The "DXCC Most Needed Countries List" is similar to the "The 100 'Most-Needed' DXCC Countries" list which has appeared in the DXCC Yearbook in recent years. It is based on the number of individual DXCC records to which each DXCC Entity has been credited, i.e. actual DXCC submissions. The list of Entities is then sorted by the number of credits issued. For example, 85 DXers have received credit for North Korea and 3,153 DXers have received credit for Scarborough Reef. Therefore, North Korea is the most needed, and Scarborough Reef is the second most needed. Since credits require submissions, the number of credits for a certain Entity typically lag the usual survey claims. This list was compiled on September 30, 2000.
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Ranking |
Prefix |
Entity Name |
|
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1 |
P5 |
North Korea |
|
|
2 |
BS7 |
Scarborough Reef |
|
|
3 |
E4 |
Palestine |
|
|
4 |
FO0/a |
Austral Island |
|
|
5 |
FO0/m |
Marquesas Island |
|
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6 |
H40 |
Temotu Province |
|
|
7 |
BV9P |
Pratas Island |
|
|
8 |
VU |
Andaman & Nicobar Island |
|
|
9 |
7O |
Yemen |
|
|
10 |
A5 |
Bhutan |
|
|
11 |
3Y |
Bouvet Island |
|
|
12 |
VU7 |
Lakshadweep Islands |
|
|
13 |
VK0/M |
Macquarie Island |
|
|
14 |
E3 |
Eritrea |
|
|
15 |
FR/t |
Tromelin Island |
|
|
16 |
FR/g |
Glorioso Island |
|
|
17 |
VP8 |
South Sandwich Islands |
|
|
18 |
FR/j |
Juan De Nova, Europa |
|
|
19 |
KH5K |
Kingman Reef |
|
|
20 |
VP8 |
South Georgia Island |
|
|
21 |
SV/A |
Mount Athos |
|
|
22 |
3Y |
Peter 1 Island |
|
|
23 |
3C0 |
Annobon |
|
|
24 |
VK0/h |
Heard Island |
|
|
25 |
YA |
Afghanistan |
|
|
26 |
ZL8 |
Kermadec Island |
|
|
27 |
HK0/m |
Malpelo Island |
|
|
28 |
3D2 |
Conway Reef |
|
|
29 |
ZS8 |
Prince Edward & Marion Islands |
|
|
30 |
9U |
Burundi |
|
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31 |
3B6 |
Agalega & St Brandon Islands |
|
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32 |
PY0S |
St Peter and Paul Rocks |
|
|
33 |
XY |
Myanmar |
|
|
34 |
FT5W |
Crozet Island |
|
|
35 |
ZL9 |
Auckland & Campbell Island |
|
|
36 |
CE0 |
San Felix Island |
|
|
37 |
VK9M |
Mellish Reef |
|
|
38 |
TN |
Congo |
|
|
39 |
5A |
Libya |
|
|
40 |
YV0 |
Aves Island |
|
|
41 |
PY0T |
Trindade & Martin Vaz Islands |
|
|
42 |
FT5X |
Kerguelen Island |
|
|
43 |
FT5Z |
Amsterdam & St Paul Island |
|
|
44 |
T33 |
Banaba |
|
|
45 |
XW |
Laos |
|
|
46 |
KH1 |
Baker Howland Island |
|
|
47 |
T31 |
Cent. Kiribati |
|
|
48 |
1A0 |
Sov Military Order Of Malta |
|
|
49 |
VK9W |
Willis Island |
|
|
50 |
EP |
Iran |
|
|
51 |
S2 |
Bangladesh |
|
|
52 |
Spratly Islands |
