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UPDATED ON January 20, 2002
                          The DX Magazine 2001
100 MOST NEEDED COUNTRIES - WORLD WIDE


2001 DX MAGAZINE 100 MOST NEEDED COUNTRIES SURVEY
was conducted in September and October 2001.
The complete breakdown of that survey will be published in the
January/February (by continent) and March/April (by mode) 2002 
issues of The DX Magazine.  

The WORLD-WIDE results of last years survey are shown below.

 				    	2000		1995
#	PFX	COUNTRY		   	RANK		RANK		
1	P5	NORTH KOREA 		1		- 
2	BS7	SCARBOROUGH 		3		-

3	VU4	ANDAMAN 			2		
2 4	VU7	LAKSHADWEEP		5		8 
5	7O	YEMEN			10		4 
6	VP8/S	SOUTH SANDWICH 		8		32 
7	YA	AFGHANISTAN 		6		31 
8	FR/J	JUAN DE NOVA 		17		20 
9	3Y/P	PETER 1 ISLAND		9		90 
10	VP9/G	SOUTH GEORGIA		15		62
11	KH1	BAKER & HOWLAND 		14		76 
12	3Y/B	BOUVET			4		11 
13	SV/A	MT ATHOS 			20		9 
14	YVØ	AVES ISLAND 		18		83 
15	KP5	DESECHEO 			13		- 
16	FT8X	KERGUELEN 		34		27 
17	VP8/O	SOUTH ORKNEY 		19		72 
18	FR/G	GLORIOSO 			35		13 
19	FT8W	CROZET 			37		23 
20	ZS8	MARION ISLAND 		30		22 
21	KP1	NAVASSA 			11		- 
22	CEØ/X	SAN FELIX 		32		65 
23	3CØ	ANNOBON			39		25 
24	TI9	COCOS ISLAND 		25		84 
25	KH7K	KURE 			24		78 
26	PYØT	TRINIDADE 		33		61 
27	ST 	SUDAN 			40		55 
28	VKØ/H	HEARD ISLAND 		21		3 
29	KH3	JOHNSTON 			31		- 
30	VK9M	MELLISH REEF 		16		56 
31	ZL8	KERMADEC 			23		14 
32	TN	CONGO 			52		48 
33	VKØ/M	MACQUARIE 		43		6 
34	PYØS	ST PETER & PAUL 		26		41 
35	KH9	WAKE 			27		88 
36	YI	IRAQ 			78		43 
37	FT8Z	AMSTERDAM 		45		17 
38	EP	IRAN 			56		21 
39	S2	BANGLADESH 		81		45 
40	9U	BURUNDI			74		44 
41	T5	SOMALIA 			42		63 
42	3D2/C	CONWAY REEF		12		69 
43	3X	GUINEA			51		93 
44	FR/T	TROMELIN 			50		7 
45	E4	PALESTINE 		84		- 
46	HKØ	MALPELO 			22		26 
47	JD1/M	MINAMI TORISHIMA		41		60 		
48	9L	SIERRE LEONE		53		- 
49	CYØ	SABLE ISLAND 		55		74 
50	SØ	WESTERN SAHARA 		38		59 
51	1AØ	SOV. MIL.ORDER MALTA	79		34 
52	ZD9	TRISTAN DE CUNHA 		46		50 
53	9N	NEPAL			82		39 
54	FK/C	CHESTERFIELD REEF 		36		- 
55	FO/M	MARQUESAS 		29		- 
56	BV9P	PRATAS 			61		- 
57	XF4	REVILLA GIGEDO 		44		- 
58	FO/A	AUSTRAL 			28		- 
59	T33	BANABA 			64		71 
60	T31	CENTRAL KIRIBATI	 	90		75 
61	VK9X	CHRISTMAS ISLAND 		89		33 
62	3C	EQUATORIAL GUINEA		49		54 
63	ZK3	TOKELAU 			63		94 
64	VK9C	COCOS KEELING 		86		29 
65	KH5	PALMYRA 			47		8 
66	1S	SPRATLY			94		28 
67	XW	LAOS 			76		19 
68	VK9W	WILLIS ISLAND 		98		36 
69	C2	NAURU 			88		92 
70	R1FJ	FRANZ JOSEF 		73		- 
71	AP	PAKISTAN 			-		- 
72	H4Ø	TEMOTU 			48		- 
73	KH4	MIDWAY 			58		64 
74	5T	MAURITANIA		62		98 
75	A7	QATAR 			100		80 
76	S9	SAO TOME 			71		- 
77	TT	CHAD 			87		24 
78	4W	EAST TIMOR		60		- 
79	9X	RWANDA 			-		- 
80	ZK1/N	NORTH COOKS 		59		100 
81	4J	AZERBAIJAN		91		- 
82	9J	ZAMBIA			-		- 
83	FW	WALLIS & FUTANA 		-		- 
84	E3	ERITREA 			67		12 
85	TJ	CAMEROONS 		95		89 
86	ET	ETHIOPIA 			-		- 
87	3W	VIETNAM			-		- 
88	A9	BAHRAIN 			-		- 
89	P2	PAPUA 			-		- 
90	3B9	RODRIGUEZ			-		- 
91	EZ	TURKMENISTAN 		-		- 
92	V8	BRUNEI 			97		- 
93	ZL9	CAMPBELL/AUCKLAND		-		- 
94	5A	LIBYA			92		- 
95	A2	BOTSWANA 			-		- 
96	JX	JAN MAYEN 		-		- 
97	YK	SYRIA 			99		42 
98	TR 	GABON 			69		- 
99	CY9	ST PAUL ISLAND 		-		- 
100	JD1/O	OGASAWARA 		68		-