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136 countries · 2005–2025
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Value
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1
Lithuania
10
2
Estonia
10
3
Chile
10
4
Taiwan
9
5
Trinidad and Tobago
9
6
Costa Rica
9
7
Poland
9
8
Jamaica
9
9
Latvia
9
10
Uruguay
9
11
Ghana
8
12
Slovenia
8
13
Dominican Republic
8
14
Moldova
8
15
Slovak Republic
8
16
Botswana
8
17
Armenia
8
18
Czechia
8
19
Nepal
8
20
Romania
7
21
Papua New Guinea
7
22
Croatia
7
23
Peru
7
24
Panama
7
25
Timor-Leste
7
26
Liberia
7
27
Argentina
7
28
Bolivia
7
29
Sri Lanka
7
30
Gambia, The
7
31
North Macedonia
7
32
Lesotho
7
33
Brazil
7
34
Albania
7
35
Cote d'Ivoire
7
36
Namibia
7
37
Colombia
7
38
Bhutan
7
39
Malawi
7
40
Senegal
7
41
Ecuador
7
42
Montenegro
7
43
South Africa
7
44
Benin
6
45
Bosnia and Herzegovina
6
46
Mongolia
6
47
Korea, Rep.
6
48
Syrian Arab Republic
6
49
Central African Republic
6
50
Paraguay
6
51
Bulgaria
6
52
Kenya
5
53
Iraq
5
54
Sierra Leone
5
55
Nigeria
5
56
Bangladesh
5
57
Zambia
5
58
Lebanon
5
59
Mauritania
5
60
Georgia
5
61
Mexico
5
62
Ukraine
5
63
Tanzania
5
64
Gabon
5
65
Mauritius
5
66
Tunisia
4
67
Angola
4
68
Philippines
4
69
Hungary
4
70
Indonesia
4
71
Uganda
4
72
Honduras
4
73
Qatar
4
74
Guatemala
4
75
Malaysia
4
76
India
4
77
El Salvador
4
78
Guinea-Bissau
3
79
Algeria
3
80
Turkiye
3
81
Jordan
3
82
Serbia
3
83
Uzbekistan
3
84
Haiti
3
85
Venezuela, RB
3
86
Kyrgyz Republic
3
87
Ethiopia
3
88
South Sudan
3
89
Pakistan
3
90
Rwanda
3
91
Singapore
3
92
Kuwait
3
93
Mozambique
3
94
Burundi
3
95
Congo, Rep.
3
96
Thailand
3
97
Madagascar
3
98
Congo, Dem. Rep.
3
99
Burkina Faso
3
100
Zimbabwe
3
101
Guinea
3
102
Togo
3
103
Saudi Arabia
2
104
Morocco
2
105
Niger
2
106
Lao PDR
2
107
Eswatini
2
108
Chad
2
109
Cuba
2
110
Mali
2
111
Equatorial Guinea
2
112
United Arab Emirates
2
113
Cambodia
2
114
Belarus
2
115
Kazakhstan
2
116
Egypt, Arab Rep.
2
117
Russian Federation
2
118
Cameroon
2
119
Sudan
2
120
Azerbaijan
2
121
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
2
122
Nicaragua
2
123
Yemen, Rep.
1
124
Turkmenistan
1
125
Afghanistan
1
126
Djibouti
1
127
Tajikistan
1
128
China
1
129
Eritrea
1
130
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
1
131
Bahrain
1
132
Myanmar
1
133
Oman
1
134
Libya
1
135
Viet Nam
1
136
Iran, Islamic Rep.
1
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