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League table
2022
All regions
East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
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189 of 189
#
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
China
2.04M
2
India
1.46M
3
United States
1.36M
4
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
1.28M
5
Russian Federation
1.19M
6
Ukraine
688,000
7
Pakistan
652,000
8
Iran, Islamic Rep.
610,000
9
Korea, Rep.
555,000
10
Ethiopia
503,000
11
Viet Nam
482,000
12
Egypt, Arab Rep.
439,000
13
Indonesia
396,000
14
Brazil
367,000
15
Thailand
361,000
16
Myanmar
356,000
17
Turkiye
355,000
18
Eritrea
302,000
19
Saudi Arabia
257,000
20
Colombia
256,000
21
Sri Lanka
255,000
22
Japan
247,000
23
Mexico
216,000
24
France
203,000
25
Morocco
196,000
26
Iraq
193,000
27
Germany
183,000
28
Israel
170,000
29
Syrian Arab Republic
169,000
30
Taiwan
169,000
31
Bangladesh
163,000
32
Italy
161,000
33
United Kingdom
150,000
34
Philippines
145,000
35
Nigeria
143,000
36
Algeria
139,000
37
Congo, Dem. Rep.
134,000
38
Greece
132,000
39
Spain
124,000
40
Cambodia
124,000
41
Venezuela, RB
123,000
42
Poland
114,000
43
Malaysia
113,000
44
Angola
107,000
45
Sudan
104,000
46
Jordan
101,000
47
Afghanistan
100,000
48
Nepal
97,000
49
United Arab Emirates
83,000
50
Peru
81,000
51
South Africa
74,000
52
Romania
72,000
53
Argentina
72,000
54
Chile
69,000
55
Canada
67,000
56
Azerbaijan
64,000
57
Australia
60,000
58
Lebanon
60,000
59
Dominican Republic
56,000
60
South Sudan
53,000
61
Singapore
51,000
62
Cuba
49,000
63
Belarus
48,000
64
Uzbekistan
48,000
65
Uganda
45,000
66
Oman
43,000
67
Armenia
43,000
68
Ecuador
41,000
69
Yemen, Rep.
40,000
70
Kazakhstan
39,000
71
Turkmenistan
37,000
72
Bulgaria
37,000
73
Tunisia
36,000
74
Netherlands
34,000
75
Bolivia
34,000
76
Niger
33,000
77
Rwanda
33,000
78
Chad
33,000
79
Hungary
32,000
80
Burundi
30,000
81
Lao PDR
29,000
82
Zimbabwe
29,000
83
Serbia
28,000
84
Portugal
27,000
85
Tanzania
27,000
86
Cote d'Ivoire
27,000
87
Czechia
27,000
88
Cameroon
25,000
89
Norway
25,000
90
El Salvador
25,000
91
Kenya
24,000
92
Lithuania
23,000
93
Austria
23,000
94
Belgium
23,000
95
Georgia
21,000
96
Uruguay
21,000
97
Mali
21,000
98
Switzerland
20,000
99
Finland
19,000
100
Guatemala
18,000
101
Slovak Republic
18,000
102
Kuwait
18,000
103
Qatar
17,000
104
Croatia
17,000
105
Ghana
16,000
106
Mauritania
16,000
107
Sweden
15,000
108
Zambia
15,000
109
Honduras
15,000
110
Denmark
15,000
111
Paraguay
14,000
112
Senegal
14,000
113
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
14,000
114
Madagascar
14,000
115
Togo
13,000
116
Nicaragua
12,000
117
Cyprus
12,000
118
Benin
12,000
119
Bosnia and Herzegovina
11,000
120
Mozambique
11,000
121
Malawi
11,000
122
Kyrgyz Republic
11,000
123
Namibia
10,000
124
Mongolia
10,000
125
Congo, Rep.
10,000
126
Guinea
10,000
127
Central African Republic
9,000
128
Botswana
9,000
129
Sierra Leone
9,000
130
New Zealand
9,000
131
Tajikistan
9,000
132
North Macedonia
8,000
133
Ireland
8,000
134
Albania
8,000
135
Djibouti
8,000
136
Bahrain
8,000
137
Estonia
7,000
138
Brunei Darussalam
7,000
139
Burkina Faso
7,000
140
Latvia
7,000
141
Jamaica
6,000
142
Slovenia
6,000
143
Trinidad and Tobago
5,000
144
Moldova
5,000
145
Gabon
5,000
146
Gambia, The
4,000
147
Guinea-Bissau
4,000
148
Fiji
4,000
149
Papua New Guinea
4,000
150
Guyana
3,000
151
Belize
2,000
152
Bahamas, The
2,000
153
Malta
2,000
154
Suriname
2,000
155
Montenegro
2,000
156
Lesotho
2,000
157
Timor-Leste
2,000
158
Liberia
2,000
159
Tonga
1,000
160
Haiti
1,000
161
Barbados
1,000
162
Cabo Verde
1,000
163
Equatorial Guinea
1,000
164
Andorra
0
165
Dominica
0
166
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0
167
Grenada
0
168
Costa Rica
0
169
Antigua and Barbuda
0
170
Mauritius
0
171
Kiribati
0
172
St. Kitts and Nevis
0
173
Samoa
0
174
St. Lucia
0
175
Vanuatu
0
176
Liechtenstein
0
177
Luxembourg
0
178
Monaco
0
179
Maldives
0
180
Marshall Islands
0
181
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0
182
Naoero
0
183
Iceland
0
184
Panama
0
185
Palau
0
186
Solomon Islands
0
187
San Marino
0
188
Seychelles
0
189
Tuvalu
0
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