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2025
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Venezuela, RB
0.97
2
Chad
0.95
3
Nicaragua
0.94
4
Cameroon
0.94
5
Cambodia
0.9
6
Yemen, Rep.
0.9
7
Turkmenistan
0.9
8
South Sudan
0.89
9
Tajikistan
0.89
10
Iraq
0.89
11
Azerbaijan
0.89
12
Uganda
0.89
13
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.89
14
Madagascar
0.88
15
Liberia
0.88
16
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.87
17
Myanmar
0.86
18
Equatorial Guinea
0.86
19
Central African Republic
0.85
20
Zimbabwe
0.85
21
Burundi
0.85
22
Congo, Rep.
0.84
23
Philippines
0.84
24
Nigeria
0.83
25
Lebanon
0.83
26
Guinea-Bissau
0.83
27
Mauritania
0.83
28
Uzbekistan
0.82
29
Libya
0.81
30
Guinea
0.81
31
Turkiye
0.8
32
Pakistan
0.8
33
Paraguay
0.8
34
Indonesia
0.8
35
Serbia
0.79
36
Kyrgyz Republic
0.79
37
Haiti
0.79
38
Russian Federation
0.78
39
Bangladesh
0.78
40
Comoros
0.77
41
Afghanistan
0.77
42
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.77
43
Lao PDR
0.77
44
Bolivia
0.76
45
Togo
0.76
46
North Macedonia
0.75
47
Honduras
0.75
48
Eritrea
0.75
49
Kazakhstan
0.74
50
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.73
51
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.73
52
Gabon
0.72
53
Mali
0.72
54
Sudan
0.72
55
Djibouti
0.71
56
Mozambique
0.7
57
Mongolia
0.69
58
India
0.68
59
Papua New Guinea
0.68
60
El Salvador
0.68
61
Morocco
0.67
62
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.67
63
Algeria
0.66
64
Ecuador
0.65
65
Bulgaria
0.64
66
Cuba
0.64
67
Ukraine
0.64
68
Thailand
0.64
69
Peru
0.63
70
Malawi
0.63
71
Albania
0.62
72
Syrian Arab Republic
0.62
73
Guatemala
0.62
74
Ghana
0.62
75
Solomon Islands
0.6
76
Cote d'Ivoire
0.6
77
Niger
0.59
78
Dominican Republic
0.59
79
Mexico
0.57
80
Sierra Leone
0.57
81
Angola
0.57
82
Kenya
0.56
83
Nepal
0.56
84
China
0.55
85
Eswatini
0.55
86
South Africa
0.54
87
Ethiopia
0.53
88
Guyana
0.51
89
Hungary
0.49
90
Panama
0.49
91
Bahrain
0.48
92
Armenia
0.47
93
Lesotho
0.47
94
Viet Nam
0.47
95
Montenegro
0.43
96
Zambia
0.43
97
Brazil
0.42
98
Jordan
0.42
99
Romania
0.42
100
Rwanda
0.42
101
Argentina
0.42
102
Belarus
0.41
103
Tunisia
0.41
104
Senegal
0.4
105
Colombia
0.39
106
Burkina Faso
0.37
107
Mauritius
0.36
108
Kuwait
0.35
109
Vanuatu
0.33
110
Qatar
0.33
111
Tanzania
0.33
112
Saudi Arabia
0.33
113
Moldova
0.33
114
Malaysia
0.32
115
Maldives
0.31
116
Slovak Republic
0.29
117
Sao Tome and Principe
0.29
118
Georgia
0.29
119
Fiji
0.29
120
Cabo Verde
0.29
121
Sri Lanka
0.28
122
Greece
0.28
123
Namibia
0.27
124
Gambia, The
0.27
125
Croatia
0.25
126
Oman
0.25
127
Timor-Leste
0.25
128
Taiwan
0.21
129
Jamaica
0.21
130
Costa Rica
0.21
131
Botswana
0.2
132
Benin
0.19
133
Malta
0.19
134
Suriname
0.17
135
Czechia
0.17
136
Cyprus
0.17
137
Portugal
0.17
138
Lithuania
0.16
139
Italy
0.16
140
Korea, Rep.
0.16
141
Bhutan
0.15
142
Spain
0.11
143
Israel
0.11
144
United Arab Emirates
0.11
145
Trinidad and Tobago
0.1
146
Austria
0.1
147
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.09
148
Poland
0.08
149
Slovenia
0.08
150
Chile
0.08
151
Barbados
0.07
152
Latvia
0.07
153
United States
0.06
154
France
0.06
155
Uruguay
0.06
156
Seychelles
0.05
157
Japan
0.05
158
United Kingdom
0.04
159
Ireland
0.03
160
Belgium
0.03
161
Finland
0.03
162
Australia
0.03
163
Netherlands
0.03
164
Canada
0.03
165
Estonia
0.03
166
Luxembourg
0.03
167
Germany
0.02
168
Switzerland
0.02
169
Iceland
0.01
170
New Zealand
0.01
171
Singapore
0.01
172
Norway
0.01
173
Sweden
0.01
174
Denmark
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