Table 5.

Ranks of the EU countries by ranking method.

Ranking method
Country	Period 1	Period 2	DIFF (period 2 – period 1)
SE	1	1	0
NL	2	2	0
IE	3	3	0
DK	4	5	1
UK	5	7	2
ES	6	4	−2
FI	7	9	2
LU	8	14	6
MT	9	10	1
BE	10	8	−2
FR	11	13	2
CY	12	6	−6
SK	13	19	6
IT	14	11	−3
AT	15	16	1
DE	16	12	−4
EL	17	17	0
CZ	18	18	0
SI	19	15	−4
PT	20	21	1
EE	21	20	−1
BG	22	22	0
HU	23	23	0
HR	24	25	1
PL	25	24	−1
LT	26	26	0
RO	27	27	0
LV	28	28	0