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