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Latest update 3 March 2010       

Pos.	Country	Points	Move 2010	Move 2009	Move 2008	Move 2007	Move 2006	Move 2005	Move 2004	Move 2003	Move 2002	Move 2001	Move 2000	Move 1999	Move 1998	Move 1997
1	Spain	2668	0	0	5	12	-12	3	-5	-1	7	-1	-7	4	-1	0
2	Brazil	2638	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	-1	19	-17	-2	1	-1	2
3	England	2606	1	0	7	-3	0	-1	3	-1	-6	13	0	-2	-8	4
4	Netherlands	2604	-1	0	11	-7	-4	3	0	-4	2	2	5	-8	1	-3
5	Chile	2577	1	8	15	-1	4	-2	12	15	-4	-11	-13	-1	-20	13
6	Germany	2576	-1	2	0	-3	8	-1	6	-10	1	0	0	4	4	-12
7	Argentina	2571	1	-2	-3	2	2	-5	3	1	-1	-1	2	-2	7	11
8	Italy	2560	-1	-2	-3	0	9	4	-6	11	-5	-10	30	-30	4	6
9	Portugal	2557	0	12	-3	-7	-6	0	3	-3	-4	1	10	8	23	-26
10	Serbia	2554	0	6	14	-1	-11	7	6	-12	6	-12	-6	1	-5	33
11	Mexico	2546	1	11	-10	3	0	-4	2	1	-4	12	1	-5	7	-8
12	Uruguay	2539	3	-5	6	7	-1	-5	-10	6	-1	8	18	-6	-3	16
13	Croatia	2532	-2	-2	-1	-2	9	4	1	14	-11	-2	0	-14	8	10
14	Egypt	2529	45	-17	17	-14	-5	25	-22	21	3	-7	3	-34	30	-33
15	France	2529	-2	0	-9	-1	6	1	-9	3	-2	-1	8	-8	1	0
16	Russia	2520	-2	-3	10	5	4	-2	-12	-4	6	-6	1	21	-21	-5
17	Paraguay	2518	-1	-8	1	15	-1	1	-9	12	16	-36	21	-17	12	11
18	Sweden	2516	0	9	-10	-5	-8	4	15	-5	-12	19	-8	-1	60	-64
19	Turkey	2505	3	-7	5	-7	1	17	-13	-10	9	12	-15	26	-20	18
20	Ukraine	2504	-1	6	9	-15	7	-4	17	-2	-8	-7	10	1	2	14
21	Colombia	2504	-1	2	-10	8	1	-3	15	-22	-2	8	13	5	-23	-1
22	Denmark	2503	1	-6	9	-17	1	10	-9	-1	-3	20	-24	26	-22	-1
23	Slovenia	2502	3	27	15	0	-10	-18	-4	2	-24	14	-1	26	11	23
24	Greece	2502	-7	1	-3	-1	6	-16	9	28	-3	-2	-17	4	-6	7
25	Switzerland	2500	-4	8	-4	-8	7	14	-6	4	15	-32	-9	31	8	-16
26	Norway	2497	1	8	-11	3	1	-2	23	-27	8	2	-27	20	-6	-6
27	Ecuador	2495	-2	3	8	-14	7	4	-5	3	-7	14	4	1	-12	-2
28	South Korea	2494	11	2	11	-1	-4	0	-2	-21	2	15	10	15	-3	13
29	Honduras	2492	8	3	8	-8	-1	21	-13	-8	0	-8	-5	34	-1	-32
30	Israel	2491	3	-3	-2	7	-1	5	12	-7	3	-7	3	-22	11	32
31	USA	2490	-2	-9	7	5	-7	-2	-11	5	24	-4	-15	26	-30	24
32	Venezuela	2489	-8	14	-1	5	2	-9	0	-6	-1	44	16	5	-10	25
33	Slovakia	2483	-1	13	-7	-4	2	-4	6	7	-1	-18	20	22	-18	0
34	Rep Ireland	2483	-3	2	-1	6	-11	-11	6	-8	2	-6	5	3	15	10
