diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/usage_statistics.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/usage_statistics.tt
index 48494d573c..a6a0a8578f 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/usage_statistics.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/usage_statistics.tt
@@ -100,11 +100,12 @@
                             <select name="UsageStatsCountry" id="UsageStatsCountry">
                                 <option value="">&nbsp;</option>
                                 [% FOREACH country IN country_strings.split(',') %]
+                                    [% country = country.trim %]
                                     [% IF country == UsageStatsCountry %]
-                                        <option value="[% country.trim | html %]" selected="selected">[% country.trim | html %]</option>
+                                        <option value="[% country | html %]" selected="selected">[% country | html %]</option>
                                         [% SET IsUsageStatsCountryValid = 1 %]
                                     [% ELSE %]
-                                        <option value="[% country.trim | html %]">[% country.trim | html %]</option>
+                                        <option value="[% country | html %]">[% country | html %]</option>
                                     [% END %]
                                 [% END %]
                             </select>