73	Zambia	449	11	69
74	Uganda	447	1	-8
75	Uzbekistan	431	1	-9
76	Wales	420	1	0
77	Panama	406	-7	-63
78	New Zealand	400	4	0
79	Belarus	397	1	-9
80	South Africa	390	5	13
81	Jamaica	387	0	-16
82	Malawi	384	17	58
82	Mozambique	384	-10	-78
84	Trinidad and Tobago	382	-2	-18
85	Korea DPR	377	1	1
86	Iraq	375	2	11
87	China PR	373	6	33
88	Angola	371	7	34
89	Qatar	370	-3	-6
90	Guinea	360	-17	-98
91	Senegal	359	-2	-2
92	Kuwait	358	12	57
93	Oman	352	-14	-58
94	Iceland	349	-2	3
95	Haiti	347	-5	-1
96	Moldova	338	-2	0
97	Albania	336	-1	0
98	Gambia	333	18	110
99	Thailand	332	6	36
100	Cape Verde Islands	331	-3	0
100	Syria	331	-9	-16
102	Armenia	321	-2	0
103	Congo	320	-2	0
104	Estonia	315	-2	7
105	Yemen	294	25	118
106	Rwanda	276	-4	-32
107	Jordan	275	4	20
108	Tanzania	267	-2	-23
109	Namibia	251	4	5
109	Sudan	251	-1	-17
111	Congo DR	248	-4	-23
112	Kenya	244	-14	-83
113	United Arab Emirates	241	-1	-7
114	Azerbaijan	235	0	-1
115	Libya	233	0	1
116	Vietnam	231	7	28
117	Zimbabwe	228	-8	-37
118	Faroe Islands	222	-1	0
119	Botswana	220	-1	1
120	Singapore	217	-10	-43
121	Ethiopia	204	1	0
122	Georgia	202	2	0
123	Kazakhstan	201	2	1
124	Luxembourg	195	4	10
125	Cuba	191	-6	-27
126	Guyana	186	1	-5
127	Antigua and Barbuda	184	3	8
128	Barbados	171	1	-10
129	Fiji	167	3	0
130	India	166	4	8
131	Guatemala	164	-10	-41
132	Sierra Leone	159	6	14
133	Grenada	158	5	13
133	Turkmenistan	158	8	19
135	Bermuda	157	7	19
136	Indonesia	154	-16	-52
137	Hong Kong	153	6	16
138	Equatorial Guinea	152	-3	0
138	Swaziland	152	-3	0
140	Maldives	146	-3	0
141	Myanmar	144	-1	2
142	Suriname	133	2	0
143	Chad	130	2	0
144	Malta	129	2	1
145	Lebanon	127	3	2
146	New Caledonia	126	1	0
147	Burundi	124	-21	-71
148	Tajikistan	123	17	36
149	Lesotho	120	1	0
150	Bangladesh	117	-1	-5
151	Sri Lanka	115	0	0
152	Nepal	112	0	0
153	Liechtenstein	110	1	0
154	Vanuatu	108	1	0
155	St. Kitts and Nevis	106	1	0
156	Madagascar	105	2	0
156	Pakistan	105	0	-1
158	Kyrgyzstan	103	1	0
159	Malaysia	100	1	-2
160	Liberia	98	1	0
161	Mauritania	93	8	23
162	Chinese Taipei	92	0	-1
162	Eritrea	92	1	0
162	Nicaragua	92	-29	-73
162	Niger	92	1	0
166	Puerto Rico	89	-1	2
167	Philippines	85	0	2
168	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	82	-16	-30
169	Netherlands Antilles	80	-1	0
170	Mongolia	61	1	0
171	Solomon Islands	60	1	0
172	Palestine	57	1	0
173	Cambodia	56	2	0
174	Turks and Caicos Islands	45	3	0
175	Seychelles	44	3	0
176	Bahamas	43	4	0
176	Comoros	43	0	-3
178	Mauritius	40	3	0
179	Cayman Islands	39	4	3
179	Laos	39	-1	-5
179	Somalia	39	-9	-25
182	Dominica	38	15	26
182	Samoa	38	0	0
184	Cook Islands	34	0	0
184	Guam	34	0	0
186	Belize	33	-13	-24
187	St. Lucia	32	-1	0
188	Macau	31	-1	0
189	Tonga	28	-1	0
190	Dominican Republic	26	0	0
191	British Virgin Islands	25	0	0
191	Brunei Darussalam	25	0	0
193	Djibouti	23	-4	-4
194	Afghanistan	20	-1	0
195	Guinea-Bissau	19	-1	0
195	Tahiti	19	-1	0
197	Bhutan	17	-1	0
198	Aruba	11	0	0
199	US Virgin Islands	8	0	0
200	Central African Republic	4	0	0
200	Timor-Leste	4	0	0
202	Andorra	3	0	0
203	American Samoa	0	0	0
203	Anguilla	0	0	0
203	Montserrat	0	0	0
203	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0
203	San Marino	0	0	0

