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196 countries · 2005–2025
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2025
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1
Ghana
12
2
Finland
12
3
Luxembourg
12
4
Australia
12
5
Austria
12
6
Denmark
12
7
Latvia
12
8
Canada
12
9
Andorra
12
10
Greece
12
11
Tuvalu
12
12
San Marino
12
13
Taiwan
12
14
France
12
15
Marshall Islands
12
16
Romania
12
17
Uruguay
12
18
Ireland
12
19
Croatia
12
20
Estonia
12
21
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
12
22
Germany
12
23
Malta
12
24
Netherlands
12
25
Cabo Verde
12
26
Czechia
12
27
Portugal
12
28
Norway
12
29
Seychelles
12
30
Chile
12
31
Costa Rica
12
32
Cyprus
12
33
United Kingdom
12
34
Bhutan
12
35
Suriname
12
36
Barbados
12
37
New Zealand
12
38
Switzerland
12
39
Belgium
12
40
Sweden
12
41
South Africa
12
42
Iceland
12
43
Palau
12
44
Spain
12
45
Japan
12
46
Bahamas, The
12
47
Italy
12
48
Slovenia
12
49
Panama
12
50
Slovak Republic
12
51
Israel
12
52
Lithuania
12
53
Argentina
11
54
Naoero
11
55
United States
11
56
Timor-Leste
11
57
Trinidad and Tobago
11
58
India
11
59
Mauritius
11
60
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
11
61
Lesotho
11
62
Sao Tome and Principe
11
63
Bolivia
11
64
Indonesia
11
65
Botswana
11
66
Grenada
11
67
Jamaica
11
68
St. Lucia
11
69
Sri Lanka
11
70
Dominica
11
71
Kiribati
11
72
Liberia
11
73
Mongolia
11
74
Korea, Rep.
11
75
Belize
11
76
Antigua and Barbuda
11
77
Ecuador
10
78
Vanuatu
10
79
Nepal
10
80
Senegal
10
81
Liechtenstein
10
82
St. Kitts and Nevis
10
83
Brazil
10
84
Malawi
10
85
Peru
10
86
Colombia
10
87
North Macedonia
9
88
Guyana
9
89
Tonga
9
90
Solomon Islands
9
91
Paraguay
9
92
Albania
9
93
Poland
9
94
Samoa
9
95
Philippines
9
96
Namibia
9
97
Mexico
9
98
Dominican Republic
9
99
Fiji
8
100
Gambia, The
8
101
Bulgaria
8
102
Montenegro
8
103
Kenya
8
104
Moldova
8
105
Iraq
8
106
Monaco
8
107
Honduras
7
108
Sierra Leone
7
109
Hungary
7
110
Maldives
7
111
Ukraine
7
112
Armenia
7
113
Papua New Guinea
6
114
Malaysia
6
115
Lebanon
6
116
Georgia
6
117
Mauritania
6
118
Zambia
6
119
Nigeria
6
120
Guatemala
6
121
Cote d'Ivoire
5
122
El Salvador
5
123
Bosnia and Herzegovina
5
124
Comoros
5
125
Morocco
5
126
Turkiye
5
127
Serbia
5
128
Ethiopia
4
129
Benin
4
130
Madagascar
4
131
Singapore
4
132
Uganda
3
133
Bangladesh
3
134
Jordan
3
135
Mozambique
3
136
Thailand
3
137
Zimbabwe
3
138
Pakistan
3
139
Algeria
3
140
Angola
3
141
Tunisia
2
142
Qatar
2
143
Egypt, Arab Rep.
2
144
Kyrgyz Republic
2
145
Rwanda
2
146
Djibouti
2
147
Gabon
2
148
Oman
2
149
Iran, Islamic Rep.
2
150
Bahrain
2
151
Cameroon
1
152
Burundi
1
153
Togo
1
154
Libya
1
155
Haiti
1
156
Kazakhstan
1
157
Central African Republic
1
158
United Arab Emirates
1
159
Congo, Dem. Rep.
1
160
Uzbekistan
1
161
Guinea-Bissau
1
162
Eritrea
0
163
Mali
0
164
China
0
165
Guinea
0
166
Cuba
0
167
Afghanistan
0
168
Cambodia
0
169
Myanmar
0
170
Azerbaijan
0
171
Venezuela, RB
0
172
Russian Federation
0
173
Belarus
0
174
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0
175
Tajikistan
0
176
Kuwait
0
177
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0
178
Nicaragua
0
179
Chad
0
180
Syrian Arab Republic
0
181
Burkina Faso
0
182
Viet Nam
0
183
Tanzania
0
184
Niger
0
185
Equatorial Guinea
0
186
South Sudan
0
187
Lao PDR
0
188
Saudi Arabia
0
189
Hong Kong SAR, China
0
190
Brunei Darussalam
0
191
Eswatini
0
192
Yemen, Rep.
0
193
Sudan
0
194
Turkmenistan
0
195
Congo, Rep.
0
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