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196 countries · 2005–2025
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2025
All regions
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Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
All income groups
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Lower middle income
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Country
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Value
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1
Uruguay
1
2
Spain
1
3
Estonia
1
4
Germany
1
5
Finland
1
6
Fiji
1
7
France
1
8
Czechia
1
9
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
1
10
United Kingdom
1
11
Cyprus
1
12
Ghana
1
13
Costa Rica
1
14
Greece
1
15
Grenada
1
16
Cabo Verde
1
17
Guyana
1
18
Croatia
1
19
Hungary
1
20
Colombia
1
21
India
1
22
Ireland
1
23
Iceland
1
24
Israel
1
25
Italy
1
26
Jamaica
1
27
Japan
1
28
Kiribati
1
29
St. Kitts and Nevis
1
30
Korea, Rep.
1
31
Chile
1
32
Liberia
1
33
Switzerland
1
34
St. Lucia
1
35
Liechtenstein
1
36
Canada
1
37
Sri Lanka
1
38
Lesotho
1
39
Lithuania
1
40
Luxembourg
1
41
Latvia
1
42
Monaco
1
43
Botswana
1
44
Moldova
1
45
Bhutan
1
46
Mexico
1
47
Marshall Islands
1
48
North Macedonia
1
49
Malta
1
50
Barbados
1
51
Montenegro
1
52
Mongolia
1
53
Brazil
1
54
Mauritius
1
55
Malawi
1
56
Bolivia
1
57
Namibia
1
58
Belize
1
59
Netherlands
1
60
Norway
1
61
Nepal
1
62
Naoero
1
63
New Zealand
1
64
Bahamas, The
1
65
Panama
1
66
Peru
1
67
Philippines
1
68
Palau
1
69
Poland
1
70
Bulgaria
1
71
Portugal
1
72
Paraguay
1
73
Romania
1
74
Senegal
1
75
Solomon Islands
1
76
Belgium
1
77
Sierra Leone
1
78
San Marino
1
79
Sao Tome and Principe
1
80
Suriname
1
81
Slovak Republic
1
82
Slovenia
1
83
Austria
1
84
Sweden
1
85
Seychelles
1
86
Australia
1
87
Antigua and Barbuda
1
88
Armenia
1
89
Timor-Leste
1
90
Tonga
1
91
Trinidad and Tobago
1
92
Argentina
1
93
Tuvalu
1
94
Taiwan
1
95
Andorra
1
96
United States
1
97
Albania
1
98
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1
99
Vanuatu
1
100
Samoa
1
101
South Africa
1
102
Denmark
1
103
Dominican Republic
1
104
Dominica
1
105
Ecuador
1
106
El Salvador
0
107
Azerbaijan
0
108
Gambia, The
0
109
South Sudan
0
110
Serbia
0
111
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0
112
Burundi
0
113
Guinea-Bissau
0
114
Equatorial Guinea
0
115
Singapore
0
116
Ethiopia
0
117
Benin
0
118
Sudan
0
119
Saudi Arabia
0
120
Rwanda
0
121
Russian Federation
0
122
Burkina Faso
0
123
Eritrea
0
124
Qatar
0
125
Guatemala
0
126
Bangladesh
0
127
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0
128
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0
129
Papua New Guinea
0
130
Hong Kong SAR, China
0
131
Honduras
0
132
Bahrain
0
133
Zambia
0
134
Comoros
0
135
Pakistan
0
136
Oman
0
137
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0
138
Haiti
0
139
Belarus
0
140
Nicaragua
0
141
Indonesia
0
142
Nigeria
0
143
Niger
0
144
Malaysia
0
145
Congo, Rep.
0
146
Mauritania
0
147
Mozambique
0
148
Zimbabwe
0
149
Thailand
0
150
Angola
0
151
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0
152
Iraq
0
153
Djibouti
0
154
Algeria
0
155
Uzbekistan
0
156
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0
157
Jordan
0
158
Ukraine
0
159
Cameroon
0
160
Kazakhstan
0
161
Kenya
0
162
Cote d'Ivoire
0
163
Tajikistan
0
164
Kyrgyz Republic
0
165
Cambodia
0
166
Turkmenistan
0
167
China
0
168
Gabon
0
169
Chad
0
170
Venezuela, RB
0
171
Kuwait
0
172
Lao PDR
0
173
Lebanon
0
174
Uganda
0
175
Libya
0
176
Central African Republic
0
177
Morocco
0
178
Madagascar
0
179
Tanzania
0
180
Maldives
0
181
Brunei Darussalam
0
182
Mali
0
183
Myanmar
0
184
Tunisia
0
185
Turkiye
0
186
Viet Nam
0
187
United Arab Emirates
0
188
Syrian Arab Republic
0
189
Yemen, Rep.
0
190
Afghanistan
0
191
Eswatini
0
192
Togo
0
193
Georgia
0
194
Guinea
0
195
Cuba
0
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