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World Bank (WDI)
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210 countries · 1970–2025
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1
Guam
8
2
Ireland
8
3
Trinidad and Tobago
7
4
Eswatini
7
5
St. Lucia
7
6
St. Kitts and Nevis
7
7
Denmark
7
8
Antigua and Barbuda
7
9
Dominica
7
10
Botswana
7
11
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
7
12
British Virgin Islands
7
13
Tanzania
7
14
Iceland
7
15
Australia
7
16
Norway
7
17
Zimbabwe
7
18
Lesotho
7
19
Namibia
7
20
South Africa
7
21
Zambia
7
22
Grenada
7
23
Uganda
7
24
Mozambique
7
25
Sudan
6
26
Belize
6
27
Tunisia
6
28
Bermuda
6
29
Bolivia
6
30
Bahrain
6
31
Tonga
6
32
Barbados
6
33
Timor-Leste
6
34
Brunei Darussalam
6
35
Bhutan
6
36
Central African Republic
6
37
Thailand
6
38
Canada
6
39
Togo
6
40
Switzerland
6
41
Chile
6
42
Chad
6
43
China
6
44
Turks and Caicos Islands
6
45
Cote d'Ivoire
6
46
Syrian Arab Republic
6
47
Cameroon
6
48
Congo, Dem. Rep.
6
49
Seychelles
6
50
Burkina Faso
6
51
Congo, Rep.
6
52
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
6
53
Uruguay
6
54
Sweden
6
55
Cabo Verde
6
56
Slovenia
6
57
Benin
6
58
Costa Rica
6
59
Cuba
6
60
Curacao
6
61
Suriname
6
62
Cayman Islands
6
63
Sao Tome and Principe
6
64
United States
6
65
Cyprus
6
66
South Sudan
6
67
Belgium
6
68
El Salvador
6
69
Burundi
6
70
Dominican Republic
6
71
Sierra Leone
6
72
Solomon Islands
6
73
Ecuador
6
74
Singapore
6
75
Egypt, Arab Rep.
6
76
Senegal
6
77
Spain
6
78
Saudi Arabia
6
79
Estonia
6
80
Rwanda
6
81
Ethiopia
6
82
Finland
6
83
Fiji
6
84
Qatar
6
85
Tuvalu
6
86
Venezuela, RB
6
87
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
6
88
United Kingdom
6
89
Georgia
6
90
Paraguay
6
91
Ghana
6
92
Portugal
6
93
Gibraltar
6
94
Guinea
6
95
Gambia, The
6
96
Puerto Rico (US)
6
97
Guinea-Bissau
6
98
Equatorial Guinea
6
99
Papua New Guinea
6
100
Greece
6
101
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
6
102
Palau
6
103
American Samoa
6
104
Guatemala
6
105
Philippines
6
106
Guyana
6
107
Peru
6
108
Hong Kong SAR, China
6
109
Panama
6
110
Honduras
6
111
Haiti
6
112
New Zealand
6
113
Argentina
6
114
Indonesia
6
115
Naoero
6
116
Vanuatu
6
117
Iran, Islamic Rep.
6
118
Iraq
6
119
Netherlands
6
120
Israel
6
121
Nicaragua
6
122
Nigeria
6
123
Jamaica
6
124
Niger
6
125
Samoa
6
126
Jordan
6
127
Andorra
6
128
Bahamas, The
6
129
Japan
6
130
Kenya
6
131
Malaysia
6
132
Malawi
6
133
Cambodia
6
134
Mauritius
6
135
Yemen, Rep.
6
136
Kiribati
6
137
Mauritania
6
138
Korea, Rep.
6
139
Angola
6
140
Lebanon
6
141
Liberia
6
142
Libya
6
143
Afghanistan
6
144
Malta
6
145
Mali
6
146
Marshall Islands
6
147
Aruba
6
148
Luxembourg
6
149
Mexico
6
150
Latvia
6
151
Maldives
6
152
Macao SAR, China
6
153
Morocco
6
154
Eritrea
5
155
Nepal
5
156
Myanmar
5
157
Madagascar
5
158
Algeria
5
159
India
5
160
San Marino
5
161
Djibouti
5
162
Mongolia
5
163
Bosnia and Herzegovina
5
164
Czechia
5
165
Montenegro
5
166
Kuwait
5
167
North Macedonia
5
168
Comoros
5
169
Colombia
5
170
Monaco
5
171
Italy
5
172
Bangladesh
5
173
Lao PDR
5
174
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
5
175
New Caledonia
5
176
French Polynesia
5
177
Brazil
5
178
Gabon
5
179
France
5
180
Sri Lanka
5
181
Albania
5
182
Romania
5
183
Viet Nam
5
184
Pakistan
5
185
Liechtenstein
5
186
Ukraine
4
187
Turkiye
4
188
Kyrgyz Republic
4
189
Kazakhstan
4
190
United Arab Emirates
4
191
Hungary
4
192
Oman
4
193
Lithuania
4
194
Croatia
4
195
Armenia
4
196
Poland
4
197
West Bank and Gaza
4
198
Russian Federation
4
199
Austria
4
200
Azerbaijan
4
201
Uzbekistan
4
202
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
4
203
Germany
4
204
Serbia
4
205
Slovak Republic
4
206
Moldova
4
207
Bulgaria
4
208
Tajikistan
4
209
Turkmenistan
4
210
Belarus
4
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