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194 countries · 1816–2025
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2025
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East Asia & Pacific
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Country
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Value
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1
Tanzania
1
2
Zambia
1
3
Togo
1
4
Eswatini
1
5
Trinidad and Tobago
1
6
Tonga
1
7
Tunisia
1
8
South Africa
1
9
Turkiye
1
10
Tuvalu
1
11
Taiwan
1
12
Uganda
1
13
Ukraine
1
14
Uruguay
1
15
Yemen, Rep.
1
16
United States
1
17
Uzbekistan
1
18
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1
19
Venezuela, RB
1
20
Viet Nam
1
21
Zimbabwe
1
22
Timor-Leste
1
23
Turkmenistan
1
24
Seychelles
1
25
Sweden
1
26
Syrian Arab Republic
1
27
Tajikistan
1
28
Chad
1
29
Thailand
1
30
Samoa
1
31
Vanuatu
1
32
Albania
1
33
Azerbaijan
1
34
Burundi
1
35
Estonia
1
36
Belgium
1
37
Antigua and Barbuda
1
38
Benin
1
39
Burkina Faso
1
40
Bangladesh
1
41
Bulgaria
1
42
Armenia
1
43
Bahrain
1
44
Bahamas, The
1
45
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
46
Spain
1
47
Argentina
1
48
Belarus
1
49
Belize
1
50
Bolivia
1
51
Brazil
1
52
Barbados
1
53
United Arab Emirates
1
54
Algeria
1
55
Brunei Darussalam
1
56
Bhutan
1
57
Botswana
1
58
Central African Republic
1
59
Eritrea
1
60
Ethiopia
1
61
Canada
1
62
Switzerland
1
63
Chile
1
64
China
1
65
Andorra
1
66
Cote d'Ivoire
1
67
Cameroon
1
68
Congo, Dem. Rep.
1
69
Congo, Rep.
1
70
Egypt, Arab Rep.
1
71
Colombia
1
72
Comoros
1
73
Cabo Verde
1
74
Angola
1
75
Costa Rica
1
76
Cuba
1
77
Cyprus
1
78
Czechia
1
79
Germany
1
80
Ecuador
1
81
Afghanistan
1
82
Djibouti
1
83
Dominica
1
84
Denmark
1
85
Dominican Republic
1
86
Australia
1
87
Austria
1
88
Malta
1
89
Ireland
1
90
Qatar
1
91
Pakistan
1
92
El Salvador
1
93
Croatia
1
94
Liberia
1
95
Slovenia
1
96
Ghana
1
97
Rwanda
1
98
Mongolia
1
99
Saudi Arabia
1
100
Liechtenstein
1
101
Haiti
1
102
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
1
103
Netherlands
1
104
Madagascar
1
105
Finland
1
106
Mauritania
1
107
Monaco
1
108
Oman
1
109
Maldives
1
110
Iran, Islamic Rep.
1
111
Paraguay
1
112
Kiribati
1
113
Senegal
1
114
Montenegro
1
115
Suriname
1
116
Serbia
1
117
Guyana
1
118
Mauritius
1
119
India
1
120
Guatemala
1
121
Morocco
1
122
Romania
1
123
Iraq
1
124
Nigeria
1
125
Portugal
1
126
Georgia
1
127
Latvia
1
128
St. Kitts and Nevis
1
129
Guinea
1
130
Indonesia
1
131
Iceland
1
132
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
1
133
New Zealand
1
134
Singapore
1
135
Malawi
1
136
Luxembourg
1
137
St. Lucia
1
138
Mexico
1
139
Grenada
1
140
Nepal
1
141
Honduras
1
142
Israel
1
143
Poland
1
144
Italy
1
145
Jamaica
1
146
Papua New Guinea
1
147
Korea, Rep.
1
148
Solomon Islands
1
149
Sudan
1
150
Greece
1
151
Fiji
1
152
Jordan
1
153
Nicaragua
1
154
Marshall Islands
1
155
Myanmar
1
156
Norway
1
157
Palau
1
158
Malaysia
1
159
Lebanon
1
160
Lithuania
1
161
Moldova
1
162
South Sudan
1
163
San Marino
1
164
Libya
1
165
United Kingdom
1
166
Japan
1
167
Slovak Republic
1
168
Mali
1
169
Mozambique
1
170
Philippines
1
171
Kazakhstan
1
172
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
1
173
Sierra Leone
1
174
Equatorial Guinea
1
175
Naoero
1
176
Peru
1
177
Gabon
1
178
Namibia
1
179
Lesotho
1
180
Russian Federation
1
181
Kuwait
1
182
North Macedonia
1
183
Lao PDR
1
184
Hungary
1
185
Kenya
1
186
Kyrgyz Republic
1
187
Panama
1
188
Guinea-Bissau
1
189
France
1
190
Niger
1
191
Sri Lanka
1
192
Gambia, The
1
193
Sao Tome and Principe
1
194
Cambodia
1
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