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2025
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Tonga
1
2
Vanuatu
1
3
Taiwan
1
4
Tuvalu
1
5
South Africa
1
6
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1
7
Samoa
1
8
Uruguay
1
9
Trinidad and Tobago
1
10
United States
1
11
Slovenia
1
12
Sweden
1
13
Romania
1
14
Marshall Islands
1
15
Poland
1
16
Papua New Guinea
1
17
Naoero
1
18
San Marino
1
19
Panama
1
20
Mauritius
1
21
Suriname
1
22
Portugal
1
23
Norway
1
24
Namibia
1
25
Mongolia
1
26
Seychelles
1
27
Netherlands
1
28
Sao Tome and Principe
1
29
New Zealand
1
30
Malta
1
31
Monaco
1
32
Palau
1
33
Czechia
1
34
Cabo Verde
1
35
Germany
1
36
Chile
1
37
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
1
38
Iceland
1
39
Ireland
1
40
Latvia
1
41
Lithuania
1
42
Antigua and Barbuda
1
43
Costa Rica
1
44
Cyprus
1
45
Japan
1
46
France
1
47
Austria
1
48
Liechtenstein
1
49
Andorra
1
50
Greece
1
51
Kiribati
1
52
Grenada
1
53
Spain
1
54
Dominican Republic
1
55
United Kingdom
1
56
Bulgaria
1
57
Dominica
1
58
Barbados
1
59
Italy
1
60
Ghana
1
61
St. Lucia
1
62
Fiji
1
63
St. Kitts and Nevis
1
64
Australia
1
65
Canada
1
66
Switzerland
1
67
Estonia
1
68
Belgium
1
69
Guyana
1
70
Bahamas, The
1
71
Finland
1
72
Jamaica
1
73
Belize
1
74
Argentina
1
75
Korea, Rep.
1
76
Croatia
1
77
Denmark
1
78
Brazil
1
79
Luxembourg
1
80
Haiti
0
81
Algeria
0
82
Burkina Faso
0
83
Comoros
0
84
Cameroon
0
85
Bhutan
0
86
Central African Republic
0
87
Lesotho
0
88
Congo, Rep.
0
89
Gabon
0
90
Cuba
0
91
Kazakhstan
0
92
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0
93
Benin
0
94
Botswana
0
95
India
0
96
Ecuador
0
97
China
0
98
Kuwait
0
99
Israel
0
100
Guinea
0
101
Brunei Darussalam
0
102
Colombia
0
103
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0
104
Djibouti
0
105
Indonesia
0
106
Belarus
0
107
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0
108
Lao PDR
0
109
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0
110
Eritrea
0
111
Bangladesh
0
112
Burundi
0
113
Kenya
0
114
Angola
0
115
Afghanistan
0
116
Guinea-Bissau
0
117
Kyrgyz Republic
0
118
Ethiopia
0
119
Azerbaijan
0
120
Bolivia
0
121
Honduras
0
122
Equatorial Guinea
0
123
Iraq
0
124
United Arab Emirates
0
125
Jordan
0
126
Albania
0
127
Georgia
0
128
Armenia
0
129
Sri Lanka
0
130
Bahrain
0
131
Liberia
0
132
Guatemala
0
133
Hungary
0
134
Libya
0
135
Lebanon
0
136
Cambodia
0
137
Cote d'Ivoire
0
138
Gambia, The
0
139
Paraguay
0
140
Malawi
0
141
Nepal
0
142
Oman
0
143
Mauritania
0
144
Malaysia
0
145
Pakistan
0
146
Mozambique
0
147
Peru
0
148
Philippines
0
149
Montenegro
0
150
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0
151
Myanmar
0
152
Thailand
0
153
Qatar
0
154
Russian Federation
0
155
Mali
0
156
Rwanda
0
157
Saudi Arabia
0
158
North Macedonia
0
159
Nicaragua
0
160
Sudan
0
161
Senegal
0
162
Singapore
0
163
Solomon Islands
0
164
Mexico
0
165
Sierra Leone
0
166
El Salvador
0
167
Maldives
0
168
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0
169
Madagascar
0
170
Serbia
0
171
South Sudan
0
172
Moldova
0
173
Togo
0
174
Nigeria
0
175
Slovak Republic
0
176
Morocco
0
177
Tajikistan
0
178
Eswatini
0
179
Niger
0
180
Chad
0
181
Syrian Arab Republic
0
182
Tunisia
0
183
Turkmenistan
0
184
Zambia
0
185
Venezuela, RB
0
186
Tanzania
0
187
Timor-Leste
0
188
Viet Nam
0
189
Turkiye
0
190
Zimbabwe
0
191
Uzbekistan
0
192
Ukraine
0
193
Yemen, Rep.
0
194
Uganda
0
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