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194 countries · 1979–2016
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1
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
2
2
Portugal
2
3
Samoa
2
4
Kiribati
2
5
San Marino
2
6
Mauritius
2
7
Slovak Republic
2
8
Suriname
2
9
Sweden
2
10
Liechtenstein
2
11
Netherlands
2
12
Lithuania
2
13
Slovenia
2
14
Norway
2
15
St. Lucia
2
16
Trinidad and Tobago
2
17
Taiwan
2
18
Latvia
2
19
Sao Tome and Principe
2
20
St. Kitts and Nevis
2
21
United States
2
22
Vanuatu
2
23
Tuvalu
2
24
Papua New Guinea
2
25
Marshall Islands
2
26
Palau
2
27
Malta
2
28
Solomon Islands
2
29
Luxembourg
2
30
New Zealand
2
31
Monaco
2
32
Uruguay
2
33
Tonga
2
34
Germany
2
35
Canada
2
36
Switzerland
2
37
Chile
2
38
Cabo Verde
2
39
Costa Rica
2
40
Cyprus
2
41
Czechia
2
42
Dominica
2
43
Denmark
2
44
Spain
2
45
Estonia
2
46
Finland
2
47
France
2
48
United Kingdom
2
49
Grenada
2
50
Ireland
2
51
Iceland
2
52
Jamaica
2
53
Japan
2
54
Belize
2
55
Barbados
2
56
Bahamas, The
2
57
Austria
2
58
Australia
2
59
Belgium
2
60
Andorra
2
61
Afghanistan
1
62
Antigua and Barbuda
1
63
Albania
1
64
Burkina Faso
1
65
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
66
Argentina
1
67
Brazil
1
68
Bolivia
1
69
Benin
1
70
Bulgaria
1
71
Fiji
1
72
Hungary
1
73
Haiti
1
74
Croatia
1
75
Italy
1
76
Hong Kong SAR, China
1
77
Dominican Republic
1
78
Guyana
1
79
Botswana
1
80
Guatemala
1
81
Comoros
1
82
Colombia
1
83
Congo, Rep.
1
84
Kenya
1
85
Greece
1
86
Israel
1
87
Cote d'Ivoire
1
88
Guinea-Bissau
1
89
Bhutan
1
90
India
1
91
Ghana
1
92
Georgia
1
93
Indonesia
1
94
Nicaragua
1
95
Timor-Leste
1
96
Ukraine
1
97
Mongolia
1
98
Mali
1
99
Lebanon
1
100
Poland
1
101
Senegal
1
102
Niger
1
103
Philippines
1
104
Mozambique
1
105
Togo
1
106
South Africa
1
107
Sierra Leone
1
108
Peru
1
109
El Salvador
1
110
Mauritania
1
111
Korea, Rep.
1
112
Lesotho
1
113
Tunisia
1
114
Panama
1
115
Serbia
1
116
Madagascar
1
117
Naoero
1
118
Nepal
1
119
Kuwait
1
120
Malawi
1
121
Moldova
1
122
Seychelles
1
123
Namibia
1
124
Liberia
1
125
Paraguay
1
126
Montenegro
1
127
Romania
1
128
Tanzania
1
129
Uganda
1
130
Nigeria
1
131
Singapore
0
132
Syrian Arab Republic
0
133
Viet Nam
0
134
Zimbabwe
0
135
Yemen, Rep.
0
136
North Macedonia
0
137
Rwanda
0
138
Venezuela, RB
0
139
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0
140
Sudan
0
141
Morocco
0
142
Malaysia
0
143
Kyrgyz Republic
0
144
Zambia
0
145
Cambodia
0
146
Eswatini
0
147
Sri Lanka
0
148
Libya
0
149
Saudi Arabia
0
150
Myanmar
0
151
Thailand
0
152
Russian Federation
0
153
Qatar
0
154
Pakistan
0
155
Maldives
0
156
South Sudan
0
157
Tajikistan
0
158
Turkmenistan
0
159
Mexico
0
160
Oman
0
161
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0
162
Uzbekistan
0
163
Chad
0
164
Lao PDR
0
165
Turkiye
0
166
Gambia, The
0
167
Jordan
0
168
Iraq
0
169
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0
170
Honduras
0
171
Equatorial Guinea
0
172
Guinea
0
173
Gabon
0
174
Ethiopia
0
175
Eritrea
0
176
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0
177
Ecuador
0
178
Algeria
0
179
Djibouti
0
180
Cuba
0
181
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0
182
Cameroon
0
183
China
0
184
Central African Republic
0
185
Kazakhstan
0
186
Bangladesh
0
187
Burundi
0
188
Bahrain
0
189
Azerbaijan
0
190
Angola
0
191
Armenia
0
192
Belarus
0
193
United Arab Emirates
0
194
Brunei Darussalam
0
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