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African Cup of Nations: Seeding for Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 qualifiers (29 January 2010)

Detailed explanation of the seeding method.

The third place match won't affect the final ranking, as both Nigeria and Algeria will remain with 6 bonus points - as semifinalists.

It's between Ghana and Egypt - whoever wins the final, will also be in Group 1, as both teams are tied on 31 points.

The rest of the groups (from 3 through 13) are already set in stone if CAF will use the same system as in 2006.

Group 1: Egypt/Ghana, Congo, Madagascar, Sao Tome e Principe
Group 2: Ghana/Egypt, Cape Verde Islands, Lesotho, Central African Republic
Group 3: Nigeria, Gambia, Burundi, Guinea-Bissau
Group 4: Algeria, Senegal, Chad, Djibouti
Group 5: Côte d'Ivoire, South Africa, Swaziland, Somalia
Group 6: Cameroon, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Mauritius
Group 7: Tunisia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Seychelles
Group 8: Mali, Rwanda, Botswana, Comoros
Group 9: Burkina Faso, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Eritrea
Group 10: Zambia, Guinea, Libya, Niger
Group 11: Benin, Morocco, Congo DR, Mauritania
Group 12: Angola, Malawi, Namibia, Liberia
Group 13: Mozambique, Togo, Tanzania

I apreciate the effort made by an unregistered Wikipedian on the 2012 Africa Nations Cup qualification article, but I don't think this info should be on Wikipedia as it's not yet official.

According to an e-mail I received from CAF no team has withdrawn from the qualifiers. Probably some teams will withdraw after the groups are announced.

CAF could also choose a system with 14 groups - only the winners advacing to the 2012 ACN. However, they had a similar option in 2006. 47 teams and 15 available places - 13 groups of 3 geams and 2 of 4 teams, with only the winner advancing. Instead they chose the system that would have the most groups with 4 teams.

Anyway, this is how the groups would look like in a 14-group setup:

Group 1: Egypt/Ghana, Namibia, Niger, Sao Tome e Principe
Group 2: Ghana/Egypt, Tanzania, Mauritania, Central African Republic
Group 3: Nigeria, Congo, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau
Group 4: Algeria, Cape Verde Islands, Madagascar, Djibouti
Group 5: Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Lesotho, Somalia
Group 6: Cameroon, Senegal, Burundi, Mauritius
Group 7: Tunisia, South Africa, Chad, Seychelles
Group 8: Mali, Uganda, Swaziland, Comoros
Group 9: Burkina Faso, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Eritrea
Group 10: Zambia, Rwanda, Ethiopia
Group 11: Benin, Kenya, Botswana
Group 12: Angola, Guinea, Zimbabwe
Group 13: Mozambique, Morocco, Libya
Group 14: Togo, Malawi, Congo DR

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African Cup of Nations: Seeding for Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 qualifiers (27 January 2010)

Detailed explanation of the seeding method.