35	Japan	2481	-7	3	2	4	-18	-6	13	-1	-4	-7	61	-3	-19	-13
36	Bulgaria	2478	-6	-6	-1	8	2	-4	0	11	18	-19	-6	22	-41	2
37	Czech Rep	2474	-3	-22	-7	5	-8	1	0	18	12	-22	-7	13	8	-16
38	Australia	2470	-3	-1	8	-3	13	12	-11	-2	-20	20	47	-10	-28	-14
39	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2467	1	3	15	8	-18	0	6	17	-8	-7	-7	29	-37	81
40	Romania	2465	-4	-17	-9	5	2	4	4	5	-3	-3	-1	-10	-3	-3
41	Ivory Coast	2459	-3	9	-16	-6	21	4	19	9	2	-4	8	-29	38	-60
42	Poland	2457	10	-26	-7	2	-8	1	10	18	-10	1	4	-27	27	18
43	Costa Rica	2456	-1	6	5	-9	-9	7	-8	-2	-10	38	-12	10	-18	13
44	Finland	2452	-3	5	-7	2	4	-11	-7	6	-14	15	11	-17	35	17
45	Scotland	2446	-1	-12	-10	8	11	27	-18	-2	-3	-15	-12	24	-14	0
46	Ghana	2442	19	-5	-25	-2	37	25	7	-25	-7	3	-39	26	6	-36
47	Belarus	2440	1	10	2	-2	-1	-14	25	-21	-1	13	3	-10	28	15
48	Saudi Arabia	2437	-1	5	-5	3	10	23	-20	-9	1	-6	4	6	15	-26
49	Latvia	2437	-4	12	6	2	1	3	-21	15	9	0	-33	5	24	4
50	Hungary	2436	1	0	11	-6	-6	-6	20	-12	5	-10	37	-46	47	-18
51	N.Ireland	2436	-8	12	-14	13	11	1	-1	-10	-13	27	23	-30	-7	14
52	Peru	2434	-3	0	-6	3	-8	-2	-6	32	-11	-4	-14	-12	0	37
53	Iran	2433	9	-26	4	-4	-5	-4	19	-3	-9	18	-27	6	23	-7
54	Macedonia	2429	0	2	-6	3	20	-15	4	8	19	-23	-11	-8	20	-4
55	Bolivia	2428	-5	-6	12	3	-4	-18	20	-4	-4	-4	9	9	-24	-4
56	Wales	2426	-3	-16	7	11	-1	-8	-6	-14	24	4	2	-26	17	28
57	Nigeria	2424	-2	-1	0	-7	-5	-1	0	-6	2	30	-23	4	22	-19
58	Austria	2423	3	4	-14	-3	-5	6	-5	6	9	-24	-4	-16	6	18
59	Lithuania	2420	-3	-17	7	18	4	-1	6	2	-9	32	-22	8	-40	30
60	Cameroon	2419	-14	13	7	-23	8	3	-35	-3	20	-21	55	-6	1	-24
61	Panama	2418	6	5	-8	14	6	-7	42	7	-13	-14	30	1	-3	-38
62	Belgium	2418	-5	-7	-1	0	0	-4	-24	7	-15	5	2	4	0	20
63	Montenegro	2416	-5	3	10	0	new	new	new	new	new	new	new	new	new	new
64	China	2414	11	-2	0	1	-21	4	9	-6	0	-5	2	-6	38	-17
65	Jamaica	2413	-1	3	15	-7	-12	-2	-1	5	-3	0	17	-22	-21	-10
66	Cyprus	2412	-6	6	-1	5	13	5	-9	-12	-2	0	1	3	-8	9
67	Canada	2403	-4	7	-9	8	7	-3	1	-13	25	-13	-1	7	-8	-21
68	Iraq	2399	-2	-2	-19	28	5	2	-13	1	13	-10	11	31	3	-30
69	Syria	2398	13	-7	12	0	11	0	14	-10	-4	-14	19	-14	-7	19
70	North Korea	2395	1	3	18	-3	-3	26	-2	-9	4	26	7	3	10	-8
71	Albania	2388	2	-5	4	-10	-1	-8	-1	7	-3	-13	15	-14	2	64
72	Oman	2386	-2	8	8	-7	-10	-18	10	23	-7	51	-10	-17	11	-12
