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2025
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173 of 173
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Denmark
0.91
2
Norway
0.89
3
Sweden
0.89
4
Belgium
0.89
5
Ireland
0.89
6
Estonia
0.89
7
Switzerland
0.88
8
Luxembourg
0.87
9
France
0.87
10
Costa Rica
0.86
11
Uruguay
0.86
12
Finland
0.85
13
Czechia
0.85
14
New Zealand
0.85
15
Australia
0.84
16
Canada
0.84
17
Austria
0.84
18
Chile
0.84
19
Latvia
0.83
20
Netherlands
0.83
21
Germany
0.83
22
Spain
0.82
23
Portugal
0.82
24
Japan
0.82
25
Korea, Rep.
0.82
26
Iceland
0.81
27
Jamaica
0.81
28
Taiwan
0.8
29
Barbados
0.8
30
Lithuania
0.79
31
Trinidad and Tobago
0.79
32
Brazil
0.78
33
Sri Lanka
0.78
34
Malta
0.78
35
Suriname
0.78
36
Cyprus
0.77
37
United Kingdom
0.77
38
Poland
0.77
39
Seychelles
0.76
40
Italy
0.75
41
Cabo Verde
0.75
42
South Africa
0.74
43
Greece
0.74
44
Mauritius
0.74
45
United States
0.74
46
Dominican Republic
0.74
47
Slovak Republic
0.73
48
Vanuatu
0.73
49
Panama
0.73
50
Ghana
0.71
51
Solomon Islands
0.7
52
Israel
0.69
53
Slovenia
0.69
54
Argentina
0.69
55
Croatia
0.69
56
Colombia
0.68
57
Peru
0.67
58
Botswana
0.67
59
Lesotho
0.66
60
Nepal
0.66
61
Gambia, The
0.64
62
Guatemala
0.64
63
Montenegro
0.64
64
Namibia
0.63
65
Senegal
0.63
66
Sao Tome and Principe
0.63
67
Armenia
0.61
68
Ecuador
0.61
69
Bolivia
0.61
70
Romania
0.61
71
Bulgaria
0.6
72
Liberia
0.6
73
Paraguay
0.58
74
Bhutan
0.57
75
Kenya
0.56
76
North Macedonia
0.56
77
Malawi
0.56
78
Maldives
0.56
79
Moldova
0.55
80
Mongolia
0.54
81
Guyana
0.52
82
Honduras
0.51
83
Fiji
0.51
84
Nigeria
0.51
85
Malaysia
0.5
86
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.5
87
Zambia
0.5
88
Benin
0.49
89
Albania
0.48
90
Sierra Leone
0.47
91
Mexico
0.47
92
Papua New Guinea
0.47
93
Indonesia
0.46
94
Singapore
0.43
95
Thailand
0.42
96
Hungary
0.42
97
Lebanon
0.42
98
Georgia
0.4
99
Tunisia
0.4
100
Cote d'Ivoire
0.39
101
Philippines
0.39
102
Ukraine
0.39
103
India
0.38
104
Iraq
0.37
105
Tanzania
0.37
106
Madagascar
0.36
107
Togo
0.35
108
Angola
0.34
109
Mauritania
0.33
110
El Salvador
0.32
111
Kyrgyz Republic
0.31
112
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.31
113
Gabon
0.3
114
Pakistan
0.3
115
Serbia
0.3
116
Turkiye
0.29
117
Comoros
0.29
118
Central African Republic
0.29
119
Jordan
0.28
120
Mozambique
0.28
121
Zimbabwe
0.27
122
Algeria
0.27
123
Cameroon
0.26
124
Kazakhstan
0.26
125
Morocco
0.26
126
Ethiopia
0.26
127
Uganda
0.25
128
Guinea-Bissau
0.25
129
Djibouti
0.25
130
Congo, Rep.
0.24
131
Chad
0.24
132
Haiti
0.24
133
Niger
0.23
134
Uzbekistan
0.22
135
Bangladesh
0.2
136
Libya
0.19
137
Rwanda
0.19
138
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.19
139
Guinea
0.19
140
Burundi
0.19
141
Cambodia
0.18
142
Venezuela, RB
0.18
143
Cuba
0.18
144
Oman
0.18
145
Equatorial Guinea
0.17
146
Azerbaijan
0.17
147
Russian Federation
0.17
148
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.17
149
Mali
0.16
150
Belarus
0.16
151
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.16
152
Tajikistan
0.16
153
Nicaragua
0.15
154
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.15
155
Turkmenistan
0.15
156
Viet Nam
0.15
157
Bahrain
0.14
158
Kuwait
0.14
159
Lao PDR
0.14
160
Burkina Faso
0.13
161
South Sudan
0.13
162
Sudan
0.13
163
Syrian Arab Republic
0.13
164
Eswatini
0.13
165
Yemen, Rep.
0.13
166
United Arab Emirates
0.1
167
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.08
168
Myanmar
0.08
169
China
0.07
170
Eritrea
0.07
171
Afghanistan
0.07
172
Qatar
0.03
173
Saudi Arabia
0.02
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