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158 countries · 1980–2021
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Value
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1
China
1.43M
2
United States
262,244
3
Japan
222,452
4
Korea, Rep.
186,245
5
Germany
39,822
6
India
26,267
7
Russian Federation
19,569
8
France
13,386
9
United Kingdom
11,592
10
Italy
10,281
11
Iran, Islamic Rep.
10,210
12
Turkiye
8,234
13
Canada
4,710
14
Brazil
4,666
15
Poland
3,377
16
Australia
2,966
17
Netherlands
2,080
18
Singapore
2,024
19
Austria
1,872
20
South Africa
1,804
21
Sweden
1,771
22
Israel
1,592
23
Finland
1,557
24
Saudi Arabia
1,398
25
Indonesia
1,397
26
Spain
1,308
27
Ukraine
1,302
28
Switzerland
1,288
29
Mexico
1,117
30
Denmark
1,090
31
Viet Nam
1,066
32
Norway
946
33
Malaysia
883
34
Egypt, Arab Rep.
881
35
Thailand
867
36
Belgium
799
37
Romania
772
38
Portugal
711
39
Czechia
541
40
Philippines
490
41
Hungary
433
42
Colombia
432
43
Pakistan
426
44
Uzbekistan
413
45
Argentina
406
46
Chile
402
47
Hong Kong SAR, China
401
48
Greece
394
49
New Zealand
330
50
Belarus
276
51
Algeria
268
52
Sri Lanka
266
53
Morocco
254
54
Slovenia
222
55
Bulgaria
165
56
Kenya
160
57
Slovak Republic
146
58
Serbia
138
59
Azerbaijan
119
60
Luxembourg
112
61
Mongolia
109
62
Latvia
104
63
Syrian Arab Republic
102
64
Peru
94
65
Georgia
90
66
Kyrgyz Republic
83
67
Lithuania
81
68
Croatia
77
69
Ireland
75
70
Bangladesh
74
71
Barbados
73
72
United Arab Emirates
69
73
Moldova
64
74
Bosnia and Herzegovina
53
75
Qatar
47
76
North Macedonia
42
77
Guyana
40
78
Armenia
40
79
Ecuador
35
80
Panama
35
81
Iceland
34
82
Oman
30
83
Mozambique
30
84
Estonia
25
85
Jordan
25
86
Albania
23
87
Cuba
21
88
Yemen, Rep.
20
89
Jamaica
16
90
Costa Rica
15
91
Rwanda
14
92
Uganda
14
93
Zambia
13
94
Paraguay
10
95
Guatemala
9
96
San Marino
7
97
Dominican Republic
7
98
Madagascar
6
99
Mauritius
6
100
Bolivia
5
101
Malta
5
102
Monaco
5
103
Botswana
3
104
Bahrain
3
105
Andorra
3
106
Djibouti
3
107
Trinidad and Tobago
2
108
Macao SAR, China
2
109
El Salvador
2
110
Brunei Darussalam
2
111
Cabo Verde
1
112
Cyprus
1
113
Samoa
1
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