Cannes 2016 Country Rankings: NZ leaving Australia for dead; USA and UK lead the pack

The USA is streets ahead of the rest of the world nearing the halfway mark of the 2016 Cannes Festival of Creativity.

The USA has one Grand Prix, 37 Gold, 69 Silver and 67 Bronze Lions.

The UK (2 Grand Prix, 17 Gold, 37 Silver, 51 Bronze) and Brazil (17 Gold, 24 Silver, 63 Bronze) are fighting it out for second place followed a far way back by Germany, South Africa and France.

New Zealand, currently in 7th spot, is having an incredible Cannes, scoring 46 Lions so far, including two Grand Prix, 13 Gold, 16 Silver and 15 Bronze Lions. And there’ll be a lot more metal to come by the end of the week.

In contrast, Australia, currently ranked #9 behind Japan, is putting in a pretty mediocre performance compared to the highs of the last decade. 29 Lions so far, but only 4 Gold Lions. Australia has 8 Silver Lions and 17 Bronze Lions.

A consolation for the Aussies is that Australia was ranked #3 in the Health Lions (3 Silver, 7 Bronze) behind the UK at #1 (2 Grand Prix, 4 Gold, 13 Silver, 11 Bronze) and the USA at #2 (2 Gold, 3 Silver, 13 Bronze). NZ was ranked #13 (1 Gold, 1 Silver).