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53 |
TI9 |
Cocos Island |
|
|
54 |
ZD9 |
Tristan Da Cunha & Gough Is |
|
|
55 |
FO |
Clipperton Island |
|
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56 |
KH5 |
Palmyra, Jarvis Islands |
|
|
57 |
Z3 |
Macedonia |
|
|
58 |
VP8 |
South Orkney Islands |
|
|
59 |
VK9X |
Christmas Island |
|
|
60 |
T5 |
Somalia |
|
|
61 |
VK9C |
Cocos-Keeling Island |
|
|
62 |
T9 |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
|
|
63 |
TT |
Chad |
|
|
64 |
ZK3 |
Tokelau Islands |
|
|
65 |
5R |
Madagascar |
|
|
66 |
S0 |
Western Sahara |
|
|
67 |
KP1 |
Navassa Island |
|
|
68 |
3V |
Tunisia |
|
|
69 |
3B9 |
Rodrigues Island |
|
|
70 |
3C |
Equatorial Guinea |
|
|
71 |
ST |
Sudan |
|
|
72 |
YK |
Syria |
|
|
73 |
XU |
Cambodia |
|
|
74 |
OK |
Czech Republic |
|
|
75 |
ZK1 |
North Cook Islands |
|
|
76 |
R1MV |
M-V Island |
|
|
77 |
3D2 |
Rotuma |
|
|
78 |
YI |
Iraq |
|
|
79 |
CE0 |
Juan Fernandez Island |
|
|
80 |
KP5 |
Desecheo Island |
|
|
81 |
D6 |
Comoros |
|
|
82 |
ET |
Ethiopia |
|
|
83 |
KH9 |
Wake Island |
|
|
84 |
TY |
Benin |
|
|
85 |
KH7K |
Kure Island |
|
|
86 |
JD1/m |
Minami Torishima |
|
|
87 |
CY0 |
Sable Island |
|
|
88 |
OM |
Slovak Republic |
|
|
89 |
KH4 |
Midway Island |
|
|
90 |
3W |
Vietnam |
|
|
91 |
JX |
Jan Mayen |
|
|
92 |
3X |
Guinea |
|
|
93 |
ZC4 |
U K Bases On Cyprus |
|
|
94 |
9N |
Nepal |
|
|
95 |
T8 |
Palau |
|
|
96 |
VP9 |
South Shetland Islands |
|
|
97 |
T2 |
Tuvalu |
|
|
98 |
5X |
Uganda |
|
|
99 |
CY9 |
St Paul Island |
|
|
100 |
8Q |
Maldive Islands |
|
|
101 |
A6 |
United Arab Emirates |
|
|
102 |
XF4 |
Revilla Gigedo |
|
|
103 |
FW |
Wallis & Futuna Island |
|
|
104 |
JD1/o |
Ogasawara |
|
|
105 |
5U |
Niger |
|
|
106 |
VK9L |
Lord Howe Island |
|
|
107 |
ZL7 |
Chatham Island |
|
|
108 |
C2 |
Nauru |
|
|
109 |
ZK2 |
Niue |
|
|
110 |
J5 |
Guinea-Bissau |
|
|
111 |
EK |
Armenia |
|
|
112 |
A7 |
Qatar |
|
|
113 |
XT |
Burkina Faso |
|
|
114 |
S9 |
Sao Tome & Principe |
|
|
115 |
TJ |
Cameroon |
|
|
116 |
A9 |
Bahrain |
|
|
117 |
5V |
Togo |
|
|
118 |
R1FJ |
Franz Josef Land |
|
|
119 |
OJ0 |
Market Reef |
|
|
120 |
9X |
Rwanda |
|
|
121 |
VP6 |
Pitcairn Island |
|
|
122 |
3A |
Monaco |
|
|
123 |
YJ |
Vanuatu |
|
|
124 |
EY |
Tadzhikistan |
|
|
125 |
EZ |
Turkmenistan |
|
|
126 |
5T |
Mauritania |
|
|
127 |
C9 |
Mozambique |
|
|
128 |
SU |
Egypt |
|
|
129 |
9A |
Croatia |
|
|
130 |
FH |
Mayotte Island |
|
|
131 |
V8 |
Brunei |
|
|
132 |
D2 |
Angola |
|
|
133 |
ZA |
Albania |
|
|
134 |
S5 |
Slovenia |
|
|
135 |
H4 |
Solomon Islands |
|
|
136 |
XX9 |
Macao |
|
|
137 |
9G |
Ghana |
|
|
138 |
T30 |
W. Kiribati |
|
|
139 |
AP |
Pakistan |
|
|
140 |
4U |
United Nations Headquarters |
|
|
141 |
UJ |
Uzbekistan |
|
|
