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