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198 countries · 1972–2025
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2025
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1
Grenada
2
2
Brazil
2
3
Senegal
2
4
Monaco
2
5
Ghana
2
6
United States
2
7
Tuvalu
2
8
Iceland
2
9
Solomon Islands
2
10
Ireland
2
11
Costa Rica
2
12
Panama
2
13
Taiwan
2
14
Antigua and Barbuda
2
15
Malta
2
16
Belgium
2
17
Lithuania
2
18
Spain
2
19
Switzerland
2
20
St. Lucia
2
21
Colombia
2
22
Netherlands
2
23
Andorra
2
24
Seychelles
2
25
Botswana
2
26
Sweden
2
27
Estonia
2
28
Palau
2
29
Norway
2
30
Australia
2
31
Vanuatu
2
32
Poland
2
33
Slovenia
2
34
Chile
2
35
Bolivia
2
36
Finland
2
37
Slovak Republic
2
38
Greece
2
39
Fiji
2
40
Kiribati
2
41
Japan
2
42
Suriname
2
43
Portugal
2
44
Naoero
2
45
Guyana
2
46
Canada
2
47
St. Kitts and Nevis
2
48
Uruguay
2
49
Sao Tome and Principe
2
50
Namibia
2
51
Lesotho
2
52
Latvia
2
53
France
2
54
Croatia
2
55
Luxembourg
2
56
Marshall Islands
2
57
Bulgaria
2
58
Denmark
2
59
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
2
60
Romania
2
61
Barbados
2
62
Dominica
2
63
New Zealand
2
64
Jamaica
2
65
Timor-Leste
2
66
Korea, Rep.
2
67
Samoa
2
68
Tonga
2
69
Austria
2
70
Italy
2
71
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
2
72
United Kingdom
2
73
Bahamas, The
2
74
Malawi
2
75
Germany
2
76
Bhutan
2
77
South Africa
2
78
San Marino
2
79
Trinidad and Tobago
2
80
Israel
2
81
Czechia
2
82
Cabo Verde
2
83
Argentina
2
84
Mauritius
2
85
Belize
2
86
Cyprus
2
87
Liechtenstein
2
88
Mongolia
2
89
Tunisia
1
90
Montenegro
1
91
Comoros
1
92
Liberia
1
93
Sri Lanka
1
94
Madagascar
1
95
Mozambique
1
96
Ukraine
1
97
Mauritania
1
98
Lebanon
1
99
Cote d'Ivoire
1
100
Benin
1
101
Malaysia
1
102
Dominican Republic
1
103
Albania
1
104
Togo
1
105
Nigeria
1
106
Ecuador
1
107
Kenya
1
108
North Macedonia
1
109
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
110
Nepal
1
111
Jordan
1
112
Serbia
1
113
El Salvador
1
114
Georgia
1
115
Pakistan
1
116
Sierra Leone
1
117
Mexico
1
118
Singapore
1
119
Bangladesh
1
120
Gambia, The
1
121
Peru
1
122
Guinea-Bissau
1
123
Philippines
1
124
Maldives
1
125
Moldova
1
126
Zambia
1
127
Guatemala
1
128
Papua New Guinea
1
129
India
1
130
Indonesia
1
131
Morocco
1
132
Hong Kong SAR, China
1
133
Hungary
1
134
Honduras
1
135
Paraguay
1
136
Armenia
1
137
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0
138
Lao PDR
0
139
Russian Federation
0
140
Guinea
0
141
Burundi
0
142
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0
143
Sudan
0
144
Equatorial Guinea
0
145
Central African Republic
0
146
Yemen, Rep.
0
147
Bahrain
0
148
Saudi Arabia
0
149
Oman
0
150
China
0
151
Turkmenistan
0
152
Djibouti
0
153
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0
154
Uganda
0
155
Congo, Rep.
0
156
Kuwait
0
157
Zimbabwe
0
158
Iraq
0
159
Cameroon
0
160
Libya
0
161
Tanzania
0
162
Brunei Darussalam
0
163
Azerbaijan
0
164
Uzbekistan
0
165
Myanmar
0
166
Cuba
0
167
Angola
0
168
Turkiye
0
169
United Arab Emirates
0
170
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0
171
Gabon
0
172
Rwanda
0
173
South Sudan
0
174
Afghanistan
0
175
Burkina Faso
0
176
Ethiopia
0
177
Kazakhstan
0
178
Eswatini
0
179
Eritrea
0
180
Qatar
0
181
Viet Nam
0
182
Haiti
0
183
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0
184
Kyrgyz Republic
0
185
Nicaragua
0
186
Syrian Arab Republic
0
187
Cambodia
0
188
Chad
0
189
Mali
0
190
Algeria
0
191
Niger
0
192
Venezuela, RB
0
193
Thailand
0
194
Tajikistan
0
195
Belarus
0
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