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Value
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1
Central African Republic
3.7%
2
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
3.3%
3
Niger
3.3%
4
Congo, Dem. Rep.
3.3%
5
Mali
3.1%
6
Chad
3.1%
7
Angola
3.1%
8
Mozambique
3%
9
Yemen, Rep.
3%
10
Uganda
3%
11
Afghanistan
3%
12
Tanzania
2.9%
13
Mauritania
2.9%
14
Zambia
2.8%
15
Sudan
2.7%
16
Burundi
2.7%
17
Cameroon
2.7%
18
Malawi
2.6%
19
Ethiopia
2.6%
20
Benin
2.5%
21
Guinea
2.5%
22
Madagascar
2.5%
23
Congo, Rep.
2.4%
24
Cote d'Ivoire
2.4%
25
Gambia, The
2.4%
26
Togo
2.4%
27
Senegal
2.4%
28
Burkina Faso
2.4%
29
Guinea-Bissau
2.3%
30
Vanuatu
2.3%
31
Liberia
2.3%
32
Zimbabwe
2.3%
33
Sao Tome and Principe
2.3%
34
Eritrea
2.2%
35
Rwanda
2.2%
36
Sierra Leone
2.2%
37
Solomon Islands
2.2%
38
Equatorial Guinea
2.2%
39
Iraq
2.2%
40
Tajikistan
2.2%
41
Comoros
2.1%
42
Gabon
2.1%
43
Pakistan
2.1%
44
Nigeria
2.1%
45
Uzbekistan
2%
46
Kenya
2%
47
West Bank and Gaza
2%
48
Namibia
2%
49
Ghana
1.9%
50
Samoa
1.9%
51
Botswana
1.9%
52
South Sudan
1.9%
53
Kiribati
1.9%
54
Papua New Guinea
1.8%
55
Naoero
1.8%
56
Jordan
1.8%
57
Honduras
1.7%
58
Syrian Arab Republic
1.7%
59
Tonga
1.7%
60
Eswatini
1.6%
61
Guatemala
1.6%
62
Turkmenistan
1.6%
63
Egypt, Arab Rep.
1.6%
64
Kyrgyz Republic
1.5%
65
Bangladesh
1.5%
66
Lao PDR
1.5%
67
Algeria
1.5%
68
Oman
1.5%
69
Timor-Leste
1.5%
70
Nicaragua
1.5%
71
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
1.5%
72
Haiti
1.4%
73
Cambodia
1.4%
74
Paraguay
1.4%
75
Marshall Islands
1.4%
76
Saudi Arabia
1.4%
77
Bolivia
1.4%
78
Tuvalu
1.4%
79
Lesotho
1.3%
80
Kazakhstan
1.3%
81
Djibouti
1.3%
82
Belize
1.3%
83
Israel
1.3%
84
Mongolia
1.3%
85
Guyana
1.3%
86
Nepal
1.2%
87
Dominican Republic
1.2%
88
Panama
1.1%
89
Morocco
1.1%
90
Guam
1.1%
91
Suriname
1.1%
92
Peru
1%
93
Bahrain
1%
94
Libya
1%
95
Lebanon
1%
96
Ecuador
0.99%
97
Philippines
0.98%
98
Mexico
0.95%
99
South Africa
0.95%
100
India
0.95%
101
Qatar
0.9%
102
United Arab Emirates
0.88%
103
Fiji
0.87%
104
Maldives
0.87%
105
Kuwait
0.84%
106
Indonesia
0.84%
107
American Samoa
0.84%
108
Brunei Darussalam
0.84%
109
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.83%
110
El Salvador
0.82%
111
Northern Mariana Islands
0.82%
112
Colombia
0.81%
113
New Caledonia
0.8%
114
St. Martin (French part)
0.78%
115
Tunisia
0.77%
116
Myanmar
0.75%
117
Venezuela, RB
0.75%
118
Cabo Verde
0.73%
119
French Polynesia
0.73%
120
Malaysia
0.73%
121
Viet Nam
0.73%
122
Cayman Islands
0.7%
123
Sri Lanka
0.7%
124
Bhutan
0.66%
125
Turkiye
0.6%
126
Gibraltar
0.56%
127
Azerbaijan
0.56%
128
Seychelles
0.54%
129
Brazil
0.52%
130
Antigua and Barbuda
0.5%
131
Costa Rica
0.47%
132
Australia
0.46%
133
Iceland
0.45%
134
Greenland
0.43%
135
New Zealand
0.42%
136
Cyprus
0.37%
137
Jamaica
0.35%
138
Luxembourg
0.35%
139
Singapore
0.34%
140
Ireland
0.34%
141
Argentina
0.34%
142
Turks and Caicos Islands
0.33%
143
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.33%
144
Grenada
0.29%
145
St. Lucia
0.26%
146
Chile
0.25%
147
Armenia
0.24%
148
British Virgin Islands
0.24%
149
Trinidad and Tobago
0.23%
150
Faroe Islands
0.23%
151
Bahamas, The
0.21%
152
United States
0.2%
153
Albania
0.19%
154
Liechtenstein
0.18%
155
St. Kitts and Nevis
0.18%
156
Macao SAR, China
0.15%
157
Norway
0.13%
158
Canada
0.11%
159
Switzerland
0.11%
160
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
0.1%
161
Andorra
0.08%
162
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0.07%
163
Barbados
0.06%
164
Mauritius
0.05%
165
Malta
0.05%
166
United Kingdom
0.05%
167
Sweden
0.04%
168
France
0.03%
169
Denmark
0.01%
170
Uruguay
0.01%
171
Netherlands
0.01%
172
Aruba
-0.01%
173
Slovak Republic
-0.03%
174
Georgia
-0.03%
175
Montenegro
-0.04%
176
Palau
-0.06%
177
Thailand
-0.06%
178
Bermuda
-0.08%
179
Belgium
-0.1%
180
Cuba
-0.14%
181
North Macedonia
-0.16%
182
Dominica
-0.17%
183
Slovenia
-0.17%
184
Austria
-0.18%
185
China
-0.2%
186
Czechia
-0.2%
187
San Marino
-0.21%
188
Korea, Rep.
-0.21%
189
Isle of Man
-0.21%
190
Hong Kong SAR, China
-0.21%
191
Spain
-0.23%
192
Curacao
-0.24%
193
Poland
-0.24%
194
Portugal
-0.28%
195
Moldova
-0.29%
196
Finland
-0.29%
197
Taiwan
-0.31%
198
Russian Federation
-0.34%
199
Germany
-0.37%
200
Romania
-0.38%
201
Estonia
-0.41%
202
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
-0.42%
203
Hungary
-0.44%
204
Italy
-0.47%
205
Puerto Rico (US)
-0.49%
206
Serbia
-0.5%
207
Greece
-0.52%
208
Bosnia and Herzegovina
-0.57%
209
Bulgaria
-0.59%
210
Croatia
-0.61%
211
Belarus
-0.62%
212
Japan
-0.62%
213
Lithuania
-0.68%
214
Latvia
-0.71%
215
Ukraine
-0.75%
216
Monaco
-1.2%
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