73	Qatar	2386	-4	15	7	-7	-2	-12	19	-9	11	-20	25	-10	9	-16
74	Kuwait	2384	14	7	-5	-7	12	-24	11	9	10	-40	2	-2	-3	7
75	Iceland	2381	2	-1	12	-16	3	-1	-16	0	-4	-8	-7	0	48	-30
76	Azerbaijan	2379	7	7	6	-3	0	-18	5	2	3	26	1	11	-5	12
77	South Africa	2379	2	14	-8	12	-7	-14	-17	-3	15	-21	2	-6	-8	-24
78	Estonia	2379	-6	8	-1	-2	-10	15	-11	-5	27	-15	7	5	8	11
79	El Salvador	2376	-5	12	15	3	2	-3	-26	-5	10	4	11	-27	-19	26
80	Tunisia	2373	-2	-7	-2	-9	-23	22	-3	-10	-6	24	-14	-14	16	-32
81	Moldova	2371	0	-2	-9	10	-1	5	-6	12	-2	-20	-4	1	30	7
82	Zambia	2369	16	0	-3	-5	-10	9	15	-17	-12	29	-37	8	0	-45
83	Algeria	2365	-3	24	6	-9	1	-6	-13	-4	-9	7	4	12	-58	-3
84	Mali	2364	2	11	-14	11	3	-3	-10	-8	20	-11	-16	29	-21	4
85	Georgia	2362	-1	-21	-6	6	11	-18	-1	-6	-14	9	28	-22	-23	57
86	Senegal	2359	5	1	-25	0	-11	7	-26	-14	25	35	-36	52	4	-41
87	Bahrain	2354	-19	9	17	-12	-10	-10	19	-7	-4	62	13	-11	4	-22
88	UAE	2353	5	-2	2	-7	2	5	-8	18	-6	-16	29	-19	-13	2
89	Uzbekistan	2352	-13	-7	5	14	-3	-6	12	-2	-3	16	-24	17	-9	18
90	Trinidad & Tobago	2347	-3	2	-9	-28	7	41	-1	-7	-31	-8	6	42	-22	-21
91	Gabon	2345	-6	9	12	-3	-3	-9	5	8	-19	7	-15	-4	-3	-12
92	Morocco	2344	-2	-28	-7	6	3	-12	24	-7	5	5	-43	-27	21	-11
93	Armenia	2343	-4	-7	-7	10	2	-1	-16	3	-5	-5	-2	20	0	33
94	Benin	2339	7	1	6	8	1	-2	-1	6	11	-5	-22	-7	-4	41
95	Angola	2336	-3	-7	-7	-21	20	4	11	-7	-13	15	3	-7	-26	4
96	Libya	2331	-2	-6	9	-1	-5	-19	36	8	-4	-1	-11	56	9	16
97	Jordan	2327	-2	-8	-3	-8	13	-11	-3	6	41	-28	12	6	1	36
98	Burkina Faso	2325	4	6	13	-21	1	4	-18	12	-5	-5	-3	-7	17	-5
99	Thailand	2324	-3	4	2	5	1	-3	0	-3	-11	-7	6	22	-15	2
100	Togo	2320	-3	4	-2	-4	-24	19	15	-10	-28	15	14	-22	23	-10
101	Uganda	2319	-1	12	-3	-4	0	13	-17	10	9	-15	11	-12	15	1
102	Guatemala	2315	2	-23	-4	-6	-9	-7	17	11	1	-25	13	-34	8	26
103	Kazakhstan	2312	-4	-3	-15	18	4	4	-7	5	-5	3	-16	-10	31	52
104	Malawi	2305	3	3	7	-11	5	-2	2	-3	19	3	-3	-13	-9	-20
105	Guinea	2304	-2	-20	-7	5	11	-7	8	17	-7	-26	-12	21	-20	22
106	DR Congo	2295	0	-7	1	-8	4	1	-11	12	6	-3	-20	-25	35	-35
107	Haiti	2288	2	8	-28	20	10	0	7	-9	5	5	-5	13	14	-8
108	Faroe Islands	2282	3	7	2	-1	-6	-11	-7	-7	4	8	8	-37	-23	26
109	Zimbabwe	2281	1	-7	-5	-7	-10	11	2	6	-22	18	-22	2	12	-34
