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