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2025
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Belgium
3.5
2
Denmark
3.3
3
Estonia
3.2
4
Portugal
3.2
5
Luxembourg
3
6
Ireland
3
7
Canada
3
8
Brazil
3
9
New Zealand
2.9
10
Iceland
2.8
11
Sweden
2.7
12
Finland
2.7
13
Chile
2.7
14
Norway
2.6
15
Austria
2.5
16
Vanuatu
2.5
17
France
2.3
18
Australia
2.2
19
Germany
2.2
20
Czechia
2.2
21
Jamaica
2.2
22
Poland
2.1
23
Suriname
2.1
24
Barbados
2.1
25
Switzerland
2
26
Sri Lanka
2
27
Uruguay
1.9
28
Montenegro
1.9
29
Sierra Leone
1.9
30
Korea, Rep.
1.9
31
Trinidad and Tobago
1.9
32
Dominican Republic
1.8
33
Botswana
1.8
34
Latvia
1.7
35
Guatemala
1.7
36
Kenya
1.7
37
South Africa
1.7
38
Mauritius
1.7
39
Honduras
1.6
40
Nepal
1.6
41
Paraguay
1.5
42
Solomon Islands
1.5
43
Ghana
1.5
44
Japan
1.4
45
Cabo Verde
1.4
46
Malta
1.4
47
Gambia, The
1.4
48
Haiti
1.3
49
Mongolia
1.3
50
Namibia
1.3
51
Lithuania
1.3
52
United Kingdom
1.3
53
Guinea
1.3
54
Netherlands
1.3
55
Colombia
1.3
56
Romania
1.2
57
Bhutan
1.2
58
Maldives
1.2
59
Timor-Leste
1.2
60
Spain
1.2
61
Taiwan
1.1
62
Tunisia
1.1
63
Greece
1.1
64
Lesotho
1.1
65
Papua New Guinea
1
66
Sao Tome and Principe
1
67
Costa Rica
0.93
68
Benin
0.93
69
Nigeria
0.92
70
Peru
0.91
71
Slovak Republic
0.88
72
United States
0.88
73
Panama
0.83
74
Niger
0.79
75
Guyana
0.79
76
Georgia
0.79
77
Cyprus
0.78
78
Croatia
0.72
79
Philippines
0.71
80
Mauritania
0.68
81
Zambia
0.67
82
Ecuador
0.65
83
Bangladesh
0.61
84
Italy
0.6
85
Bolivia
0.6
86
Madagascar
0.59
87
Seychelles
0.58
88
Argentina
0.55
89
Fiji
0.55
90
Liberia
0.54
91
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.51
92
Israel
0.46
93
Kuwait
0.43
94
Malawi
0.43
95
Senegal
0.39
96
Cote d'Ivoire
0.29
97
Lebanon
0.29
98
Bulgaria
0.29
99
North Macedonia
0.23
100
Indonesia
0.22
101
Armenia
0.2
102
Rwanda
0.18
103
Syrian Arab Republic
0.16
104
Gabon
0.07
105
Libya
0.06
106
Hungary
0.04
107
Malaysia
-0.02
108
Hong Kong SAR, China
-0.02
109
Cameroon
-0.09
110
Comoros
-0.16
111
Iraq
-0.16
112
Pakistan
-0.16
113
Singapore
-0.18
114
India
-0.26
115
Morocco
-0.28
116
Central African Republic
-0.31
117
Mali
-0.32
118
Mozambique
-0.35
119
Kyrgyz Republic
-0.39
120
Ethiopia
-0.39
121
Congo, Dem. Rep.
-0.42
122
Moldova
-0.43
123
Albania
-0.45
124
Burkina Faso
-0.47
125
Thailand
-0.51
126
Ukraine
-0.51
127
Slovenia
-0.55
128
Uganda
-0.58
129
Mexico
-0.58
130
Zimbabwe
-0.65
131
Jordan
-0.74
132
Sudan
-0.76
133
Togo
-0.76
134
Uzbekistan
-0.91
135
Guinea-Bissau
-0.94
136
Angola
-0.95
137
Yemen, Rep.
-0.98
138
Djibouti
-0.99
139
Oman
-1
140
Qatar
-1.1
141
Kazakhstan
-1.1
142
Tanzania
-1.2
143
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
-1.2
144
El Salvador
-1.2
145
Saudi Arabia
-1.3
146
Algeria
-1.3
147
Viet Nam
-1.5
148
Lao PDR
-1.5
149
Iran, Islamic Rep.
-1.5
150
United Arab Emirates
-1.7
151
Bahrain
-1.7
152
Cambodia
-1.8
153
Eswatini
-1.8
154
Chad
-1.8
155
Equatorial Guinea
-1.9
156
Egypt, Arab Rep.
-1.9
157
Serbia
-1.9
158
Turkiye
-2
159
Venezuela, RB
-2
160
Cuba
-2
161
Congo, Rep.
-2.1
162
Nicaragua
-2.2
163
Tajikistan
-2.2
164
Russian Federation
-2.2
165
Burundi
-2.2
166
Azerbaijan
-2.3
167
China
-2.4
168
Afghanistan
-2.5
169
Turkmenistan
-2.7
170
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
-2.8
171
Belarus
-2.8
172
Myanmar
-3
173
Eritrea
-3
174
South Sudan
-3
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