110	Singapore	2277	-2	-3	6	6	4	12	16	-5	2	-2	-19	-8	13	-37
111	Mozambique	2277	-6	2	8	14	0	2	2	10	-8	6	-21	3	-23	-32
112	New Zealand	2274	3	23	-13	-10	8	0	-10	5	8	-18	-19	16	26	-1
113	Kenya	2274	-1	-6	12	2	-9	-10	-13	-2	23	13	-15	-20	-19	44
114	Malta	2264	-1	0	-6	-5	2	6	-12	-2	-5	-1	11	6	14	-4
115	Gambia	2263	9	-5	7	-1	5	-2	-10	1	6	5	4	-8	2	-4
116	Congo	2262	-2	9	-11	1	1	-1	-2	3	-4	-13	-6	-9	-40	54
117	Namibia	2261	4	0	2	17	11	6	-4	-8	-5	-26	-2	-10	2	14
118	Liechtenstein	2260	-2	-5	-6	3	-10	12	15	5	9	0	-1	5	12	4
119	Rwanda	2257	0	-10	13	-4	-3	-11	11	9	6	-9	34	10	-2	-10
120	Guadeloupe	2255	-2	4	-9	39	-2	1	0	0	12	-1	-14	-3	new	new
121	Vietnam	2255	-4	7	5	8	1	-1	-2	5	7	-13	-15	33	0	-46
122	Luxembourg	2251	-2	0	4	12	11	-5	-20	1	-12	-5	0	-12	-10	23
123	Tanzania	2249	-1	-7	4	2	15	8	-18	-1	-2	13	1	-5	-25	-25
124	Cape Verde Islands	2243	-1	4	4	-8	-3	-4	8	14	3	-1	13	-9	5	5
125	Indonesia	2241	2	6	0	-3	-3	-3	23	-20	-3	-12	-13	9	7	4
126	Cuba	2239	-1	-9	-13	-5	-4	-7	3	3	13	-11	-27	42	-5	-8
127	Botswana	2237	1	-3	-9	-2	-6	3	16	12	10	-2	14	-8	5	5
128	Sudan	2236	-2	-12	-10	7	8	-11	-5	6	-10	26	-1	-10	-1	-15
129	Yemen	2232	2	3	2	-9	7	-1	27	-3	5	6	-2	-14	-8	5
130	Turkmenistan	2224	2	-2	4	-1	-8	7	-4	5	-17	21	-15	3	18	1
131	Ethiopia	2210	-2	-1	0	-16	-5	12	11	-1	-21	7	-1	-8	0	-1
132	Lebanon	2205	-2	-4	-12	-4	0	-4	1	5	-5	2	9	9	-3	-30
133	Malaysia	2181	7	5	3	-7	-2	-5	6	-3	1	1	9	-3	-11	-42
134	Burundi	2180	-1	-1	-5	-1	-3	-6	7	-12	-4	11	-1	8	8	-5
135	Madagascar	2180	-1	-3	12	2	-10	5	-11	-21	14	-31	30	19	6	-5
136	Palestine	2177	-1	2	-2	-13	10	-3	13	-6	7	0	-17	0	new	new
137	Zanzibar	2174	-1	17	-8	1	-4	13	-1	-7	1	new	new	new	new	new
138	Equatorial Guinea	2171	-1	-2	-3	6	11	-1	-7	7	-11	-13	-2	new	new	new
139	Sierra Leone	2169	-1	-2	10	-18	-2	6	-9	-6	13	-10	-9	-13	-6	-24
140	Andorra	2166	-1	-10	1	-6	-6	-1	8	-8	-2	5	3	-3	16	new
141	Tajikistan	2163	6	-4	-3	-1	-2	-1	2	8	-13	-16	-2	3	-19	65
142	Swaziland	2158	-1	5	1	-4	2	4	-6	-15	6	22	-10	17	1	-6
143	Lesotho	2156	-1	-1	0	3	-1	-5	-7	1	-5	-8	39	-1	0	4
144	Hong Kong	2152	2	5	-2	-18	0	4	11	7	-10	-4	2	-3	-12	0
145	Liberia	2152	-2	-4	3	0	-2	-18	-5	-23	-14	14	-1	10	-1	-19
146	Chad	2147	-2	-4	10	5	3	3	-4	5	2	-6	10	-4	12	8
