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2022
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Country
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Value
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1
Cabo Verde
514
2
Belize
458
3
Jamaica
454
4
Sao Tome and Principe
454
5
Ghana
426
6
Angola
400
7
Cuba
389
8
Guyana
387
9
Dominican Republic
371
10
Trinidad and Tobago
371
11
St. Kitts and Nevis
361
12
Antigua and Barbuda
350
13
Barbados
340
14
Indonesia
340
15
Timor-Leste
334
16
Philippines
334
17
St. Lucia
330
18
Grenada
325
19
Canada
312
20
Suriname
308
21
Dominica
306
22
Panama
303
23
Mexico
301
24
Nicaragua
298
25
Costa Rica
298
26
Guatemala
298
27
Honduras
298
28
Colombia
296
29
Ecuador
295
30
El Salvador
294
31
Peru
292
32
Brazil
290
33
Chile
278
34
Paraguay
275
35
Bolivia
267
36
Venezuela, RB
266
37
South Africa
262
38
Mauritius
254
39
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
250
40
Argentina
240
41
Senegal
232
42
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
218
43
Malaysia
207
44
Uruguay
204
45
Seychelles
202
46
Bahamas, The
191
47
Sri Lanka
189
48
United States
177
49
Equatorial Guinea
143
50
Haiti
140
51
Singapore
138
52
Algeria
115
53
Bahrain
111
54
Fiji
97
55
Brunei Darussalam
97
56
Guinea-Bissau
96
57
Djibouti
94
58
Solomon Islands
94
59
Vanuatu
94
60
Morocco
92
61
Pakistan
91
62
Mozambique
91
63
Bangladesh
91
64
Australia
91
65
India
91
66
Kiribati
88
67
Tuvalu
88
68
Lesotho
83
69
Naoero
81
70
New Zealand
81
71
United Arab Emirates
80
72
Congo, Rep.
79
73
Maldives
79
74
Guinea
78
75
Gambia, The
78
76
Congo, Dem. Rep.
76
77
Tunisia
76
78
Gabon
75
79
Malawi
74
80
Tanzania
73
81
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
73
82
Cameroon
72
83
Botswana
72
84
Cote d'Ivoire
72
85
Tonga
71
86
Togo
71
87
Cambodia
70
88
Kenya
69
89
Uganda
69
90
Viet Nam
68
91
Benin
67
92
Burkina Faso
66
93
Sierra Leone
66
94
Madagascar
66
95
Eswatini
66
96
Burundi
64
97
Myanmar
63
98
Lao PDR
62
99
Nigeria
62
100
Eritrea
62
101
Comoros
62
102
Sudan
59
103
Zimbabwe
58
104
Mauritania
58
105
Rwanda
58
106
Mali
57
107
Qatar
56
108
Central African Republic
55
109
Egypt, Arab Rep.
54
110
Chad
51
111
Kuwait
48
112
Cyprus
47
113
Zambia
42
114
Bhutan
40
115
Niger
39
116
Libya
38
117
Papua New Guinea
37
118
Namibia
36
119
Marshall Islands
30
120
Palau
30
121
Israel
26
122
Jordan
24
123
Syrian Arab Republic
24
124
Lebanon
24
125
Samoa
21
126
Iraq
13
127
Yemen, Rep.
9
128
Korea, Rep.
0
129
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0
130
Saudi Arabia
0
131
Oman
0
132
Nepal
0
133
South Sudan
0
134
Netherlands
0
135
Liberia
0
136
Thailand
0
137
Tajikistan
0
138
Uzbekistan
0
139
Turkmenistan
0
140
Mongolia
0
141
Turkiye
0
142
Portugal
0
143
Taiwan
0
144
Georgia
0
145
United Kingdom
0
146
Japan
0
147
Kazakhstan
0
148
Italy
0
149
Kyrgyz Republic
0
150
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0
151
France
0
152
Afghanistan
0
153
China
0
154
Ethiopia
0
155
Belgium
0
156
Armenia
0
157
Spain
0
158
Azerbaijan
0
159
Germany
0
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