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176 countries · 1789–2025
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2025
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Country
↕
Value
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1
Belgium
0.97
2
Norway
0.97
3
Australia
0.96
4
Denmark
0.96
5
Finland
0.96
6
Germany
0.96
7
Chile
0.96
8
Spain
0.96
9
Netherlands
0.95
10
New Zealand
0.95
11
Estonia
0.95
12
Uruguay
0.95
13
Sweden
0.95
14
Italy
0.95
15
Ireland
0.95
16
Greece
0.94
17
Luxembourg
0.94
18
Canada
0.94
19
Costa Rica
0.94
20
Switzerland
0.94
21
France
0.94
22
Czechia
0.94
23
Portugal
0.94
24
Taiwan
0.94
25
Slovak Republic
0.94
26
Austria
0.94
27
Japan
0.94
28
Korea, Rep.
0.94
29
Iceland
0.93
30
United Kingdom
0.92
31
Latvia
0.92
32
Slovenia
0.92
33
Sri Lanka
0.91
34
Cyprus
0.91
35
Malta
0.9
36
United States
0.9
37
Jamaica
0.88
38
Seychelles
0.88
39
Lithuania
0.88
40
Argentina
0.88
41
Barbados
0.88
42
Croatia
0.88
43
Israel
0.87
44
Trinidad and Tobago
0.87
45
Mauritius
0.87
46
Bhutan
0.87
47
Suriname
0.86
48
Peru
0.86
49
Timor-Leste
0.86
50
Vanuatu
0.85
51
South Africa
0.85
52
Panama
0.84
53
Brazil
0.84
54
Cabo Verde
0.84
55
Ecuador
0.83
56
Poland
0.83
57
Botswana
0.8
58
Lesotho
0.79
59
Singapore
0.78
60
Gambia, The
0.78
61
Dominican Republic
0.77
62
Bolivia
0.77
63
Colombia
0.76
64
Sao Tome and Principe
0.75
65
Solomon Islands
0.75
66
Ghana
0.71
67
North Macedonia
0.7
68
Senegal
0.7
69
Kosovo
0.7
70
Nepal
0.69
71
Oman
0.69
72
Armenia
0.67
73
Guatemala
0.67
74
Moldova
0.66
75
Romania
0.66
76
Maldives
0.64
77
Bulgaria
0.64
78
Benin
0.64
79
Paraguay
0.63
80
Montenegro
0.61
81
Namibia
0.6
82
Ukraine
0.6
83
Malaysia
0.6
84
Hungary
0.6
85
Malawi
0.6
86
Liberia
0.59
87
Jordan
0.59
88
Mongolia
0.59
89
Mexico
0.55
90
United Arab Emirates
0.54
91
Fiji
0.54
92
Viet Nam
0.53
93
Indonesia
0.52
94
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.51
95
India
0.5
96
Kenya
0.49
97
Guyana
0.49
98
Albania
0.47
99
Zambia
0.46
100
Thailand
0.46
101
Morocco
0.46
102
Tunisia
0.45
103
Kyrgyz Republic
0.43
104
Turkiye
0.42
105
Eswatini
0.38
106
Iraq
0.37
107
Tanzania
0.36
108
Nigeria
0.36
109
Honduras
0.35
110
Kazakhstan
0.34
111
Cote d'Ivoire
0.33
112
Ethiopia
0.32
113
Georgia
0.32
114
Sierra Leone
0.32
115
Togo
0.31
116
Lebanon
0.31
117
El Salvador
0.31
118
Algeria
0.31
119
Uzbekistan
0.3
120
Cuba
0.3
121
Angola
0.29
122
Mauritania
0.29
123
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.29
124
Bahrain
0.27
125
Philippines
0.27
126
Papua New Guinea
0.27
127
Lao PDR
0.24
128
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.24
129
Rwanda
0.23
130
Serbia
0.21
131
Belarus
0.19
132
Gabon
0.19
133
Comoros
0.18
134
Madagascar
0.18
135
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.18
136
Pakistan
0.17
137
Zimbabwe
0.17
138
Djibouti
0.17
139
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.14
140
Nicaragua
0.14
141
Russian Federation
0.14
142
Uganda
0.13
143
Central African Republic
0.12
144
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.12
145
Cameroon
0.12
146
Azerbaijan
0.11
147
Burundi
0.11
148
Tajikistan
0.09
149
Cambodia
0.09
150
Mozambique
0.09
151
Chad
0.08
152
Equatorial Guinea
0.08
153
Congo, Rep.
0.08
154
Turkmenistan
0.07
155
Venezuela, RB
0.05
156
Guinea
0
157
Qatar
0
158
Guinea-Bissau
0
159
Niger
0
160
Myanmar
0
161
Mali
0
162
Haiti
0
163
Libya
0
164
Kuwait
0
165
Syrian Arab Republic
0
166
Sudan
0
167
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0
168
West Bank and Gaza
0
169
Saudi Arabia
0
170
Yemen, Rep.
0
171
South Sudan
0
172
Burkina Faso
0
173
China
0
174
Bangladesh
0
175
Afghanistan
0
176
Eritrea
0
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