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2025
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Country
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Value
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1
Syrian Arab Republic
2
2
Turkmenistan
2
3
Palau
2
4
Timor-Leste
2
5
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
2
6
Slovenia
2
7
Yemen, Rep.
2
8
Tonga
2
9
Slovak Republic
2
10
Philippines
2
11
Samoa
2
12
Trinidad and Tobago
2
13
Pakistan
2
14
Togo
2
15
Eswatini
2
16
Ukraine
2
17
San Marino
2
18
Thailand
2
19
Uruguay
2
20
Panama
2
21
Zambia
2
22
Oman
2
23
Solomon Islands
2
24
El Salvador
2
25
United States
2
26
Sierra Leone
2
27
Zimbabwe
2
28
South Africa
2
29
Papua New Guinea
2
30
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
2
31
Tajikistan
2
32
Sweden
2
33
Uzbekistan
2
34
Suriname
2
35
Sao Tome and Principe
2
36
Vanuatu
2
37
Russian Federation
2
38
Chad
2
39
Tunisia
2
40
Turkiye
2
41
Sudan
2
42
Tuvalu
2
43
Portugal
2
44
South Sudan
2
45
Viet Nam
2
46
Taiwan
2
47
Serbia
2
48
Senegal
2
49
Romania
2
50
Tanzania
2
51
Peru
2
52
Rwanda
2
53
Paraguay
2
54
Seychelles
2
55
Poland
2
56
Singapore
2
57
Uganda
2
58
Venezuela, RB
2
59
Colombia
2
60
Central African Republic
2
61
Czechia
2
62
Benin
2
63
Argentina
2
64
Algeria
2
65
Israel
2
66
Belize
2
67
Armenia
2
68
Italy
2
69
Iraq
2
70
France
2
71
Iceland
2
72
Cabo Verde
2
73
Burundi
2
74
Finland
2
75
Iran, Islamic Rep.
2
76
Angola
2
77
Ireland
2
78
Estonia
2
79
Grenada
2
80
Bangladesh
2
81
Djibouti
2
82
Eritrea
2
83
Georgia
2
84
Chile
2
85
Austria
2
86
Indonesia
2
87
Honduras
2
88
Spain
2
89
Cyprus
2
90
Fiji
2
91
Denmark
2
92
Bahrain
2
93
Guinea
2
94
Botswana
2
95
Equatorial Guinea
2
96
Ethiopia
2
97
Croatia
2
98
Belgium
2
99
Switzerland
2
100
Bhutan
2
101
Ecuador
2
102
Bolivia
2
103
Congo, Rep.
2
104
Azerbaijan
2
105
Belarus
2
106
Barbados
2
107
Cote d'Ivoire
2
108
Cuba
2
109
United Kingdom
2
110
Hungary
2
111
Guinea-Bissau
2
112
Congo, Dem. Rep.
2
113
Guatemala
2
114
Ghana
2
115
Dominica
2
116
Bulgaria
2
117
Canada
2
118
Burkina Faso
2
119
Gambia, The
2
120
Antigua and Barbuda
2
121
China
2
122
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
123
Comoros
2
124
India
2
125
Haiti
2
126
Germany
2
127
Australia
2
128
Brazil
2
129
Costa Rica
2
130
Guyana
2
131
Gabon
2
132
Greece
2
133
Dominican Republic
2
134
Afghanistan
2
135
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
2
136
Bahamas, The
2
137
Albania
2
138
Cameroon
2
139
Andorra
2
140
Egypt, Arab Rep.
2
141
Niger
2
142
Monaco
2
143
Lao PDR
2
144
Lebanon
2
145
Moldova
2
146
Madagascar
2
147
Kuwait
2
148
Latvia
2
149
Maldives
2
150
Mexico
2
151
Korea, Rep.
2
152
Luxembourg
2
153
Marshall Islands
2
154
North Macedonia
2
155
St. Kitts and Nevis
2
156
Norway
2
157
Naoero
2
158
Nepal
2
159
Morocco
2
160
Mali
2
161
Malta
2
162
Kiribati
2
163
Liberia
2
164
Myanmar
2
165
Lithuania
2
166
Cambodia
2
167
Lesotho
2
168
Montenegro
2
169
Mongolia
2
170
Kyrgyz Republic
2
171
Libya
2
172
Mozambique
2
173
Mauritania
2
174
Kenya
2
175
Sri Lanka
2
176
Mauritius
2
177
Malawi
2
178
Kazakhstan
2
179
St. Lucia
2
180
Malaysia
2
181
Namibia
2
182
Japan
2
183
New Zealand
2
184
Nigeria
2
185
Jordan
2
186
Liechtenstein
2
187
Nicaragua
2
188
Netherlands
2
189
Jamaica
2
190
United Arab Emirates
0
191
Brunei Darussalam
0
192
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0
193
Saudi Arabia
0
194
Qatar
0
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