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200 countries · 2000–2025
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2025
All regions
East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
All income groups
High income
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Lower middle income
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Country
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Value
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1
China
1,199.9
2
United States
209.5
3
India
131
4
Germany
107.2
5
Japan
92.2
6
Brazil
64.7
7
Spain
44.9
8
Australia
42.4
9
Italy
41.2
10
Korea, Rep.
34
11
France
31.1
12
Netherlands
25.9
13
Turkiye
25.5
14
Poland
25.4
15
United Kingdom
21.7
16
Viet Nam
19.2
17
Taiwan
15.5
18
Mexico
12.9
19
Chile
12
20
Saudi Arabia
11.9
21
Greece
11.1
22
South Africa
10.6
23
Belgium
10.4
24
Austria
10.3
25
Switzerland
8.8
26
Hungary
8.2
27
Israel
7.1
28
Thailand
6.8
29
United Arab Emirates
6.8
30
Portugal
6.8
31
Romania
6.2
32
Uzbekistan
5.9
33
Bulgaria
5.9
34
Ukraine
5.5
35
Sweden
5.5
36
Canada
5.4
37
Denmark
5
38
Czechia
4.5
39
Philippines
3.9
40
Pakistan
3.7
41
Egypt, Arab Rep.
3.2
42
Lithuania
3.1
43
Malaysia
3.1
44
Argentina
2.6
45
Sri Lanka
2.5
46
Russian Federation
2.4
47
Ireland
2.3
48
Jordan
2.2
49
Dominican Republic
2.1
50
Iran, Islamic Rep.
1.8
51
Colombia
1.7
52
Qatar
1.7
53
Oman
1.7
54
Slovenia
1.6
55
Finland
1.6
56
Lebanon
1.5
57
Cambodia
1.5
58
Singapore
1.5
59
Puerto Rico (US)
1.4
60
Kazakhstan
1.3
61
Croatia
1.3
62
North Macedonia
1.1
63
Lao PDR
1.1
64
Slovak Republic
1
65
Bangladesh
1
66
Estonia
0.98
67
Panama
0.97
68
Peru
0.97
69
Indonesia
0.97
70
Latvia
0.92
71
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.91
72
Tunisia
0.89
73
Norway
0.88
74
Albania
0.88
75
Cyprus
0.86
76
New Zealand
0.83
77
Luxembourg
0.77
78
El Salvador
0.74
79
Moldova
0.71
80
Armenia
0.71
81
Honduras
0.58
82
Cuba
0.56
83
Morocco
0.52
84
Kenya
0.48
85
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.42
86
Algeria
0.39
87
Angola
0.38
88
Namibia
0.38
89
Zambia
0.33
90
Uruguay
0.32
91
Serbia
0.32
92
Georgia
0.32
93
West Bank and Gaza
0.31
94
Senegal
0.28
95
Azerbaijan
0.28
96
Belarus
0.28
97
Malta
0.25
98
New Caledonia
0.22
99
Yemen, Rep.
0.19
100
Syrian Arab Republic
0.19
101
Bolivia
0.19
102
Burkina Faso
0.18
103
Mongolia
0.18
104
Nigeria
0.18
105
Ghana
0.17
106
Botswana
0.17
107
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.16
108
Nepal
0.16
109
Mauritius
0.16
110
Myanmar
0.12
111
Ecuador
0.12
112
Jamaica
0.12
113
Bahrain
0.11
114
Chad
0.11
115
Nicaragua
0.11
116
Guam
0.1
117
Mozambique
0.1
118
Zimbabwe
0.1
119
Malawi
0.1
120
Guatemala
0.1
121
Kyrgyz Republic
0.1
122
Montenegro
0.1
123
Trinidad and Tobago
0.1
124
Mali
0.1
125
Uganda
0.08
126
Costa Rica
0.08
127
French Polynesia
0.08
128
Niger
0.07
129
Togo
0.07
130
Barbados
0.07
131
Mauritania
0.07
132
Cameroon
0.06
133
Sudan
0.05
134
Madagascar
0.05
135
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
0.05
136
Kuwait
0.05
137
Afghanistan
0.04
138
South Sudan
0.04
139
Central African Republic
0.04
140
Cabo Verde
0.03
141
Cote d'Ivoire
0.03
142
Lesotho
0.03
143
Eswatini
0.03
144
Benin
0.03
145
Suriname
0.03
146
Guyana
0.02
147
Iraq
0.02
148
Gambia, The
0.02
149
Palau
0.02
150
Bhutan
0.02
151
St. Martin (French part)
0.02
152
Samoa
0.02
153
Bahamas, The
0.02
154
Antigua and Barbuda
0.02
155
Tonga
0.02
156
Aruba
0.01
157
Seychelles
0.01
158
Curacao
0.01
159
Cayman Islands
0.01
160
Rwanda
0.01
161
Gabon
0.01
162
Andorra
0.01
163
Comoros
0.01
164
Naoero
0.01
165
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.01
166
Burundi
0.01
167
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0.01
168
Sierra Leone
0.01
169
Belize
0.01
170
Brunei Darussalam
0.01
171
American Samoa
0.01
172
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0.01
173
St. Lucia
0.01
174
Solomon Islands
0.01
175
Fiji
0
176
St. Kitts and Nevis
0
177
Turks and Caicos Islands
0
178
Grenada
0
179
Haiti
0
180
Libya
0
181
Tuvalu
0
182
Vanuatu
0
183
Marshall Islands
0
184
Papua New Guinea
0
185
Venezuela, RB
0
186
Kiribati
0
187
Sao Tome and Principe
0
188
British Virgin Islands
0
189
Paraguay
0
190
Dominica
0
191
Faroe Islands
0
192
Timor-Leste
0
193
Eritrea
0
194
Tajikistan
0
195
Guinea
0
196
Tanzania
0
197
Turkmenistan
0
198
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
0
199
Iceland
0
200
Liberia
0
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