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194 countries · 1816–2022
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2022
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Country
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Value
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1
Haiti
1
2
Belgium
1
3
Iraq
1
4
Germany
1
5
Djibouti
1
6
Czechia
1
7
Dominica
1
8
Benin
1
9
Gambia, The
1
10
Iceland
1
11
Central African Republic
1
12
Azerbaijan
1
13
Burkina Faso
1
14
Iran, Islamic Rep.
1
15
Denmark
1
16
Ghana
1
17
Cyprus
1
18
Austria
1
19
Cuba
1
20
Bangladesh
1
21
Australia
1
22
Dominican Republic
1
23
Guinea-Bissau
1
24
Bulgaria
1
25
Ireland
1
26
Israel
1
27
Costa Rica
1
28
Cabo Verde
1
29
Algeria
1
30
Georgia
1
31
Antigua and Barbuda
1
32
Bahrain
1
33
Equatorial Guinea
1
34
Bahamas, The
1
35
Comoros
1
36
Armenia
1
37
Ecuador
1
38
India
1
39
Colombia
1
40
Italy
1
41
Egypt, Arab Rep.
1
42
United Kingdom
1
43
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
44
Argentina
1
45
Greece
1
46
Belarus
1
47
Congo, Rep.
1
48
Indonesia
1
49
United Arab Emirates
1
50
Eritrea
1
51
Congo, Dem. Rep.
1
52
Belize
1
53
Jamaica
1
54
Grenada
1
55
Spain
1
56
Gabon
1
57
Bolivia
1
58
Cameroon
1
59
Andorra
1
60
Hungary
1
61
Cote d'Ivoire
1
62
Albania
1
63
Estonia
1
64
Brazil
1
65
Botswana
1
66
Guatemala
1
67
Jordan
1
68
Barbados
1
69
China
1
70
Ethiopia
1
71
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
1
72
Angola
1
73
Chile
1
74
Brunei Darussalam
1
75
Afghanistan
1
76
Finland
1
77
Bhutan
1
78
Guyana
1
79
Switzerland
1
80
Croatia
1
81
Japan
1
82
Canada
1
83
Fiji
1
84
France
1
85
Guinea
1
86
Honduras
1
87
Burundi
1
88
El Salvador
1
89
Mongolia
1
90
Kenya
1
91
Nicaragua
1
92
Tunisia
1
93
Montenegro
1
94
Norway
1
95
Korea, Rep.
1
96
Nepal
1
97
Togo
1
98
Turkiye
1
99
Myanmar
1
100
Naoero
1
101
Malta
1
102
Chad
1
103
Tuvalu
1
104
New Zealand
1
105
Mali
1
106
Samoa
1
107
South Africa
1
108
Oman
1
109
Syrian Arab Republic
1
110
North Macedonia
1
111
Pakistan
1
112
Taiwan
1
113
Marshall Islands
1
114
Panama
1
115
Seychelles
1
116
Mexico
1
117
Tajikistan
1
118
Nigeria
1
119
Cambodia
1
120
Zambia
1
121
Peru
1
122
Tanzania
1
123
Maldives
1
124
Philippines
1
125
Eswatini
1
126
Mauritania
1
127
Madagascar
1
128
Palau
1
129
Uganda
1
130
Moldova
1
131
Niger
1
132
Papua New Guinea
1
133
Sweden
1
134
Ukraine
1
135
Monaco
1
136
Poland
1
137
Slovenia
1
138
Mauritius
1
139
Morocco
1
140
Tonga
1
141
Kazakhstan
1
142
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
1
143
Kiribati
1
144
Portugal
1
145
Slovak Republic
1
146
Uruguay
1
147
Latvia
1
148
Luxembourg
1
149
Turkmenistan
1
150
Paraguay
1
151
Yemen, Rep.
1
152
Namibia
1
153
Qatar
1
154
Suriname
1
155
Trinidad and Tobago
1
156
United States
1
157
Romania
1
158
Lithuania
1
159
Russian Federation
1
160
Sao Tome and Principe
1
161
Lesotho
1
162
Uzbekistan
1
163
Rwanda
1
164
Sri Lanka
1
165
South Sudan
1
166
Mozambique
1
167
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1
168
Saudi Arabia
1
169
Liechtenstein
1
170
Sudan
1
171
Serbia
1
172
Malawi
1
173
St. Lucia
1
174
St. Kitts and Nevis
1
175
Venezuela, RB
1
176
Senegal
1
177
Libya
1
178
Singapore
1
179
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
1
180
Malaysia
1
181
Liberia
1
182
Viet Nam
1
183
Timor-Leste
1
184
Solomon Islands
1
185
Lebanon
1
186
Sierra Leone
1
187
San Marino
1
188
Lao PDR
1
189
Kyrgyz Republic
1
190
Zimbabwe
1
191
Vanuatu
1
192
Netherlands
1
193
Thailand
1
194
Kuwait
1
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