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