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145 countries · 1950–2019
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Country
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Value
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1
Singapore
4.4
2
Israel
3.9
3
Slovak Republic
3.8
4
United Kingdom
3.8
5
Korea, Rep.
3.8
6
United States
3.7
7
Canada
3.7
8
Switzerland
3.7
9
Germany
3.7
10
Czechia
3.7
11
Norway
3.7
12
Estonia
3.7
13
Luxembourg
3.6
14
Croatia
3.6
15
Belize
3.6
16
Denmark
3.6
17
Japan
3.6
18
Moldova
3.6
19
Slovenia
3.6
20
Kyrgyz Republic
3.5
21
Australia
3.5
22
Finland
3.5
23
Serbia
3.5
24
Poland
3.5
25
Sweden
3.4
26
Russian Federation
3.4
27
Hungary
3.4
28
New Zealand
3.4
29
Netherlands
3.4
30
Austria
3.4
31
Taiwan
3.4
32
Lithuania
3.3
33
Ukraine
3.3
34
Iceland
3.3
35
Romania
3.3
36
Hong Kong SAR, China
3.3
37
Qatar
3.3
38
France
3.2
39
Bulgaria
3.2
40
Ireland
3.2
41
Malta
3.2
42
Italy
3.2
43
Latvia
3.2
44
Belgium
3.1
45
Chile
3.1
46
Armenia
3.1
47
Greece
3.1
48
Kazakhstan
3.1
49
Argentina
3.1
50
Brazil
3.1
51
Trinidad and Tobago
3.1
52
Malaysia
3.1
53
Mongolia
3.1
54
Tajikistan
3
55
Spain
3
56
Bolivia
3
57
Albania
3
58
Macao SAR, China
3
59
Botswana
2.9
60
South Africa
2.9
61
Cyprus
2.9
62
Jordan
2.9
63
Venezuela, RB
2.9
64
Panama
2.9
65
Gabon
2.9
66
Viet Nam
2.9
67
Sri Lanka
2.9
68
Barbados
2.8
69
Peru
2.8
70
Thailand
2.8
71
Brunei Darussalam
2.8
72
Mexico
2.8
73
Uruguay
2.8
74
Dominican Republic
2.8
75
Ecuador
2.8
76
United Arab Emirates
2.7
77
Philippines
2.7
78
Saudi Arabia
2.7
79
Zimbabwe
2.7
80
Guyana
2.7
81
Fiji
2.7
82
Tunisia
2.7
83
China
2.7
84
Costa Rica
2.7
85
Zambia
2.7
86
Egypt, Arab Rep.
2.7
87
Paraguay
2.7
88
Mauritius
2.6
89
Syrian Arab Republic
2.6
90
Maldives
2.6
91
Jamaica
2.6
92
Colombia
2.6
93
Ghana
2.5
94
Iran, Islamic Rep.
2.5
95
Turkiye
2.5
96
Portugal
2.5
97
Honduras
2.4
98
Uganda
2.4
99
Algeria
2.4
100
Kenya
2.3
101
El Salvador
2.3
102
Iraq
2.3
103
Indonesia
2.3
104
Nicaragua
2.3
105
Kuwait
2.3
106
Namibia
2.3
107
Bahrain
2.2
108
India
2.2
109
Eswatini
2.2
110
Bangladesh
2.1
111
Congo, Rep.
2
112
Malawi
2
113
Nigeria
2
114
Cambodia
2
115
Guatemala
2
116
Lao PDR
1.9
117
Morocco
1.9
118
Rwanda
1.9
119
Benin
1.9
120
Cameroon
1.9
121
Myanmar
1.8
122
Yemen, Rep.
1.8
123
Liberia
1.8
124
Mauritania
1.8
125
Nepal
1.8
126
Togo
1.8
127
Pakistan
1.8
128
Haiti
1.7
129
Madagascar
1.7
130
Tanzania
1.7
131
Lesotho
1.7
132
Cote d'Ivoire
1.7
133
Congo, Dem. Rep.
1.7
134
Gambia, The
1.7
135
Sierra Leone
1.6
136
Senegal
1.6
137
Sudan
1.6
138
Central African Republic
1.6
139
Angola
1.5
140
Ethiopia
1.5
141
Burundi
1.4
142
Mali
1.4
143
Burkina Faso
1.3
144
Mozambique
1.2
145
Niger
1.2
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