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Country | Applicants | Winners | Winning % By Country | Winning Chances |
---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | 12,456 | 109 | 0.88% | 0.055 |
Albania | 115,357 | 1,508 | 1.31% | 0.767 |
Algeria | 112,081 | 1,799 | 1.61% | 0.914 |
Andorra | 168 | 1 | 0.60% | 0.001 |
Angola | 3,055 | 42 | 1.37% | 0.021 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 714 | 9 | 1.26% | 0.005 |
Argentina | 10,936 | 101 | 0.92% | 0.051 |
Armenia | 92,352 | 998 | 1.08% | 0.507 |
Aruba | 717 | 4 | 0.56% | 0.002 |
Australia | 17,163 | 900 | 5.24% | 0.457 |
Austria | 8,139 | 130 | 1.60% | 0.066 |
Azerbaijan | 22,576 | 304 | 1.35% | 0.155 |
Bahamas | 3,717 | 15 | 0.40% | 0.008 |
Bahrain | 3,774 | 29 | 0.77% | 0.015 |
Bangladesh | 8,562,251 | 2,373 | 0.03% | 1.206 |
Barbados | 3,967 | 25 | 0.63% | 0.013 |
Belarus | 70,881 | 493 | 0.70% | 0.251 |
Belgium | 7,378 | 105 | 1.42% | 0.053 |
Belize | 1,059 | 9 | 0.85% | 0.005 |
Benin | 30,776 | 511 | 1.66% | 0.26 |
Bhutan | 890 | 5 | 0.56% | 0.003 |
Bolivia | 9,167 | 84 | 0.92% | 0.043 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5,946 | 83 | 1.40% | 0.042 |
Botswana | 856 | 7 | 0.82% | 0.004 |
Brunei | 292 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
Bulgaria | 66,941 | 883 | 1.32% | 0.449 |
Burkina Faso | 12,241 | 226 | 1.85% | 0.115 |
Burma | 42,372 | 370 | 0.87% | 0.188 |
Burundi | 4,280 | 56 | 1.31% | 0.028 |
Cambodia | 72,829 | 596 | 0.82% | 0.303 |
Cameroon | 203,906 | 3,374 | 1.65% | 1.715 |
Cape Verde | 699 | 9 | 1.29% | 0.005 |
Central African Republic | 976 | 3 | 0.31% | 0.002 |
Chad | 2,174 | 33 | 1.52% | 0.017 |
Chile | 4,164 | 43 | 1.03% | 0.022 |
China-Taiwan | 0 | 0 | ||
Christmas Island | 13 | 3 | 23.08% | 0.002 |
Cocos Islands | 10 | 1 | 10.00% | 0.001 |
Comoros | 295 | 9 | 3.05% | 0.005 |
Congo (Democratic Republic) | 208,775 | 3,445 | 1.65% | 1.751 |
Congo (Republic) | 7,711 | 105 | 1.36% | 0.053 |
Cook Islands | 30 | 6 | 20.00% | 0.003 |
Costa Rica | 4,718 | 43 | 0.91% | 0.022 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 33,501 | 553 | 1.65% | 0.281 |
Croatia | 5,523 | 107 | 1.94% | 0.054 |
Cuba | 32,696 | 292 | 0.89% | 0.148 |
Curacao | 0 | 19 | 0.00% | 0.01 |
Cyprus | 1,232 | 26 | 2.11% | 0.013 |
Czech Republic | 6,983 | 104 | 1.49% | 0.053 |
Denmark | 4,527 | 73 | 1.61% | 0.037 |
Djibouti | 2,971 | 38 | 1.28% | 0.019 |
Dominica | 1,648 | 18 | 1.09% | 0.009 |
East Timor | 0 | 0 | ||
Ecuador | 0 | 0 | ||
Egypt | 780,728 | 4,664 | 0.60% | 2.371 |
Equatorial Guinea | 605 | 4 | 0.66% | 0.002 |
Eritrea | 45,000 | 670 | 1.49% | 0.341 |
Estonia | 4,088 | 49 | 1.20% | 0.025 |
Ethiopia | 785,318 | 4,902 | 0.62% | 2.492 |
Fiji | 12,884 | 628 | 4.87% | 0.319 |
Finland | 5,154 | 91 | 1.77% | 0.046 |
