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