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EC JRC (INFORM)
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Year
2026
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2026
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East Asia & Pacific
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North America
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Value
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1
Denmark
1
2
Singapore
1
3
Switzerland
1.3
4
Finland
1.4
5
Luxembourg
1.6
6
Liechtenstein
1.7
7
Norway
1.7
8
New Zealand
1.8
9
Sweden
1.9
10
Netherlands
2
11
Iceland
2.1
12
Ireland
2.1
13
Australia
2.1
14
Canada
2.3
15
Japan
2.3
16
United Arab Emirates
2.5
17
Estonia
2.5
18
Germany
2.6
19
United Kingdom
2.8
20
Austria
2.8
21
Korea, Rep.
2.9
22
Uruguay
2.9
23
France
3
24
Belgium
3
25
Brunei Darussalam
3.1
26
United States
3.1
27
Israel
3.2
28
Seychelles
3.3
29
Lithuania
3.3
30
Qatar
3.4
31
Bhutan
3.4
32
Slovenia
3.5
33
Czechia
3.6
34
Barbados
3.7
35
Portugal
3.7
36
Chile
3.7
37
Saudi Arabia
3.8
38
Latvia
3.9
39
Samoa
4
40
Spain
4
41
Cyprus
4
42
Bahamas, The
4
43
Georgia
4.1
44
Palau
4.1
45
Malaysia
4.1
46
Botswana
4.2
47
Italy
4.2
48
St. Kitts and Nevis
4.2
49
Bahrain
4.2
50
Antigua and Barbuda
4.2
51
Dominica
4.3
52
Mauritius
4.3
53
Fiji
4.3
54
Rwanda
4.3
55
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
4.3
56
Cabo Verde
4.4
57
Costa Rica
4.4
58
Croatia
4.5
59
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
4.5
60
St. Lucia
4.5
61
Poland
4.5
62
Oman
4.5
63
Jordan
4.7
64
China
4.7
65
Grenada
4.7
66
Slovak Republic
4.8
67
Malta
4.8
68
Marshall Islands
4.9
69
Greece
4.9
70
Jamaica
4.9
71
Montenegro
5
72
Namibia
5
73
India
5.1
74
Naoero
5.1
75
Hungary
5.1
76
Indonesia
5.1
77
Senegal
5.2
78
Albania
5.2
79
Tonga
5.2
80
Kiribati
5.2
81
Kuwait
5.2
82
Bulgaria
5.3
83
Romania
5.3
84
Armenia
5.4
85
Viet Nam
5.4
86
Kazakhstan
5.4
87
Benin
5.5
88
Trinidad and Tobago
5.5
89
Moldova
5.5
90
Ghana
5.5
91
Cote d'Ivoire
5.6
92
Vanuatu
5.6
93
North Macedonia
5.6
94
Dominican Republic
5.6
95
Colombia
5.7
96
Thailand
5.7
97
Philippines
5.7
98
South Africa
5.7
99
Morocco
5.7
100
Belize
5.8
101
Serbia
5.8
102
Maldives
5.8
103
Tuvalu
5.9
104
Tanzania
5.9
105
Tunisia
5.9
106
Guyana
5.9
107
Cuba
6
108
El Salvador
6
109
Ukraine
6.1
110
Turkiye
6.1
111
Argentina
6.1
112
Panama
6.1
113
Solomon Islands
6.1
114
Kenya
6.2
115
Gambia, The
6.2
116
Sao Tome and Principe
6.2
117
Uzbekistan
6.2
118
Sri Lanka
6.2
119
Zambia
6.2
120
Timor-Leste
6.2
121
Burkina Faso
6.3
122
Egypt, Arab Rep.
6.3
123
Mongolia
6.3
124
Mexico
6.4
125
Ecuador
6.4
126
Brazil
6.4
127
Ethiopia
6.4
128
Suriname
6.5
129
Niger
6.5
130
Azerbaijan
6.5
131
Togo
6.5
132
Algeria
6.5
133
Lao PDR
6.5
134
Peru
6.5
135
Nepal
6.6
136
Lesotho
6.6
137
Djibouti
6.7
138
Malawi
6.7
139
Papua New Guinea
6.8
140
Uganda
6.8
141
Pakistan
6.8
142
Paraguay
6.8
143
Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.8
144
Cambodia
6.8
145
Bolivia
6.8
146
Mauritania
6.8
147
Belarus
6.9
148
Angola
6.9
149
Gabon
7
150
Guinea
7
151
Sierra Leone
7
152
Mozambique
7
153
Nigeria
7.1
154
Eswatini
7.1
155
Russian Federation
7.1
156
Bangladesh
7.1
157
Cameroon
7.1
158
Guatemala
7.2
159
Honduras
7.2
160
Madagascar
7.2
161
Kyrgyz Republic
7.2
162
Mali
7.3
163
Tajikistan
7.3
164
West Bank and Gaza
7.4
165
Iran, Islamic Rep.
7.4
166
Liberia
7.5
167
Iraq
7.6
168
Zimbabwe
7.6
169
Congo, Rep.
7.7
170
Guinea-Bissau
7.9
171
Nicaragua
7.9
172
Turkmenistan
7.9
173
Burundi
7.9
174
Chad
8
175
Lebanon
8
176
Comoros
8
177
Central African Republic
8.1
178
Congo, Dem. Rep.
8.2
179
Equatorial Guinea
8.2
180
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
8.3
181
Libya
8.5
182
Myanmar
8.5
183
Venezuela, RB
8.6
184
Eritrea
8.7
185
Afghanistan
8.7
186
Syrian Arab Republic
8.7
187
Sudan
8.8
188
Haiti
9
189
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
9.1
190
Yemen, Rep.
9.2
191
South Sudan
9.5
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