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168 countries · 1980–2021
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Value
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1
United States
329,229
2
China
159,019
3
Japan
66,748
4
Korea, Rep.
51,753
5
India
35,306
6
Canada
32,445
7
Australia
29,443
8
Hong Kong SAR, China
21,542
9
Brazil
19,566
10
Germany
18,747
11
Mexico
15,044
12
Singapore
12,566
13
Russian Federation
11,408
14
South Africa
9,156
15
Israel
8,017
16
Viet Nam
7,468
17
Indonesia
7,403
18
Thailand
7,375
19
United Kingdom
7,263
20
Malaysia
6,651
21
New Zealand
6,522
22
Philippines
3,903
23
Argentina
3,263
24
Chile
2,680
25
Saudi Arabia
2,581
26
Morocco
2,549
27
United Arab Emirates
2,354
28
Ukraine
2,091
29
Colombia
1,855
30
Luxembourg
1,441
31
Netherlands
1,390
32
France
1,373
33
Egypt, Arab Rep.
1,343
34
Peru
1,141
35
Italy
797
36
San Marino
722
37
Qatar
722
38
Norway
634
39
Iran, Islamic Rep.
581
40
Algeria
581
41
Pakistan
567
42
Costa Rica
566
43
Greece
532
44
Oman
511
45
Sweden
425
46
Belgium
415
47
Panama
401
48
Bangladesh
373
49
Ecuador
373
50
Paraguay
354
51
Bahrain
326
52
Jordan
322
53
Sri Lanka
273
54
Switzerland
267
55
Uzbekistan
252
56
Guatemala
249
57
Turkiye
242
58
Bolivia
227
59
Dominican Republic
220
60
Honduras
188
61
Denmark
186
62
Austria
175
63
Georgia
164
64
Trinidad and Tobago
149
65
El Salvador
144
66
Brunei Darussalam
137
67
Spain
126
68
Poland
111
69
Belarus
110
70
Finland
105
71
Gambia, The
91
72
Cuba
86
73
Mongolia
77
74
Jamaica
60
75
Czechia
59
76
Romania
45
77
Portugal
42
78
Ireland
42
79
Kenya
37
80
Macao SAR, China
35
81
Papua New Guinea
29
82
Seychelles
28
83
Belize
27
84
Madagascar
22
85
Yemen, Rep.
22
86
Syrian Arab Republic
20
87
Serbia
18
88
Slovenia
17
89
Mozambique
16
90
Grenada
16
91
Azerbaijan
16
92
Sao Tome and Principe
14
93
Mauritius
14
94
Slovak Republic
13
95
Zambia
13
96
Hungary
13
97
Moldova
12
98
Croatia
11
99
Dominica
11
100
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
11
101
Tuvalu
11
102
Djibouti
10
103
Lithuania
9
104
Armenia
8
105
Andorra
8
106
Antigua and Barbuda
8
107
Bosnia and Herzegovina
8
108
Bhutan
7
109
Bulgaria
6
110
Malta
5
111
Latvia
4
112
Kyrgyz Republic
4
113
Uganda
4
114
Monaco
3
115
Cyprus
2
116
Iceland
2
117
Tonga
2
118
Rwanda
2
119
Cabo Verde
1
120
Albania
1
121
Estonia
1
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