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175 countries · 1900–2025
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Country
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Value
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1
Germany
3.7
2
Norway
3.3
3
Luxembourg
3.3
4
Switzerland
3.1
5
Korea, Rep.
2.9
6
Costa Rica
2.9
7
Uruguay
2.7
8
South Africa
2.5
9
Japan
2.5
10
Finland
2.4
11
Netherlands
2.3
12
Ireland
2.3
13
Canada
2.2
14
Denmark
2.2
15
Mauritius
2.2
16
France
2.1
17
Singapore
2.1
18
Dominican Republic
2.1
19
Australia
2.1
20
Poland
2.1
21
Trinidad and Tobago
2.1
22
Seychelles
2
23
Cabo Verde
2
24
Kenya
2
25
Slovenia
1.9
26
Sweden
1.9
27
Portugal
1.9
28
Barbados
1.8
29
United Kingdom
1.8
30
Zambia
1.8
31
Kuwait
1.7
32
Malta
1.7
33
Belgium
1.7
34
Jamaica
1.7
35
Suriname
1.7
36
Togo
1.6
37
Brazil
1.6
38
Moldova
1.6
39
Ghana
1.6
40
Liberia
1.6
41
Guatemala
1.6
42
Taiwan
1.6
43
Cyprus
1.5
44
Chile
1.5
45
Latvia
1.4
46
Bhutan
1.4
47
Iceland
1.4
48
Iraq
1.4
49
Niger
1.4
50
Croatia
1.3
51
Gambia, The
1.3
52
Vanuatu
1.3
53
Greece
1.2
54
Austria
1.2
55
Fiji
1.2
56
Sao Tome and Principe
1.2
57
Kazakhstan
1.2
58
Czechia
1.2
59
Spain
1.2
60
Benin
1.1
61
Sri Lanka
1.1
62
Georgia
1.1
63
Senegal
1.1
64
Maldives
1.1
65
Morocco
1.1
66
Rwanda
1
67
Nigeria
1
68
Libya
1
69
Lebanon
0.98
70
Sierra Leone
0.95
71
Lithuania
0.91
72
Timor-Leste
0.91
73
New Zealand
0.91
74
Bulgaria
0.91
75
Indonesia
0.87
76
Italy
0.86
77
Estonia
0.86
78
Malaysia
0.83
79
Haiti
0.79
80
Ukraine
0.79
81
Malawi
0.77
82
Tunisia
0.77
83
Montenegro
0.74
84
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.71
85
Mongolia
0.69
86
India
0.67
87
Viet Nam
0.58
88
North Macedonia
0.56
89
Armenia
0.55
90
Namibia
0.55
91
Colombia
0.55
92
Ethiopia
0.52
93
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.52
94
Philippines
0.51
95
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.49
96
Mali
0.47
97
Uzbekistan
0.44
98
Qatar
0.42
99
Guyana
0.42
100
United States
0.42
101
Zimbabwe
0.42
102
Lesotho
0.42
103
Uganda
0.39
104
El Salvador
0.39
105
Syrian Arab Republic
0.35
106
Panama
0.35
107
Thailand
0.31
108
Argentina
0.26
109
Cote d'Ivoire
0.23
110
China
0.23
111
Jordan
0.21
112
Tanzania
0.18
113
Bangladesh
0.18
114
Serbia
0.17
115
Ecuador
0.15
116
Mozambique
0.08
117
Solomon Islands
0.07
118
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.04
119
Cuba
0.04
120
Congo, Rep.
0.01
121
Gabon
0
122
Madagascar
0
123
Saudi Arabia
-0.03
124
Mexico
-0.05
125
Djibouti
-0.09
126
Algeria
-0.09
127
Honduras
-0.11
128
Mauritania
-0.14
129
Israel
-0.14
130
Romania
-0.16
131
Burkina Faso
-0.17
132
Chad
-0.19
133
Nepal
-0.2
134
Angola
-0.24
135
Botswana
-0.25
136
Peru
-0.27
137
Kyrgyz Republic
-0.28
138
Lao PDR
-0.33
139
Cambodia
-0.5
140
Egypt, Arab Rep.
-0.51
141
Hungary
-0.52
142
Russian Federation
-0.53
143
Central African Republic
-0.57
144
Slovak Republic
-0.58
145
United Arab Emirates
-0.58
146
Tajikistan
-0.6
147
Myanmar
-0.63
148
Bahrain
-0.65
149
Hong Kong SAR, China
-0.68
150
Burundi
-0.69
151
Pakistan
-0.69
152
Albania
-0.77
153
Oman
-0.82
154
Comoros
-0.84
155
Papua New Guinea
-0.87
156
Turkiye
-0.93
157
Paraguay
-0.95
158
Eritrea
-1
159
Sudan
-1.1
160
Bolivia
-1.1
161
Azerbaijan
-1.1
162
Turkmenistan
-1.2
163
Guinea
-1.4
164
Guinea-Bissau
-1.4
165
Afghanistan
-1.5
166
Equatorial Guinea
-1.8
167
Eswatini
-1.8
168
Nicaragua
-2
169
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
-2
170
Belarus
-2
171
Yemen, Rep.
-2.1
172
South Sudan
-2.4
173
Venezuela, RB
-2.5
174
Cameroon
-2.8
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