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SCOREBOARD 2004

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100.000 (1) USA 1

89.008 (4) SINGAPORE 2
86.626 (6) CANADA 3
86.046 (7) AUSTRALIA 4
86.015 (8) ICELAND 5
85.765 (10) HONG KONG 6
84.378 (5) DENMARK 7
83.636 (3) FINLAND 8
83.083 (2) LUXEMBOURG 9
80.303 (11) IRELAND 10
79.578 (12) SWEDEN 11
79.543 (17) TAIWAN 12
78.933 (14) AUSTRIA 13
78.809 (9) SWITZERLAND 14
78.613 (13) NETHERLANDS 15
75.919 (21) MALAYSIA 16
75.468 (15) NORWAY 17
74.394 (16) NEW ZEALAND 18
74.265 (38) ZHEJIANG 19
73.730 (31) BAVARIA 20
73.435 (20) GERMANY 21
72.186 (19) UNITED KINGDOM 22
71.915 (25) JAPAN 23
70.725 (29) CHINA MAINLAND 24
70.324 (18) BELGIUM 25
69.901 (26) CHILE 26
69.802 (28) CATALONIA 27
68.426 (22) ESTONIA 28
68.235 (30) THAILAND 29
67.673 (23) FRANCE 30
67.414 (27) SPAIN 31
64.646 (24) ILE-DE-FRANCE 32
63.458 (33) ISRAEL 33
62.971 (50) INDIA 34
62.201 (37) KOREA 35
62.026 SCOTLAND 36
61.429 (32) RHONE-ALPS 37
59.557 (44) MAHARASHTRA 38
58.485 (39) PORTUGAL 39
57.462 (46) SLOVAK REPUBLIC 40
57.370 (45) COLOMBIA 41
57.209 (34) HUNGARY 42
56.440 (35) CZECH REPUBLIC 43
56.346 (42) GREECE 44
55.498 (40) SLOVENIA 45
55.270 (36) LOMBARDY 46
55.008 (43) SAO PAULO 47
54.131 (48) JORDAN 48
53.786 (47) SOUTH AFRICA 49
52.140 (54) RUSSIA 50
50.307 (41) ITALY 51
49.666 (49) PHILIPPINES 52
48.130 (52) BRAZIL 53
47.997 (51) ROMANIA 54
43.459 (56) TURKEY 55
43.239 (53) MEXICO 56
41.953 (55) POLAND 57
38.095 (57) INDONESIA 58
36.937 (58) ARGENTINA 59
24.748 (59) VENEZUELA 60

(2003 rankings are in brackets)

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