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207 countries · 2000–2024
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2024
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Country
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Value
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1
China
887.1
2
United States
177.6
3
India
97.6
4
Germany
89.9
5
Japan
89.6
6
Brazil
53.1
7
Spain
38.6
8
Italy
36
9
Australia
35.9
10
Korea, Rep.
26.7
11
Netherlands
24
12
France
21.5
13
Poland
20.2
14
Turkiye
19.9
15
Viet Nam
18.7
16
United Kingdom
17.9
17
Taiwan
14.3
18
Mexico
12
19
Chile
10.9
20
Belgium
9.8
21
Greece
9.3
22
South Africa
9.1
23
Austria
8.5
24
Switzerland
7.8
25
Hungary
7.7
26
United Arab Emirates
6.5
27
Portugal
5.8
28
Canada
5.8
29
Israel
5.6
30
Ukraine
5.5
31
Sweden
5
32
Romania
4.7
33
Saudi Arabia
4.3
34
Czechia
4.2
35
Denmark
3.9
36
Bulgaria
3.9
37
Pakistan
3.7
38
Thailand
3.4
39
Philippines
3
40
Egypt, Arab Rep.
2.6
41
Lithuania
2.6
42
Russian Federation
2.6
43
Malaysia
2.3
44
Uzbekistan
2.3
45
Jordan
2.1
46
Argentina
1.7
47
Qatar
1.7
48
Singapore
1.5
49
Sri Lanka
1.4
50
Dominican Republic
1.4
51
Colombia
1.4
52
Ireland
1.3
53
Estonia
1.3
54
Slovenia
1.3
55
Kazakhstan
1.2
56
Finland
1.2
57
Lebanon
1.1
58
Puerto Rico (US)
0.96
59
Morocco
0.95
60
Indonesia
0.94
61
Cambodia
0.88
62
Slovak Republic
0.87
63
Croatia
0.86
64
Bangladesh
0.85
65
North Macedonia
0.83
66
Norway
0.78
67
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.78
68
Tunisia
0.77
69
Panama
0.74
70
Cyprus
0.73
71
Oman
0.67
72
El Salvador
0.65
73
Kenya
0.61
74
New Zealand
0.58
75
Honduras
0.55
76
Peru
0.53
77
Luxembourg
0.52
78
Armenia
0.49
79
Latvia
0.47
80
Algeria
0.46
81
Yemen, Rep.
0.4
82
Angola
0.36
83
Moldova
0.34
84
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.33
85
Uruguay
0.33
86
Albania
0.31
87
Cuba
0.29
88
Azerbaijan
0.28
89
Senegal
0.27
90
Belarus
0.27
91
Serbia
0.24
92
Namibia
0.24
93
Malta
0.23
94
Myanmar
0.22
95
New Caledonia
0.21
96
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.21
97
Burkina Faso
0.21
98
West Bank and Gaza
0.2
99
Nigeria
0.2
100
Zambia
0.2
101
Sudan
0.19
102
Ghana
0.19
103
Bolivia
0.18
104
Nepal
0.18
105
Mauritania
0.16
106
Mongolia
0.14
107
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.14
108
Mauritius
0.14
109
Mali
0.14
110
Georgia
0.13
111
Jamaica
0.12
112
Malawi
0.11
113
Mozambique
0.11
114
Zimbabwe
0.11
115
Guam
0.1
116
Guatemala
0.1
117
Kuwait
0.1
118
Uganda
0.08
119
Niger
0.08
120
French Polynesia
0.07
121
Costa Rica
0.07
122
Barbados
0.07
123
Maldives
0.07
124
Togo
0.07
125
Bahrain
0.07
126
Cameroon
0.06
127
Syrian Arab Republic
0.06
128
Lao PDR
0.06
129
Madagascar
0.06
130
Afghanistan
0.05
131
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.05
132
Iraq
0.04
133
Central African Republic
0.04
134
Cote d'Ivoire
0.04
135
Nicaragua
0.04
136
Benin
0.04
137
South Sudan
0.03
138
Ecuador
0.03
139
Cabo Verde
0.03
140
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
0.03
141
Montenegro
0.03
142
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.03
143
Lesotho
0.03
144
Eswatini
0.03
145
Rwanda
0.03
146
Eritrea
0.02
147
Gambia, The
0.02
148
Ethiopia
0.02
149
Bahamas, The
0.02
150
Sierra Leone
0.02
151
Palau
0.02
152
Tanzania
0.02
153
Seychelles
0.02
154
Guyana
0.02
155
Guinea
0.02
156
Samoa
0.02
157
Antigua and Barbuda
0.02
158
Tonga
0.02
159
Aruba
0.01
160
Curacao
0.01
161
Cayman Islands
0.01
162
Gabon
0.01
163
Fiji
0.01
164
Botswana
0.01
165
Suriname
0.01
166
Burundi
0.01
167
Andorra
0.01
168
Libya
0.01
169
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0.01
170
American Samoa
0.01
171
Iceland
0.01
172
Belize
0.01
173
Solomon Islands
0.01
174
Brunei Darussalam
0.01
175
St. Lucia
0
176
Vanuatu
0
177
Papua New Guinea
0
178
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0
179
Trinidad and Tobago
0
180
Tuvalu
0
181
St. Kitts and Nevis
0
182
Kiribati
0
183
Venezuela, RB
0
184
Turks and Caicos Islands
0
185
Haiti
0
186
Grenada
0
187
Bhutan
0
188
Marshall Islands
0
189
Naoero
0
190
Comoros
0
191
Liberia
0
192
British Virgin Islands
0
193
St. Martin (French part)
0
194
Guinea-Bissau
0
195
Chad
0
196
Paraguay
0
197
Congo, Rep.
0
198
Greenland
0
199
Sao Tome and Principe
0
200
Djibouti
0
201
Timor-Leste
0
202
Dominica
0
203
Faroe Islands
0
204
Tajikistan
0
205
Turkmenistan
0
206
Kyrgyz Republic
0
207
Equatorial Guinea
0
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