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Value
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1
Macao SAR, China
100%
2
Thailand
100%
3
San Marino
100%
4
Singapore
100%
5
Romania
100%
6
New Zealand
100%
7
Norway
100%
8
Netherlands
100%
9
Mauritius
100%
10
Malta
100%
11
Mexico
100%
12
Monaco
100%
13
Luxembourg
100%
14
Lithuania
100%
15
Lao PDR
100%
16
Kuwait
100%
17
Israel
100%
18
Iceland
100%
19
Hungary
100%
20
Hong Kong SAR, China
100%
21
Greece
100%
22
Gibraltar
100%
23
United Kingdom
100%
24
France
100%
25
Finland
100%
26
Estonia
100%
27
Denmark
100%
28
Germany
100%
29
Switzerland
100%
30
Samoa
100%
31
Brazil
100%
32
Bermuda
100%
33
Belgium
100%
34
Austria
100%
35
United Arab Emirates
100%
36
Andorra
100%
37
Portugal
100%
38
United States
100%
39
Australia
100%
40
Croatia
99.9%
41
St. Martin (French part)
99.9%
42
Colombia
99.9%
43
Spain
99.9%
44
Belarus
99.9%
45
Armenia
99.9%
46
Paraguay
99.9%
47
Turkmenistan
99.9%
48
Costa Rica
99.8%
49
Bhutan
99.8%
50
Azerbaijan
99.8%
51
Uruguay
99.8%
52
Chile
99.8%
53
Argentina
99.8%
54
Tonga
99.8%
55
Iraq
99.8%
56
Sweden
99.8%
57
Cyprus
99.7%
58
Bulgaria
99.7%
59
Palau
99.6%
60
Slovak Republic
99.6%
61
Georgia
99.6%
62
Maldives
99.5%
63
Kyrgyz Republic
99.5%
64
Trinidad and Tobago
99.5%
65
Jordan
99.4%
66
Turks and Caicos Islands
99.2%
67
Honduras
99.2%
68
Bolivia
99.2%
69
Montenegro
99.2%
70
Viet Nam
99.2%
71
Ghana
99.1%
72
Russian Federation
99%
73
Saudi Arabia
98.9%
74
Belize
98.9%
75
Latvia
98.9%
76
Czechia
98.8%
77
Bangladesh
98.8%
78
Antigua and Barbuda
98.7%
79
Iran, Islamic Rep.
98.7%
80
Suriname
98.7%
81
Fiji
98.7%
82
Malaysia
98.7%
83
Egypt, Arab Rep.
98.6%
84
Panama
98.5%
85
West Bank and Gaza
98.4%
86
Tunisia
98.3%
87
Morocco
98.3%
88
Philippines
98.3%
89
North Macedonia
98.3%
90
Canada
98.3%
91
Tuvalu
98.2%
92
Eswatini
98.1%
93
Uzbekistan
98.1%
94
Kazakhstan
98%
95
Dominican Republic
97.9%
96
Moldova
97.9%
97
Naoero
97.8%
98
Peru
97.8%
99
South Africa
97.8%
100
Ecuador
97.8%
101
Timor-Leste
97.7%
102
Sri Lanka
97.6%
103
St. Lucia
97.5%
104
China
97.3%
105
Vanuatu
97.2%
106
Dominica
97.1%
107
India
97.1%
108
Afghanistan
96.9%
109
Botswana
96.8%
110
Guatemala
96.7%
111
Ireland
96.6%
112
Turkiye
96.4%
113
Namibia
96.2%
114
Mongolia
96.1%
115
Cuba
96.1%
116
Myanmar
96%
117
Albania
95.7%
118
Poland
95.6%
119
Syrian Arab Republic
95.6%
120
Serbia
95.5%
121
Guyana
95.5%
122
Cayman Islands
95.5%
123
Senegal
95.4%
124
El Salvador
95.2%
125
Cabo Verde
95.1%
126
Nigeria
95.1%
127
Indonesia
95%
128
Tajikistan
94.9%
129
Bosnia and Herzegovina
94.9%
130
Algeria
94.8%
131
Lesotho
94.7%
132
Oman
94.7%
133
Cambodia
94.1%
134
Zimbabwe
93.7%
135
Mali
93.5%
136
Guinea
93.3%
137
Pakistan
92.9%
138
Gabon
92.4%
139
Nepal
92.3%
140
Gambia, The
91.8%
141
Solomon Islands
91.3%
142
Burundi
91.2%
143
Ukraine
90.8%
144
Mauritania
90.4%
145
Zambia
90.3%
146
Jamaica
90.1%
147
Kiribati
90%
148
Comoros
89.9%
149
Mozambique
89.4%
150
Kenya
88.9%
151
Cote d'Ivoire
88.7%
152
Yemen, Rep.
88.5%
153
Rwanda
87.8%
154
Niger
87.3%
155
Tanzania
86.2%
156
Liberia
86%
157
Malawi
86%
158
Marshall Islands
85.8%
159
Haiti
85.5%
160
Papua New Guinea
84.4%
161
Djibouti
84.3%
162
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
83.6%
163
Ethiopia
83.5%
164
Angola
81.7%
165
Sierra Leone
81.7%
166
Cameroon
81.6%
167
Burkina Faso
81.5%
168
Uganda
80%
169
Sao Tome and Principe
79.3%
170
Madagascar
78.2%
171
Chad
77.9%
172
Benin
75.9%
173
Sudan
73.9%
174
Togo
73.6%
175
Guinea-Bissau
72.7%
176
South Sudan
66.1%
177
Congo, Dem. Rep.
59.3%
178
Central African Republic
48.1%
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