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195 countries · 1789–2025
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2025
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East Asia & Pacific
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Country
↕
Value
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1
Argentina
2
2
Bahrain
2
3
Azerbaijan
2
4
Belgium
2
5
Angola
2
6
Burkina Faso
2
7
Antigua and Barbuda
2
8
Australia
2
9
Benin
2
10
Brazil
2
11
Albania
2
12
Austria
2
13
Bolivia
2
14
Barbados
2
15
Belarus
2
16
Armenia
2
17
Bangladesh
2
18
Belize
2
19
Afghanistan
2
20
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
21
Bulgaria
2
22
Bahamas, The
2
23
Burundi
2
24
Andorra
2
25
Israel
2
26
Trinidad and Tobago
2
27
Sweden
2
28
Myanmar
2
29
Paraguay
2
30
China
2
31
Czechia
2
32
Tunisia
2
33
El Salvador
2
34
Malawi
2
35
Germany
2
36
Philippines
2
37
Eswatini
2
38
Kenya
2
39
Malta
2
40
Yemen, Rep.
2
41
Iceland
2
42
Equatorial Guinea
2
43
Seychelles
2
44
Sierra Leone
2
45
United States
2
46
Malaysia
2
47
Solomon Islands
2
48
Iraq
2
49
Nepal
2
50
Zambia
2
51
Guyana
2
52
Chile
2
53
Georgia
2
54
Djibouti
2
55
Samoa
2
56
Guatemala
2
57
Kyrgyz Republic
2
58
Mali
2
59
Finland
2
60
Syrian Arab Republic
2
61
Namibia
2
62
Switzerland
2
63
Singapore
2
64
Lesotho
2
65
Iran, Islamic Rep.
2
66
Morocco
2
67
Dominica
2
68
Fiji
2
69
Chad
2
70
Poland
2
71
Cambodia
2
72
Canada
2
73
Senegal
2
74
Lebanon
2
75
North Macedonia
2
76
Ireland
2
77
Moldova
2
78
Denmark
2
79
Sudan
2
80
Palau
2
81
Togo
2
82
Cyprus
2
83
Central African Republic
2
84
Tanzania
2
85
Timor-Leste
2
86
Niger
2
87
Portugal
2
88
Dominican Republic
2
89
India
2
90
Kiribati
2
91
Sri Lanka
2
92
Botswana
2
93
United Kingdom
2
94
Turkiye
2
95
Marshall Islands
2
96
Luxembourg
2
97
Algeria
2
98
Nigeria
2
99
Grenada
2
100
St. Kitts and Nevis
2
101
Libya
2
102
Uganda
2
103
Bhutan
2
104
Venezuela, RB
2
105
Lithuania
2
106
France
2
107
Ecuador
2
108
Indonesia
2
109
Thailand
2
110
Hungary
2
111
Egypt, Arab Rep.
2
112
Rwanda
2
113
Korea, Rep.
2
114
Mexico
2
115
Greece
2
116
Tajikistan
2
117
Vanuatu
2
118
Nicaragua
2
119
Haiti
2
120
Tonga
2
121
Tuvalu
2
122
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
2
123
Turkmenistan
2
124
Eritrea
2
125
Kuwait
2
126
Maldives
2
127
Papua New Guinea
2
128
Liberia
2
129
Russian Federation
2
130
Oman
2
131
Zimbabwe
2
132
Lao PDR
2
133
Panama
2
134
Gambia, The
2
135
Netherlands
2
136
Spain
2
137
Viet Nam
2
138
Croatia
2
139
Romania
2
140
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
2
141
Taiwan
2
142
Peru
2
143
Guinea
2
144
Gabon
2
145
Estonia
2
146
Norway
2
147
South Africa
2
148
New Zealand
2
149
Latvia
2
150
Jordan
2
151
Colombia
2
152
Guinea-Bissau
2
153
Sao Tome and Principe
2
154
Uruguay
2
155
Madagascar
2
156
Mozambique
2
157
South Sudan
2
158
Suriname
2
159
Pakistan
2
160
Japan
2
161
Congo, Rep.
2
162
Naoero
2
163
Jamaica
2
164
Mongolia
2
165
Comoros
2
166
Serbia
2
167
Slovak Republic
2
168
Congo, Dem. Rep.
2
169
Mauritania
2
170
Cabo Verde
2
171
Monaco
2
172
Kazakhstan
2
173
Montenegro
2
174
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
2
175
Costa Rica
2
176
Ghana
2
177
Slovenia
2
178
Cameroon
2
179
St. Lucia
2
180
Honduras
2
181
Mauritius
2
182
Uzbekistan
2
183
Ethiopia
2
184
Ukraine
2
185
Cuba
2
186
Cote d'Ivoire
2
187
San Marino
2
188
Italy
2
189
Liechtenstein
2
190
Qatar
0
191
Saudi Arabia
0
192
Brunei Darussalam
0
193
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0
194
United Arab Emirates
0
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