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2023
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216 of 216
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Iceland
0.96
2
San Marino
1.1
3
Cayman Islands
1.1
4
Hong Kong SAR, China
1.3
5
Estonia
1.4
6
Japan
1.7
7
Montenegro
1.7
8
Singapore
1.7
9
Slovenia
1.8
10
Sweden
1.9
11
Norway
1.9
12
Belarus
1.9
13
Finland
1.9
14
Bermuda
2
15
Korea, Rep.
2.1
16
Czechia
2.2
17
Italy
2.2
18
Macao SAR, China
2.3
19
Spain
2.4
20
Portugal
2.6
21
Austria
2.8
22
Israel
2.8
23
Lithuania
2.8
24
Ireland
2.9
25
Denmark
2.9
26
Latvia
2.9
27
Germany
3
28
Taiwan
3
29
Cyprus
3.1
30
Switzerland
3.2
31
Poland
3.2
32
Hungary
3.2
33
Australia
3.2
34
Greece
3.3
35
Belgium
3.3
36
Netherlands
3.4
37
France
3.5
38
Croatia
3.5
39
Russian Federation
3.6
40
United Kingdom
3.7
41
Monaco
4
42
Chile
4.2
43
Serbia
4.2
44
Qatar
4.2
45
Canada
4.3
46
Maldives
4.3
47
New Zealand
4.4
48
Cuba
4.4
49
Luxembourg
4.5
50
Slovak Republic
4.5
51
North Macedonia
4.7
52
Bulgaria
4.7
53
Turks and Caicos Islands
4.8
54
Romania
4.9
55
Northern Mariana Islands
4.9
56
United Arab Emirates
4.9
57
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
5
58
Saudi Arabia
5.1
59
Sri Lanka
5.1
60
China
5.1
61
Puerto Rico (US)
5.2
62
French Polynesia
5.3
63
Andorra
5.3
64
United States
5.3
65
Bosnia and Herzegovina
5.4
66
Bahrain
5.4
67
Uruguay
5.6
68
Liechtenstein
5.6
69
Ukraine
5.9
70
Faroe Islands
6.1
71
Thailand
6.2
72
Malta
6.3
73
Malaysia
6.4
74
Costa Rica
6.5
75
Kuwait
7.3
76
Antigua and Barbuda
7.5
77
Brunei Darussalam
8.2
78
Kazakhstan
8.2
79
Albania
8.2
80
Georgia
8.2
81
Gibraltar
8.4
82
St. Martin (French part)
8.4
83
American Samoa
8.5
84
Oman
8.6
85
Curacao
8.7
86
Armenia
8.7
87
Belize
8.8
88
Tonga
9
89
Tunisia
9
90
Argentina
9.1
91
Turkiye
9.2
92
New Caledonia
9.5
93
Barbados
9.5
94
El Salvador
9.6
95
Ecuador
9.7
96
Colombia
9.9
97
Cabo Verde
9.9
98
Iran, Islamic Rep.
10
99
Greenland
10
100
Mexico
10.4
101
Mongolia
10.6
102
Isle of Man
10.8
103
Bahamas, The
11.1
104
British Virgin Islands
11.2
105
Uzbekistan
11.2
106
Guam
11.5
107
Sao Tome and Principe
11.6
108
Moldova
11.8
109
Peru
11.8
110
Jordan
11.9
111
Seychelles
11.9
112
Aruba
12.1
113
Brazil
12.2
114
Nicaragua
12.4
115
Panama
12.7
116
St. Kitts and Nevis
12.8
117
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
13
118
Mauritius
13
119
Honduras
13.1
120
Grenada
13.3
121
Samoa
13.3
122
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
13.4
123
Trinidad and Tobago
13.7
124
Paraguay
14.2
125
Suriname
14.3
126
West Bank and Gaza
14.4
127
Kyrgyz Republic
14.4
128
Morocco
14.5
129
St. Lucia
14.5
130
Solomon Islands
14.7
131
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
14.7
132
Egypt, Arab Rep.
14.7
133
Vanuatu
15
134
Azerbaijan
15.1
135
Viet Nam
15.3
136
Venezuela, RB
15.9
137
Lebanon
15.9
138
Jamaica
16.1
139
Libya
16.3
140
Tuvalu
16.4
141
Syrian Arab Republic
17
142
Indonesia
17.4
143
Guatemala
17.9
144
Algeria
18.1
145
Palau
18.4
146
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
19.2
147
Iraq
19.4
148
Cambodia
19.5
149
Bhutan
19.7
150
Naoero
20.8
151
Philippines
21.1
152
Guyana
21.8
153
Nepal
22.3
154
Marshall Islands
22.6
155
India
23.1
156
Bangladesh
23.3
157
Fiji
23.3
158
Senegal
24.7
159
Tajikistan
25
160
Dominican Republic
26.2
161
Eritrea
27.8
162
Namibia
27.9
163
Gabon
28.1
164
Rwanda
28.2
165
Dominica
28.4
166
South Africa
28.5
167
Botswana
29.1
168
Uganda
29.5
169
Congo, Rep.
29.6
170
Tanzania
29.7
171
Gambia, The
30.3
172
Malawi
30.3
173
Kenya
30.4
174
Ghana
31.5
175
Mauritania
31.6
176
Lao PDR
32.6
177
Turkmenistan
32.7
178
Myanmar
32.7
179
Bolivia
32.7
180
Papua New Guinea
33.1
181
Yemen, Rep.
33.2
182
Ethiopia
33.9
183
Zimbabwe
34.2
184
Burundi
36.5
185
Sudan
37.4
186
Djibouti
37.5
187
Comoros
38.4
188
Timor-Leste
38.8
189
Eswatini
38.8
190
Zambia
39.5
191
Togo
42.8
192
Kiribati
44.9
193
Haiti
45
194
Afghanistan
45.6
195
Madagascar
46.8
196
Cameroon
49.3
197
Angola
50.6
198
Guinea-Bissau
50.9
199
Congo, Dem. Rep.
51.4
200
Pakistan
51.4
201
Mozambique
51.8
202
Cote d'Ivoire
53.9
203
Benin
54.6
204
Burkina Faso
54.6
205
Equatorial Guinea
55.2
206
Liberia
58.5
207
Lesotho
59.1
208
Mali
63.8
209
South Sudan
67.1
210
Chad
67.6
211
Niger
67.9
212
Guinea
68.9
213
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
69.8
214
Central African Republic
72.1
215
Nigeria
73.3
216
Sierra Leone
75.5
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