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EC JRC (INFORM)
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191 countries
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2026
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2026
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1
South Sudan
-2.3
2
Yemen, Rep.
-2.3
3
Haiti
-2.2
4
Afghanistan
-2
5
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
-2
6
Sudan
-2
7
Eritrea
-1.8
8
Syrian Arab Republic
-1.8
9
Myanmar
-1.8
10
Central African Republic
-1.7
11
Congo, Dem. Rep.
-1.7
12
Libya
-1.6
13
Venezuela, RB
-1.6
14
Lebanon
-1.6
15
Comoros
-1.5
16
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
-1.5
17
Chad
-1.5
18
Guinea-Bissau
-1.4
19
Iraq
-1.4
20
Liberia
-1.4
21
Congo, Rep.
-1.3
22
Equatorial Guinea
-1.3
23
West Bank and Gaza
-1.2
24
Turkmenistan
-1.2
25
Burundi
-1.2
26
Zimbabwe
-1.2
27
Sierra Leone
-1.2
28
Mali
-1.1
29
Nicaragua
-1.1
30
Madagascar
-1
31
Iran, Islamic Rep.
-1
32
Angola
-1
33
Belarus
-0.99
34
Bosnia and Herzegovina
-0.97
35
Suriname
-0.97
36
Lesotho
-0.95
37
Guinea
-0.91
38
Cameroon
-0.91
39
Sao Tome and Principe
-0.9
40
Guatemala
-0.9
41
Kyrgyz Republic
-0.89
42
Eswatini
-0.88
43
Malawi
-0.86
44
Nigeria
-0.85
45
Timor-Leste
-0.84
46
Burkina Faso
-0.83
47
Nepal
-0.81
48
Papua New Guinea
-0.8
49
Honduras
-0.8
50
Gabon
-0.78
51
Tajikistan
-0.77
52
Ethiopia
-0.77
53
Mauritania
-0.76
54
Solomon Islands
-0.73
55
Djibouti
-0.73
56
Mozambique
-0.72
57
Russian Federation
-0.71
58
Bangladesh
-0.7
59
Algeria
-0.67
60
Zambia
-0.66
61
Lao PDR
-0.64
62
Niger
-0.64
63
Bolivia
-0.64
64
Gambia, The
-0.59
65
Togo
-0.58
66
Pakistan
-0.58
67
Vanuatu
-0.57
68
Uganda
-0.55
69
Brazil
-0.55
70
Ecuador
-0.49
71
Peru
-0.49
72
Cuba
-0.48
73
Mongolia
-0.47
74
Paraguay
-0.46
75
Tanzania
-0.46
76
Tuvalu
-0.45
77
Argentina
-0.38
78
Belize
-0.38
79
Cote d'Ivoire
-0.36
80
Ukraine
-0.36
81
Cambodia
-0.31
82
Kenya
-0.3
83
Tunisia
-0.3
84
Guyana
-0.29
85
Uzbekistan
-0.28
86
South Africa
-0.26
87
Sri Lanka
-0.25
88
Turkiye
-0.25
89
Egypt, Arab Rep.
-0.24
90
Benin
-0.22
91
Panama
-0.21
92
Mexico
-0.2
93
Armenia
-0.18
94
Moldova
-0.16
95
Maldives
-0.13
96
Tonga
-0.12
97
Kiribati
-0.1
98
Romania
-0.09
99
Ghana
-0.09
100
Colombia
-0.08
101
Naoero
-0.07
102
North Macedonia
-0.05
103
Trinidad and Tobago
-0.04
104
Morocco
-0.04
105
Azerbaijan
-0.03
106
Grenada
-0.01
107
Kuwait
0.01
108
Serbia
0.01
109
Cabo Verde
0.01
110
Namibia
0.03
111
Bulgaria
0.05
112
El Salvador
0.05
113
Senegal
0.07
114
Marshall Islands
0.07
115
St. Lucia
0.07
116
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0.07
117
Viet Nam
0.13
118
Dominican Republic
0.13
119
Kazakhstan
0.15
120
Greece
0.15
121
Philippines
0.15
122
Thailand
0.17
123
Slovak Republic
0.23
124
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0.23
125
Montenegro
0.25
126
Albania
0.25
127
Costa Rica
0.26
128
Dominica
0.26
129
Bahamas, The
0.27
130
Oman
0.27
131
Hungary
0.37
132
St. Kitts and Nevis
0.38
133
Antigua and Barbuda
0.38
134
Barbados
0.38
135
Jordan
0.39
136
Rwanda
0.39
137
Malta
0.4
138
Jamaica
0.41
139
Poland
0.42
140
Botswana
0.43
141
Palau
0.44
142
India
0.48
143
Fiji
0.49
144
Samoa
0.49
145
Bhutan
0.57
146
Indonesia
0.58
147
Italy
0.61
148
Seychelles
0.62
149
China
0.68
150
Latvia
0.7
151
Bahrain
0.7
152
Mauritius
0.71
153
Croatia
0.71
154
Chile
0.72
155
Cyprus
0.74
156
Spain
0.75
157
Georgia
0.79
158
Saudi Arabia
0.8
159
Uruguay
0.85
160
Malaysia
0.88
161
Portugal
0.99
162
Belgium
1
163
Slovenia
1
164
Lithuania
1.1
165
Czechia
1.1
166
France
1.1
167
Israel
1.1
168
United Kingdom
1.2
169
Germany
1.2
170
Qatar
1.2
171
United States
1.2
172
Estonia
1.3
173
Austria
1.3
174
Brunei Darussalam
1.4
175
Korea, Rep.
1.4
176
Canada
1.5
177
New Zealand
1.5
178
Iceland
1.6
179
Australia
1.6
180
Ireland
1.6
181
Sweden
1.6
182
United Arab Emirates
1.6
183
Netherlands
1.6
184
Liechtenstein
1.6
185
Japan
1.6
186
Finland
1.7
187
Norway
1.8
188
Luxembourg
1.9
189
Denmark
2
190
Switzerland
2.1
191
Singapore
2.3
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