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175 countries · 1946–2025
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Data 2025 · Status unspecified
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East Asia & Pacific
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Country
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Value
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1
Estonia
0.96
2
Sweden
0.96
3
Denmark
0.96
4
Ireland
0.96
5
Belgium
0.96
6
Iceland
0.95
7
Switzerland
0.95
8
Czechia
0.95
9
New Zealand
0.95
10
Norway
0.95
11
Finland
0.95
12
Luxembourg
0.95
13
Spain
0.94
14
Germany
0.94
15
Latvia
0.94
16
Uruguay
0.93
17
Costa Rica
0.93
18
Chile
0.93
19
Taiwan
0.93
20
Japan
0.93
21
Barbados
0.92
22
Poland
0.92
23
France
0.92
24
Malta
0.92
25
Lithuania
0.91
26
Suriname
0.91
27
Netherlands
0.91
28
Ghana
0.91
29
Korea, Rep.
0.91
30
Austria
0.91
31
Cabo Verde
0.91
32
Australia
0.91
33
Seychelles
0.9
34
Italy
0.9
35
Canada
0.9
36
Cyprus
0.9
37
Sao Tome and Principe
0.89
38
Trinidad and Tobago
0.89
39
Croatia
0.89
40
Slovenia
0.88
41
Namibia
0.88
42
Montenegro
0.88
43
Vanuatu
0.88
44
Gambia, The
0.88
45
Greece
0.88
46
Romania
0.88
47
Jamaica
0.88
48
Dominican Republic
0.87
49
Panama
0.87
50
Timor-Leste
0.87
51
Mauritius
0.87
52
Albania
0.87
53
Brazil
0.87
54
Slovak Republic
0.86
55
Solomon Islands
0.86
56
South Africa
0.86
57
Bulgaria
0.85
58
Guyana
0.85
59
Botswana
0.85
60
United Kingdom
0.84
61
Moldova
0.84
62
Liberia
0.84
63
Benin
0.84
64
Portugal
0.84
65
Lesotho
0.84
66
United States
0.83
67
Argentina
0.82
68
Honduras
0.82
69
Sri Lanka
0.82
70
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.81
71
Senegal
0.81
72
Malawi
0.81
73
Papua New Guinea
0.81
74
Paraguay
0.81
75
Mongolia
0.8
76
Peru
0.8
77
Armenia
0.8
78
Hungary
0.79
79
Sierra Leone
0.79
80
North Macedonia
0.79
81
Gabon
0.79
82
Israel
0.79
83
Fiji
0.77
84
Zambia
0.77
85
Guatemala
0.77
86
Colombia
0.77
87
Haiti
0.74
88
Nepal
0.74
89
Bolivia
0.74
90
Kenya
0.74
91
Malaysia
0.74
92
Serbia
0.73
93
Maldives
0.72
94
Singapore
0.72
95
Bhutan
0.7
96
Georgia
0.7
97
Cote d'Ivoire
0.7
98
Ecuador
0.69
99
Lebanon
0.69
100
Tunisia
0.69
101
Nigeria
0.67
102
Tanzania
0.67
103
Jordan
0.67
104
Madagascar
0.65
105
Niger
0.65
106
Morocco
0.65
107
Indonesia
0.63
108
Bangladesh
0.63
109
Mexico
0.63
110
Angola
0.62
111
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.61
112
Mali
0.61
113
Togo
0.6
114
Ukraine
0.58
115
Philippines
0.56
116
Guinea-Bissau
0.56
117
India
0.53
118
Iraq
0.52
119
Kazakhstan
0.51
120
Mauritania
0.51
121
El Salvador
0.51
122
Cameroon
0.51
123
Kuwait
0.49
124
Mozambique
0.48
125
Thailand
0.48
126
Kyrgyz Republic
0.48
127
Comoros
0.48
128
Pakistan
0.47
129
Burkina Faso
0.46
130
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.45
131
Oman
0.45
132
Central African Republic
0.44
133
Algeria
0.42
134
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.42
135
Djibouti
0.4
136
Turkiye
0.4
137
Viet Nam
0.38
138
Zimbabwe
0.38
139
Uzbekistan
0.37
140
Qatar
0.36
141
Guinea
0.35
142
United Arab Emirates
0.34
143
Congo, Rep.
0.33
144
Libya
0.32
145
Syrian Arab Republic
0.32
146
Uganda
0.32
147
Venezuela, RB
0.31
148
Ethiopia
0.3
149
Cuba
0.3
150
Bahrain
0.3
151
Azerbaijan
0.29
152
Chad
0.28
153
Burundi
0.27
154
Russian Federation
0.27
155
Cambodia
0.26
156
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.25
157
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.23
158
South Sudan
0.23
159
Belarus
0.22
160
Eswatini
0.21
161
Rwanda
0.19
162
Yemen, Rep.
0.19
163
China
0.18
164
Saudi Arabia
0.18
165
Sudan
0.17
166
Tajikistan
0.17
167
Equatorial Guinea
0.17
168
Lao PDR
0.14
169
Turkmenistan
0.11
170
Myanmar
0.1
171
Nicaragua
0.08
172
Eritrea
0.05
173
Afghanistan
0.04
174
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.02
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