diff --git a/Repositories/statistics/includes/inc.class.mysql.es.php b/Repositories/statistics/includes/inc.class.mysql.es.php
index 7dfdb8d..f2fd00b 100755
--- a/Repositories/statistics/includes/inc.class.mysql.es.php
+++ b/Repositories/statistics/includes/inc.class.mysql.es.php
@@ -184,6 +184,26 @@
 		
 		$limit = $this->buildWhereClause( $where_parts, 'AND' );
 
+/*
+A possible optimisation? One query to get all abstracts & downloads, which
+eliminates the need for the merge_countries function. Below takes about the
+same time as the two original queries.
+
+select country_code, country_name, max(country_downloads), max(country_abstracts)
+from (
+  select case view_type when view_type = 'abstract' then count(*) else 0 end as country_abstracts,
+         case view_type when view_type = 'download' then count(*) else 0 end as country_downloads,
+         view_type,
+         country_name,
+         country_code
+  from view
+  where archive_name = 'otago_eprints'
+  group by country_name, view_type
+) as inside
+group by country_code, country_name
+order by country_downloads desc, country_name;
+*/
+
 // Create a result array
 		$records = array();
 //Build up the query