These are the groups before the 2010 ACN semifinals:

Group 1: Nigeria, Congo, Madagascar, Sao Tome e Principe
Group 2: Algeria, Cape Verde Islands, Lesotho, Central African Republic
Group 3: Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Burundi, Guinea-Bissau
Group 4: Egypt, Senegal, Chad, Djibouti
Group 5: Ghana, South Africa, Swaziland, Somalia
Group 6: Cameroon, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Mauritius
Group 7: Tunisia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Seychelles
Group 8: Mali, Rwanda, Botswana, Comoros
Group 9: Burkina Faso, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Eritrea
Group 10: Zambia, Guinea, Libya, Niger
Group 11: Benin, Morocco, Congo DR, Mauritania
Group 12: Angola, Malawi, Namibia, Liberia
Group 13: Mozambique, Togo, Tanzania

Groups 6 to 13 are pretty much locked, because only Zimbabwe are able to improve their ranking by drawing or winning their friendly against South Africa. They can overtake Libya with a draw and could further overtake Congo DR and Namibia with a win.

1 - Rank in the 2012 ACN seeding
2 - Team
3 - January 2010 CAF ranking (i.e. FIFA ranking within CAF)
4 - Points in the last group stage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
5 - Bonus points for FIFA World Cup qualification (6 points)
6 - Angola 2010 group stage points
7 - Angola 2010 bonus points (12 for the winner, 9 for the finalist, 6 for the SF, 3 for the QF)

 1 Nigeria                   3 12 6 6 6 30
 2 Algeria                   5 13 6 4 6 29
 3 Côte d'Ivoire             4 16 6 4 3 29
 4 Egypt                     1 13 0 9 6 28
 5 Ghana                     6 13 6 3 6 28

The order of the top 5 can change after the semifinals and final.

Nigeria (1, 2, 3)
Algeria (1, 2, 3, 4)
Côte d'Ivoire (3, 4, 5)
Egypt (1, 2, 4, 5)
Ghana (1, 2, 5)

I wrote to CAF asking which teams chose not to take part in the ACN 2012 qualifiers. Hopefully, someone will be able to answer.

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African Cup of Nations: Seeding for Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 qualifiers (24 January 2010)

These are the groups (in 2006 there was no actual draw - see the seeding and draw procedure used in 2006) based on matches up to and including January 21st.

There are plenty of questions though.

Because I've seen some people didn't understand the system CAF used in 2006 for the 2008 ACN preliminaries, I'll try to give more details in this post.

Here's the ranking after January 24th.

The seeding formula is the sum of:

• 2010 WCQ points
• bonus for qualifying for the 2010 WC (6 points)
  
• 2010 ACN group stage points
• 2010 ACN performance bonus (12 for the winner, 9 for the finalist, 6 for the SF, 3 for the QF)

The rest of the teams will be ranked using the January 2010 FIFA ranking (to be published by FIFA on February 3rd).

Order of columns:

1 - Rank in the 2012 ACN seeding
2 - Team
3 - January 2010 CAF ranking (i.e. FIFA ranking within CAF)
4 - Points in the last group stage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
5 - Bonus points for FIFA World Cup qualification (6 points)
6 - Angola 2010 group stage points
7 - Angola 2010 bonus points (12 for the winner, 9 for the finalist, 6 for the SF, 3 for the QF)

If teams are tied, these are the tie-breaking criteria:

1 - Angola 2010 bonus points
2 - Angola 2010 group stage points
3 - 2010 World Cup bonus points
4 - 2010 World Cup points in the last group stage
5 - January 2010 FIFA Ranking

The first seed (ranked 1st) will be group with the lowest ranked seed from each of the other three pots. This means Group 1 will feature teams ranked 1st, 26th, 39th and 51st, Group 2 will feature teams ranked 2nd, 25th, 38th and 50th and so on, with Group 13 featuring only 3 teams ranked 13th, 14th and 27th.

