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