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2025
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Value
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1
Denmark
0.87
2
Norway
0.86
3
Switzerland
0.85
4
Luxembourg
0.82
5
Sweden
0.82
6
Ireland
0.8
7
France
0.79
8
Germany
0.79
9
Costa Rica
0.79
10
Uruguay
0.78
11
Belgium
0.78
12
Australia
0.77
13
Chile
0.77
14
Finland
0.76
15
Estonia
0.76
16
Korea, Rep.
0.75
17
Netherlands
0.74
18
Japan
0.73
19
Austria
0.73
20
Barbados
0.71
21
Brazil
0.71
22
Czechia
0.7
23
Iceland
0.7
24
Seychelles
0.7
25
Jamaica
0.69
26
Spain
0.69
27
Portugal
0.69
28
Taiwan
0.69
29
Latvia
0.68
30
Canada
0.68
31
United Kingdom
0.67
32
Mauritius
0.66
33
Lithuania
0.66
34
Poland
0.65
35
South Africa
0.65
36
Dominican Republic
0.65
37
New Zealand
0.64
38
Malta
0.64
39
Sri Lanka
0.62
40
Suriname
0.62
41
Cyprus
0.61
42
Slovenia
0.61
43
Italy
0.61
44
Greece
0.61
45
Trinidad and Tobago
0.6
46
Ghana
0.58
47
Panama
0.56
48
Senegal
0.56
49
Cabo Verde
0.55
50
Timor-Leste
0.54
51
Montenegro
0.52
52
Israel
0.51
53
Bhutan
0.5
54
Croatia
0.5
55
Gambia, The
0.49
56
Liberia
0.49
57
Lesotho
0.48
58
United States
0.48
59
Bulgaria
0.47
60
Guatemala
0.47
61
Malawi
0.47
62
Vanuatu
0.47
63
Namibia
0.46
64
Colombia
0.46
65
Kenya
0.45
66
Mongolia
0.45
67
Moldova
0.44
68
Sierra Leone
0.43
69
Sao Tome and Principe
0.42
70
Maldives
0.42
71
Zambia
0.41
72
Argentina
0.41
73
Fiji
0.41
74
Nepal
0.41
75
Solomon Islands
0.4
76
Peru
0.38
77
Armenia
0.38
78
North Macedonia
0.37
79
Ecuador
0.37
80
Malaysia
0.36
81
Indonesia
0.36
82
Slovak Republic
0.36
83
Honduras
0.36
84
Singapore
0.35
85
Botswana
0.35
86
Lebanon
0.35
87
Nigeria
0.35
88
Tunisia
0.33
89
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.33
90
Ukraine
0.33
91
Georgia
0.32
92
Paraguay
0.32
93
Benin
0.3
94
Romania
0.29
95
Tanzania
0.29
96
Togo
0.29
97
Morocco
0.28
98
Iraq
0.27
99
Jordan
0.27
100
Libya
0.26
101
India
0.26
102
Niger
0.25
103
Philippines
0.25
104
Papua New Guinea
0.25
105
Mexico
0.25
106
Guyana
0.25
107
Cote d'Ivoire
0.24
108
Bolivia
0.24
109
Albania
0.24
110
Mauritania
0.23
111
Uganda
0.23
112
Gabon
0.23
113
Zimbabwe
0.22
114
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.21
115
Mali
0.21
116
Serbia
0.21
117
Ethiopia
0.2
118
Haiti
0.2
119
Thailand
0.19
120
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.19
121
Kazakhstan
0.19
122
Algeria
0.18
123
Pakistan
0.18
124
Rwanda
0.18
125
Viet Nam
0.18
126
Hungary
0.18
127
Madagascar
0.18
128
Kuwait
0.18
129
Angola
0.17
130
Mozambique
0.17
131
Syrian Arab Republic
0.17
132
Congo, Rep.
0.16
133
Bangladesh
0.16
134
Uzbekistan
0.15
135
Kyrgyz Republic
0.15
136
Djibouti
0.14
137
Central African Republic
0.13
138
Guinea-Bissau
0.13
139
Comoros
0.13
140
El Salvador
0.13
141
Chad
0.12
142
Qatar
0.12
143
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.12
144
Cuba
0.1
145
Cameroon
0.1
146
Guinea
0.1
147
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.09
148
United Arab Emirates
0.08
149
Turkiye
0.08
150
Cambodia
0.08
151
Oman
0.07
152
Saudi Arabia
0.07
153
Burundi
0.07
154
China
0.06
155
Eswatini
0.06
156
Bahrain
0.06
157
Lao PDR
0.06
158
Russian Federation
0.06
159
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.06
160
Burkina Faso
0.05
161
Tajikistan
0.05
162
Equatorial Guinea
0.05
163
Yemen, Rep.
0.04
164
South Sudan
0.04
165
Myanmar
0.04
166
Azerbaijan
0.03
167
Belarus
0.03
168
Turkmenistan
0.03
169
Eritrea
0.03
170
Venezuela, RB
0.02
171
Sudan
0.02
172
Nicaragua
0.02
173
Afghanistan
0.01
174
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.01
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