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2025
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Value
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1
Gibraltar
100%
2
St. Martin (French part)
100%
3
Macao SAR, China
100%
4
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
100%
5
Kuwait
100%
6
Hong Kong SAR, China
100%
7
Singapore
100%
8
Naoero
100%
9
Monaco
100%
10
Bermuda
100%
11
Bahrain
100%
12
Cayman Islands
100%
13
Qatar
99.4%
14
San Marino
97.2%
15
Netherlands
95.9%
16
Malta
95.7%
17
Uruguay
95.7%
18
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
95.4%
19
Luxembourg
94.9%
20
Turks and Caicos Islands
94.4%
21
Puerto Rico (US)
94.3%
22
Guam
94.2%
23
Iceland
94.2%
24
Jordan
93.2%
25
Argentina
92.4%
26
Japan
92.3%
27
Northern Mariana Islands
92.2%
28
Gabon
92.1%
29
Israel
91.6%
30
Curacao
91.5%
31
Lebanon
91%
32
Turkiye
89.5%
33
Venezuela, RB
89.3%
34
Chile
89.2%
35
Sweden
89.1%
36
Andorra
88.9%
37
Denmark
88.8%
38
Greenland
88.6%
39
Brazil
88.2%
40
Libya
87.9%
41
Australia
87.7%
42
Belgium
87.7%
43
West Bank and Gaza
87.4%
44
United Arab Emirates
86%
45
Switzerland
85.7%
46
Peru
85.6%
47
Saudi Arabia
84.6%
48
New Zealand
84%
49
Norway
83.6%
50
United Kingdom
83.3%
51
Canada
82.9%
52
Germany
82.1%
53
Bahamas, The
81.3%
54
Korea, Rep.
81.2%
55
Spain
80.5%
56
American Samoa
80.5%
57
United States
80.2%
58
Mexico
80%
59
Costa Rica
79.7%
60
Belarus
79.5%
61
Oman
79.5%
62
Palau
79.3%
63
Greece
79.2%
64
Marshall Islands
79.1%
65
France
78.8%
66
Colombia
78.8%
67
Cabo Verde
77.6%
68
Malaysia
77.4%
69
Iran, Islamic Rep.
77.4%
70
Cuba
77.2%
71
Algeria
75.8%
72
El Salvador
75.5%
73
Russian Federation
75.3%
74
Brunei Darussalam
75%
75
Finland
74.5%
76
Bulgaria
74.2%
77
Dominica
74%
78
Djibouti
73%
79
Czechia
72.9%
80
Dominican Republic
72.5%
81
Syrian Arab Republic
72.1%
82
Equatorial Guinea
71.6%
83
Bolivia
71.6%
84
Angola
71.5%
85
Mongolia
71.1%
86
Estonia
70.7%
87
Tunisia
70.7%
88
Hungary
70.7%
89
Paraguay
70.4%
90
Iraq
69.9%
91
Austria
69.7%
92
Italy
69.7%
93
Ukraine
69.6%
94
Sao Tome and Principe
69.2%
95
Lithuania
69.1%
96
Latvia
68.6%
97
New Caledonia
68.2%
98
Botswana
68%
99
Nepal
67%
100
Cyprus
66.7%
101
China
66.3%
102
Panama
66.2%
103
Armenia
65.9%
104
Suriname
65.8%
105
Montenegro
65.6%
106
Tuvalu
65.4%
107
Gambia, The
65%
108
Ireland
64.6%
109
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
64.2%
110
Congo, Rep.
64.1%
111
South Africa
63.8%
112
Nigeria
63.8%
113
Ecuador
63.4%
114
Kiribati
63.4%
115
Morocco
63.1%
116
North Macedonia
62.9%
117
Thailand
62.8%
118
Serbia
62.6%
119
Kazakhstan
62.4%
120
French Polynesia
61.8%
121
Aruba
61.7%
122
Portugal
61.5%
123
Mauritania
61.5%
124
Georgia
61.2%
125
Poland
60.1%
126
Barbados
59.7%
127
Fiji
59.5%
128
Nicaragua
59.4%
129
Jamaica
59.4%
130
Indonesia
59.4%
131
Honduras
59.3%
132
Ghana
58.9%
133
Albania
58.9%
134
Azerbaijan
58.6%
135
Croatia
57.8%
136
British Virgin Islands
57.4%
137
Guatemala
56.3%
138
Liberia
56.1%
139
Slovenia
56%
140
Philippines
55.8%
141
Senegal
55.8%
142
Cameroon
55.7%
143
Haiti
55.6%
144
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
55.1%
145
Cote d'Ivoire
54.5%
146
Trinidad and Tobago
54%
147
Benin
53.4%
148
Slovak Republic
53.2%
149
Bosnia and Herzegovina
52.7%
150
Romania
52.2%
151
Isle of Man
52.1%
152
Uzbekistan
51%
153
Kosovo
50.9%
154
Namibia
50.9%
155
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
48%
156
Turkmenistan
47.1%
157
Guinea-Bissau
46.7%
158
Sierra Leone
45.9%
159
Zambia
45.9%
160
Seychelles
45.5%
161
Congo, Dem. Rep.
45.1%
162
Lesotho
44.7%
163
Central African Republic
44.6%
164
Togo
44.4%
165
Moldova
43.7%
166
Bhutan
43.4%
167
Egypt, Arab Rep.
42.9%
168
Maldives
42.5%
169
Belize
41.6%
170
Cambodia
41.1%
171
Zimbabwe
40.5%
172
Lao PDR
40.3%
173
Faroe Islands
39.6%
174
Pakistan
39.5%
175
Mauritius
39%
176
Viet Nam
38.8%
177
Guinea
38.5%
178
Mozambique
37.2%
179
Yemen, Rep.
37%
180
Tanzania
36.9%
181
Grenada
36.7%
182
India
35.7%
183
Sudan
34.9%
184
Kyrgyz Republic
34.7%
185
Eritrea
34.5%
186
Comoros
33.9%
187
Bangladesh
33.2%
188
Madagascar
32.9%
189
Channel Islands
32.6%
190
Mali
32.2%
191
Kenya
32.2%
192
Uganda
31.9%
193
St. Kitts and Nevis
31.9%
194
Solomon Islands
31.3%
195
Rwanda
30.9%
196
Myanmar
30.6%
197
St. Lucia
29.1%
198
Burkina Faso
28.9%
199
Timor-Leste
28.8%
200
Chad
27.6%
201
Eswatini
26.7%
202
Guyana
26.5%
203
Tajikistan
26.2%
204
Afghanistan
25.9%
205
Burundi
25.7%
206
Antigua and Barbuda
24.3%
207
Ethiopia
24.1%
208
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
22.5%
209
Vanuatu
22.3%
210
South Sudan
21.7%
211
Tonga
21.2%
212
Sri Lanka
20.5%
213
Niger
18.4%
214
Malawi
17.6%
215
Samoa
17.5%
216
Papua New Guinea
15.8%
217
Liechtenstein
14.6%
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