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Rank
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Country
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Note
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1
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Finland
|
0,50
|
|
-
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Iceland
|
0,50
|
|
-
|
Norway
|
0,50
|
|
-
|
Netherlands
|
0,50
|
|
5
|
Canada
|
0,75
|
|
6
|
Ireland
|
1,00
|
|
7
|
Germany
|
1,50
|
|
-
|
Portugal
|
1,50
|
|
-
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Sweden
|
1,50
|
|
10
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Denmark
|
3,00
|
|
11
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France
|
3,25
|
|
12
|
Australia
|
3,50
|
|
-
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Belgium
|
3,50
|
|
14
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Slovenia
|
4,00
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|
15
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Costa Rica
|
4,25
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|
-
|
Switzerland
|
4,25
|
|
17
|
United States
|
4,75
|
|
18
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Hong Kong
|
4,83
|
|
19
|
Greece
|
5,00
|
|
20
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Ecuador
|
5,50
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|
21
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Benin
|
6,00
|
|
-
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United Kingdom
|
6,00
|
|
-
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Uruguay
|
6,00
|
|
24
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Chili
|
6,50
|
|
-
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Hungary
|
6,50
|
|
26
|
South Africa
|
7,50
|
|
-
|
Austria
|
7,50
|
|
-
|
Japan
|
7,50
|
|
29
|
Spain
|
7,75
|
|
-
|
Poland
|
7,75
|
|
31
|
Namibia
|
8,00
|
|
32
|
Paraguay
|
8,50
|
|
33
|
Croatia
|
8,75
|
|
-
|
El Salvador
|
8,75
|
|
35
|
Taïwan
|
9,00
|
|
36
|
Mauritius
|
9,50
|
|
-
|
Peru
|
9,50
|
|
38
|
Bulgaria
|
9,75
|
|
39
|
South Korea
|
10,50
|
|
40
|
Italy
|
11,00
|
|
41
|
Czech Republic
|
11,25
|
|
42
|
Argentina
|
12,00
|
|
43
|
Bosnia and Herzegovia
|
12,50
|
|
-
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Mali
|
12,50
|
|
45
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Romania
|
13,25
|
|
46
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Cape Verde
|
13,75
|
|
47
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Senegal
|
14,00
|
|
48
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Bolivia
|
14,50
|
|
49
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Nigeria
|
15,50
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|
-
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Panama
|
15,50
|
|
51
|
Sri Lanka
|
15,75
|
|
52
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Uganda
|
17,00
|
|
53
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Niger
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18,50
|
|
54
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Brazil
|
18,75
|
|
55
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Ivory Coast
|
19,00
|
|
56
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Lebanon
|
19,67
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|
57
|
Indonesia
|
20,00
|
|
58
|
Comoros
|
20,50
|
|
-
|
Gabon
|
20,50
|
|
60
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Yugoslavia
|
20,75
|
|
-
|
Seychelles
|
20,75
|
|
62
|
Tanzania
|
21,25
|
|
63
|
Central African Republic
|
21,50
|
|
64
|
Gambia
|
22,50
|
|
65
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Madagascar
|
22,75
|
|
-
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Thailand
|
22,75
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|
67
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Bahrain
|
23,00
|
|
-
|
Ghana
|
23,00
|
|
69
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Congo
|
23,17
|
|
70
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Mozambique
|
23,50
|
|
71
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Cambodia
|
24,25
|
|
72
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Burundi
|
24,50
|
|
-
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Mongolia
|
24,50
|
|
-
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Sierra Leone
|
24,50
|
|
75
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Kenya
|
24,75
|
|
-
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Mexico
|
24,75
|
|
77
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Venezuela
|
25,00
|
|
78
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Kuwait
|
25,50
|
|
79
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Guinea
|
26,00
|
|
80
|
India
|
26,50
|
|
81
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Zambia
|
26,75
|
|
82
|
Palestinian National Authority
|
27,00
|
|
83
|
Guatemala
|
27,25
|
|
84
|
Malawi
|
27,67
|
|
85
|
Burkina Faso
|
27,75
|
|
86
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Tajikistan
|
28,25
|
|
87
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Chad
|
28,75
|
|
88
|
Cameroun
|
28,83
|
|
89
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Morocco
|
29,00
|
|
-
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Philippines
|
29,00
|
|
-
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Swaziland
|
29,00
|
|
92
|
Israel
|
30,00
|
|
93
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Angola
|
30,17
|
|
94
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Guinea-Bissau
|
30,25
|
|
95
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Algeria
|
31,00
|
|
96
|
Djibouti
|
31,25
|
|
97
|
Togo
|
31,50
|
|
98
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
31,75
|
|
99
|
Jordan
|
33,50
|
|
-
|
Turkey
|
33,50
|
|
101
|
Azerbaijan
|
34,50
|
|
-
|
Egypt
|
34,50
|
|
103
|
Yemen
|
34,75
|
|
104
|
Afghanistan
|
35,50
|
|
105
|
Sudan
|
36,00
|
|
106
|
Haiti
|
36,50
|
|
107
|
Ethiopia
|
37,50
|
|
-
|
Rwanda
|
37,50
|
|
109
|
Liberia
|
37,75
|
|
110
|
Malaysia
|
37,83
|
|
111
|
Brunei
|
38,00
|
|
112
|
Ukraine
|
40,00
|
|
113
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
40,75
|
|
114
|
Colombia
|
40,83
|
|
115
|
Mauritania
|
41,33
|
|
116
|
Kazakhstan
|
42,00
|
|
117
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
42,75
|
|
118
|
Bangladesh
|
43,75
|
|
119
|
Pakistan
|
44,67
|
|
120
|
Uzbekistan
|
45,00
|
|
121
|
Russia
|
48,00
|
|
122
|
Iran
|
48,25
|
|
-
|
Zimbabwe
|
48,25
|
|
124
|
Belarus
|
52,17
|
|
125
|
Saudi Arabia
|
62,50
|
|
126
|
Syria
|
62,83
|
|
127
|
Népal
|
63,00
|
|
128
|
Tunisia
|
67,75
|
|
129
|
Lybia
|
72,50
|
|
130
|
Irak
|
79,00
|
|
131
|
Viet Nam
|
81,25
|
|
132
|
Eritrea
|
83,67
|
|
133
|
Laos
|
89,00
|
|
134
|
Cuba
|
90,25
|
|
135
|
Bhutan
|
90,75
|
|
136
|
Turkmenistan
|
91,50
|
|
137
|
Burma
|
96,83
|
|
138
|
China
|
97,00
|
|
139
|
North Korea
|
97,50
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