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216 countries · 1950–2023
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2023
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East Asia & Pacific
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Value
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1
Macao SAR, China
0.06
2
United Arab Emirates
0.07
3
San Marino
0.07
4
Korea, Rep.
0.07
5
Italy
0.07
6
Switzerland
0.07
7
Spain
0.07
8
Monaco
0.07
9
Iceland
0.07
10
Japan
0.07
11
Norway
0.07
12
Australia
0.07
13
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.07
14
Cyprus
0.07
15
Maldives
0.07
16
Sweden
0.07
17
Slovenia
0.07
18
Portugal
0.07
19
Austria
0.07
20
Kuwait
0.07
21
Finland
0.07
22
French Polynesia
0.07
23
Qatar
0.07
24
Faroe Islands
0.07
25
Andorra
0.08
26
Israel
0.08
27
Greece
0.08
28
Netherlands
0.08
29
Denmark
0.08
30
Germany
0.08
31
Singapore
0.08
32
Bermuda
0.08
33
France
0.08
34
Ireland
0.08
35
Liechtenstein
0.08
36
Czechia
0.08
37
Croatia
0.08
38
Belgium
0.08
39
New Zealand
0.08
40
Estonia
0.08
41
Taiwan
0.08
42
St. Martin (French part)
0.08
43
Canada
0.08
44
Oman
0.08
45
United Kingdom
0.08
46
Sri Lanka
0.08
47
North Macedonia
0.08
48
Puerto Rico (US)
0.08
49
Gibraltar
0.08
50
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
0.08
51
Slovak Republic
0.08
52
Albania
0.08
53
British Virgin Islands
0.08
54
Poland
0.08
55
China
0.09
56
Armenia
0.09
57
New Caledonia
0.09
58
Northern Mariana Islands
0.09
59
Belarus
0.09
60
Saudi Arabia
0.09
61
Montenegro
0.09
62
Luxembourg
0.09
63
Bahrain
0.09
64
Hungary
0.09
65
Malta
0.09
66
Romania
0.09
67
Curacao
0.09
68
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.09
69
Aruba
0.09
70
Cabo Verde
0.09
71
Lithuania
0.09
72
Tunisia
0.09
73
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.09
74
Bulgaria
0.09
75
Chile
0.09
76
Turks and Caicos Islands
0.09
77
Costa Rica
0.09
78
Latvia
0.09
79
Serbia
0.09
80
Jordan
0.09
81
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
0.09
82
Georgia
0.09
83
Colombia
0.09
84
Isle of Man
0.09
85
Barbados
0.09
86
United States
0.1
87
Kazakhstan
0.1
88
Cayman Islands
0.1
89
Lebanon
0.1
90
Cuba
0.1
91
Azerbaijan
0.1
92
Turkiye
0.1
93
Algeria
0.1
94
Kyrgyz Republic
0.1
95
Morocco
0.1
96
Brazil
0.1
97
Brunei Darussalam
0.1
98
Malaysia
0.1
99
Belize
0.1
100
Russian Federation
0.1
101
Panama
0.1
102
Ecuador
0.1
103
Argentina
0.1
104
Nicaragua
0.1
105
Uruguay
0.1
106
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.1
107
St. Lucia
0.1
108
Seychelles
0.1
109
Mongolia
0.11
110
Antigua and Barbuda
0.11
111
Mexico
0.11
112
Ukraine
0.11
113
Thailand
0.11
114
Viet Nam
0.11
115
Uzbekistan
0.11
116
St. Kitts and Nevis
0.11
117
American Samoa
0.11
118
Tonga
0.11
119
Trinidad and Tobago
0.11
120
El Salvador
0.11
121
Moldova
0.11
122
Mauritius
0.11
123
Paraguay
0.11
124
Bhutan
0.11
125
Honduras
0.11
126
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.11
127
Venezuela, RB
0.11
128
Iraq
0.11
129
Jamaica
0.11
130
Dominica
0.11
131
Peru
0.11
132
Tajikistan
0.12
133
Syrian Arab Republic
0.12
134
Guatemala
0.12
135
Guam
0.12
136
Grenada
0.12
137
Vanuatu
0.12
138
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0.12
139
Solomon Islands
0.12
140
Bahamas, The
0.12
141
Samoa
0.12
142
Sao Tome and Principe
0.12
143
Suriname
0.12
144
Indonesia
0.12
145
Turkmenistan
0.12
146
Philippines
0.12
147
Dominican Republic
0.13
148
Bangladesh
0.13
149
Nepal
0.13
150
Cambodia
0.13
151
India
0.13
152
Greenland
0.13
153
Palau
0.13
154
Fiji
0.13
155
Guyana
0.13
156
Lao PDR
0.13
157
Yemen, Rep.
0.13
158
Senegal
0.14
159
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0.14
160
Mauritania
0.14
161
Tuvalu
0.14
162
Myanmar
0.14
163
Gabon
0.14
164
Rwanda
0.15
165
Botswana
0.15
166
Malawi
0.15
167
Marshall Islands
0.15
168
Eritrea
0.15
169
Timor-Leste
0.15
170
Zambia
0.15
171
Pakistan
0.15
172
Bolivia
0.15
173
Papua New Guinea
0.15
174
Ethiopia
0.15
175
Comoros
0.15
176
Namibia
0.15
177
Haiti
0.16
178
Kiribati
0.16
179
Congo, Rep.
0.16
180
Sudan
0.16
181
Libya
0.16
182
Uganda
0.16
183
Tanzania
0.16
184
South Africa
0.17
185
Afghanistan
0.17
186
West Bank and Gaza
0.17
187
Djibouti
0.17
188
Ghana
0.17
189
Mozambique
0.17
190
Gambia, The
0.17
191
Angola
0.17
192
Eswatini
0.18
193
Cameroon
0.18
194
Kenya
0.18
195
Equatorial Guinea
0.18
196
Guinea-Bissau
0.18
197
Zimbabwe
0.19
198
Naoero
0.19
199
Burundi
0.19
200
Liberia
0.19
201
Madagascar
0.19
202
Cote d'Ivoire
0.2
203
Togo
0.2
204
Burkina Faso
0.2
205
Sierra Leone
0.2
206
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.21
207
Mali
0.22
208
Benin
0.22
209
Niger
0.22
210
Lesotho
0.22
211
Guinea
0.23
212
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.24
213
South Sudan
0.24
214
Central African Republic
0.24
215
Chad
0.26
216
Nigeria
0.28
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