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2016
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East Asia & Pacific
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Country
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Value
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1
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
4.7%
2
Eritrea
4.1%
3
Israel
2.2%
4
Brunei Darussalam
1.7%
5
Armenia
1.5%
6
South Sudan
1.5%
7
Singapore
1.3%
8
Greece
1.3%
9
Korea, Rep.
1.2%
10
Jordan
1.1%
11
Djibouti
1.1%
12
Cyprus
1%
13
Lebanon
1%
14
Oman
0.97%
15
Taiwan
0.91%
16
Cambodia
0.79%
17
Sri Lanka
0.77%
18
Myanmar
0.77%
19
Uruguay
0.73%
20
Syrian Arab Republic
0.71%
21
Saudi Arabia
0.7%
22
Azerbaijan
0.69%
23
United Arab Emirates
0.68%
24
Turkmenistan
0.65%
25
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.65%
26
Turkiye
0.64%
27
Sudan
0.62%
28
Colombia
0.61%
29
Bahrain
0.56%
30
Morocco
0.56%
31
Russian Federation
0.55%
32
Lithuania
0.55%
33
Georgia
0.54%
34
Dominican Republic
0.53%
35
Thailand
0.52%
36
Viet Nam
0.51%
37
Belarus
0.51%
38
Norway
0.49%
39
Qatar
0.47%
40
Malta
0.47%
41
Afghanistan
0.46%
42
Ukraine
0.46%
43
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.46%
44
Estonia
0.46%
45
Fiji
0.44%
46
Bulgaria
0.43%
47
Lao PDR
0.43%
48
United States
0.43%
49
Cuba
0.43%
50
Croatia
0.4%
51
Botswana
0.4%
52
Finland
0.4%
53
Kuwait
0.39%
54
El Salvador
0.39%
55
Guyana
0.39%
56
Slovenia
0.38%
57
North Macedonia
0.38%
58
Mauritania
0.37%
59
Angola
0.37%
60
Venezuela, RB
0.36%
61
Chile
0.36%
62
Namibia
0.36%
63
Romania
0.36%
64
Suriname
0.36%
65
Barbados
0.35%
66
Malaysia
0.35%
67
Pakistan
0.33%
68
Nepal
0.33%
69
Mongolia
0.33%
70
France
0.32%
71
Algeria
0.32%
72
Portugal
0.32%
73
Montenegro
0.32%
74
Serbia
0.32%
75
Tunisia
0.32%
76
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.31%
77
Bolivia
0.31%
78
Sweden
0.3%
79
Denmark
0.3%
80
Italy
0.29%
81
Slovak Republic
0.29%
82
Trinidad and Tobago
0.29%
83
Rwanda
0.28%
84
Hungary
0.28%
85
Albania
0.27%
86
Belgium
0.27%
87
Belize
0.27%
88
Austria
0.26%
89
Spain
0.26%
90
Poland
0.26%
91
Bahamas, The
0.26%
92
Peru
0.25%
93
Latvia
0.25%
94
Gabon
0.25%
95
Switzerland
0.25%
96
Ecuador
0.24%
97
Australia
0.24%
98
United Kingdom
0.24%
99
Guinea-Bissau
0.22%
100
Germany
0.22%
101
Mexico
0.22%
102
Kazakhstan
0.22%
103
Netherlands
0.21%
104
Chad
0.21%
105
Czechia
0.21%
106
Nicaragua
0.2%
107
Congo, Rep.
0.2%
108
Japan
0.19%
109
New Zealand
0.19%
110
Ireland
0.19%
111
Burundi
0.19%
112
Cabo Verde
0.19%
113
Kyrgyz Republic
0.18%
114
Canada
0.18%
115
Zimbabwe
0.18%
116
Luxembourg
0.17%
117
Iraq
0.17%
118
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.17%
119
Argentina
0.17%
120
China
0.17%
121
Paraguay
0.16%
122
Brazil
0.16%
123
Uzbekistan
0.15%
124
Central African Republic
0.15%
125
Indonesia
0.15%
126
Ethiopia
0.13%
127
Moldova
0.12%
128
Sierra Leone
0.12%
129
Philippines
0.12%
130
Honduras
0.12%
131
South Africa
0.12%
132
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.12%
133
Togo
0.12%
134
Guatemala
0.11%
135
Uganda
0.11%
136
Cote d'Ivoire
0.11%
137
Jamaica
0.1%
138
Tajikistan
0.1%
139
India
0.1%
140
Bangladesh
0.1%
141
Senegal
0.09%
142
Lesotho
0.09%
143
Zambia
0.09%
144
Equatorial Guinea
0.08%
145
Guinea
0.08%
146
Timor-Leste
0.08%
147
Yemen, Rep.
0.07%
148
Benin
0.06%
149
Cameroon
0.06%
150
Burkina Faso
0.06%
151
Ghana
0.06%
152
Madagascar
0.06%
153
Kenya
0.05%
154
Gambia, The
0.05%
155
Tanzania
0.05%
156
Liberia
0.04%
157
Nigeria
0.04%
158
Mozambique
0.04%
159
Mali
0.03%
160
Malawi
0.03%
161
Papua New Guinea
0.02%
162
Niger
0.02%
163
Liechtenstein
0%
164
Grenada
0%
165
Mauritius
0%
166
Maldives
0%
167
Seychelles
0%
168
Costa Rica
0%
169
Monaco
0%
170
Tuvalu
0%
171
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0%
172
Haiti
0%
173
St. Lucia
0%
174
Tonga
0%
175
Dominica
0%
176
Naoero
0%
177
St. Kitts and Nevis
0%
178
Kiribati
0%
179
San Marino
0%
180
Iceland
0%
181
Palau
0%
182
Panama
0%
183
Solomon Islands
0%
184
Marshall Islands
0%
185
Andorra
0%
186
Antigua and Barbuda
0%
187
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0%
188
Samoa
0%
189
Vanuatu
0%
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