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Most Landlocked Countries by First Level Subdivision Borders

We counted how many land borders between first level subdivisions you have to cross to reach the ocean from every first level subdivision. Can you name the 20 countries which have the highest average of borders you have to cross?
LLL = Level of LandLockedness
The Caspian Sea is a lake and thus not part of the ocean.
Two subdivisions are on islands in a lake and thus have no way of reaching the ocean. These have been counted as LLL 10.
Massive thanks to SaturnTheQuizzer for figuring out the levels of landlockedness!
Quiz by Simon1006
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Last updated: March 31, 2022
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Average LLL
Country
6.551
Uganda
6.4
Rwanda
6.056
Burundi
5.357
Uzbekistan
4.971
Azerbaijan
4.889
Kyrgyzstan
4.5
Slovakia
4.385
Burkina Faso
4.35
Hungary
4.083
South Sudan
Average LLL
Country
4
Kazakhstan
4
Tajikistan
3.875
Niger
3.783
Chad
3.737
Central African Republic
3.667
Turkmenistan
3.636
Armenia
3.448
Slovenia
3.429
Czech Republic
3.423
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Level 65
Mar 31, 2022
The closest misses are Serbia with 3.32, Liechtenstein and Mali with 3.182, and Romania with 3.167
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Level 53
Apr 1, 2022
But, Slovenia and D.R. Congo are not landlocked or did I misunderstand the point of the quiz?
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Level 65
Apr 1, 2022
This is not whether the country is landlocked or not. It is about the average landlockedness of each of the First Level Subdivisions of each country. While Slovenia and the DRC are indeed coastal (and have some Subdivisions with landlockedness level 0, i.e. coastal), they have more subdivisions that are so landlocked that the average is driven up. That is why they (barely) make the cut.
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Level 76
Apr 1, 2022
nice! can we also have lowest average, perhaps excluding island countries? :D
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Level 65
Apr 1, 2022
Of course, here is the one for all countries, and here is the one excluding island countries!