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195 countries · 1789–2025
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Country
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Value
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1
Nepal
1
2
Naoero
1
3
New Zealand
1
4
Netherlands
1
5
Panama
1
6
Peru
1
7
Norway
1
8
Cyprus
1
9
United Kingdom
1
10
Bolivia
1
11
Cabo Verde
1
12
Israel
1
13
Antigua and Barbuda
1
14
Germany
1
15
Brazil
1
16
Guyana
1
17
Kiribati
1
18
Albania
1
19
Dominican Republic
1
20
Lithuania
1
21
Indonesia
1
22
Japan
1
23
Montenegro
1
24
India
1
25
Maldives
1
26
Italy
1
27
Lebanon
1
28
Honduras
1
29
Liberia
1
30
Hungary
1
31
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
1
32
Andorra
1
33
Iceland
1
34
Denmark
1
35
Mexico
1
36
Spain
1
37
Latvia
1
38
Lesotho
1
39
Estonia
1
40
Barbados
1
41
Malawi
1
42
Korea, Rep.
1
43
Gambia, The
1
44
Austria
1
45
Sri Lanka
1
46
Bhutan
1
47
Ireland
1
48
Bulgaria
1
49
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
50
Ghana
1
51
St. Lucia
1
52
Namibia
1
53
Grenada
1
54
Switzerland
1
55
Bahamas, The
1
56
Armenia
1
57
Finland
1
58
Fiji
1
59
Luxembourg
1
60
Mauritius
1
61
Colombia
1
62
Jamaica
1
63
Malaysia
1
64
Kenya
1
65
Greece
1
66
Croatia
1
67
Argentina
1
68
North Macedonia
1
69
Australia
1
70
Costa Rica
1
71
Dominica
1
72
Canada
1
73
Belgium
1
74
Mongolia
1
75
Chile
1
76
Malta
1
77
Botswana
1
78
St. Kitts and Nevis
1
79
France
1
80
Guatemala
1
81
Marshall Islands
1
82
Moldova
1
83
Iraq
1
84
Czechia
1
85
Belize
1
86
Ecuador
1
87
Philippines
1
88
Ukraine
1
89
Samoa
1
90
Vanuatu
1
91
Romania
1
92
Seychelles
1
93
Slovenia
1
94
Zambia
1
95
Solomon Islands
1
96
United States
1
97
San Marino
1
98
South Africa
1
99
Sweden
1
100
Timor-Leste
1
101
Slovak Republic
1
102
Suriname
1
103
Sao Tome and Principe
1
104
Poland
1
105
Palau
1
106
Uruguay
1
107
Taiwan
1
108
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1
109
Tonga
1
110
Senegal
1
111
Tuvalu
1
112
Portugal
1
113
Papua New Guinea
1
114
Paraguay
1
115
Trinidad and Tobago
1
116
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0
117
Eswatini
0
118
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0
119
Tunisia
0
120
South Sudan
0
121
Syrian Arab Republic
0
122
Tanzania
0
123
Singapore
0
124
Uganda
0
125
Yemen, Rep.
0
126
Tajikistan
0
127
Sudan
0
128
Viet Nam
0
129
Qatar
0
130
Rwanda
0
131
Uzbekistan
0
132
Turkiye
0
133
Chad
0
134
Sierra Leone
0
135
El Salvador
0
136
Venezuela, RB
0
137
Togo
0
138
Thailand
0
139
Russian Federation
0
140
Zimbabwe
0
141
Saudi Arabia
0
142
Turkmenistan
0
143
Serbia
0
144
Bangladesh
0
145
Cameroon
0
146
Mauritania
0
147
China
0
148
Mali
0
149
United Arab Emirates
0
150
Bahrain
0
151
Burundi
0
152
Cuba
0
153
Burkina Faso
0
154
Central African Republic
0
155
Haiti
0
156
Equatorial Guinea
0
157
Benin
0
158
Afghanistan
0
159
Cote d'Ivoire
0
160
Comoros
0
161
Kazakhstan
0
162
Madagascar
0
163
Angola
0
164
Azerbaijan
0
165
Myanmar
0
166
Lao PDR
0
167
Algeria
0
168
Djibouti
0
169
Kyrgyz Republic
0
170
Belarus
0
171
Ethiopia
0
172
Eritrea
0
173
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0
174
Brunei Darussalam
0
175
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0
176
Liechtenstein
0
177
Cambodia
0
178
Gabon
0
179
Guinea-Bissau
0
180
Libya
0
181
Guinea
0
182
Congo, Rep.
0
183
Niger
0
184
Georgia
0
185
Morocco
0
186
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0
187
Mozambique
0
188
Nigeria
0
189
Kuwait
0
190
Monaco
0
191
Jordan
0
192
Oman
0
193
Pakistan
0
194
Nicaragua
0
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