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