147	Barbados	2143	-2	4	3	1	-7	1	-15	3	4	-23	15	2	-15	-5
148	Grenada	2136	0	-6	27	-4	-3	-3	3	-10	-6	4	-10	-8	-8	5
149	Eritrea	2135	0	-5	-7	10	9	-2	-5	-11	3	-4	-6	-22	new	new
150	Martinique	2131	0	-3	-9	-6	-4	-2	-29	10	7	43	-16	-12	-19	new
151	India	2129	0	4	1	0	0	-13	12	3	-3	10	-9	-7	-16	2
152	Niger	2129	0	-4	6	0	5	-1	-8	9	2	-6	-20	-7	9	-10
153	Myanmar	2127	0	-3	7	-8	4	-1	4	4	-1	-11	-18	-21	5	-14
154	Reunion	2114	0	-2	3	-5	-6	1	-8	-1	new	new	new	new	new	new
155	Mauritania	2111	0	-1	-15	9	5	-1	-8	8	-2	-12	0	-18	-2	-11
156	Kyrgyzstan	2109	0	2	-5	4	-3	-1	8	-4	-9	3	-7	-32	-3	56
157	Antigua & Barbuda	2102	0	2	15	-2	-5	1	-4	2	3	-7	-8	-19	24	-10
158	St Vincent/Grenadines	2100	0	-2	-12	-9	-1	5	29	-5	-6	-29	5	-12	5	-11
159	Mauritius	2093	0	2	-10	-17	-12	-2	0	10	-13	7	-11	29	-22	26
160	Suriname	2091	0	-3	8	-3	1	0	-3	-10	3	0	0	3	-16	-8
161	Central African Rep	2082	0	-1	-1	-8	-3	-2	-7	-8	-2	-16	-7	new	new	new
162	Guyana	2074	0	1	-5	0	20	0	-1	-5	-5	6	-6	-1	5	-15
163	Maldives Rep	2060	0	4	0	1	-2	0	12	-2	-2	9	-2	7	-3	-13
164	San Marino	2060	0	-2	-1	2	-2	-1	-1	-5	2	7	-1	-15	-6	14
165	Mayotte	2054	0	1	-6	-2	new	new	new	new	new	new	new	new	new	new
166	Seychelles	2053	0	-2	4	-2	7	0	-6	19	1	-5	-2	-3	-2	1
167	Guinea Bissau	2045	0	-2	-3	-1	-1	2	-4	-3	-11	9	-2	-13	-6	-6
168	Nicaragua	2023	0	9	-6	-2	-1	3	4	2	-4	-6	-2	3	-6	13
169	Bermuda	2022	0	-1	-2	-2	0	0	-1	1	-4	-6	-4	24	-4	-8
170	St Kitts & Nevis	2021	0	0	-6	-4	-5	-1	-31	-2	-2	26	-9	3	-3	-13
171	French Guiana	2017	0	0	-1	-3	-2	2	-1	1	-1	new	new	new	new	new
172	St Lucia	2012	0	-3	-6	-4	-18	0	3	-2	9	-5	-3	3	-4	-5
173	Neth.Antilles	1986	0	-1	5	-2	-4	-2	10	-6	-1	-4	2	-8	-7	-10
174	Belize	1984	0	-1	6	2	-2	0	-3	-8	1	10	-3	4	-7	8
175	Sri Lanka	1982	0	-1	-2	-1	-2	-4	7	8	-2	1	6	-24	-13	-12
176	Bangladesh	1972	1	-1	-1	-2	1	2	-2	1	-5	0	-10	-2	-13	-13
177	Taiwan	1956	-1	-1	-2	1	1	-1	-5	0	3	1	1	-6	-14	20
178	Pakistan	1953	0	1	-3	3	5	4	-1	4	2	0	-3	-4	-3	-14
179	Comoros	1933	0	2	0	-3	2	new	new	new	new	new	new	new	new	new
180	New Caledonia	1927	0	-2	6	8	-3	0	2	4	-4	-5	-4	new	new	new
181	Fiji	1917	0	-1	5	-8	-1	4	-9	0	-8	8	-12	-8	17	-11
182	Nepal	1915	0	5	2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-3	-5	12	-10	-8	-3	-16