 1 Algeria                   5 13 6 4 6 29
 2 Côte d'Ivoire             4 16 6 4 3 29
 3 Ghana                     6 13 6 3 6 28
 4 Nigeria                   3 12 6 6 3 27
 5 Cameroon                  2 13 6 4 3 26
 6 Egypt                     1 13 0 9 3 25
 7 Tunisia                  10 11 0 3   14
 8 Mali                      9  9 0 4   13
 9 Burkina Faso              8 12 0 1   13
10 Zambia                   15  5 0 4 3 12
11 Benin                    12 10 0 1   11
12 Angola                   19  0 0 5 3  8
13 Mozambique               17  7 0 1    8
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14 Togo                     13  8 0 0    8
15 Malawi                   16  4 0 3    7
16 Morocco                  11  3 0      3
17 Guinea                   20  3 0      3
18 Kenya                    30  3 0      3
19 Rwanda                   25  2 0      2
20 Sudan                    27  1 0      1
21 Uganda                   14
22 South Africa             18
23 Senegal                  21
24 Gambia                   22
25 Cape Verde Islands       23
26 Congo                    24
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27 Tanzania                 26
28 Namibia                  28
29 Congo DR                 29
30 Libya                    31
31 Zimbabwe                 32
32 Botswana                 33
33 Ethiopia                 34
34 Sierra Leone             35
35 Swaziland                36
36 Chad                     38
37 Burundi                  39
38 Lesotho                  40
39 Madagascar               41
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40 Liberia                  42
41 Mauritania               43
42 Niger                    44
43 Eritrea                  45
44 Comoros                  46
45 Seychelles               47
46 Mauritius                48
47 Somalia                  49
48 Djibouti                 50
49 Guinea-Bissau            51
50 Central African Republic 52
51 Sao Tome e Principe      53

Zambia can't reach the top 6. Even if they win the whole thing, they will have only 21 points. If they knock-out Nigeria, they'll climb to 7th. The last three teams in the first pot are also set in stone.
There's also a South Africa - Zimbabwe friendly on January 27th. This result won't affect South Africa's position in the seeding list as they can't overtake Uganda and they can't fall behind Senegal. Zimbabwe on the other hand can overtake Libya with a draw and they could further pass by Congo DR and Namibia with a win.

If CAF use the same system as 4 years ago and no team withdraws from the qualifiers, one group is already set - Group 13: Mozambique, Togo, Tanzania.

We also have some fixed match-ups:

Benin - Morocco
Angola - Malawi
Congo - Madagascar
Cape Verde Islands - Lesotho
Gambia - Burundi
Senegal - Chad
South Africa - Swaziland
Uganda - Sierra Leone
Sudan - Ethiopia
Rwanda - Botswana

These are the groups based on the system used 4 years ago and results up to and including January 24th:

Group 1: Algeria, Congo, Madagascar, Sao Tome e Principe
Group 2: Côte d'Ivoire, Cape Verde Islands, Lesotho, Central African Republic
Group 3: Ghana, Gambia, Burundi, Guinea-Bissau
Group 4: Nigeria, Senegal, Chad, Djibouti
Group 5: Cameroon, South Africa, Swaziland, Somalia
Group 6: Egypt, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Mauritius
Group 7: Tunisia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Seychelles
Group 8: Mali, Rwanda, Botswana, Comoros
Group 9: Burkina Faso, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Eritrea
Group 10: Zambia, Guinea, Libya, Niger
Group 11: Benin, Morocco, Congo DR, Mauritania
Group 12: Angola, Malawi, Namibia, Liberia
Group 13: Mozambique, Togo, Tanzania

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FIFA Ranking: January 2010 probable results (III)

Here are the probable results used for the January 2010 probable ranking (III). They are generated using the Elo Ratings.

1 - First team wins
X - Draw
2 - Second team wins

22/Jan Latvia - Korea Republic 2 (Friendly)
23/Jan Poland - Singapore 1 (Friendly)
23/Jan USA - Honduras 1 (Friendly)
23/Jan Syria - Sweden X (Friendly)
24/Jan Angola - Ghana X (Ghana PSO) (Continental Final)
24/Jan Côte d'Ivoire - Algeria 1 (Continental Final)
25/Jan Egypt - Cameroon X (Egypt PSO) (Continental Final)
25/Jan Zambia - Nigeria 2 (Continental Final)
26/Jan Argentina - Costa Rica 1 (Friendly)
27/Jan South Africa - Zimbabwe 1 (Friendly)
28/Jan Ghana - Nigeria X (Nigeria PSO) (Continental Final)
28/Jan Egypt - Côte d'Ivoire X (Côte d'Ivoire PSO) (Continental Final)
28/Jan Ghana - Egypt X (Egypt PSO) (Continental Final)
28/Jan Côte d'Ivoire - Nigeria X (Côte d'Ivoire PSO) (Continental Final)
31/Jan Jamaica - Canada X (Friendly)

I'm not 100% sure Jamaica - Canada will be included.