France | 40,644 | 574 | 1.41% | 0.292 |
French Guiana | 149 | 0.00% | 0 | |
French Polynesia | 588 | 7 | 1.19% | 0.004 |
French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 29 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Gabon | 2,421 | 48 | 1.98% | 0.024 |
Gambia | 8,859 | 113 | 1.28% | 0.057 |
Georgia | 49,276 | 620 | 1.26% | 0.315 |
Germany | 102,375 | 1,709 | 1.67% | 0.869 |
Ghana | 774,557 | 5,832 | 0.75% | 2.965 |
Greece | 4,827 | 105 | 2.18% | 0.053 |
Greenland | 71 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Grenada | 1,207 | 24 | 1.99% | 0.012 |
Guadeloupe | 623 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Guatemala | 0 | 0 | ||
Guinea | 68,856 | 899 | 1.31% | 0.457 |
Guinea-Bissau | 387 | 3 | 0.78% | 0.002 |
Guyana | 3,199 | 26 | 0.81% | 0.013 |
Honduras | 10,799 | 80 | 0.74% | 0.041 |
Hong Kong | 6,994 | 54 | 0.77% | 0.027 |
Hungary | 15,503 | 325 | 2.10% | 0.165 |
Iceland | 2,467 | 56 | 2.27% | 0.028 |
Indonesia | 29,949 | 256 | 0.85% | 0.13 |
Iran | 547,735 | 4,453 | 0.81% | 2.264 |
Iraq | 18,940 | 153 | 0.81% | 0.078 |
Ireland | 11,666 | 213 | 1.83% | 0.108 |
Israel | 20,854 | 175 | 0.84% | 0.089 |
Italy | 30,371 | 529 | 1.74% | 0.269 |
Japan | 46,554 | 435 | 0.93% | 0.221 |
Jordan | 22,535 | 152 | 0.67% | 0.077 |
Kazakhstan | 29,032 | 434 | 1.49% | 0.221 |
Kenya | 304,083 | 4,720 | 1.55% | 2.399 |
Kiribati | 175 | 14 | 8.00% | 0.007 |
Kosovo | 11,898 | 137 | 1.15% | 0.07 |
Kuwait | 15,099 | 108 | 0.72% | 0.055 |
Kyrgyzstan | 17,351 | 321 | 1.85% | 0.163 |
Laos | 488 | 1 | 0.20% | 0.001 |
Latvia | 9,596 | 83 | 0.86% | 0.042 |
Lebanon | 31,594 | 274 | 0.87% | 0.139 |
Lesotho | 234 | 8 | 3.42% | 0.004 |
Liberia | 141,749 | 2,101 | 1.48% | 1.068 |
Libya | 8,904 | 136 | 1.53% | 0.069 |
Liechtenstein | 82 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
Lithuania | 23,739 | 258 | 1.09% | 0.131 |
Luxembourg | 465 | 8 | 1.72% | 0.004 |
Macau | 837 | 19 | 2.27% | 0.01 |
Macedonia | 12,432 | 160 | 1.29% | 0.081 |
Madagascar | 1,962 | 17 | 0.87% | 0.009 |
Malawi | 1,731 | 16 | 0.92% | 0.008 |
Malaysia | 13,544 | 118 | 0.87% | 0.06 |
Maldives | 332 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
Mali | 5,891 | 76 | 1.29% | 0.039 |
Malta | 577 | 20 | 3.47% | 0.01 |
Marshall Islands | 33 | 4 | 12.12% | 0.002 |
Martinique | 394 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Mauritania | 1,757 | 29 | 1.65% | 0.015 |
Mauritius | 2,833 | 59 | 2.08% | 0.03 |
Micronesia | 40 | 2 | 5.00% | 0.001 |
Moldova | 75,886 | 1,238 | 1.63% | 0.629 |
Monaco | 98 | 3 | 3.06% | 0.002 |
Mongolia | 27,866 | 209 | 0.75% | 0.106 |
Montenegro | 970 | 18 | 1.86% | 0.009 |
Morocco | 110,573 | 1,890 | 1.71% | 0.961 |
Mozambique | 622 | 13 | 2.09% | 0.007 |
Namibia | 985 | 10 | 1.02% | 0.005 |
Nauru | 63 | 5 | 7.94% | 0.003 |