142 |
9M6 |
East Malaysia |
|
|
143 |
9M2 |
West Malaysia |
|
|
144 |
J2 |
Djibouti |
|
|
145 |
S7 |
Seychelles Islands |
|
|
146 |
KH3 |
Johnston Island |
|
|
147 |
3D6 |
Swaziland |
|
|
148 |
HV |
Vatican City |
|
|
149 |
9V |
Singapore |
|
|
150 |
VK9N |
Norfolk Island |
|
|
151 |
TZ |
Mali |
|
|
152 |
T32 |
E. Kiribati |
|
|
153 |
9L |
Sierra Leone |
|
|
154 |
V6 |
Micronesia |
|
|
155 |
A3 |
Tonga |
|
|
156 |
KH8 |
American Samoa |
|
|
157 |
SV9 |
Crete |
|
|
158 |
7P |
Lesotho |
|
|
159 |
PY0F |
Fernando De Noronha |
|
|
160 |
9Q |
People's Dem Rep Of Congo |
|
|
161 |
ZD7 |
St Helena |
|
|
162 |
VP8 |
Falkland Islands |
|
|
163 |
4J |
Azerbaijan |
|
|
164 |
4L |
Georgia |
|
|
165 |
4S |
Sri Lanka |
|
|
166 |
EX |
Kyrgyzstan |
|
|
167 |
SV5 |
Dodecanese |
|
|
168 |
7Q |
Malawi |
|
|
169 |
P2 |
Papua New Guinea |
|
|
170 |
TL |
Central African Republic |
|
|
171 |
HS |
Thailand |
|
|
172 |
UA2 |
Kaliningrad |
|
|
173 |
FP |
St Pierre & Miquelon |
|
|
174 |
5W |
Samoa |
|
|
175 |
3D2 |
Fiji Islands |
|
|
176 |
A4 |
Oman |
|
|
177 |
ZK1 |
South Cook Islands |
|
|
178 |
FR |
Reunion Island |
|
|
179 |
KH0 |
Mariana Islands |
|
|
180 |
CE0 |
Easter Island |
|
|
181 |
CE9/KC4 |
Antarctica |
|
|
182 |
VQ9 |
Chagos Island |
|
|
183 |
JT |
Mongolia |
|
|
184 |
8R |
Guyana |
|
|
185 |
OY |
Faroe Islands |
|
|
186 |
BY |
China |
|
|
187 |
J8 |
St Vincent |
|
|
188 |
3B8 |
Mauritius Island |
|
|
189 |
OD |
Lebanon |
|
|
190 |
5H |
Tanzania |
|
|
191 |
ER |
Moldova |
|
|
192 |
ZS3 |
Namibia |
|
|
193 |
C3 |
Andorra |
|
|
194 |
VR |
Hong Kong |
|
|
195 |
TR |
Gabon |
|
|
196 |
BV |
Taiwan |
|
|
197 |
GJ |
Jersey |
|
|
198 |
A2 |
Botswana |
|
|
199 |
FK |
New Caledonia |
|
|
200 |
7X |
Algeria |
|
|
201 |
PJ7 |
St Maarten, Saba, St Eustatius |
|
|
202 |
D4 |
Cape Verde Island |
|
|
203 |
J7 |
Dominica |
|
|
204 |
JY |
Jordan |
|
|
205 |
HK0 |
San Andres Island |
|
|
206 |
HZX |
Saudi Arabia |
|
|
207 |
Z2 |
Zimbabwe |
|
|
208 |
YN |
Nicaragua |
|
|
209 |
C5 |
Gambia |
|
|
210 |
JW |
Svalbard |
|
|
211 |
FO |
French Polynesia |
|
|
212 |
ZB2 |
Gibraltar |
|
|
213 |
OX |
Greenland |
|
|
214 |
9J |
Zambia |
|
|
215 |
HC8 |
Galapagos Islands |
|
|
216 |
KH2 |
Guam |
|
|
217 |
KG4 |
Guantanamo Bay |
|
|
218 |
TG |
Guatemala |
|
|
219 |
EL |
Liberia |
|
|
220 |
HH |
Haiti |
|
|
221 |
UN |
Kazakhstan |
|
|
222 |
V7 |
Marshall Islands |
|
|
223 |
FS |
Saint Martin |
|
|
224 |
4U |
Itu Geneva Switzerland |
|
|
225 |
VP2V |
British Virgin Island |
|
|
226 |
V2 |
Antigua & Barbuda |
|
|
227 |
YS |
El Salvador |
|
|
228 |
9K |
Kuwait |
|
|
229 |
5Z |
Kenya |
|
|
230 |
V4 |
St Kitts & Nevis Island |
|
|
231 |
6Y |
Jamaica |
|
|
232 |
FG |
Guadeloupe |
|
|
233 |
TF |
Iceland |
|
|
234 |
VU |
