THE AVERAGE PLACINGS

Here are the average placings of each participating country in the history of Eurovision Song Contest. Semifinals are included as separate contests. Year 1956 is not included, because then only the winning song was announced.

Average placings 1957-2012

POS			COUNTRY	SUM	CONTESTS	AVERAGE
(			Serbia & Montenegro	10	3	3,3 )
1			Azerbaijan	33	9	3,7
2			Serbia	63	10	6,3
3			Armenia	68	10	6,8
4			Ukraine	123	17	7,2
5			Italy	277	37	7,5
6			United Kingdom	421	55	7,7
7			Russia	163	21	7,8
8			Sweden	478	57	8,4
9			Georgia	77	9	8,6
10			Ireland	430	50	8,6
11			France	493	55	9,0
12			Monaco	219	24	9,1
13			Luxembourg	331	36	9,2
14			Greece	366	39	9,4
15			Denmark	452	47	9,6
16			Germany	545	55	9,9
17			Israel	392	39	10,1
18			Moldova	149	14	10,6
(			Yugoslavia	288	27	10,7 )
19			Albania	151	14	10,8
20			Romania	216	20	10,8
21			Bosnia & Herzegovina	276	25	11,0
22			Switzerland	597	54	11,1
23			Spain	583	52	11,2
24			Netherlands	598	53	11,3
25			Estonia	239	21	11,4
26			Turkey	457	40	11,4
27			Croatia	277	24	11,5
28			Malta	325	28	11,6
29			Norway	661	55	12,0
30			Belgium	669	54	12,4
31			Iceland	374	30	12,5
32			Bulgaria	113	9	12,6
33			Latvia	202	16	12,6
34			Cyprus	421	33	12,8
35			Austria	591	46	12,9
36			FYR Macedonia	209	16	13,1
37			Hungary	187	14	13,4
38			Portugal	670	49	13,7
39			Finland	684	50	13,7
40			Slovenia	279	20	14,0
41			Poland	240	17	14,1
42			Belarus	157	11	14,3
43			Lithuania	255	17	15,0
44			Montenegro	63	4	15,8
45			San Marino	49	3	16,3
46			Slovakia	123	7	17,6
47			Andorra	107	6	17,8
48			Morocco	18	1	18,0
49			Czech Republic	64	3	21,3

=highest climber, =going upwards, =same position as last time, =going downwards, =new entry