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 1957-2013

POS			COUNTRY	SUM	CONTESTS	AVERAGE
1			Azerbaijan	36	11	3,3
(			Serbia & Montenegro	10	3	3,3 )
2			Serbia	74	11	6,7
3			Ukraine	129	19	6,8
4			Russia	170	23	7,4
5			Italy	284	38	7,5
6			Armenia	93	12	7,8
7			United Kingdom	440	56	7,9
8			Sweden	492	58	8,5
9			Ireland	464	52	8,9
10			Greece	374	41	9,1
11			Monaco	219	24	9,1
12			Luxembourg	331	36	9,2
13			France	516	56	9,2
14			Denmark	454	49	9,3
15			Georgia	102	11	9,3
16			Germany	566	56	10,1
17			Israel	406	40	10,2
18			Moldova	164	16	10,3
19			Romania	234	22	10,6
(			Yugoslavia	288	27	10,7 )
20			Bosnia & Herzegovina	276	25	11,0
21			Albania	166	15	11,1
22			Switzerland	610	55	11,1
23			Malta	337	30	11,2
24			Netherlands	613	54	11,4
25			Turkey	457	40	11,4
26			Spain	608	53	11,5
27			Croatia	290	25	11,6
28			Estonia	269	23	11,7
29			Norway	668	57	11,7
30			Belgium	686	56	12,3
31			Iceland	397	32	12,4
32			Bulgaria	125	10	12,5
33			Hungary	205	16	12,8
34			Cyprus	436	34	12,8
35			Austria	605	47	12,9
36			Latvia	219	17	12,9
37			FYR Macedonia	225	17	13,2
38			Portugal	670	49	13,7
39			Finland	717	52	13,8
40			Belarus	180	13	13,9
41			Slovenia	293	21	14,0
42			Poland	240	17	14,1
43			Montenegro	75	5	15,0
43			San Marino	60	4	15,0
45			Lithuania	286	19	15,1
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