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 1957-2011

POS			COUNTRY	SUM	CONTESTS	AVERAGE
(			Serbia & Montenegro	10	3	3,3 )
1			Azerbaijan	29	8	3,6
2			Ukraine	101	15	6,7
3			Armenia	68	10	6,8
4			Serbia	58	8	7,3
5			United Kingdom	396	54	7,3
6			Italy	268	36	7,4
7			Georgia	63	8	7,9
8			Russia	160	19	8,4
9			Ireland	405	48	8,4
10			Sweden	476	55	8,7
11			France	471	54	8,7
12			Monaco	219	24	9,1
13			Luxembourg	331	36	9,2
14			Greece	345	37	9,3
15			Denmark	420	45	9,3
16			Germany	537	54	9,9
17			Israel	379	38	10,0
(			Yugoslavia	273	26	10,5 )
18			Bosnia & Herzegovina	252	23	11,0
19			Switzerland	586	53	11,1
20			Moldova	133	12	11,1
21			Romania	201	18	11,2
22			Netherlands	583	52	11,2
23			Spain	573	51	11,2
24			Malta	297	26	11,4
25			Croatia	265	23	11,5
26			Turkey	445	38	11,7
27			Norway	625	53	11,8
28			Albania	144	12	12,0
29			Estonia	229	19	12,1
30			Belgium	652	53	12,3
31			Iceland	346	28	12,4
32			Latvia	186	15	12,4
33			Austria	573	44	12,7
34			Bulgaria	102	8	12,8
34			Hungary	153	12	12,8
36			Cyprus	398	31	12,9
37			FYR Macedonia	200	15	13,3
38			Portugal	657	48	13,7
39			Finland	672	49	13,7
40			Slovenia	262	19	13,8
41			Belarus	141	10	14,1
42			Poland	240	17	14,1
43			Lithuania	238	15	15,9
44			Montenegro	48	3	16,0
45			San Marino	35	2	17,5
45			Slovakia	105	6	17,5
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