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2025
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East Asia & Pacific
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194 of 194
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Sri Lanka
1
2
Iraq
1
3
Jamaica
1
4
Japan
1
5
Kenya
1
6
Norway
1
7
Kiribati
1
8
Ireland
1
9
Italy
1
10
St. Kitts and Nevis
1
11
Korea, Rep.
1
12
India
1
13
Lebanon
1
14
Liberia
1
15
St. Lucia
1
16
Indonesia
1
17
Israel
1
18
Lesotho
1
19
Lithuania
1
20
Luxembourg
1
21
Netherlands
1
22
Hungary
1
23
Latvia
1
24
Moldova
1
25
Maldives
1
26
Mexico
1
27
Marshall Islands
1
28
North Macedonia
1
29
Croatia
1
30
Malta
1
31
Montenegro
1
32
Mongolia
1
33
Iceland
1
34
Nepal
1
35
Mauritius
1
36
Honduras
1
37
Malawi
1
38
Malaysia
1
39
Namibia
1
40
Bulgaria
1
41
Australia
1
42
Canada
1
43
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
1
44
Chile
1
45
Barbados
1
46
Brazil
1
47
Bolivia
1
48
Bhutan
1
49
Dominican Republic
1
50
Botswana
1
51
Ghana
1
52
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
53
Costa Rica
1
54
Antigua and Barbuda
1
55
Fiji
1
56
Ecuador
1
57
Guatemala
1
58
Gambia, The
1
59
Cabo Verde
1
60
Switzerland
1
61
Czechia
1
62
Grenada
1
63
Cyprus
1
64
Spain
1
65
Colombia
1
66
Belize
1
67
Denmark
1
68
Estonia
1
69
Austria
1
70
Greece
1
71
France
1
72
Dominica
1
73
Argentina
1
74
Andorra
1
75
Bahamas, The
1
76
Albania
1
77
Germany
1
78
Guyana
1
79
Finland
1
80
Armenia
1
81
Belgium
1
82
United Kingdom
1
83
San Marino
1
84
Papua New Guinea
1
85
Timor-Leste
1
86
New Zealand
1
87
Palau
1
88
Philippines
1
89
Slovak Republic
1
90
Sweden
1
91
Suriname
1
92
Senegal
1
93
Sao Tome and Principe
1
94
Seychelles
1
95
Slovenia
1
96
Panama
1
97
Poland
1
98
Peru
1
99
Solomon Islands
1
100
Naoero
1
101
Portugal
1
102
Romania
1
103
Paraguay
1
104
South Africa
1
105
Uruguay
1
106
Taiwan
1
107
Vanuatu
1
108
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1
109
Tonga
1
110
Zambia
1
111
Ukraine
1
112
Trinidad and Tobago
1
113
Samoa
1
114
Tuvalu
1
115
United States
1
116
Zimbabwe
0
117
Uzbekistan
0
118
Yemen, Rep.
0
119
Tunisia
0
120
Venezuela, RB
0
121
Turkiye
0
122
Uganda
0
123
Tanzania
0
124
Viet Nam
0
125
Thailand
0
126
Pakistan
0
127
Qatar
0
128
Syrian Arab Republic
0
129
Sudan
0
130
Eswatini
0
131
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0
132
South Sudan
0
133
Rwanda
0
134
Tajikistan
0
135
Singapore
0
136
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0
137
Turkmenistan
0
138
Chad
0
139
El Salvador
0
140
Saudi Arabia
0
141
Oman
0
142
Russian Federation
0
143
Togo
0
144
Sierra Leone
0
145
Serbia
0
146
Cameroon
0
147
Comoros
0
148
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0
149
China
0
150
Guinea-Bissau
0
151
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0
152
Azerbaijan
0
153
Algeria
0
154
Eritrea
0
155
Guinea
0
156
Benin
0
157
Georgia
0
158
Bangladesh
0
159
Afghanistan
0
160
Cote d'Ivoire
0
161
Bahrain
0
162
Brunei Darussalam
0
163
Central African Republic
0
164
Djibouti
0
165
Equatorial Guinea
0
166
Congo, Rep.
0
167
United Arab Emirates
0
168
Burkina Faso
0
169
Cuba
0
170
Gabon
0
171
Ethiopia
0
172
Angola
0
173
Burundi
0
174
Belarus
0
175
Lao PDR
0
176
Mauritania
0
177
Nicaragua
0
178
Morocco
0
179
Liechtenstein
0
180
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0
181
Libya
0
182
Monaco
0
183
Kazakhstan
0
184
Kuwait
0
185
Jordan
0
186
Cambodia
0
187
Kyrgyz Republic
0
188
Niger
0
189
Nigeria
0
190
Myanmar
0
191
Mali
0
192
Madagascar
0
193
Mozambique
0
194
Haiti
0
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