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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Sweden
0.99
2
Norway
0.98
3
Germany
0.98
4
Denmark
0.98
5
Chile
0.98
6
Finland
0.97
7
Switzerland
0.96
8
Costa Rica
0.96
9
Netherlands
0.96
10
United Kingdom
0.95
11
France
0.95
12
Korea, Rep.
0.94
13
Australia
0.94
14
Brazil
0.93
15
Estonia
0.93
16
Czechia
0.93
17
Mauritius
0.93
18
Taiwan
0.92
19
Malawi
0.92
20
Portugal
0.92
21
Lithuania
0.92
22
Poland
0.92
23
Uruguay
0.92
24
Thailand
0.92
25
Italy
0.91
26
Austria
0.9
27
Japan
0.9
28
Bulgaria
0.9
29
Colombia
0.9
30
Belgium
0.89
31
Ireland
0.89
32
Guatemala
0.89
33
New Zealand
0.88
34
Ghana
0.88
35
Israel
0.88
36
Croatia
0.87
37
Slovenia
0.87
38
Luxembourg
0.86
39
Kenya
0.85
40
Trinidad and Tobago
0.85
41
Canada
0.85
42
South Africa
0.84
43
Spain
0.84
44
Mongolia
0.84
45
Bhutan
0.83
46
Sao Tome and Principe
0.82
47
Latvia
0.82
48
Seychelles
0.82
49
Cyprus
0.82
50
Panama
0.81
51
Cabo Verde
0.81
52
Argentina
0.8
53
Iceland
0.79
54
Vanuatu
0.79
55
Papua New Guinea
0.79
56
Nepal
0.79
57
Peru
0.79
58
Jamaica
0.78
59
Namibia
0.76
60
Zambia
0.76
61
Montenegro
0.74
62
Jordan
0.73
63
Barbados
0.73
64
Philippines
0.73
65
Senegal
0.72
66
Maldives
0.72
67
Morocco
0.71
68
Fiji
0.71
69
Botswana
0.71
70
Moldova
0.7
71
Tanzania
0.68
72
Uganda
0.67
73
Romania
0.66
74
Suriname
0.66
75
Timor-Leste
0.66
76
Ukraine
0.66
77
Albania
0.65
78
Gambia, The
0.65
79
Lesotho
0.65
80
Solomon Islands
0.65
81
North Macedonia
0.64
82
Ecuador
0.63
83
Slovak Republic
0.62
84
Sierra Leone
0.62
85
Malta
0.61
86
United States
0.61
87
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.61
88
Iraq
0.6
89
Sri Lanka
0.6
90
Greece
0.59
91
Liberia
0.58
92
Georgia
0.58
93
Singapore
0.56
94
Bolivia
0.56
95
Lebanon
0.54
96
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.52
97
Indonesia
0.52
98
Nigeria
0.51
99
Armenia
0.51
100
Hungary
0.5
101
Honduras
0.5
102
India
0.48
103
Zimbabwe
0.48
104
Malaysia
0.47
105
Tunisia
0.46
106
Libya
0.45
107
Madagascar
0.45
108
Paraguay
0.45
109
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.45
110
Pakistan
0.42
111
Dominican Republic
0.4
112
Viet Nam
0.39
113
Eswatini
0.38
114
Guinea-Bissau
0.36
115
Serbia
0.34
116
Guinea
0.34
117
Mozambique
0.34
118
Mauritania
0.33
119
Comoros
0.32
120
Oman
0.32
121
Kyrgyz Republic
0.31
122
Cote d'Ivoire
0.31
123
Kazakhstan
0.31
124
Congo, Rep.
0.3
125
Lao PDR
0.3
126
Benin
0.29
127
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.28
128
Rwanda
0.27
129
Algeria
0.27
130
Niger
0.27
131
Mexico
0.27
132
Guyana
0.27
133
Haiti
0.25
134
South Sudan
0.24
135
Togo
0.19
136
Cameroon
0.19
137
Burkina Faso
0.18
138
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.17
139
Angola
0.16
140
United Arab Emirates
0.16
141
Central African Republic
0.16
142
Tajikistan
0.15
143
Gabon
0.15
144
Equatorial Guinea
0.14
145
Djibouti
0.14
146
Turkiye
0.13
147
Burundi
0.13
148
Chad
0.13
149
China
0.12
150
Yemen, Rep.
0.12
151
Bahrain
0.11
152
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.11
153
Ethiopia
0.1
154
Mali
0.1
155
Cuba
0.1
156
Eritrea
0.09
157
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.09
158
Uzbekistan
0.08
159
Russian Federation
0.07
160
Qatar
0.07
161
Turkmenistan
0.06
162
Azerbaijan
0.06
163
Cambodia
0.05
164
El Salvador
0.05
165
Saudi Arabia
0.05
166
Venezuela, RB
0.04
167
Belarus
0.03
168
Nicaragua
0.03
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