NEW - IFFHS RANKING UEFA COUNTRIES ON AVERAGE ATTENDANCES
Ranking Countries on Average Attendances in World Cup Qualifiers
· more than 8500 world cup qualifiers have been played until March 31, 2022
· average for each country based on attendances of matches they featured in
· 67 matches have no documented attendance yet and were not considered
· no distinction between home, neutral ground or away match classification
· countries are assigned to their current confederation, even if they switched before
· historical aggregations:
o Yugoslavia + Serbia-Montenegro + Serbia Serbia
o FR Germany + Germany DR + Germany Germany
o USSR + Russia Russia
o UAR + Egypt Egypt
o Zaire + Congo DR Congo DR
o Netherland Antilles + Curacao Curacao
o Rhodesia + Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
o Dahomey + Benin Benin
o Upper Volta + Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
o North Yemen + South Yemen + Yemen Yemen
o Czechoslovakia remained listed as a separate entry as there is no single successor
o Saarland remained listed as a separate entry with no official single successor
| UEFA | CCODE | Country | attendance (total) | matches | attendance (avg) |
| 1 | ENG | England | 6 323 926 | 122 | 51 835 |
| 2 | SAA | *Saarland | 166 000 | 4 | 41 500 |
| 3 | GER | Germany | 6 187 891 | 151 | 40 979 |
| 4 | SCO | Scotland | 5 515 102 | 136 | 40 552 |
| 5 | FRA | France | 4 612 075 | 119 | 38 757 |
| 6 | RUS | Russia | 4 456 084 | 124 | 35 936 |
| 7 | POL | Poland | 4 466 117 | 127 | 35 166 |
| 8 | NED | Netherlands | 4 701 365 | 135 | 34 825 |
| 9 | ITA | Italy | 4 102 421 | 118 | 34 766 |
| 10 | AUT | Austria | 4 491 481 | 134 | 33 519 |
| 11 | UKR | Ukraine | 2 668 952 | 80 | 33 362 |
| 12 | IRL | Ireland Rep. | 4 836 700 | 149 | 32 461 |
| 13 | ESP | Spain | 4 023 419 | 125 | 32 187 |
| 14 | POR | Portugal | 4 717 255 | 149 | 31 659 |
| 15 | SWE | Sweden | 4 449 348 | 141 | 31 556 |
| 16 | TCH | *Czechoslovakia | 2 187 605 | 71 | 30 811 |
| 17 | HUN | Hungary | 4 026 555 | 132 | 30 504 |
| 18 | WAL | Wales | 3 928 372 | 130 | 30 218 |
| 19 | DEN | Denmark | 3 887 865 | 132 | 29 454 |
| 20 | SRB | Serbia | 3 771 916 | 136 | 27 735 |
| 21 | TUR | Turkey | 3 775 445 | 139 | 27 161 |
| 22 | ROU | Romania | 3 708 859 | 138 | 26 876 |
| 23 | SUI | Switzerland | 3 610 190 | 140 | 25 787 |
| 24 | BEL | Belgium | 3 562 283 | 141 | 25 264 |
| 25 | GRE | Greece | 3 304 334 | 136 | 24 297 |
| 26 | ISR | Israel | 3 044 608 | 128 | 23 786 |
| 27 | BUL | Bulgaria | 3 250 967 | 137 | 23 730 |
| 28 | NOR | Norway | 3 188 290 | 136 | 23 443 |
| 29 | NIR | Northern Ireland | 3 257 642 | 142 | 22 941 |
| 30 | FIN | Finland | 2 867 280 | 137 | 20 929 |
| 31 | CRO | Croatia | 1 495 868 | 72 | 20 776 |
| 32 | GEO | Georgia | 1 315 378 | 64 | 20 553 |
| 33 | KAZ | Kazakhstan | 1 379 740 | 68 | 20 290 |
| 34 | BLR | Belarus | 1 308 629 | 66 | 19 828 |
| 35 | AZE | Azerbaijan | 1 080 817 | 66 | 16 376 |
| 36 | ALB | Albania | 1 846 604 | 114 | 16 198 |
| 37 | BIH | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 1 029 249 | 66 | 15 595 |
| 38 | CZE | Czechia | 1 150 715 | 75 | 15 343 |
| 39 | MNE | Montenegro | 595 623 | 40 | 14 891 |
| 40 | MDA | Moldova | 899 911 | 68 | 13 234 |
| 41 | MKD | North Macedonia | 942 507 | 72 | 13 090 |
| 42 | CYP | Cyprus | 1 614 669 | 124 | 13 022 |
| 43 | LUX | Luxembourg | 1 842 656 | 142 | 12 976 |
| 44 | ARM | Armenia | 916 214 | 72 | 12 725 |
| 45 | SVN | Slovenia | 910 116 | 72 | 12 641 |
| 46 | MLT | Malta | 1 413 119 | 112 | 12 617 |
| 47 | EST | Estonia | 1 028 796 | 84 | 12 248 |
| 48 | SVK | Slovakia | 894 963 | 74 | 12 094 |
| 49 | ISL | Iceland | 1 323 673 | 116 | 11 411 |
| 50 | LTU | Lithuania | 833 058 | 81 | 10 285 |
| 51 | SMR | San Marino | 778 323 | 76 | 10 241 |
| 52 | LVA | Latvia | 866 961 | 85 | 10 200 |
| 53 | AND | Andorra | 572 290 | 62 | 9 230 |
| 54 | FRO | Faroe Islands | 718 793 | 80 | 8 985 |
| 55 | LIE | Liechtenstein | 594 590 | 70 | 8 494 |
| 56 | KVX | Kosovo | 132 321 | 18 | 7 351 |
| 57 | GIB | Gibraltar | 112 269 | 20 | 5 613 |