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1
Gibraltar
0.03
2
Singapore
0.03
3
Macao SAR, China
0.04
4
Bahrain
0.04
5
Monaco
0.04
6
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.05
7
Japan
0.05
8
Korea, Rep.
0.06
9
Taiwan
0.06
10
Qatar
0.06
11
Kuwait
0.06
12
Malta
0.07
13
Netherlands
0.07
14
United Kingdom
0.07
15
Israel
0.07
16
Canada
0.08
17
Switzerland
0.09
18
Australia
0.09
19
Iceland
0.09
20
Sweden
0.09
21
Germany
0.09
22
Saudi Arabia
0.1
23
United Arab Emirates
0.1
24
Norway
0.1
25
Belgium
0.1
26
New Zealand
0.1
27
Isle of Man
0.1
28
Denmark
0.1
29
Luxembourg
0.11
30
Portugal
0.11
31
Cyprus
0.12
32
Finland
0.12
33
Liechtenstein
0.12
34
Bermuda
0.12
35
Italy
0.13
36
Spain
0.13
37
Ireland
0.13
38
France
0.14
39
Austria
0.14
40
San Marino
0.14
41
United States
0.14
42
Czechia
0.15
43
Andorra
0.15
44
Estonia
0.17
45
Brunei Darussalam
0.18
46
Greece
0.18
47
Poland
0.18
48
French Polynesia
0.19
49
Slovak Republic
0.2
50
Croatia
0.22
51
Guam
0.24
52
Slovenia
0.25
53
Hungary
0.28
54
Uruguay
0.28
55
Faroe Islands
0.28
56
New Caledonia
0.35
57
Cayman Islands
0.47
58
Naoero
0.48
59
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
0.49
60
Barbados
0.49
61
Lithuania
0.49
62
Latvia
0.5
63
Turks and Caicos Islands
0.54
64
Northern Mariana Islands
0.55
65
Puerto Rico (US)
0.58
66
Chile
0.58
67
Bahamas, The
0.59
68
Curacao
0.59
69
Aruba
0.64
70
Oman
0.66
71
Antigua and Barbuda
0.77
72
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
0.78
73
British Virgin Islands
0.78
74
St. Kitts and Nevis
0.91
75
Seychelles
1.2
76
St. Martin (French part)
1.9
77
Mauritius
2
78
China
2
79
Greenland
3
80
Colombia
3
81
Gabon
3.4
82
Cuba
4.3
83
Trinidad and Tobago
4.6
84
Costa Rica
4.7
85
Niger
5
86
Ecuador
5
87
American Samoa
5.2
88
Ethiopia
5.6
89
Grenada
5.6
90
Armenia
5.7
91
West Bank and Gaza
5.7
92
Moldova
5.7
93
Belarus
5.8
94
Turkiye
5.8
95
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
5.8
96
Malaysia
6
97
Libya
6.1
98
Mexico
6.1
99
Iran, Islamic Rep.
6.4
100
Guinea
6.5
101
St. Lucia
6.6
102
India
6.6
103
Bolivia
6.7
104
Madagascar
6.8
105
Fiji
6.8
106
Brazil
6.8
107
Suriname
6.9
108
Bhutan
7
109
Dominican Republic
7.2
110
Bulgaria
7.3
111
Sierra Leone
7.3
112
Romania
7.3
113
Philippines
7.4
114
Georgia
7.4
115
Egypt, Arab Rep.
7.5
116
Lebanon
7.7
117
North Macedonia
7.7
118
Albania
7.8
119
Argentina
7.8
120
Viet Nam
7.8
121
Nepal
8.1
122
Peru
8.2
123
Jamaica
8.4
124
Burkina Faso
8.6
125
Guyana
8.7
126
Algeria
8.7
127
Venezuela, RB
8.8
128
Azerbaijan
8.8
129
Malawi
8.9
130
Central African Republic
9.5
131
Ukraine
9.5
132
Panama
9.6
133
Mali
9.7
134
Cabo Verde
9.8
135
Mongolia
9.9
136
Bosnia and Herzegovina
10.1
137
Yemen, Rep.
10.1
138
Tuvalu
10.1
139
Congo, Dem. Rep.
10.4
140
South Africa
10.4
141
Mozambique
10.4
142
Zimbabwe
10.4
143
Bangladesh
10.5
144
Morocco
10.5
145
Tunisia
10.7
146
Tonga
10.7
147
Kiribati
10.9
148
Palau
11
149
Dominica
11.2
150
Guinea-Bissau
11.2
151
Marshall Islands
11.3
152
Pakistan
11.3
153
Gambia, The
11.3
154
Turkmenistan
11.4
155
Zambia
11.4
156
Jordan
11.4
157
Kenya
11.5
158
Russian Federation
11.7
159
Afghanistan
11.7
160
Togo
11.7
161
Uzbekistan
11.7
162
Burundi
11.9
163
Sudan
11.9
164
Liberia
11.9
165
Ghana
12
166
Samoa
12.2
167
Indonesia
12.4
168
Eritrea
12.4
169
Honduras
12.5
170
Kazakhstan
12.6
171
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
12.6
172
Sri Lanka
12.6
173
Tanzania
12.6
174
Botswana
12.7
175
Chad
12.7
176
Senegal
13
177
Solomon Islands
13.2
178
Benin
13.3
179
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
13.3
180
Papua New Guinea
13.4
181
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
13.6
182
Myanmar
13.6
183
Uganda
13.9
184
Thailand
13.9
185
Timor-Leste
14
186
Congo, Rep.
14
187
Comoros
14
188
El Salvador
14.3
189
Maldives
14.5
190
Nicaragua
14.7
191
Cote d'Ivoire
14.7
192
Namibia
14.8
193
Guatemala
15.2
194
Rwanda
15.3
195
Syrian Arab Republic
15.8
196
Cameroon
16.3
197
Tajikistan
16.3
198
Angola
16.5
199
Sao Tome and Principe
16.9
200
Nigeria
17
201
Eswatini
17
202
Serbia
17
203
Lao PDR
17.3
204
Djibouti
18.4
205
Mauritania
18.7
206
Iraq
18.8
207
Kyrgyz Republic
18.8
208
Lesotho
19.9
209
Vanuatu
20.1
210
Haiti
20.3
211
South Sudan
20.4
212
Equatorial Guinea
20.8
213
Paraguay
23.4
214
Cambodia
25.2
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