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FIFA Ranking: January 2010 probable ranking (III)

Probable results computed using the Elo Ratings. See the list of results used for this ranking.

Next update: January 29th, 2010.

Probable January 2010 rank - Team - Probable January 2010 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1627	0	0
2	Brazil	1568	0	0
3	Netherlands	1288	0	0
4	Italy	1209	0	0
5	Portugal	1176	0	0
6	Germany	1173	0	0
7	France	1117	0	0
8	Argentina	1082	0	-3
9	England	1076	0	0
10	Croatia	1053	0	11
11	Greece	1030	2	14
12	Russia	1026	0	0
13	Côte d'Ivoire	998	3	64
14	Egypt	991	10	159
15	USA	980	-1	0
16	Nigeria	975	6	127
17	Chile	955	-2	19
18	Mexico	947	-1	16
19	Cameroon	946	-8	-89
20	Switzerland	924	-2	0
21	Serbia	916	-2	0
22	Uruguay	909	-2	0
23	Australia	857	-2	-6
24	Ukraine	848	-2	0
25	Czech Republic	828	0	0
26	Denmark	827	2	7
27	Israel	823	-1	0
28	Paraguay	806	1	0
29	Bulgaria	801	1	0
30	Ghana	783	4	36
31	Norway	772	1	12
32	Slovenia	767	-1	0
33	Algeria	757	-7	-66
34	Ecuador	753	3	15
35	Slovakia	752	-2	0
36	Republic of Ireland	746	-1	0
37	Romania	745	-1	0
38	Colombia	736	1	0
39	Honduras	734	-2	-4
40	Japan	729	3	20
40	Northern Ireland	729	0	0
42	Turkey	728	-1	0
43	Sweden	727	-1	6
44	Gabon	706	4	46
45	Costa Rica	699	-1	-2
46	Scotland	665	0	0
47	Venezuela	646	3	0
48	Bosnia-Herzegovina	645	3	3
49	Korea Republic	634	3	9
49	Latvia	634	-4	-43
51	Burkina Faso	616	-2	-34
51	Hungary	616	3	3
53	Mali	598	-6	-64
54	Finland	576	1	-16
55	Bolivia	573	1	0
56	Tunisia	572	-3	-42
57	Poland	567	1	11
58	Canada	538	-2	-35
58	Saudi Arabia	538	5	28
60	Bahrain	529	0	5
61	Austria	523	0	0
62	Lithuania	522	0	0
63	Iran	499	1	-9
64	FYR Macedonia	495	1	0
65	Belgium	491	1	0
65	Morocco	491	2	14
67	Benin	483	-8	-49
68	Cyprus	471	0	0
68	Peru	471	0	0
70	Togo	468	1	1
71	El Salvador	464	7	51
72	Montenegro	456	2	0
73	Uganda	447	2	-8
74	Uzbekistan	431	2	-9
75	Zambia	426	9	46
76	Wales	420	1	0
77	Panama	406	-7	-63
78	New Zealand	400	4	0
79	Jamaica	398	2	-5
80	Belarus	397	0	-9
81	Angola	394	14	57
82	South Africa	390	3	13
83	Malawi	384	16	58
83	Mozambique	384	-11	-78
85	Trinidad and Tobago	382	-3	-18
86	Korea DPR	377	0	1
87	Iraq	375	1	11
88	China PR	373	5	33
89	Qatar	370	-3	-6
90	Guinea	360	-17	-98
91	Senegal	359	-2	-2
92	Kuwait	358	12	57
93	Oman	352	-14	-58
94	Iceland	349	-2	3
95	Haiti	347	-5	-1
96	Moldova	338	-2	0
97	Albania	336	-1	0
98	Gambia	333	18	110
99	Thailand	332	6	36
100	Cape Verde Islands	331	-3	0
100	Syria	331	-9	-16
102	Armenia	321	-2	0
103	Congo	320	-2	0
104	Estonia	315	-2	7
105	Yemen	294	25	118
