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League table
2025
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East Asia & Pacific
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Nicaragua
0.99
2
Belarus
0.99
3
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.99
4
Myanmar
0.98
5
Equatorial Guinea
0.98
6
Eritrea
0.98
7
Chad
0.98
8
Venezuela, RB
0.97
9
Azerbaijan
0.97
10
El Salvador
0.97
11
Tajikistan
0.97
12
Turkmenistan
0.95
13
Russian Federation
0.95
14
Burundi
0.94
15
China
0.93
16
Cambodia
0.93
17
Afghanistan
0.93
18
Syrian Arab Republic
0.91
19
Uzbekistan
0.9
20
Cuba
0.9
21
Cameroon
0.88
22
Sudan
0.88
23
Bahrain
0.87
24
Yemen, Rep.
0.85
25
South Sudan
0.85
26
Guinea-Bissau
0.84
27
United Arab Emirates
0.84
28
Kazakhstan
0.83
29
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.83
30
Mauritania
0.83
31
Haiti
0.81
32
Algeria
0.81
33
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.8
34
Central African Republic
0.8
35
Turkiye
0.8
36
Saudi Arabia
0.79
37
Ethiopia
0.79
38
Rwanda
0.79
39
Togo
0.79
40
Comoros
0.79
41
Viet Nam
0.78
42
Zimbabwe
0.78
43
Congo, Rep.
0.77
44
Angola
0.75
45
Djibouti
0.75
46
Burkina Faso
0.74
47
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.74
48
Guinea
0.74
49
Madagascar
0.73
50
Gabon
0.72
51
Eswatini
0.69
52
Bangladesh
0.69
53
Uganda
0.67
54
Mexico
0.67
55
Armenia
0.66
56
Kyrgyz Republic
0.64
57
Qatar
0.64
58
Libya
0.63
59
Bolivia
0.63
60
Cote d'Ivoire
0.59
61
Oman
0.57
62
Iraq
0.57
63
Lao PDR
0.56
64
Serbia
0.55
65
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.55
66
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.54
67
Ukraine
0.53
68
Mozambique
0.52
69
Lebanon
0.5
70
Nigeria
0.49
71
Pakistan
0.47
72
North Macedonia
0.47
73
Georgia
0.47
74
Niger
0.47
75
Tunisia
0.44
76
Kuwait
0.44
77
Benin
0.41
78
Ecuador
0.41
79
Mali
0.4
80
Indonesia
0.39
81
Sierra Leone
0.37
82
Guyana
0.36
83
Philippines
0.35
84
India
0.35
85
Paraguay
0.35
86
Hungary
0.34
87
Liberia
0.34
88
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.34
89
Malaysia
0.29
90
Timor-Leste
0.29
91
Romania
0.28
92
Albania
0.28
93
Argentina
0.27
94
Maldives
0.26
95
Montenegro
0.26
96
Peru
0.25
97
Botswana
0.25
98
Morocco
0.25
99
Senegal
0.25
100
Mongolia
0.25
101
Thailand
0.24
102
Zambia
0.24
103
Tanzania
0.24
104
Honduras
0.24
105
Sao Tome and Principe
0.23
106
Jordan
0.23
107
Panama
0.23
108
Fiji
0.22
109
Dominican Republic
0.21
110
Nepal
0.2
111
Greece
0.2
112
Singapore
0.2
113
Solomon Islands
0.2
114
Malawi
0.19
115
Poland
0.19
116
Namibia
0.18
117
Kenya
0.18
118
Malta
0.18
119
Slovenia
0.17
120
Bhutan
0.17
121
Lesotho
0.17
122
Bulgaria
0.17
123
Italy
0.16
124
Suriname
0.16
125
Slovak Republic
0.16
126
Taiwan
0.15
127
United States
0.15
128
Ghana
0.15
129
Gambia, The
0.13
130
Papua New Guinea
0.13
131
Moldova
0.13
132
Trinidad and Tobago
0.13
133
Croatia
0.12
134
Cabo Verde
0.12
135
Cyprus
0.11
136
Sri Lanka
0.11
137
Colombia
0.11
138
Belgium
0.1
139
Israel
0.1
140
Mauritius
0.1
141
Japan
0.09
142
Vanuatu
0.09
143
Luxembourg
0.09
144
Jamaica
0.09
145
Korea, Rep.
0.09
146
Canada
0.09
147
South Africa
0.08
148
Barbados
0.08
149
Austria
0.08
150
United Kingdom
0.06
151
Portugal
0.06
152
Guatemala
0.06
153
Spain
0.05
154
France
0.05
155
Uruguay
0.05
156
Lithuania
0.05
157
Iceland
0.05
158
Seychelles
0.05
159
Latvia
0.04
160
Ireland
0.04
161
Netherlands
0.04
162
Czechia
0.04
163
Brazil
0.03
164
Costa Rica
0.03
165
Chile
0.03
166
Germany
0.03
167
Norway
0.03
168
Estonia
0.03
169
Finland
0.02
170
Sweden
0.02
171
New Zealand
0.02
172
Switzerland
0.02
173
Denmark
0.01
174
Australia
0.01
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