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196 countries · 2005–2025
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2025
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1
South Africa
12
2
Australia
12
3
Latvia
12
4
Slovak Republic
12
5
New Zealand
12
6
Cyprus
12
7
Chile
12
8
Malta
12
9
Bahamas, The
12
10
Sweden
12
11
France
12
12
Romania
12
13
Tuvalu
12
14
Denmark
12
15
Panama
12
16
Israel
12
17
Suriname
12
18
Bhutan
12
19
Switzerland
12
20
Germany
12
21
Japan
12
22
United Kingdom
12
23
Seychelles
12
24
Ghana
12
25
Greece
12
26
San Marino
12
27
Iceland
12
28
Canada
12
29
Portugal
12
30
Austria
12
31
Finland
12
32
Barbados
12
33
Italy
12
34
Czechia
12
35
Croatia
12
36
Palau
12
37
Lithuania
12
38
Norway
12
39
Andorra
12
40
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
12
41
Ireland
12
42
Slovenia
12
43
Cabo Verde
12
44
Estonia
12
45
Spain
12
46
Marshall Islands
12
47
Uruguay
12
48
Belgium
12
49
Netherlands
12
50
Luxembourg
12
51
Taiwan
12
52
Costa Rica
12
53
Timor-Leste
11
54
Lesotho
11
55
Sri Lanka
11
56
Liberia
11
57
St. Lucia
11
58
United States
11
59
Korea, Rep.
11
60
Argentina
11
61
Kiribati
11
62
Mongolia
11
63
Sao Tome and Principe
11
64
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
11
65
Mauritius
11
66
Botswana
11
67
Jamaica
11
68
Trinidad and Tobago
11
69
Naoero
11
70
Antigua and Barbuda
11
71
Dominica
11
72
Bolivia
11
73
India
11
74
Belize
11
75
Indonesia
11
76
Grenada
11
77
Liechtenstein
10
78
Brazil
10
79
Colombia
10
80
Ecuador
10
81
Peru
10
82
Vanuatu
10
83
Malawi
10
84
Nepal
10
85
Senegal
10
86
St. Kitts and Nevis
10
87
Philippines
9
88
North Macedonia
9
89
Paraguay
9
90
Guyana
9
91
Poland
9
92
Albania
9
93
Tonga
9
94
Solomon Islands
9
95
Namibia
9
96
Samoa
9
97
Dominican Republic
9
98
Mexico
9
99
Fiji
8
100
Iraq
8
101
Bulgaria
8
102
Kenya
8
103
Montenegro
8
104
Moldova
8
105
Monaco
8
106
Gambia, The
8
107
Armenia
7
108
Maldives
7
109
Ukraine
7
110
Hungary
7
111
Sierra Leone
7
112
Honduras
7
113
Malaysia
6
114
Lebanon
6
115
Mauritania
6
116
Guatemala
6
117
Papua New Guinea
6
118
Nigeria
6
119
Georgia
6
120
Zambia
6
121
Bosnia and Herzegovina
5
122
Serbia
5
123
Turkiye
5
124
Comoros
5
125
Cote d'Ivoire
5
126
El Salvador
5
127
Morocco
5
128
Singapore
4
129
Madagascar
4
130
Ethiopia
4
131
Benin
4
132
Mozambique
3
133
Bangladesh
3
134
Angola
3
135
Uganda
3
136
Thailand
3
137
Jordan
3
138
Zimbabwe
3
139
Algeria
3
140
Pakistan
3
141
Egypt, Arab Rep.
2
142
Bahrain
2
143
Kyrgyz Republic
2
144
Oman
2
145
Tunisia
2
146
Iran, Islamic Rep.
2
147
Qatar
2
148
Djibouti
2
149
Rwanda
2
150
Gabon
2
151
Burundi
1
152
Uzbekistan
1
153
Togo
1
154
Haiti
1
155
Libya
1
156
Congo, Dem. Rep.
1
157
United Arab Emirates
1
158
Cameroon
1
159
Guinea-Bissau
1
160
Kazakhstan
1
161
Central African Republic
1
162
Turkmenistan
0
163
Sudan
0
164
China
0
165
Belarus
0
166
Saudi Arabia
0
167
Lao PDR
0
168
Hong Kong SAR, China
0
169
Tajikistan
0
170
Azerbaijan
0
171
Syrian Arab Republic
0
172
Tanzania
0
173
Kuwait
0
174
Viet Nam
0
175
Brunei Darussalam
0
176
Eritrea
0
177
Guinea
0
178
Nicaragua
0
179
Burkina Faso
0
180
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0
181
Venezuela, RB
0
182
Niger
0
183
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0
184
Russian Federation
0
185
Cambodia
0
186
Mali
0
187
Eswatini
0
188
Cuba
0
189
South Sudan
0
190
Afghanistan
0
191
Congo, Rep.
0
192
Myanmar
0
193
Equatorial Guinea
0
194
Chad
0
195
Yemen, Rep.
0
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