106	Rwanda	276	-4	-32
107	Jordan	275	4	20
108	Tanzania	267	-2	-23
109	Namibia	251	4	5
109	Sudan	251	-1	-17
111	Congo DR	248	-4	-23
112	Kenya	244	-14	-83
113	United Arab Emirates	241	-1	-7
114	Azerbaijan	235	0	-1
115	Libya	233	0	1
116	Vietnam	231	7	28
117	Zimbabwe	228	-8	-37
118	Faroe Islands	222	-1	0
119	Botswana	220	-1	1
120	Singapore	217	-10	-43
121	Ethiopia	204	1	0
122	Georgia	202	2	0
123	Kazakhstan	201	2	1
124	Luxembourg	195	4	10
125	Cuba	191	-6	-27
126	Guyana	186	1	-5
127	Antigua and Barbuda	184	3	8
128	Barbados	171	1	-10
129	Fiji	167	3	0
130	India	166	4	8
131	Guatemala	164	-10	-41
132	Sierra Leone	159	6	14
133	Grenada	158	5	13
133	Turkmenistan	158	8	19
135	Bermuda	157	7	19
136	Indonesia	154	-16	-52
137	Hong Kong	153	6	16
138	Equatorial Guinea	152	-3	0
138	Swaziland	152	-3	0
140	Maldives	146	-3	0
141	Myanmar	144	-1	2
142	Suriname	133	2	0
143	Chad	130	2	0
144	Malta	129	2	1
145	Lebanon	127	3	2
146	New Caledonia	126	1	0
147	Burundi	124	-21	-71
148	Tajikistan	123	17	36
149	Lesotho	120	1	0
150	Bangladesh	117	-1	-5
151	Sri Lanka	115	0	0
152	Nepal	112	0	0
153	Liechtenstein	110	1	0
154	Vanuatu	108	1	0
155	St. Kitts and Nevis	106	1	0
156	Madagascar	105	2	0
156	Pakistan	105	0	-1
158	Kyrgyzstan	103	1	0
159	Malaysia	100	1	-2
160	Liberia	98	1	0
161	Mauritania	93	8	23
162	Chinese Taipei	92	0	-1
162	Eritrea	92	1	0
162	Nicaragua	92	-29	-73
162	Niger	92	1	0
166	Puerto Rico	89	-1	2
167	Philippines	85	0	2
168	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	82	-16	-30
169	Netherlands Antilles	80	-1	0
170	Mongolia	61	1	0
171	Solomon Islands	60	1	0
172	Palestine	57	1	0
173	Cambodia	56	2	0
174	Turks and Caicos Islands	45	3	0
175	Seychelles	44	3	0
176	Bahamas	43	4	0
176	Comoros	43	0	-3
178	Mauritius	40	3	0
179	Cayman Islands	39	4	3
179	Laos	39	-1	-5
179	Somalia	39	-9	-25
182	Dominica	38	15	26
182	Samoa	38	0	0
184	Cook Islands	34	0	0
184	Guam	34	0	0
186	Belize	33	-13	-24
187	St. Lucia	32	-1	0
188	Macau	31	-1	0
189	Tonga	28	-1	0
190	Dominican Republic	26	0	0
191	British Virgin Islands	25	0	0
191	Brunei Darussalam	25	0	0
193	Djibouti	23	-4	-4
194	Afghanistan	20	-1	0
195	Guinea-Bissau	19	-1	0
195	Tahiti	19	-1	0
197	Bhutan	17	-1	0
198	Aruba	11	0	0
199	US Virgin Islands	8	0	0
200	Central African Republic	4	0	0
200	Timor-Leste	4	0	0
202	Andorra	3	0	0
203	American Samoa	0	0	0
203	Anguilla	0	0	0
203	Montserrat	0	0	0
203	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0
203	San Marino	0	0	0

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About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.