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Value
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1
Monaco
70.1%
2
Japan
50.1%
3
Finland
38.3%
4
Portugal
38.2%
5
Italy
38%
6
Puerto Rico (US)
37.9%
7
Greece
37.3%
8
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
36.3%
9
Croatia
36.2%
10
Isle of Man
36.1%
11
Germany
36%
12
France
35.3%
13
Serbia
35.3%
14
Bulgaria
34.3%
15
Latvia
33.9%
16
Slovenia
33.4%
17
Bosnia and Herzegovina
33.2%
18
Estonia
33.1%
19
San Marino
33.1%
20
Sweden
33%
21
Denmark
32.4%
22
Czechia
32.2%
23
Hungary
32.2%
24
Bermuda
32%
25
Hong Kong SAR, China
31.8%
26
Belgium
31.7%
27
Spain
31.2%
28
Netherlands
31.1%
29
Liechtenstein
30.8%
30
Austria
30.7%
31
Romania
30.7%
32
Lithuania
30.4%
33
United Kingdom
30.3%
34
Switzerland
30%
35
Poland
29.9%
36
Canada
29.6%
37
Malta
29.5%
38
Faroe Islands
28.5%
39
Norway
28.5%
40
St. Martin (French part)
27.9%
41
Ukraine
27.6%
42
Slovak Republic
27.3%
43
Montenegro
27.2%
44
Gibraltar
27%
45
Australia
26.9%
46
United States
26.8%
47
North Macedonia
26.7%
48
Taiwan
26.2%
49
Korea, Rep.
25.9%
50
New Zealand
25.9%
51
Belarus
25.7%
52
Russian Federation
25.2%
53
Aruba
24.6%
54
Albania
24.4%
55
Moldova
24.2%
56
Barbados
24.2%
57
Georgia
24.1%
58
Uruguay
24%
59
Curacao
23.8%
60
Ireland
23.7%
61
Cuba
23.7%
62
Iceland
23%
63
Luxembourg
21.8%
64
Andorra
21.3%
65
Thailand
20.9%
66
China
20.7%
67
Israel
20.7%
68
Cyprus
20.6%
69
Chile
19.8%
70
Armenia
19.6%
71
Guam
19.6%
72
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
19%
73
Macao SAR, China
18.6%
74
Argentina
18.6%
75
Dominica
18.4%
76
Mauritius
18%
77
Sri Lanka
17.8%
78
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
17.4%
79
Singapore
17.4%
80
Grenada
17.4%
81
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
17.3%
82
Costa Rica
17%
83
Trinidad and Tobago
16.9%
84
New Caledonia
16.5%
85
Bahamas, The
16.4%
86
Antigua and Barbuda
15.9%
87
Lebanon
15.5%
88
Palau
15.4%
89
French Polynesia
15.4%
90
Brazil
15.3%
91
St. Kitts and Nevis
15.1%
92
Turks and Caicos Islands
15%
93
Greenland
14.7%
94
Turkiye
14.7%
95
Venezuela, RB
14.5%
96
Tunisia
13.8%
97
Panama
13.8%
98
Peru
13.5%
99
Colombia
13.4%
100
Kazakhstan
13.4%
101
St. Lucia
12.8%
102
Northern Mariana Islands
12.7%
103
Viet Nam
12.7%
104
British Virgin Islands
12.2%
105
Ecuador
12.1%
106
El Salvador
12%
107
Mexico
11.9%
108
Morocco
11.8%
109
Seychelles
11.6%
110
American Samoa
11.6%
111
Dominican Republic
11.6%
112
Azerbaijan
11.5%
113
Suriname
11.5%
114
Tonga
11.4%
115
Iran, Islamic Rep.
11.4%
116
Cayman Islands
11.4%
117
Jamaica
10.8%
118
Malaysia
10.6%
119
Tuvalu
10.4%
120
Myanmar
10.4%
121
Indonesia
10.4%
122
Samoa
10.3%
123
India
10.2%
124
Algeria
10.1%
125
Guyana
10.1%
126
Paraguay
9.8%
127
Cabo Verde
9.8%
128
Nepal
9.8%
129
Bangladesh
9.7%
130
South Africa
9.7%
131
Fiji
9.6%
132
Cambodia
9.3%
133
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
9.2%
134
Brunei Darussalam
9%
135
Uzbekistan
9%
136
Timor-Leste
8.8%
137
Bhutan
8.8%
138
Kyrgyz Republic
8.8%
139
Bolivia
8.6%
140
Nicaragua
8.2%
141
Philippines
8%
142
Egypt, Arab Rep.
7.9%
143
Mongolia
7.8%
144
Comoros
7.7%
145
Guatemala
7.5%
146
Vanuatu
7.4%
147
Libya
7.3%
148
Eritrea
7.3%
149
Haiti
7.2%
150
Marshall Islands
7.2%
151
Syrian Arab Republic
7.2%
152
Djibouti
7.2%
153
Pakistan
7.1%
154
Belize
7.1%
155
Lao PDR
7%
156
Gabon
6.8%
157
Kiribati
6.8%
158
Jordan
6.7%
159
Sao Tome and Principe
6.7%
160
Turkmenistan
6.7%
161
Eswatini
6.7%
162
Honduras
6.6%
163
West Bank and Gaza
6.6%
164
Zimbabwe
6.6%
165
Rwanda
6.5%
166
Togo
6.5%
167
Lesotho
6.2%
168
Botswana
6.2%
169
Guinea
6.2%
170
Senegal
6.2%
171
Equatorial Guinea
6.2%
172
Solomon Islands
6.1%
173
Tajikistan
6.1%
174
Namibia
6%
175
Congo, Dem. Rep.
6%
176
Ghana
6%
177
Mauritania
6%
178
Madagascar
5.8%
179
Liberia
5.8%
180
Maldives
5.7%
181
Sudan
5.7%
182
Iraq
5.7%
183
Tanzania
5.6%
184
Benin
5.6%
185
Ethiopia
5.5%
186
Sierra Leone
5.5%
187
Nigeria
5.5%
188
Guinea-Bissau
5.5%
189
Angola
5.3%
190
Papua New Guinea
5.3%
191
Gambia, The
5.3%
192
Mozambique
5.3%
193
Congo, Rep.
5.2%
194
Niger
5.1%
195
South Sudan
5.1%
196
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
5.1%
197
Cameroon
5%
198
Kenya
4.9%
199
Burundi
4.8%
200
Burkina Faso
4.8%
201
Mali
4.7%
202
Bahrain
4.7%
203
Malawi
4.6%
204
Naoero
4.6%
205
Cote d'Ivoire
4.6%
206
Yemen, Rep.
4.5%
207
Afghanistan
4.4%
208
Central African Republic
4.3%
209
Chad
4.1%
210
Uganda
4%
211
Saudi Arabia
3.9%
212
Kuwait
3.8%
213
Oman
3.7%
214
Zambia
3.4%
215
United Arab Emirates
2.1%
216
Qatar
1.9%
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