183	Somalia	1902	0	6	-2	-4	0	0	-1	1	2	2	-1	-3	-9	0
184	Cayman Islands	1902	0	-1	5	-4	-12	0	-7	-4	-3	6	2	-18	13	-9
185	Dominican Rep	1898	0	-3	-4	-2	5	0	-8	-8	1	3	0	-19	-10	-7
186	Solomon Islands	1894	0	-2	-4	-10	0	0	13	1	-5	-5	-3	1	-16	11
187	Laos	1892	0	-2	-2	-1	-2	-3	4	-3	2	-3	-13	-5	-9	-3
188	Sao Tome & Principe	1889	0	-2	-4	-2	-3	-2	-5	0	-4	-5	-5	new	new	new
189	Vanuatu	1868	0	-1	-2	-1	-3	0	3	3	6	-13	6	-6	-4	0
190	Philippines	1849	1	0	0	-1	0	0	0	-3	-4	-7	-2	-1	0	-2
191	Dominica	1847	-1	0	2	-4	0	-1	-1	-7	-2	-11	-3	-3	-13	-5
192	Cambodia	1835	0	0	1	0	-2	0	-3	-6	0	-7	7	-4	1	4
193	Djibouti	1816	0	3	-1	0	-1	0	-2	-3	-5	-4	3	-1	-2	2
194	Brit. Virgin Islands	1811	0	-1	-3	-1	-2	-1	9	-3	-2	1	-14	10	0	new
195	Puerto Rico	1800	0	-1	8	-3	-2	0	1	-2	-1	-3	-4	-19	-9	-10
196	Turks & Caicos	1791	0	-1	2	-3	-1	0	-1	new	new	new	new	new	new	new
197	Tahiti	1789	0	0	-1	-10	-1	-1	-4	-6	1	10	-13	-1	-17	5
198	St Martin	1787	0	0	-4	-3	1	0	-3	-4	-4	8	new	new	new	new
199	Afghanistan	1758	0	0	4	-1	-1	1	-2	0	new	new	new	new	new	new
200	Aruba	1751	0	0	1	-3	-2	0	-2	-4	-4	3	-10	-3	2	0
201	Brunei	1750	0	0	-2	-3	-1	0	-2	1	-5	1	-6	-4	2	-16
202	Macao	1743	0	0	-4	-1	1	0	-2	1	-5	-8	-8	-1	-6	-1
203	Mongolia	1728	0	0	-3	1	-2	1	-3	-4	-5	6	new	new	new	new
204	Bahamas	1715	0	0	0	-4	3	0	-2	-2	-2	-1	-4	0	new	new
205	Papua New Guinea	1686	0	0	0	-2	-3	-1	0	-1	-2	-2	-5	-5	0	-5
206	East Timor	1679	0	0	0	-2	-2	-1	0	new	new	new	new	new	new	new
207	Montserrat	1565	0	0	0	-2	-1	0	-2	-1	-2	-2	new	new	new	new
208	Guam	1535	0	0	0	-2	0	0	-3	-3	-2	-3	-4	-6	-4	4
209	Bhutan	1506	0	1	0	-2	-1	0	-2	1	-1	-4	-6	new	new	new
210	US Virgin Islands	1504	0	-1	0	-2	-2	0	-1	-2	-2	-3	-4	new	new	new
211	Tuvalu	1365	0	0	0	-1	new	new	new	new	new	new	new	new	new	new
212	Samoa	1328	0	0	0	-3	-1	0	-2	-3	-2	-3	-3	new	new	new
213	Cook Islands	1315	0	2	-1	-2	-2	0	-2	-4	-2	-3	-6	-4	0	new
214	Anguilla	1302	0	-1	2	-4	0	0	-2	-2	-3	-2	-6	new	new	new
215	Tonga	1299	0	-1	-1	-3	-1	0	-2	-2	-2	-3	-6	-4	0	new
216	Northern Mariana Islands	1202	0	0	new	new	new	new	new	new	new	new	new	new	new	new
217	American Samoa	619	0	-1	0	-3	-1	0	-2	-2	-2	-3	-3	new	new	new

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