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EC JRC (INFORM)
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Year
2026
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2026
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East Asia & Pacific
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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
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All income groups
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Value
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1
Singapore
1
2
Denmark
1
3
Switzerland
1.3
4
Finland
1.4
5
Luxembourg
1.6
6
Liechtenstein
1.7
7
Norway
1.7
8
New Zealand
1.8
9
Sweden
1.9
10
Netherlands
2
11
Australia
2.1
12
Ireland
2.1
13
Iceland
2.1
14
Japan
2.3
15
Canada
2.3
16
United Arab Emirates
2.5
17
Estonia
2.5
18
Germany
2.6
19
United Kingdom
2.8
20
Austria
2.8
21
Korea, Rep.
2.9
22
Uruguay
2.9
23
France
3
24
Belgium
3
25
Brunei Darussalam
3.1
26
United States
3.1
27
Israel
3.2
28
Seychelles
3.3
29
Lithuania
3.3
30
Bhutan
3.4
31
Qatar
3.4
32
Slovenia
3.5
33
Czechia
3.6
34
Portugal
3.7
35
Barbados
3.7
36
Chile
3.7
37
Saudi Arabia
3.8
38
Latvia
3.9
39
Bahamas, The
4
40
Spain
4
41
Samoa
4
42
Cyprus
4
43
Malaysia
4.1
44
Georgia
4.1
45
Palau
4.1
46
Bahrain
4.2
47
Italy
4.2
48
Antigua and Barbuda
4.2
49
Botswana
4.2
50
St. Kitts and Nevis
4.2
51
Fiji
4.3
52
Dominica
4.3
53
Mauritius
4.3
54
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
4.3
55
Rwanda
4.3
56
Cabo Verde
4.4
57
Costa Rica
4.4
58
Poland
4.5
59
Oman
4.5
60
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
4.5
61
St. Lucia
4.5
62
Croatia
4.5
63
Grenada
4.7
64
Jordan
4.7
65
China
4.7
66
Malta
4.8
67
Slovak Republic
4.8
68
Jamaica
4.9
69
Marshall Islands
4.9
70
Greece
4.9
71
Montenegro
5
72
Namibia
5
73
India
5.1
74
Hungary
5.1
75
Naoero
5.1
76
Indonesia
5.1
77
Albania
5.2
78
Kuwait
5.2
79
Kiribati
5.2
80
Tonga
5.2
81
Senegal
5.2
82
Bulgaria
5.3
83
Romania
5.3
84
Armenia
5.4
85
Kazakhstan
5.4
86
Viet Nam
5.4
87
Trinidad and Tobago
5.5
88
Ghana
5.5
89
Moldova
5.5
90
Benin
5.5
91
Dominican Republic
5.6
92
North Macedonia
5.6
93
Cote d'Ivoire
5.6
94
Vanuatu
5.6
95
Colombia
5.7
96
Philippines
5.7
97
South Africa
5.7
98
Morocco
5.7
99
Thailand
5.7
100
Maldives
5.8
101
Belize
5.8
102
Serbia
5.8
103
Tuvalu
5.9
104
Tunisia
5.9
105
Tanzania
5.9
106
Guyana
5.9
107
El Salvador
6
108
Cuba
6
109
Panama
6.1
110
Argentina
6.1
111
Ukraine
6.1
112
Turkiye
6.1
113
Solomon Islands
6.1
114
Gambia, The
6.2
115
Sri Lanka
6.2
116
Sao Tome and Principe
6.2
117
Timor-Leste
6.2
118
Uzbekistan
6.2
119
Kenya
6.2
120
Zambia
6.2
121
Egypt, Arab Rep.
6.3
122
Mongolia
6.3
123
Burkina Faso
6.3
124
Mexico
6.4
125
Brazil
6.4
126
Ecuador
6.4
127
Ethiopia
6.4
128
Algeria
6.5
129
Lao PDR
6.5
130
Niger
6.5
131
Togo
6.5
132
Suriname
6.5
133
Azerbaijan
6.5
134
Peru
6.5
135
Lesotho
6.6
136
Nepal
6.6
137
Malawi
6.7
138
Djibouti
6.7
139
Bolivia
6.8
140
Cambodia
6.8
141
Paraguay
6.8
142
Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.8
143
Papua New Guinea
6.8
144
Mauritania
6.8
145
Pakistan
6.8
146
Uganda
6.8
147
Belarus
6.9
148
Angola
6.9
149
Mozambique
7
150
Gabon
7
151
Sierra Leone
7
152
Guinea
7
153
Russian Federation
7.1
154
Eswatini
7.1
155
Nigeria
7.1
156
Bangladesh
7.1
157
Cameroon
7.1
158
Guatemala
7.2
159
Honduras
7.2
160
Madagascar
7.2
161
Kyrgyz Republic
7.2
162
Tajikistan
7.3
163
Mali
7.3
164
West Bank and Gaza
7.4
165
Iran, Islamic Rep.
7.4
166
Liberia
7.5
167
Iraq
7.6
168
Zimbabwe
7.6
169
Congo, Rep.
7.7
170
Guinea-Bissau
7.9
171
Nicaragua
7.9
172
Turkmenistan
7.9
173
Burundi
7.9
174
Chad
8
175
Lebanon
8
176
Comoros
8
177
Central African Republic
8.1
178
Equatorial Guinea
8.2
179
Congo, Dem. Rep.
8.2
180
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
8.3
181
Myanmar
8.5
182
Libya
8.5
183
Venezuela, RB
8.6
184
Eritrea
8.7
185
Afghanistan
8.7
186
Syrian Arab Republic
8.7
187
Sudan
8.8
188
Haiti
9
189
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
9.1
190
Yemen, Rep.
9.2
191
South Sudan
9.5
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