Nepal | 397,036 | 3,258 | 0.82% | 1.656 |
Netherlands | 9,889 | 149 | 1.51% | 0.076 |
Netherlands Antilles | 1,014 | 0.00% | 0 | |
New Caledonia | 195 | 1 | 0.51% | 0.001 |
New Zealand | 5,707 | 309 | 5.41% | 0.157 |
Nicaragua | 5,751 | 49 | 0.85% | 0.025 |
Niger | 3,459 | 32 | 0.93% | 0.016 |
Nigeria | 2,005,876 | 6,024 | 0.30% | 3.062 |
Niue | 322 | 14 | 4.35% | 0.007 |
North Korea | 348 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
Northern Ireland | 2,560 | 59 | 2.30% | 0.03 |
Norway | 3,934 | 84 | 2.14% | 0.043 |
Oman | 868 | 11 | 1.27% | 0.006 |
Palau | 66 | 5 | 7.58% | 0.003 |
Panama | 2,423 | 21 | 0.87% | 0.011 |
Papua New Guinea | 269 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
Paraguay | 1,223 | 17 | 1.39% | 0.009 |
Peru | 0 | 0 | ||
Portugal | 3,856 | 66 | 1.71% | 0.034 |
Qatar | 3,128 | 19 | 0.61% | 0.01 |
Reunion | 181 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Romania | 76,594 | 1,327 | 1.73% | 0.675 |
Russia | 167,600 | 2,353 | 1.40% | 1.196 |
Rwanda | 20,524 | 333 | 1.62% | 0.169 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 579 | 7 | 1.21% | 0.004 |
Saint Lucia | 1,667 | 4 | 0.24% | 0.002 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 840 | 16 | 1.90% | 0.008 |
Samoa | 468 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
San Marino | 14 | 1 | 7.14% | 0.001 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 48 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
Saudi Arabia | 26,646 | 217 | 0.81% | 0.11 |
Senegal | 16,879 | 270 | 1.60% | 0.137 |
Serbia | 19,180 | 298 | 1.55% | 0.151 |
Seychelles | 246 | 6 | 2.44% | 0.003 |
Sierra Leone | 315,741 | 3,397 | 1.08% | 1.727 |
Singapore | 5,503 | 45 | 0.82% | 0.023 |
Slovakia | 6,442 | 80 | 1.24% | 0.041 |
Slovenia | 1,231 | 16 | 1.30% | 0.008 |
Solomon Islands | 102 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
Somalia | 14,805 | 175 | 1.18% | 0.089 |
South Africa | 48,570 | 833 | 1.72% | 0.423 |
Spain | 12,922 | 232 | 1.80% | 0.118 |
Sri Lanka | 83,772 | 708 | 0.85% | 0.36 |
St. Pierre and Miquelon | 25 | 2 | 8.00% | 0.001 |
Sudan | 96,210 | 757 | 0.79% | 0.385 |
Suriname | 905 | 15 | 1.66% | 0.008 |
Swaziland | 286 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
Sweden | 10,980 | 200 | 1.82% | 0.102 |
Switzerland | 11,590 | 229 | 1.98% | 0.116 |
Syria | 18,749 | 160 | 0.85% | 0.081 |
Taiwan | 47,398 | 391 | 0.82% | 0.199 |
Tajikistan | 18,917 | 270 | 1.43% | 0.137 |
Tanzania | 10,075 | 175 | 1.74% | 0.089 |
Thailand | 9,025 | 73 | 0.81% | 0.037 |
Timor-Leste | 82 | 9 | 10.98% | 0.005 |
Togo | 52,587 | 845 | 1.61% | 0.43 |
Tonga | 1,470 | 93 | 6.33% | 0.047 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 15,761 | 175 | 1.11% | 0.089 |
Tunisia | 7,621 | 113 | 1.48% | 0.057 |
