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Country
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Value
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1
Monaco
54.4
2
Japan
49
3
Italy
47.5
4
San Marino
47.4
5
Portugal
46.2
6
Hong Kong SAR, China
46.2
7
Greece
45.7
8
Isle of Man
45.7
9
Puerto Rico (US)
45.3
10
Germany
45.1
11
Bermuda
45.1
12
Bosnia and Herzegovina
44.9
13
Spain
44.9
14
Croatia
44.8
15
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
44.7
16
Korea, Rep.
44.5
17
Bulgaria
44.3
18
Liechtenstein
44.2
19
Slovenia
43.9
20
Serbia
43.9
21
Taiwan
43.5
22
Hungary
43.3
23
Andorra
43.2
24
Austria
43.1
25
Latvia
43.1
26
Finland
42.8
27
Czechia
42.7
28
Romania
42.6
29
Switzerland
42.3
30
Lithuania
42.1
31
Ukraine
42
32
Estonia
41.9
33
France
41.8
34
Cuba
41.7
35
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
41.6
36
Belgium
41.4
37
Netherlands
41.4
38
Poland
41.3
39
Slovak Republic
41.3
40
Denmark
41.2
41
Aruba
41
42
Belarus
40.5
43
Canada
40.3
44
Malta
40.3
45
North Macedonia
40.3
46
Sweden
39.9
47
United Kingdom
39.8
48
Thailand
39.7
49
Norway
39.5
50
Russian Federation
39.5
51
St. Martin (French part)
39.4
52
Montenegro
39.3
53
China
39.1
54
Barbados
38.9
55
Luxembourg
38.9
56
Gibraltar
38.9
57
Ireland
38.4
58
Macao SAR, China
38.3
59
Turks and Caicos Islands
38.3
60
Curacao
38.2
61
United States
38
62
Cayman Islands
37.9
63
Palau
37.8
64
Cyprus
37.8
65
Moldova
37.8
66
Australia
37.8
67
British Virgin Islands
37.5
68
New Zealand
37.3
69
Faroe Islands
37.3
70
Mauritius
36.9
71
Georgia
36.8
72
Trinidad and Tobago
36.7
73
Albania
36.3
74
Northern Mariana Islands
36.1
75
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
36
76
Chile
36
77
Armenia
35.8
78
Iceland
35.8
79
Uruguay
35.8
80
Dominica
35.6
81
Antigua and Barbuda
35.5
82
St. Kitts and Nevis
35.3
83
Singapore
35.1
84
French Polynesia
34.8
85
Bahamas, The
34.6
86
Kuwait
34.5
87
Greenland
34.2
88
Costa Rica
34.1
89
Brazil
33.9
90
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
33.9
91
New Caledonia
33.9
92
St. Lucia
33.7
93
Seychelles
33.7
94
Grenada
33.4
95
Qatar
33.2
96
Bahrain
32.9
97
Iran, Islamic Rep.
32.9
98
Sri Lanka
32.8
99
Azerbaijan
32.6
100
Turkiye
32.5
101
Viet Nam
32.4
102
Tunisia
32.1
103
Argentina
32.1
104
Brunei Darussalam
31.8
105
Jamaica
31.7
106
Colombia
31.6
107
United Arab Emirates
31.2
108
Maldives
31.1
109
Guam
31.1
110
Malaysia
30.1
111
Indonesia
29.8
112
Panama
29.6
113
Myanmar
29.5
114
Kazakhstan
29.5
115
Peru
29.5
116
Bhutan
29.4
117
Oman
29.3
118
Saudi Arabia
29.2
119
Morocco
29.2
120
Israel
29.2
121
Venezuela, RB
29
122
Mexico
28.9
123
American Samoa
28.4
124
Ecuador
28.4
125
Lebanon
28.3
126
South Africa
28.2
127
Algeria
28.2
128
Suriname
28.1
129
India
28.1
130
Cabo Verde
27.9
131
Fiji
27.7
132
Dominican Republic
27.7
133
Libya
27.2
134
El Salvador
27
135
Uzbekistan
26.9
136
Mongolia
26.8
137
Paraguay
26.3
138
Turkmenistan
26.2
139
Belize
25.9
140
Cambodia
25.8
141
Guyana
25.6
142
Bangladesh
25.3
143
Philippines
25.3
144
Nicaragua
25.3
145
Kyrgyz Republic
25.1
146
Nepal
24.7
147
Bolivia
24.7
148
Djibouti
24.4
149
Tuvalu
24.3
150
Lao PDR
24.3
151
Jordan
24.3
152
Egypt, Arab Rep.
24
153
Honduras
23.5
154
Haiti
23.5
155
Botswana
22.9
156
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
22.9
157
Kiribati
22.7
158
Guatemala
22.6
159
Papua New Guinea
22.3
160
Syrian Arab Republic
22.2
161
Eswatini
22
162
Tajikistan
21.9
163
Gabon
21.5
164
Lesotho
21.4
165
Equatorial Guinea
21
166
Timor-Leste
21
167
Namibia
21
168
Ghana
20.9
169
Marshall Islands
20.7
170
Tonga
20.7
171
Naoero
20.4
172
Iraq
20.3
173
Comoros
20.3
174
Pakistan
20.3
175
Solomon Islands
20.3
176
Vanuatu
20.1
177
Samoa
19.9
178
West Bank and Gaza
19.8
179
Kenya
19.5
180
Rwanda
19.4
181
Sierra Leone
19.3
182
Senegal
19.1
183
Sao Tome and Principe
19.1
184
Guinea-Bissau
18.9
185
Madagascar
18.9
186
Ethiopia
18.7
187
Eritrea
18.7
188
Liberia
18.4
189
Congo, Rep.
18.3
190
Sudan
18.3
191
Yemen, Rep.
18.2
192
Gambia, The
18.2
193
Togo
18.1
194
Cote d'Ivoire
18.1
195
Guinea
18
196
South Sudan
18
197
Zimbabwe
17.8
198
Benin
17.8
199
Nigeria
17.8
200
Cameroon
17.8
201
Malawi
17.6
202
Zambia
17.5
203
Burkina Faso
17.3
204
Tanzania
17.2
205
Mauritania
17.1
206
Afghanistan
16.9
207
Uganda
16.5
208
Angola
16.5
209
Mozambique
16.3
210
Burundi
15.9
211
Congo, Dem. Rep.
15.8
212
Mali
15.5
213
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
15.4
214
Chad
15.4
215
Niger
15.3
216
Central African Republic
14.3
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