List of the countries with the most entries in the Home Composed Song Contest

A total of 32 countries have participated in the Home Composed Song Contest to date. The table below shows the number of participations in the contest by each country, including the first and last years of entry and the best and worst results achieved.

Withdrawn and disqualified entries are included in the totals, as are non-qualifiers in years in which there was a semi-final.

Instrumental of the Year entries from the 2016 anniversary edition are included in the totals but not in the best/worst statistics.

The United Kingdom is the only country to have been represented in every single edition of HCSC.

List of countries by total number of entries

	Country	First	Last	Best	Worst	Total
1	Germany	1998	2018	1	35=	142
2	United Kingdom	1991	2018	1	30	87
3	Sweden	1991	2018	1	35=	53
4	Denmark	1991	2014	1	21	35
5	Portugal	1997	2018	1	33=	34
6	Spain	1991	2018	1	27	25
7	Italy	1992	2015	3	32	23
8	Malta	1997	2012	2	27	20
9	Finland	2002	2018	1	15	18
10	Greece	2005	2018	1	20	17
11	Netherlands	1996	2013	4	26	15
12	Israel	1991	2011	2	15	12
13	Serbia	2008	2015	1	23	10
14=	Norway	1997	2004	1	14	8
14=	Austria	2005	2011	2	19	8
14=	Albania	2011	2017	9	33=	8
17=	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2002	2005	1	9	6
17=	France	2002	2011	10=	36	6
19	Poland	2006	2011	1	13	5
20=	Turkey	2002	2008	2	20	4
20=	Switzerland	2006	2008	19	28	4
22=	Cyprus	1994	2007	1	5	3
22=	Estonia	2009	2011	2	10	3
22=	Latvia	2012	2014	12	20	3
25=	Slovenia	2007	2007	4	18	2
25=	Bulgaria	2012	2014	15=	17	2
25=	Belarus	2015	2016	12	12	2
28=	FYR Macedonia	2006	2006	15	15	1
28=	Romania	2011	2011	11	11	1
28=	Russia	2015	2015	10	10	1
28=	San Marino	2015	2015	14	14	1
28=	Australia	2018	2018	15	15	1