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League table
2023
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216 of 216
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Iceland
0.4
2
Estonia
0.8
3
Cayman Islands
0.93
4
San Marino
0.96
5
Bermuda
1.1
6
Hong Kong SAR, China
1.2
7
Montenegro
1.3
8
Macao SAR, China
1.3
9
Slovenia
1.4
10
Norway
1.5
11
Japan
1.6
12
Singapore
1.6
13
Belarus
1.6
14
Sweden
1.7
15
Korea, Rep.
1.8
16
Finland
1.8
17
Czechia
1.9
18
Italy
2.1
19
Spain
2.2
20
Lithuania
2.2
21
Israel
2.3
22
Portugal
2.4
23
Austria
2.4
24
Denmark
2.6
25
Ireland
2.6
26
Taiwan
2.7
27
Germany
2.7
28
Luxembourg
2.8
29
Hungary
2.8
30
Cyprus
2.9
31
Belgium
2.9
32
Latvia
3
33
Greece
3
34
Switzerland
3.1
35
Australia
3.1
36
Poland
3.1
37
Netherlands
3.1
38
France
3.1
39
Croatia
3.2
40
Russian Federation
3.2
41
United Kingdom
3.3
42
Cuba
3.5
43
Serbia
3.7
44
Chile
3.7
45
Monaco
3.8
46
Canada
3.8
47
Maldives
3.9
48
Qatar
3.9
49
Slovak Republic
4
50
North Macedonia
4.2
51
Turks and Caicos Islands
4.2
52
United Arab Emirates
4.3
53
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
4.3
54
Bulgaria
4.3
55
New Zealand
4.3
56
Romania
4.5
57
Sri Lanka
4.5
58
Northern Mariana Islands
4.5
59
China
4.7
60
United States
4.8
61
Bosnia and Herzegovina
4.8
62
French Polynesia
4.9
63
Saudi Arabia
4.9
64
Faroe Islands
4.9
65
Puerto Rico (US)
4.9
66
Andorra
5.1
67
Bahrain
5.1
68
Uruguay
5.3
69
Ukraine
5.5
70
Thailand
5.5
71
Liechtenstein
5.6
72
Malaysia
5.7
73
Costa Rica
6
74
Kuwait
6.5
75
Antigua and Barbuda
6.7
76
St. Martin (French part)
6.7
77
Gibraltar
6.8
78
Curacao
6.9
79
Kazakhstan
7
80
Georgia
7.2
81
Albania
7.5
82
Brunei Darussalam
7.5
83
Oman
7.7
84
Armenia
7.8
85
Belize
7.8
86
New Caledonia
7.8
87
American Samoa
7.9
88
Tonga
7.9
89
Tunisia
8.1
90
Argentina
8.3
91
Turkiye
8.5
92
Ecuador
8.5
93
El Salvador
8.5
94
Barbados
8.6
95
Colombia
8.7
96
Greenland
8.8
97
Cabo Verde
8.8
98
Malta
8.9
99
British Virgin Islands
9.1
100
Mongolia
9.3
101
Mexico
9.3
102
Iran, Islamic Rep.
9.4
103
Isle of Man
9.6
104
Bahamas, The
10.1
105
Uzbekistan
10.2
106
Moldova
10.3
107
Peru
10.4
108
Jordan
10.4
109
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
10.6
110
Brazil
10.7
111
Guam
10.7
112
Nicaragua
10.8
113
Seychelles
10.9
114
Aruba
10.9
115
Sao Tome and Principe
10.9
116
St. Kitts and Nevis
11.3
117
Honduras
11.6
118
Panama
11.7
119
Samoa
11.8
120
Mauritius
11.9
121
Grenada
12
122
Trinidad and Tobago
12.2
123
Viet Nam
12.3
124
Suriname
12.4
125
Paraguay
12.5
126
Kyrgyz Republic
12.6
127
Morocco
12.7
128
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
12.8
129
West Bank and Gaza
12.9
130
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
12.9
131
Solomon Islands
13.1
132
St. Lucia
13.1
133
Azerbaijan
13.4
134
Egypt, Arab Rep.
13.5
135
Vanuatu
13.9
136
Venezuela, RB
14
137
Jamaica
14.1
138
Tuvalu
14.1
139
Lebanon
14.4
140
Syrian Arab Republic
15.1
141
Libya
15.4
142
Indonesia
15.5
143
Guatemala
15.7
144
Palau
16.1
145
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
16.3
146
Algeria
16.5
147
Cambodia
17
148
Iraq
17.1
149
Bhutan
17.5
150
Philippines
18.4
151
Naoero
18.7
152
Guyana
18.8
153
Marshall Islands
19.4
154
Nepal
20.2
155
Fiji
20.7
156
Bangladesh
21.2
157
Senegal
21.4
158
Tajikistan
21.5
159
India
23
160
Dominican Republic
23.4
161
Eritrea
23.9
162
Namibia
24.6
163
Gabon
24.8
164
Rwanda
25.4
165
Uganda
26
166
South Africa
26.3
167
Congo, Rep.
26.3
168
Dominica
26.3
169
Botswana
26.4
170
Gambia, The
26.4
171
Malawi
26.5
172
Tanzania
26.5
173
Kenya
26.9
174
Turkmenistan
27.6
175
Ghana
27.8
176
Mauritania
28
177
Lao PDR
28.4
178
Myanmar
28.9
179
Ethiopia
29.3
180
Yemen, Rep.
29.6
181
Bolivia
29.8
182
Papua New Guinea
30
183
Zimbabwe
30.4
184
Burundi
32.9
185
Djibouti
33.5
186
Sudan
33.6
187
Timor-Leste
34.5
188
Eswatini
35
189
Zambia
35.3
190
Comoros
35.5
191
Togo
38.3
192
Kiribati
39.5
193
Haiti
40.1
194
Afghanistan
41.5
195
Madagascar
42.2
196
Cameroon
44.3
197
Angola
45.3
198
Guinea-Bissau
45.5
199
Congo, Dem. Rep.
45.9
200
Cote d'Ivoire
46.7
201
Pakistan
46.8
202
Mozambique
47.2
203
Benin
49.5
204
Equatorial Guinea
49.7
205
Burkina Faso
50.2
206
Liberia
52.8
207
Lesotho
53.1
208
Mali
58.7
209
Chad
61.6
210
South Sudan
62.1
211
Guinea
62.5
212
Niger
63.7
213
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
64.1
214
Central African Republic
65.6
215
Nigeria
67.3
216
Sierra Leone
68.8
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