NEW - IFFHS RANKING AFC COUNTRIES ON AVERAGE ATTENDANCES

• Feb 28, 2024
• History Statistics

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    North Yemen + South Yemen + Yemen  Yemen

AFC	CCODE	Country	attendance (total)	matches	attendance (avg)
1	IRN	Iran	5 484 128	145	37 822
2	JPN	Japan	4 357 728	138	31 578
3	UZB	Uzbekistan	2 704 535	102	26 515
4	KSA	Saudi Arabia	3 501 966	135	25 940
5	KOR	South Korea	3 738 382	150	24 923
6	CHN	China	2 922 985	122	23 959
7	IDN	Indonesia	1 805 275	76	23 754
8	AUS	Australia	3 812 038	161	23 677
9	PRK	North Korea	2 072 681	88	23 553
10	CAM	Cambodia	760 846	36	21 135
11	THA	Thailand	1 957 018	95	20 600
12	KUW	Kuwait	1 977 356	96	20 597
13	BHR	Bahrain	1 891 787	96	19 706
14	MAS	Malaysia	1 246 353	69	18 063
15	SYR	Syria	1 764 046	98	18 000
16	OMA	Oman	1 580 053	88	17 955
17	UAE	United Arab Emirates	2 032 272	116	17 520
18	SIN	Singapore	1 313 542	75	17 514
19	IND	India	827 579	50	16 552
20	JOR	Jordan	1 225 161	76	16 121
21	IRQ	Iraq	1 942 221	121	16 051
22	HKG	Hong Kong	1 278 694	80	15 984
23	QAT	Qatar	1 861 466	118	15 775
24	YEM	Yemen	845 158	57	14 827
25	TJK	Tajikistan	629 251	44	14 301
26	NEP	Nepal	541 883	38	14 260
27	MDV	Maldives	569 879	40	14 247
28	TKM	Turkmenistan	639 038	47	13 597
29	KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	525 151	39	13 465
30	VIE	Vietnam	765 899	59	12 981
31	BAN	Bangladesh	710 055	57	12 457
32	LBN	Lebanon	919 893	76	12 104
33	MAC	Macau	417 450	35	11 927
34	TPE	Chinese Taipei	731 420	66	11 082
35	AFG	Afghanistan	231 085	22	10 504
36	PAK	Pakistan	307 532	32	9 610
37	MYA	Myanmar	185 990	21	8 857
38	GUM	Guam	176 022	20	8 801
39	BRU	Brunei Darussalam	122 042	15	8 136
40	BHU	Bhutan	95 745	12	7 979
41	LAO	Laos	211 529	27	7 834
42	PHI	Philippines	225 846	29	7 788
43	MNG	Mongolia	178 385	24	7 433
44	PLE	Palestine	256 478	37	6 932
45	SRI	Sri Lanka	263 541	39	6 757
46	TLS	Timor-Leste	94 632	16	5 915