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195 countries · 1789–2025
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2025
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East Asia & Pacific
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Colombia
1
2
Djibouti
1
3
Czechia
1
4
Dominica
1
5
Cyprus
1
6
Denmark
1
7
Costa Rica
1
8
Cabo Verde
1
9
Comoros
1
10
Dominican Republic
1
11
Congo, Rep.
1
12
Congo, Dem. Rep.
1
13
Algeria
1
14
Cameroon
1
15
Cote d'Ivoire
1
16
Ecuador
1
17
Chile
1
18
Switzerland
1
19
Egypt, Arab Rep.
1
20
Canada
1
21
Central African Republic
1
22
Botswana
1
23
Bhutan
1
24
Spain
1
25
Estonia
1
26
Barbados
1
27
Brazil
1
28
Ethiopia
1
29
Bolivia
1
30
Belize
1
31
Finland
1
32
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
33
Fiji
1
34
Bahamas, The
1
35
Bahrain
1
36
Bulgaria
1
37
France
1
38
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
1
39
Gabon
1
40
Benin
1
41
Belgium
1
42
United Kingdom
1
43
Burundi
1
44
Azerbaijan
1
45
Austria
1
46
Georgia
1
47
Australia
1
48
Ghana
1
49
Antigua and Barbuda
1
50
Armenia
1
51
Gambia, The
1
52
Argentina
1
53
Germany
1
54
Equatorial Guinea
1
55
Andorra
1
56
Albania
1
57
Greece
1
58
Angola
1
59
Grenada
1
60
Nepal
1
61
Sri Lanka
1
62
Indonesia
1
63
Moldova
1
64
Montenegro
1
65
Korea, Rep.
1
66
Thailand
1
67
San Marino
1
68
Iceland
1
69
North Macedonia
1
70
Hungary
1
71
India
1
72
Panama
1
73
Timor-Leste
1
74
Lithuania
1
75
Seychelles
1
76
Liberia
1
77
Norway
1
78
Latvia
1
79
Maldives
1
80
Chad
1
81
Slovenia
1
82
Palau
1
83
Lesotho
1
84
Nigeria
1
85
Mongolia
1
86
Philippines
1
87
Pakistan
1
88
Italy
1
89
Tajikistan
1
90
Singapore
1
91
United States
1
92
Samoa
1
93
Morocco
1
94
Mozambique
1
95
Japan
1
96
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1
97
Kenya
1
98
Jordan
1
99
Uruguay
1
100
South Africa
1
101
Solomon Islands
1
102
Namibia
1
103
Slovak Republic
1
104
Poland
1
105
Monaco
1
106
Malaysia
1
107
Tuvalu
1
108
Trinidad and Tobago
1
109
Iraq
1
110
Kyrgyz Republic
1
111
Guatemala
1
112
Papua New Guinea
1
113
St. Kitts and Nevis
1
114
Romania
1
115
Lebanon
1
116
El Salvador
1
117
Uganda
1
118
Peru
1
119
Sierra Leone
1
120
Jamaica
1
121
Vanuatu
1
122
Turkiye
1
123
Naoero
1
124
Mauritania
1
125
Liechtenstein
1
126
Senegal
1
127
Netherlands
1
128
Rwanda
1
129
Croatia
1
130
Togo
1
131
Portugal
1
132
Israel
1
133
Taiwan
1
134
Mauritius
1
135
Tonga
1
136
Marshall Islands
1
137
Serbia
1
138
Guyana
1
139
Suriname
1
140
Ireland
1
141
Iran, Islamic Rep.
1
142
St. Lucia
1
143
Kiribati
1
144
Malta
1
145
Sweden
1
146
Luxembourg
1
147
Honduras
1
148
Kazakhstan
1
149
New Zealand
1
150
Mexico
1
151
Uzbekistan
1
152
Paraguay
1
153
Tanzania
1
154
Sao Tome and Principe
1
155
Ukraine
1
156
Malawi
1
157
Zambia
1
158
Zimbabwe
1
159
Syrian Arab Republic
0
160
Lao PDR
0
161
Russian Federation
0
162
Nicaragua
0
163
Viet Nam
0
164
Tunisia
0
165
Madagascar
0
166
Turkmenistan
0
167
Mali
0
168
South Sudan
0
169
Cambodia
0
170
Haiti
0
171
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0
172
Libya
0
173
Myanmar
0
174
Niger
0
175
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0
176
Saudi Arabia
0
177
Venezuela, RB
0
178
Sudan
0
179
Kuwait
0
180
Yemen, Rep.
0
181
Qatar
0
182
Oman
0
183
Eswatini
0
184
Cuba
0
185
Bangladesh
0
186
Belarus
0
187
Burkina Faso
0
188
Guinea
0
189
Guinea-Bissau
0
190
Eritrea
0
191
United Arab Emirates
0
192
Afghanistan
0
193
Brunei Darussalam
0
194
China
0
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