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192 countries · 1991–2019
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2019
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North America
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Country
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Value
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1
Malta
13
2
Netherlands
11
3
Sweden
11
4
United Kingdom
11
5
South Africa
10.9
6
Uruguay
10.9
7
Norway
10.9
8
Finland
10.8
9
New Zealand
10.8
10
Spain
10.3
11
Belgium
10
12
Portugal
10
13
Denmark
9.9
14
Colombia
9.9
15
France
9.8
16
Germany
9.7
17
Australia
9.6
18
Canada
9.2
19
Austria
8.9
20
Ecuador
8.9
21
Brazil
8.7
22
Luxembourg
8.1
23
Bolivia
8
24
Ireland
8
25
Argentina
7.8
26
United States
7.1
27
Croatia
7
28
Peru
6.9
29
Israel
6.8
30
Slovenia
6.8
31
Greece
6.8
32
Estonia
6.8
33
Czechia
6.5
34
Mexico
6.1
35
Albania
6.1
36
Andorra
6.1
37
Thailand
6.1
38
Switzerland
6
39
Iceland
5.9
40
Hungary
5.8
41
Serbia
5.7
42
Taiwan
5.4
43
Italy
5.4
44
Bosnia and Herzegovina
5.3
45
Romania
5
46
Nepal
4.9
47
Bulgaria
4.9
48
Montenegro
4.9
49
Lithuania
4.2
50
Mongolia
4.1
51
Fiji
4.1
52
Georgia
4
53
Poland
4
54
Cyprus
4
55
Chile
4
56
Slovak Republic
3.9
57
Japan
3.9
58
Angola
3.6
59
Cabo Verde
3.1
60
Liechtenstein
3.1
61
El Salvador
3.1
62
Monaco
3.1
63
Costa Rica
3.1
64
Seychelles
3.1
65
Honduras
3.1
66
Philippines
3.1
67
Timor-Leste
3.1
68
Nicaragua
3.1
69
Russian Federation
3
70
Moldova
3
71
Mozambique
3
72
Cuba
2.9
73
Korea, Rep.
2.9
74
Latvia
2.9
75
Lesotho
2.1
76
Equatorial Guinea
2.1
77
Venezuela, RB
2.1
78
Ukraine
2.1
79
Azerbaijan
2.1
80
Tajikistan
2.1
81
Suriname
2.1
82
Sao Tome and Principe
2.1
83
Vanuatu
2.1
84
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
2.1
85
Central African Republic
2.1
86
Naoero
2.1
87
Mali
2.1
88
North Macedonia
2.1
89
Marshall Islands
2.1
90
Djibouti
2.1
91
Guatemala
2.1
92
Viet Nam
2.1
93
Lao PDR
2.1
94
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
2.1
95
Kazakhstan
2.1
96
Jordan
2.1
97
India
2.1
98
Haiti
2.1
99
Guinea-Bissau
2.1
100
Kyrgyz Republic
2
101
Armenia
2
102
Panama
1.9
103
China
1.9
104
Samoa
1.7
105
Botswana
1.5
106
Palau
1.1
107
Burkina Faso
1.1
108
Bahamas, The
1.1
109
Dominican Republic
1.1
110
Turkiye
1.1
111
St. Lucia
1.1
112
Congo, Dem. Rep.
1.1
113
Belize
1.1
114
San Marino
1.1
115
Cambodia
1.1
116
Mauritius
0.71
117
Tuvalu
0.71
118
Kiribati
0.61
119
Eswatini
0.6
120
Namibia
0.58
121
Malawi
0.46
122
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.09
123
Gabon
0.07
124
Iraq
0.07
125
Benin
0.07
126
Chad
0.07
127
Madagascar
0.07
128
Bahrain
0.07
129
Cote d'Ivoire
0.07
130
Congo, Rep.
0.07
131
Belarus
-0.01
132
Singapore
-0.21
133
Ghana
-0.23
134
Togo
-0.27
135
Grenada
-0.29
136
Brunei Darussalam
-0.33
137
Tonga
-0.33
138
Bhutan
-0.34
139
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
-0.34
140
Liberia
-0.34
141
Turkmenistan
-0.34
142
Papua New Guinea
-0.39
143
Solomon Islands
-0.39
144
Sri Lanka
-0.39
145
Ethiopia
-0.39
146
Eritrea
-0.39
147
Dominica
-0.39
148
Antigua and Barbuda
-0.39
149
Sierra Leone
-0.39
150
Guyana
-0.39
151
Kenya
-0.4
152
Guinea
-0.41
153
Senegal
-0.43
154
Comoros
-0.43
155
Myanmar
-0.43
156
South Sudan
-0.43
157
Barbados
-0.5
158
Gambia, The
-0.5
159
Pakistan
-0.54
160
Bangladesh
-0.54
161
Zambia
-0.63
162
Rwanda
-0.93
163
Niger
-0.93
164
Uzbekistan
-1.2
165
Kuwait
-1.3
166
Indonesia
-1.3
167
Jamaica
-1.3
168
Tunisia
-1.3
169
Syrian Arab Republic
-1.3
170
Oman
-1.3
171
Morocco
-1.4
172
Burundi
-1.4
173
Libya
-1.4
174
Cameroon
-1.4
175
Maldives
-1.4
176
Tanzania
-1.5
177
Trinidad and Tobago
-1.5
178
Mauritania
-1.6
179
Paraguay
-1.9
180
Afghanistan
-2.2
181
Qatar
-2.3
182
Lebanon
-2.3
183
Algeria
-2.4
184
Zimbabwe
-2.4
185
Sudan
-2.4
186
Malaysia
-2.5
187
Uganda
-2.5
188
Iran, Islamic Rep.
-2.5
189
United Arab Emirates
-2.5
190
Yemen, Rep.
-2.6
191
Saudi Arabia
-3.5
192
Nigeria
-3.7
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