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2024
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East Asia & Pacific
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Value
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1
Marshall Islands
0%
2
Naoero
0%
3
Turks and Caicos Islands
0%
4
Tuvalu
0%
5
British Virgin Islands
0%
6
Aruba
0%
7
Liechtenstein
0%
8
Kiribati
0%
9
Palau
0%
10
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0%
11
Grenada
0%
12
Macao SAR, China
0%
13
St. Kitts and Nevis
0%
14
Antigua and Barbuda
0%
15
Dominica
0%
16
St. Lucia
0%
17
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0%
18
Sao Tome and Principe
0%
19
Seychelles
0%
20
Andorra
0%
21
Tonga
0%
22
Barbados
0%
23
Cabo Verde
0%
24
Maldives
0%
25
Malta
0%
26
Samoa
0%
27
Solomon Islands
0%
28
Bahamas, The
0%
29
Vanuatu
0%
30
Comoros
0%
31
Belize
0.01%
32
Mauritius
0.01%
33
Luxembourg
0.01%
34
Iceland
0.01%
35
Montenegro
0.01%
36
Fiji
0.01%
37
Jamaica
0.01%
38
Suriname
0.01%
39
Timor-Leste
0.01%
40
Bhutan
0.01%
41
Eswatini
0.01%
42
Gambia, The
0.01%
43
Djibouti
0.01%
44
Lesotho
0.01%
45
Estonia
0.01%
46
Brunei Darussalam
0.02%
47
North Macedonia
0.02%
48
Armenia
0.02%
49
Moldova
0.02%
50
Guinea-Bissau
0.02%
51
Albania
0.02%
52
Latvia
0.02%
53
Cyprus
0.02%
54
Slovenia
0.02%
55
Liberia
0.03%
56
Equatorial Guinea
0.03%
57
Lithuania
0.03%
58
Croatia
0.03%
59
El Salvador
0.03%
60
Georgia
0.03%
61
Papua New Guinea
0.04%
62
Lebanon
0.04%
63
Guyana
0.04%
64
Panama
0.05%
65
Burundi
0.05%
66
Rwanda
0.05%
67
Eritrea
0.05%
68
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.05%
69
Trinidad and Tobago
0.05%
70
Sierra Leone
0.06%
71
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.06%
72
Singapore
0.06%
73
Costa Rica
0.06%
74
Slovak Republic
0.06%
75
Finland
0.06%
76
Jordan
0.06%
77
Switzerland
0.07%
78
Syrian Arab Republic
0.07%
79
Togo
0.07%
80
Namibia
0.07%
81
Serbia
0.07%
82
Benin
0.08%
83
Sweden
0.08%
84
Kyrgyz Republic
0.08%
85
Tunisia
0.09%
86
Tajikistan
0.09%
87
Norway
0.09%
88
Malawi
0.09%
89
Israel
0.09%
90
Bulgaria
0.09%
91
Haiti
0.09%
92
Honduras
0.1%
93
Hungary
0.1%
94
Austria
0.1%
95
Mauritania
0.1%
96
Greece
0.1%
97
Denmark
0.11%
98
Botswana
0.11%
99
Portugal
0.11%
100
Sri Lanka
0.12%
101
Yemen, Rep.
0.12%
102
Senegal
0.12%
103
Lao PDR
0.12%
104
Cuba
0.13%
105
Nicaragua
0.13%
106
Belgium
0.13%
107
Dominican Republic
0.13%
108
Czechia
0.13%
109
Azerbaijan
0.13%
110
Cote d'Ivoire
0.14%
111
Zimbabwe
0.14%
112
Central African Republic
0.14%
113
Gabon
0.15%
114
Congo, Rep.
0.15%
115
Taiwan
0.16%
116
Afghanistan
0.18%
117
Guatemala
0.19%
118
Ireland
0.19%
119
Chile
0.19%
120
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.2%
121
Belarus
0.2%
122
Ghana
0.2%
123
Netherlands
0.2%
124
Cameroon
0.22%
125
Zambia
0.23%
126
Romania
0.23%
127
Ecuador
0.23%
128
Qatar
0.23%
129
Guinea
0.23%
130
Bahrain
0.24%
131
Turkmenistan
0.24%
132
Burkina Faso
0.25%
133
Cambodia
0.26%
134
Madagascar
0.27%
135
Uruguay
0.27%
136
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.27%
137
Paraguay
0.27%
138
Mozambique
0.29%
139
Libya
0.29%
140
Malaysia
0.29%
141
Bolivia
0.3%
142
Nepal
0.3%
143
Japan
0.31%
144
Morocco
0.32%
145
Mali
0.32%
146
Niger
0.33%
147
Oman
0.33%
148
Peru
0.34%
149
South Sudan
0.34%
150
New Zealand
0.38%
151
United Arab Emirates
0.38%
152
Uganda
0.39%
153
Kuwait
0.4%
154
Korea, Rep.
0.41%
155
Italy
0.43%
156
Mongolia
0.45%
157
Angola
0.46%
158
Poland
0.47%
159
United Kingdom
0.47%
160
Spain
0.48%
161
Venezuela, RB
0.51%
162
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.52%
163
Ukraine
0.54%
164
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.55%
165
Uzbekistan
0.56%
166
Kazakhstan
0.58%
167
Kenya
0.58%
168
Germany
0.6%
169
Myanmar
0.62%
170
Tanzania
0.67%
171
France
0.67%
172
Algeria
0.71%
173
Sudan
0.76%
174
Chad
0.81%
175
South Africa
0.82%
176
Philippines
0.85%
177
Colombia
0.98%
178
Viet Nam
1%
179
Thailand
1%
180
Bangladesh
1%
181
Turkiye
1.2%
182
Canada
1.2%
183
Saudi Arabia
1.2%
184
Argentina
1.2%
185
Ethiopia
1.3%
186
Australia
1.4%
187
Iraq
1.6%
188
Mexico
1.6%
189
Iran, Islamic Rep.
1.8%
190
Nigeria
2%
191
Pakistan
2.5%
192
Indonesia
4.3%
193
Russian Federation
4.8%
194
Brazil
6.3%
195
United States
8.5%
196
India
9.2%
197
China
16.5%
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