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2022
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Country
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Value
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1
Moldova
1
2
New Zealand
1
3
Madagascar
1
4
Sierra Leone
1
5
Myanmar
1
6
Singapore
1
7
Romania
1
8
Oman
1
9
Solomon Islands
1
10
Nigeria
1
11
Niger
1
12
North Macedonia
1
13
Rwanda
1
14
Namibia
1
15
Monaco
1
16
Malta
1
17
Paraguay
1
18
Pakistan
1
19
Montenegro
1
20
Malaysia
1
21
Russian Federation
1
22
Sudan
1
23
Malawi
1
24
Panama
1
25
Qatar
1
26
Mauritius
1
27
Morocco
1
28
Peru
1
29
Marshall Islands
1
30
Mongolia
1
31
Naoero
1
32
Mauritania
1
33
Mozambique
1
34
Philippines
1
35
Norway
1
36
Palau
1
37
Senegal
1
38
Papua New Guinea
1
39
Mexico
1
40
Netherlands
1
41
Poland
1
42
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
1
43
Portugal
1
44
Maldives
1
45
Mali
1
46
Nicaragua
1
47
Nepal
1
48
Saudi Arabia
1
49
India
1
50
Haiti
1
51
Luxembourg
1
52
Denmark
1
53
Gambia, The
1
54
Eritrea
1
55
Sri Lanka
1
56
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
1
57
Latvia
1
58
Greece
1
59
Guatemala
1
60
Jordan
1
61
Dominica
1
62
France
1
63
Italy
1
64
Liechtenstein
1
65
Jamaica
1
66
Iceland
1
67
Cambodia
1
68
Kyrgyz Republic
1
69
Egypt, Arab Rep.
1
70
Estonia
1
71
Lithuania
1
72
Lao PDR
1
73
Kazakhstan
1
74
St. Kitts and Nevis
1
75
Spain
1
76
Ireland
1
77
Korea, Rep.
1
78
Lebanon
1
79
Fiji
1
80
Kenya
1
81
Finland
1
82
Libya
1
83
Liberia
1
84
Kuwait
1
85
Kiribati
1
86
United Kingdom
1
87
Iraq
1
88
Lesotho
1
89
Djibouti
1
90
Ghana
1
91
Algeria
1
92
St. Lucia
1
93
Guinea
1
94
Guyana
1
95
Japan
1
96
Dominican Republic
1
97
Guinea-Bissau
1
98
Equatorial Guinea
1
99
Ethiopia
1
100
Georgia
1
101
Iran, Islamic Rep.
1
102
Croatia
1
103
Honduras
1
104
Grenada
1
105
Ecuador
1
106
Indonesia
1
107
Gabon
1
108
Hungary
1
109
Israel
1
110
Taiwan
1
111
Bolivia
1
112
Belize
1
113
Belarus
1
114
Venezuela, RB
1
115
Chad
1
116
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
117
Bahamas, The
1
118
Bahrain
1
119
South Africa
1
120
Costa Rica
1
121
Togo
1
122
Viet Nam
1
123
Bulgaria
1
124
Bangladesh
1
125
Burkina Faso
1
126
Tunisia
1
127
Thailand
1
128
Timor-Leste
1
129
Suriname
1
130
Vanuatu
1
131
Benin
1
132
Belgium
1
133
Burundi
1
134
Argentina
1
135
Samoa
1
136
Azerbaijan
1
137
Austria
1
138
Australia
1
139
El Salvador
1
140
Tuvalu
1
141
Zimbabwe
1
142
San Marino
1
143
Sao Tome and Principe
1
144
Slovak Republic
1
145
Cabo Verde
1
146
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
1
147
Serbia
1
148
Zambia
1
149
Turkiye
1
150
South Sudan
1
151
Comoros
1
152
Afghanistan
1
153
Uganda
1
154
Tajikistan
1
155
Cuba
1
156
Slovenia
1
157
Cyprus
1
158
Colombia
1
159
Antigua and Barbuda
1
160
Congo, Rep.
1
161
Congo, Dem. Rep.
1
162
Ukraine
1
163
Czechia
1
164
Sweden
1
165
Trinidad and Tobago
1
166
Yemen, Rep.
1
167
Cameroon
1
168
Albania
1
169
Cote d'Ivoire
1
170
China
1
171
Uruguay
1
172
Chile
1
173
Switzerland
1
174
Canada
1
175
Eswatini
1
176
United States
1
177
Central African Republic
1
178
Turkmenistan
1
179
Andorra
1
180
Botswana
1
181
Tanzania
1
182
Seychelles
1
183
Bhutan
1
184
Uzbekistan
1
185
Brunei Darussalam
1
186
Barbados
1
187
Germany
1
188
Syrian Arab Republic
1
189
Tonga
1
190
Angola
1
191
Brazil
1
192
Armenia
1
193
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1
194
United Arab Emirates
1
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