425DXNews Most Wanted DXCC Survey (1998 edition)

Here are the results for our 1998 survey. We listed the first top 100 most wanted countries. Thanks to all participants.

Rank	Prefix	Country	%	Graphic
1	P5	North Korea	100.00
2	A5	Bhutan	56.70
3	VU4	Andaman & Nicobar Is.	55.65
4	BS7	Scarborough Reef	49.91
5	3YB	Bouvet	47.13
6	VU7	Laccadive Is.	42.78
7	7O	Yemen	42.26
8	3C0	Pagalu I.	38.96
9	VK0M	Macquarie I.	38.61
10	KH5K	Kingman Reef	36.17
11	VP8SA	South Sandwich Is.	34.61
12	ZL9	Auckland & Campbell Is.	34.26
13	FRT	Tromelin I.	33.39
14	FRJ	Juan de Nova, Europa	33.04
15	FRG	Glorioso Is.	32.87
16	3YP	Peter I I.	31.30
17	T33	Banaba Isl	31.13
18	HK0M	Malpelo I.	30.96
19	CE0S	San Felix & San Ambrosio	28.70
19	VK9M	Mellish Reef	28.70
21	FOC	Clipperton I.	28.00
22	KP5	Desecheo I.	27.65
23	3B9	Rodriguez I.	27.13
23	3D2C	Conway Reef	27.13
25	T31	C. Kiribati	26.43
26	KH5	Palmyra & Jarvis Is.	26.09
27	VP8G	South Georgia I.	25.04
28	PY0S	St.Peter & St. Paul	24.70
29	KP1	Navassa I.	24.35
30	FOM	Marquesas I.	24.00
31	BV9P	Pratas	23.48
32	YA	Afghanistan	23.30
33	VP8O	South Orkney Is.	23.13
33	ZK3	Tokelau Is.	23.13
35	ZS8	Marion Isl.	22.61
36	KH1	Baker & Howland Is.	22.26
37	FOA	Austral I.	22.09
37	YV0	Aves I.	22.09
39	XF4	Revilla Gigedo	21.74
40	SY	Mount Athos	21.39
41	FT8W	Crozet I.	20.87
42	XW	Laos	20.70
43	FT8X	Kerguelen Is.	20.35
44	JD1M	Minami Torishima	19.48
44	VK9C	Cocos-Keeling Is.	19.48
46	ZL8	Kermadec Is.	19.30
47	KH7K	Kure I.	18.26
47	T2	Tuvalu	18.26
49	PY0T	Trindade & Martim Vaz	17.74
50	T5	Somalia	17.57
50	ZD9	Tristan da Cunha & Gough	17.57
52	VR6	Pitcairn I.	17.39
53	TI9	Cocos I.	17.22
54	3B6	Agalega & St. Brandon	16.87
55	KH3	Johnston I.	16.17
56	VK9W	Willis I.	16.00
57	CE0J	Juan Fernandez Is.	15.83
58	FT8Z	Amsterdam & St. Paul Is.	15.65
59	KH9	Wake I.	15.48
60	ZK1N	N. Cook Is.	15.30
61	5U	Niger	15.13
61	JD1O	Ogasawara	15.13
63	FW	Wallis & Futuna Is.	14.61
63	KH4	Midway I.	14.61
65	VK9X	Christmas I.	14.43
65	ZC4	UK Sov.Base on Cyprus	14.43
67	YK	Syria	14.26
68	EP	Iran	14.09
68	T30	W. Kiribati	14.09
70	S2	Bangladesh	13.74
71	R1MV	Malyj Vysotskij I.	13.57
71	S0	Western Sahara	13.57
73	VK0H	Heard I.	13.39
74	1A0	Sov. Mil. Order of Malta	13.04
75	3D2R	Rotuma I.	12.52
75	9N	Nepal	12.52
75	ST	Sudan	12.52
78	9U	Burundi	12.35
79	3C	Equatorial Guinea	12.17
79	CE0E	Easter I.	12.17
79	ZK2	Niue	12.17
82	3X	Guinea	12.00
82	T32	E. Kiribati	12.00
82	YJ	Vanuatu	12.00
85	H40	Temotu Province	11.83
85	TN	Congo	11.83
87	C2	Nauru	11.48
88	YI	Iraq	11.13
88	ZK1S	S. Cook Is.	11.13
90	VK9L	Lord Howe I.	10.96
91	E3	Eritrea	10.61
91	XZ	Myanmar	10.61
93	J5	Guinea-Bissau	10.26
93	KC6	Palau	10.26
93	XT	Burkina Faso	10.26
93	XU	Cambodia	10.26
97	3W	Vietnam	10.09
98	D6	Comoros	9.91
99	5T	Mauritania	9.74
99	ZL7	Chatham Is.	9.74

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