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176 countries · 1900–2025
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Country
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Value
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1
Denmark
1.9
2
Norway
1.9
3
Sweden
1.8
4
Switzerland
1.8
5
Ireland
1.8
6
Estonia
1.8
7
Costa Rica
1.7
8
Germany
1.7
9
Australia
1.7
10
Finland
1.7
11
Belgium
1.7
12
France
1.7
13
New Zealand
1.7
14
Luxembourg
1.7
15
Chile
1.7
16
Spain
1.6
17
Uruguay
1.6
18
Netherlands
1.6
19
Czechia
1.6
20
Korea, Rep.
1.6
21
Latvia
1.5
22
Mauritius
1.5
23
Jamaica
1.5
24
Austria
1.5
25
Japan
1.5
26
Canada
1.5
27
Iceland
1.5
28
Portugal
1.5
29
Brazil
1.5
30
Taiwan
1.5
31
Italy
1.4
32
United Kingdom
1.4
33
Trinidad and Tobago
1.4
34
Barbados
1.4
35
Lithuania
1.4
36
Poland
1.4
37
Seychelles
1.4
38
Suriname
1.3
39
South Africa
1.3
40
Cyprus
1.3
41
Cabo Verde
1.3
42
Vanuatu
1.3
43
Panama
1.3
44
Colombia
1.2
45
Greece
1.2
46
Sri Lanka
1.2
47
Slovenia
1.2
48
United States
1.2
49
Ghana
1.2
50
Israel
1.2
51
Malta
1.2
52
Dominican Republic
1.2
53
Bulgaria
1.1
54
Slovak Republic
1.1
55
Timor-Leste
1.1
56
Croatia
1.1
57
Gambia, The
1.1
58
Argentina
1.1
59
Solomon Islands
1.1
60
Lesotho
1.1
61
Nepal
1.1
62
Namibia
1
63
Senegal
1
64
Montenegro
1
65
Guatemala
1
66
Sao Tome and Principe
1
67
Botswana
1
68
Peru
0.99
69
Kenya
0.99
70
Malawi
0.97
71
Liberia
0.96
72
Moldova
0.9
73
Bhutan
0.9
74
Kosovo
0.89
75
Papua New Guinea
0.88
76
Mongolia
0.88
77
Romania
0.87
78
Armenia
0.84
79
Zambia
0.83
80
Honduras
0.81
81
Maldives
0.8
82
Ecuador
0.8
83
Bolivia
0.77
84
North Macedonia
0.76
85
Nigeria
0.75
86
Fiji
0.73
87
Paraguay
0.73
88
Sierra Leone
0.73
89
Guyana
0.69
90
Albania
0.69
91
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.65
92
Indonesia
0.6
93
Jordan
0.59
94
Thailand
0.59
95
Malaysia
0.54
96
Lebanon
0.51
97
Benin
0.5
98
Philippines
0.5
99
Iraq
0.47
100
Mexico
0.47
101
Ukraine
0.46
102
Tanzania
0.43
103
Morocco
0.4
104
Hungary
0.4
105
Georgia
0.38
106
Singapore
0.38
107
India
0.33
108
Haiti
0.31
109
Madagascar
0.3
110
Niger
0.29
111
Gabon
0.29
112
Cote d'Ivoire
0.26
113
Tunisia
0.25
114
Pakistan
0.2
115
Mauritania
0.19
116
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.16
117
Libya
0.13
118
Bangladesh
0.08
119
Serbia
0.08
120
Angola
0.05
121
Togo
0.04
122
Kyrgyz Republic
0.03
123
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.01
124
Guinea-Bissau
-0
125
Uganda
-0.08
126
Mozambique
-0.11
127
Zimbabwe
-0.14
128
Comoros
-0.16
129
Kazakhstan
-0.17
130
Guinea
-0.18
131
Oman
-0.21
132
Mali
-0.22
133
Djibouti
-0.24
134
Algeria
-0.25
135
Ethiopia
-0.26
136
Cameroon
-0.28
137
Central African Republic
-0.28
138
Kuwait
-0.28
139
West Bank and Gaza
-0.29
140
El Salvador
-0.29
141
Turkiye
-0.3
142
Congo, Rep.
-0.46
143
Rwanda
-0.46
144
Chad
-0.47
145
Viet Nam
-0.48
146
Uzbekistan
-0.51
147
Egypt, Arab Rep.
-0.52
148
Iran, Islamic Rep.
-0.55
149
Hong Kong SAR, China
-0.55
150
Yemen, Rep.
-0.57
151
Bahrain
-0.57
152
Burkina Faso
-0.59
153
Syrian Arab Republic
-0.61
154
Eswatini
-0.62
155
United Arab Emirates
-0.64
156
Burundi
-0.66
157
Sudan
-0.69
158
Cambodia
-0.81
159
South Sudan
-0.81
160
Equatorial Guinea
-0.88
161
Lao PDR
-0.95
162
Russian Federation
-0.97
163
Venezuela, RB
-0.99
164
Azerbaijan
-1.1
165
Cuba
-1.1
166
Tajikistan
-1.1
167
Qatar
-1.2
168
Saudi Arabia
-1.2
169
Myanmar
-1.2
170
Turkmenistan
-1.3
171
China
-1.4
172
Belarus
-1.4
173
Nicaragua
-1.4
174
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
-1.6
175
Eritrea
-1.7
176
Afghanistan
-1.7
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