Turkey | 176,711 | 3,077 | 1.74% | 1.564 |
Turkmenistan | 9,212 | 143 | 1.55% | 0.073 |
Tuvalu | 23 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
Uganda | 24,851 | 418 | 1.68% | 0.212 |
Ukraine | 1,122,086 | 5,799 | 0.52% | 2.948 |
United Arab Emirates | 10,676 | 92 | 0.86% | 0.047 |
Uruguay | 1,877 | 19 | 1.01% | 0.01 |
Uzbekistan | 507,361 | 4,800 | 0.95% | 2.44 |
Vanuatu | 124 | 8 | 6.45% | 0.004 |
Vatican City | 51 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
Venezuela | 85,412 | 925 | 1.08% | 0.47 |
Wallis and Futuna | 20 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Western Sahara | 33 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Western Samoa | 9 | 0.005 | ||
Yemen | 21,606 | 149 | 0.69% | 0.076 |
Zambia | 5,418 | 79 | 1.46% | 0.04 |
Zimbabwe | 8,638 | 123 | 1.42% | 0.063 |
Total | ####### | 100,021 |
Country | Applicants | Winners | Winning % By Country | Winning Chances |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nigeria | 2,005,876 | 6,024 | 0.30% | 3.062 |
Ghana | 774,557 | 5,832 | 0.75% | 2.965 |
Ukraine | 1,122,086 | 5,799 | 0.52% | 2.948 |
Ethiopia | 785,318 | 4,902 | 0.62% | 2.492 |
Uzbekistan | 507,361 | 4,800 | 0.95% | 2.44 |
Kenya | 304,083 | 4,720 | 1.55% | 2.399 |
Egypt | 780,728 | 4,664 | 0.60% | 2.371 |
Iran | 547,735 | 4,453 | 0.81% | 2.264 |
Congo (Democratic Republic) | 208,775 | 3,445 | 1.65% | 1.751 |
Sierra Leone | 315,741 | 3,397 | 1.08% | 1.727 |
Cameroon | 203,906 | 3,374 | 1.65% | 1.715 |
Nepal | 397,036 | 3,258 | 0.82% | 1.656 |
Turkey | 176,711 | 3,077 | 1.74% | 1.564 |
Bangladesh | 8,562,251 | 2,373 | 0.03% | 1.206 |
Russia | 167,600 | 2,353 | 1.40% | 1.196 |
Liberia | 141,749 | 2,101 | 1.48% | 1.068 |
Morocco | 110,573 | 1,890 | 1.71% | 0.961 |
Algeria | 112,081 | 1,799 | 1.61% | 0.914 |
Germany | 102,375 | 1,709 | 1.67% | 0.869 |
Albania | 115,357 | 1,508 | 1.31% | 0.767 |
Romania | 76,594 | 1,327 | 1.73% | 0.675 |
Moldova | 75,886 | 1,238 | 1.63% | 0.629 |
Armenia | 92,352 | 998 | 1.08% | 0.507 |
Venezuela | 85,412 | 925 | 1.08% | 0.47 |
Australia | 17,163 | 900 | 5.24% | 0.457 |
Guinea | 68,856 | 899 | 1.31% | 0.457 |
Bulgaria | 66,941 | 883 | 1.32% | 0.449 |
Togo | 52,587 | 845 | 1.61% | 0.43 |
South Africa | 48,570 | 833 | 1.72% | 0.423 |
Sudan | 96,210 | 757 | 0.79% | 0.385 |
Sri Lanka | 83,772 | 708 | 0.85% | 0.36 |
Eritrea | 45,000 | 670 | 1.49% | 0.341 |
Fiji | 12,884 | 628 | 4.87% | 0.319 |
Georgia | 49,276 | 620 | 1.26% | 0.315 |
Cambodia | 72,829 | 596 | 0.82% | 0.303 |
France | 40,644 | 574 | 1.41% | 0.292 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 33,501 | 553 | 1.65% | 0.281 |
Italy | 30,371 | 529 | 1.74% | 0.269 |
Benin | 30,776 | 511 | 1.66% | 0.26 |
Belarus | 70,881 | 493 | 0.70% | 0.251 |
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