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Value
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1
Russian Federation
20.1%
2
Brazil
11.7%
3
Canada
8.9%
4
United States
7.5%
5
China
5.5%
6
Congo, Dem. Rep.
3.4%
7
Australia
3.2%
8
Indonesia
2.3%
9
India
1.8%
10
Peru
1.6%
11
Mexico
1.6%
12
Angola
1.5%
13
Colombia
1.4%
14
Bolivia
1.3%
15
Venezuela, RB
1.1%
16
Argentina
1.1%
17
Central African Republic
1.1%
18
Zambia
1.1%
19
Tanzania
1%
20
Papua New Guinea
0.82%
21
Mozambique
0.78%
22
Sweden
0.67%
23
Myanmar
0.65%
24
Ethiopia
0.65%
25
Japan
0.6%
26
Gabon
0.57%
27
South Africa
0.55%
28
Turkiye
0.55%
29
Finland
0.54%
30
Sudan
0.53%
31
Congo, Rep.
0.53%
32
Thailand
0.47%
33
Cameroon
0.46%
34
Spain
0.46%
35
Malaysia
0.46%
36
Guyana
0.44%
37
Chile
0.44%
38
France
0.43%
39
Nigeria
0.41%
40
Botswana
0.38%
41
Viet Nam
0.36%
42
Suriname
0.35%
43
Paraguay
0.35%
44
Mongolia
0.34%
45
Zimbabwe
0.33%
46
Lao PDR
0.31%
47
Ecuador
0.3%
48
Norway
0.29%
49
Germany
0.28%
50
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.26%
51
Mali
0.25%
52
New Zealand
0.25%
53
Ukraine
0.24%
54
Madagascar
0.24%
55
Poland
0.23%
56
Italy
0.23%
57
Belarus
0.22%
58
Senegal
0.21%
59
Namibia
0.19%
60
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.19%
61
Philippines
0.18%
62
South Sudan
0.17%
63
Ghana
0.17%
64
Romania
0.17%
65
Cambodia
0.15%
66
Liberia
0.15%
67
Korea, Rep.
0.15%
68
Nepal
0.15%
69
Honduras
0.14%
70
Morocco
0.14%
71
Guinea
0.12%
72
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.12%
73
Nicaragua
0.12%
74
Greece
0.12%
75
Panama
0.11%
76
Bulgaria
0.1%
77
Kenya
0.09%
78
Austria
0.09%
79
Uzbekistan
0.09%
80
Cote d'Ivoire
0.09%
81
Cuba
0.09%
82
Chad
0.09%
83
Guatemala
0.09%
84
Kazakhstan
0.09%
85
Serbia
0.08%
86
Latvia
0.08%
87
Portugal
0.08%
88
United Kingdom
0.08%
89
Burkina Faso
0.08%
90
Pakistan
0.08%
91
Benin
0.08%
92
Georgia
0.07%
93
Costa Rica
0.07%
94
Czechia
0.07%
95
Saudi Arabia
0.07%
96
Bhutan
0.06%
97
Solomon Islands
0.06%
98
Estonia
0.06%
99
Sierra Leone
0.06%
100
Equatorial Guinea
0.06%
101
Uganda
0.06%
102
Turkmenistan
0.06%
103
Dominican Republic
0.05%
104
Lithuania
0.05%
105
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.05%
106
Sri Lanka
0.05%
107
Guinea-Bissau
0.05%
108
Hungary
0.05%
109
Malawi
0.05%
110
Uruguay
0.05%
111
Croatia
0.05%
112
Slovak Republic
0.05%
113
Bangladesh
0.05%
114
Algeria
0.04%
115
Eritrea
0.03%
116
Belize
0.03%
117
Switzerland
0.03%
118
Kyrgyz Republic
0.03%
119
Slovenia
0.03%
120
Togo
0.03%
121
Azerbaijan
0.03%
122
Afghanistan
0.03%
123
Fiji
0.03%
124
Niger
0.03%
125
Timor-Leste
0.03%
126
North Macedonia
0.02%
127
Mauritania
0.02%
128
Albania
0.02%
129
Vanuatu
0.02%
130
New Caledonia
0.02%
131
Ireland
0.02%
132
Montenegro
0.02%
133
Iraq
0.02%
134
Tunisia
0.02%
135
El Salvador
0.02%
136
Belgium
0.02%
137
Denmark
0.02%
138
Rwanda
0.02%
139
Jamaica
0.01%
140
Yemen, Rep.
0.01%
141
Syrian Arab Republic
0.01%
142
Bahamas, The
0.01%
143
Puerto Rico (US)
0.01%
144
Eswatini
0.01%
145
Tajikistan
0.01%
146
Brunei Darussalam
0.01%
147
Haiti
0.01%
148
Moldova
0.01%
149
Netherlands
0.01%
150
Armenia
0.01%
151
United Arab Emirates
0.01%
152
Burundi
0.01%
153
Trinidad and Tobago
0.01%
154
Gambia, The
0.01%
155
Libya
0%
156
Cyprus
0%
157
Samoa
0%
158
Israel
0%
159
French Polynesia
0%
160
Lebanon
0%
161
Luxembourg
0%
162
Jordan
0%
163
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0%
164
Iceland
0%
165
Dominica
0%
166
Sao Tome and Principe
0%
167
Cabo Verde
0%
168
Palau
0%
169
Mauritius
0%
170
Lesotho
0%
171
Comoros
0%
172
St. Lucia
0%
173
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0%
174
Guam
0%
175
Seychelles
0%
176
Northern Mariana Islands
0%
177
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
0%
178
Andorra
0%
179
Grenada
0%
180
American Samoa
0%
181
Singapore
0%
182
Cayman Islands
0%
183
West Bank and Gaza
0%
184
St. Kitts and Nevis
0%
185
Turks and Caicos Islands
0%
186
British Virgin Islands
0%
187
Marshall Islands
0%
188
Tonga
0%
189
Antigua and Barbuda
0%
190
Barbados
0%
191
Kuwait
0%
192
Liechtenstein
0%
193
Djibouti
0%
194
Bahrain
0%
195
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0%
196
Maldives
0%
197
Isle of Man
0%
198
Oman
0%
199
Qatar
0%
200
St. Martin (French part)
0%
201
Kiribati
0%
202
Tuvalu
0%
203
San Marino
0%
204
Bermuda
0%
205
Aruba
0%
206
Malta
0%
207
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
0%
208
Greenland
0%
209
Faroe Islands
0%
210
Curacao
0%
211
Naoero
0%
212
Monaco
0%
213
Gibraltar
0%
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