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0-1 index
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176 countries · 1900–2025
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Country
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Value
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1
Sweden
2.3
2
Norway
2.2
3
Denmark
2.2
4
Germany
2.1
5
Australia
2
6
Switzerland
2
7
Chile
1.9
8
Finland
1.9
9
Estonia
1.8
10
France
1.7
11
United Kingdom
1.7
12
Lithuania
1.7
13
Czechia
1.7
14
Netherlands
1.7
15
Costa Rica
1.7
16
Korea, Rep.
1.6
17
Ireland
1.6
18
New Zealand
1.6
19
Portugal
1.5
20
Mauritius
1.5
21
Uruguay
1.5
22
Japan
1.5
23
Malawi
1.4
24
Brazil
1.4
25
Colombia
1.4
26
Taiwan
1.4
27
Austria
1.4
28
Poland
1.3
29
Croatia
1.3
30
Belgium
1.3
31
Slovenia
1.3
32
Latvia
1.3
33
Seychelles
1.3
34
Israel
1.3
35
Italy
1.3
36
Bulgaria
1.3
37
Ghana
1.3
38
Trinidad and Tobago
1.3
39
Spain
1.2
40
Thailand
1.2
41
Luxembourg
1.2
42
Kenya
1.2
43
South Africa
1.2
44
Canada
1.2
45
Mongolia
1.2
46
Guatemala
1.2
47
Cabo Verde
1.1
48
Papua New Guinea
1.1
49
Iceland
1.1
50
Vanuatu
1
51
Bhutan
1
52
Jamaica
1
53
Sao Tome and Principe
1
54
Panama
0.99
55
Nepal
0.97
56
Suriname
0.95
57
Cyprus
0.95
58
Barbados
0.93
59
Argentina
0.9
60
Namibia
0.89
61
Moldova
0.85
62
Peru
0.85
63
Montenegro
0.82
64
Fiji
0.78
65
Zambia
0.76
66
Maldives
0.75
67
Jordan
0.75
68
Botswana
0.7
69
Tanzania
0.69
70
Morocco
0.69
71
Lesotho
0.67
72
Senegal
0.66
73
Singapore
0.65
74
Gambia, The
0.62
75
Albania
0.62
76
Romania
0.6
77
Kosovo
0.59
78
Solomon Islands
0.58
79
United States
0.55
80
Timor-Leste
0.55
81
Philippines
0.55
82
Sri Lanka
0.54
83
Liberia
0.53
84
Slovak Republic
0.5
85
Kuwait
0.47
86
Greece
0.47
87
Uganda
0.45
88
North Macedonia
0.45
89
Malta
0.43
90
Ukraine
0.35
91
Ecuador
0.33
92
Iraq
0.32
93
Georgia
0.27
94
Tunisia
0.26
95
Sierra Leone
0.26
96
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.25
97
Paraguay
0.22
98
Hungary
0.22
99
Nigeria
0.2
100
Honduras
0.18
101
Malaysia
0.16
102
Lao PDR
0.13
103
Armenia
0.12
104
India
0.12
105
Indonesia
0.12
106
Viet Nam
0.09
107
Lebanon
0.08
108
Eswatini
0.08
109
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.05
110
Libya
0.03
111
Pakistan
0.01
112
Bolivia
-0.04
113
Dominican Republic
-0.08
114
Madagascar
-0.08
115
Iran, Islamic Rep.
-0.09
116
Oman
-0.09
117
Kyrgyz Republic
-0.13
118
Zimbabwe
-0.24
119
Serbia
-0.27
120
Guyana
-0.29
121
Mozambique
-0.32
122
Rwanda
-0.35
123
Egypt, Arab Rep.
-0.41
124
Guinea
-0.41
125
Kazakhstan
-0.41
126
Benin
-0.42
127
Mexico
-0.44
128
Bangladesh
-0.44
129
United Arab Emirates
-0.44
130
Cote d'Ivoire
-0.45
131
Guinea-Bissau
-0.45
132
Comoros
-0.46
133
Niger
-0.48
134
Congo, Rep.
-0.53
135
Mauritania
-0.53
136
West Bank and Gaza
-0.54
137
Hong Kong SAR, China
-0.54
138
Sudan
-0.58
139
Algeria
-0.59
140
South Sudan
-0.64
141
Congo, Dem. Rep.
-0.65
142
Djibouti
-0.68
143
Angola
-0.68
144
Haiti
-0.69
145
Burundi
-0.75
146
China
-0.79
147
Mali
-0.82
148
Togo
-0.82
149
Central African Republic
-0.84
150
Burkina Faso
-0.85
151
Cameroon
-0.86
152
Bahrain
-0.9
153
Yemen, Rep.
-0.91
154
Gabon
-0.93
155
Qatar
-0.99
156
Ethiopia
-1
157
Equatorial Guinea
-1
158
Cuba
-1
159
Tajikistan
-1
160
Saudi Arabia
-1.1
161
Syrian Arab Republic
-1.1
162
Uzbekistan
-1.1
163
Turkiye
-1.2
164
Russian Federation
-1.2
165
Turkmenistan
-1.3
166
Afghanistan
-1.3
167
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
-1.4
168
Chad
-1.4
169
Azerbaijan
-1.4
170
Cambodia
-1.5
171
Eritrea
-1.5
172
Myanmar
-1.6
173
Venezuela, RB
-1.7
174
El Salvador
-1.8
175
Belarus
-1.9
176
Nicaragua
-2
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