India |
|
|
235 |
6W |
Senegal |
|
|
236 |
J6 |
St Lucia |
|
|
237 |
GU |
Guernsey |
|
|
238 |
VP2M |
Montserrat |
|
|
239 |
HB0 |
Liechtenstein |
|
|
240 |
5N |
Nigeria |
|
|
241 |
TK |
Corsica |
|
|
242 |
PZ |
Suriname |
|
|
243 |
ZD8 |
Ascension Island |
|
|
244 |
DU |
Philippines |
|
|
245 |
5B |
Cyprus |
|
|
246 |
TA |
Turkey |
|
|
247 |
C6 |
Bahamas |
|
|
248 |
FY |
French Guiana |
|
|
249 |
OH0 |
Aland Island |
|
|
250 |
HR |
Honduras |
|
|
251 |
TU |
Ivory Coast |
|
|
252 |
GD |
Isle Of Man |
|
|
253 |
J3 |
Grenada |
|
|
254 |
CP |
Bolivia |
|
|
255 |
T7 |
San Marino |
|
|
256 |
FM |
Martinique |
|
|
257 |
CN |
Morocco |
|
|
258 |
VP2E |
Anguilla |
|
|
259 |
VP9 |
Bermuda |
|
|
260 |
V3 |
Belize |
|
|
261 |
P4 |
Aruba |
|
|
262 |
EU |
Belarus |
|
|
263 |
HI |
Dominican Republic |
|
|
264 |
9Y |
Trinidad & Tobago |
|
|
265 |
CO |
Cuba |
|
|
266 |
IS0 |
Sardinia |
|
|
267 |
YB |
Indonesia |
|
|
268 |
EA9 |
Ceuta & Melilla |
|
|
269 |
YL |
Latvia |
|
|
270 |
HP |
Panama |
|
|
271 |
9H |
Malta |
|
|
272 |
HL |
Korea |
|
|
273 |
OA |
Peru |
|
|
274 |
CT3 |
Madeira Islands |
|
|
275 |
EA6 |
Balearic Island |
|
|
276 |
KP2 |
U S Virgin Islands |
|
|
277 |
VP5 |
Turks & Caicos Islands |
|
|
278 |
ZF |
Cayman Island |
|
|
279 |
8P |
Barbados |
|
|
280 |
CU |
Azores |
|
|
281 |
PJ2 |
Neth Antilles (Bonaire, Curaco) |
|
|
282 |
GI |
Northern Ireland |
|
|
283 |
YO |
Romania |
|
|
284 |
ES |
Estonia |
|
|
285 |
HC |
Ecuador |
|
|
286 |
SV |
Greece |
|
|
287 |
UA0 |
Asiatic Russia |
|
|
288 |
CX |
Uruguay |
|
|
289 |
YV |
Venezuela |
|
|
290 |
KH6 |
Hawaii |
|
|
291 |
TI |
Costa Rica |
|
|
292 |
LY |
Lithuania |
|
|
293 |
UA1 |
European Russia |
|
|
294 |
LX |
Luxembourg |
|
|
295 |
EI |
Ireland |
|
|
296 |
CE |
Chile |
|
|
297 |
UR |
Ukraine |
|
|
298 |
HK |
Colombia |
|
|
299 |
KP4 |
Puerto Rico |
|
|
300 |
ZP |
Paraguay |
|
|
301 |
4X |
Israel |
|
|
302 |
LZ |
Bulgaria |
|
|
303 |
YU |
Yugoslavia |
|
|
304 |
KL7 |
Alaska |
|
|
305 |
XE |
Mexico |
|
|
306 |
GW |
Wales |
|
|
307 |
GM |
Scotland |
|
|
308 |
ZL |
New Zealand |
|
|
309 |
ZS |
Republic Of South Africa |
|
|
310 |
A,K,N,W |
United States Of America |
|
|
311 |
EA8 |
Canary Island |
|
|
312 |
CT |
Portugal |
|
|
313 |
LA |
Norway |
|
|
314 |
OZ |
Denmark |
|
|
315 |
OE |
Austria |
|
|
316 |
HB |
Switzerland |
|
|
317 |
DA |
Federal Republic Of Germany |
|
|
318 |
HA |
Hungary |
|
|
319 |
SP |
Poland |
|
|
320 |
VK |
Australia |
|
|
321 |
LU |
Argentina |
|
|
322 |
PA |
Netherlands |
|
|
323 |
ON |
Belgium |
|
|
324 |
OH |
Finland |
|
|
325 |
SK |
Sweden |
|
|
326 |
PY |
Brazil |
|
|
327 |
EA |
Spain |
|
|
328 |
JA |
Japan |
|
|
329 |
G |
England |
|
|
330 |
VE |
Canada |
|
|
331 |
F |
France |
|
|
332 |
I |
Italy |