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2025
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Value
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1
Denmark
0.88
2
Norway
0.84
3
Belgium
0.82
4
Switzerland
0.82
5
Luxembourg
0.81
6
Estonia
0.81
7
Sweden
0.8
8
Ireland
0.78
9
Czechia
0.77
10
Germany
0.77
11
Costa Rica
0.76
12
Japan
0.76
13
Netherlands
0.74
14
Latvia
0.73
15
Iceland
0.73
16
New Zealand
0.73
17
Australia
0.73
18
Austria
0.72
19
France
0.72
20
Korea, Rep.
0.71
21
Finland
0.71
22
Taiwan
0.7
23
Spain
0.7
24
Malta
0.69
25
Uruguay
0.69
26
Lithuania
0.69
27
Cyprus
0.68
28
Barbados
0.68
29
Poland
0.67
30
Trinidad and Tobago
0.66
31
Jamaica
0.66
32
Italy
0.65
33
Greece
0.64
34
Chile
0.64
35
Seychelles
0.63
36
Canada
0.63
37
Portugal
0.61
38
United Kingdom
0.61
39
Slovenia
0.6
40
Suriname
0.6
41
Sri Lanka
0.59
42
Mauritius
0.58
43
Slovak Republic
0.57
44
Vanuatu
0.57
45
Cabo Verde
0.56
46
Israel
0.55
47
Croatia
0.54
48
Brazil
0.54
49
South Africa
0.52
50
Montenegro
0.5
51
Argentina
0.5
52
Ghana
0.49
53
Armenia
0.49
54
Lesotho
0.49
55
Botswana
0.48
56
Timor-Leste
0.47
57
United States
0.47
58
Bhutan
0.46
59
Senegal
0.46
60
Panama
0.45
61
Gambia, The
0.45
62
Sao Tome and Principe
0.45
63
Bulgaria
0.44
64
Moldova
0.44
65
Solomon Islands
0.44
66
Romania
0.42
67
Nepal
0.42
68
Colombia
0.41
69
Dominican Republic
0.41
70
Bolivia
0.39
71
Peru
0.39
72
Benin
0.39
73
Liberia
0.39
74
Mongolia
0.38
75
Malaysia
0.38
76
Guyana
0.38
77
North Macedonia
0.37
78
Maldives
0.37
79
Fiji
0.37
80
Singapore
0.37
81
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.36
82
Albania
0.35
83
Kenya
0.35
84
Namibia
0.35
85
Guatemala
0.34
86
Sierra Leone
0.34
87
Tunisia
0.32
88
Tanzania
0.32
89
Malawi
0.32
90
Nigeria
0.32
91
Georgia
0.31
92
Ukraine
0.3
93
Hungary
0.3
94
Serbia
0.28
95
Ecuador
0.27
96
Zambia
0.27
97
Mexico
0.27
98
Honduras
0.26
99
Lebanon
0.25
100
Indonesia
0.25
101
Papua New Guinea
0.25
102
Thailand
0.25
103
Gabon
0.25
104
Paraguay
0.24
105
Togo
0.24
106
Cote d'Ivoire
0.24
107
Kyrgyz Republic
0.24
108
Belarus
0.23
109
Cuba
0.22
110
Comoros
0.22
111
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.22
112
Niger
0.21
113
Jordan
0.21
114
Turkiye
0.21
115
Algeria
0.21
116
Kazakhstan
0.2
117
Morocco
0.2
118
India
0.2
119
Iraq
0.2
120
Djibouti
0.19
121
Mozambique
0.19
122
Cameroon
0.18
123
Oman
0.17
124
Guinea-Bissau
0.17
125
Kuwait
0.17
126
Mali
0.17
127
Madagascar
0.17
128
Philippines
0.17
129
Rwanda
0.17
130
Viet Nam
0.16
131
Ethiopia
0.16
132
Burkina Faso
0.16
133
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.16
134
Uzbekistan
0.15
135
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.15
136
Guinea
0.15
137
Mauritania
0.14
138
Uganda
0.14
139
Zimbabwe
0.14
140
Russian Federation
0.13
141
Angola
0.13
142
Bahrain
0.13
143
Syrian Arab Republic
0.13
144
El Salvador
0.13
145
United Arab Emirates
0.12
146
Azerbaijan
0.12
147
Pakistan
0.12
148
Libya
0.12
149
Bangladesh
0.12
150
Lao PDR
0.11
151
Central African Republic
0.11
152
Saudi Arabia
0.11
153
Equatorial Guinea
0.11
154
Eritrea
0.11
155
Congo, Rep.
0.11
156
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.11
157
Qatar
0.1
158
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.1
159
Burundi
0.1
160
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.09
161
Turkmenistan
0.09
162
Nicaragua
0.09
163
Cambodia
0.08
164
Chad
0.08
165
Venezuela, RB
0.08
166
China
0.08
167
Sudan
0.08
168
Eswatini
0.08
169
Haiti
0.08
170
Tajikistan
0.06
171
Myanmar
0.06
172
Yemen, Rep.
0.03
173
South Sudan
0.03
174
Afghanistan
0.02
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