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198 countries · 1972–2025
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1
Bahamas, The
2
2
Andorra
2
3
Korea, Rep.
2
4
Slovenia
2
5
St. Kitts and Nevis
2
6
Finland
2
7
Sweden
2
8
Kiribati
2
9
Fiji
2
10
Tonga
2
11
Portugal
2
12
Botswana
2
13
France
2
14
Argentina
2
15
St. Lucia
2
16
Denmark
2
17
Palau
2
18
Tuvalu
2
19
Liechtenstein
2
20
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
2
21
New Zealand
2
22
Vanuatu
2
23
Australia
2
24
Namibia
2
25
Mongolia
2
26
Dominica
2
27
Switzerland
2
28
Belgium
2
29
United Kingdom
2
30
United States
2
31
Trinidad and Tobago
2
32
Bolivia
2
33
Croatia
2
34
Lesotho
2
35
Germany
2
36
Sao Tome and Principe
2
37
Suriname
2
38
Ireland
2
39
Taiwan
2
40
Lithuania
2
41
Bulgaria
2
42
Guyana
2
43
Japan
2
44
Panama
2
45
Ghana
2
46
Belize
2
47
Samoa
2
48
Czechia
2
49
Slovak Republic
2
50
Luxembourg
2
51
Barbados
2
52
Uruguay
2
53
Colombia
2
54
Jamaica
2
55
Cyprus
2
56
Latvia
2
57
Chile
2
58
Antigua and Barbuda
2
59
Italy
2
60
Monaco
2
61
Marshall Islands
2
62
Romania
2
63
Costa Rica
2
64
Israel
2
65
Malta
2
66
Cabo Verde
2
67
Norway
2
68
Solomon Islands
2
69
Iceland
2
70
Greece
2
71
Senegal
2
72
Grenada
2
73
Brazil
2
74
South Africa
2
75
Naoero
2
76
Netherlands
2
77
Spain
2
78
Mauritius
2
79
Estonia
2
80
Bhutan
2
81
Seychelles
2
82
Timor-Leste
2
83
Austria
2
84
San Marino
2
85
Poland
2
86
Canada
2
87
Malawi
2
88
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
2
89
North Macedonia
1
90
Benin
1
91
Serbia
1
92
India
1
93
Albania
1
94
Papua New Guinea
1
95
Tunisia
1
96
Bangladesh
1
97
Nepal
1
98
Togo
1
99
Honduras
1
100
Jordan
1
101
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
102
Georgia
1
103
Mauritania
1
104
Montenegro
1
105
Peru
1
106
Philippines
1
107
Sri Lanka
1
108
Madagascar
1
109
Maldives
1
110
El Salvador
1
111
Kenya
1
112
Paraguay
1
113
Ecuador
1
114
Mozambique
1
115
Dominican Republic
1
116
Zambia
1
117
Armenia
1
118
Pakistan
1
119
Hungary
1
120
Ukraine
1
121
Hong Kong SAR, China
1
122
Comoros
1
123
Guinea-Bissau
1
124
Lebanon
1
125
Singapore
1
126
Morocco
1
127
Guatemala
1
128
Sierra Leone
1
129
Mexico
1
130
Cote d'Ivoire
1
131
Moldova
1
132
Indonesia
1
133
Malaysia
1
134
Nigeria
1
135
Liberia
1
136
Gambia, The
1
137
Congo, Rep.
0
138
Syrian Arab Republic
0
139
Mali
0
140
Burkina Faso
0
141
Chad
0
142
Myanmar
0
143
Eswatini
0
144
Thailand
0
145
Bahrain
0
146
Tajikistan
0
147
Libya
0
148
Lao PDR
0
149
Turkmenistan
0
150
Kuwait
0
151
Cambodia
0
152
Kyrgyz Republic
0
153
Niger
0
154
Kazakhstan
0
155
Belarus
0
156
Turkiye
0
157
Nicaragua
0
158
Iraq
0
159
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0
160
Burundi
0
161
Haiti
0
162
Tanzania
0
163
Uganda
0
164
Angola
0
165
Oman
0
166
Azerbaijan
0
167
Equatorial Guinea
0
168
South Sudan
0
169
Guinea
0
170
Gabon
0
171
Brunei Darussalam
0
172
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0
173
Uzbekistan
0
174
Ethiopia
0
175
Afghanistan
0
176
Eritrea
0
177
Venezuela, RB
0
178
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0
179
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0
180
Viet Nam
0
181
Algeria
0
182
Djibouti
0
183
Qatar
0
184
Yemen, Rep.
0
185
Central African Republic
0
186
Cuba
0
187
Russian Federation
0
188
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0
189
Rwanda
0
190
Cameroon
0
191
Saudi Arabia
0
192
China
0
193
Zimbabwe
0
194
Sudan
0
195
United Arab Emirates
0
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