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Country name 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Afghanistan 9 7 7 7 7
Albania 8 5 5 5 4
Algeria 25 25 25 25 25
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola 68 68 68 68 68
Antigua and Barbuda 21 21 21 21 21
Argentina 31 26 26 26 26
Armenia 17 14 14 8 8
Aruba
Australia 2 2 2 2 2
Austria 25 25 25 25 25
Azerbaijan 10 10 8 8 8
Bahamas, The 31 31 31 31 31
Bahrain 9 9 9 9 9
Bangladesh 73 44 19 19 19
Barbados 18 18
Belarus 31 6 5 5 5
Belgium 4 4 4 4 4
Belize 44 44 44 44 44
Benin 31 31 31 29 26
Bermuda
Bhutan 46 46 46 36 36
Bolivia 50 50 50 50 50
Bosnia and Herzegovina 69 69 64 40 37
Botswana 78 61 61 61 61
Brazil 149 119 119 119 119
Brunei Darussalam 116 116 105 101 101
Bulgaria 49 18 18 18 18
Burkina Faso 16 14 14 13 13
Burundi 13 13 13 13 8
Cambodia 85 85 85 85 85
Cameroon 38 35 19 15 15
Canada 5 5 5 5 5
Cape Verde 52 24 11 11 11
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic 22 23 23 22 22
Chad 64 64 64 55 62
Chile 27 27 22 8 8
China 41 38 38 38 33
Colombia 36 20 14 14 13
Comoros 22 22 22 22 20
Congo, Dem. Rep. 133 127 84 65 58
Congo, Rep. 161 161 161 161 161
Costa Rica 60 60 60 60 60
Cote d'Ivoire 40 40 40 32 32
Croatia 22 22 9 9 9
Cuba
Curacao
Cyprus 8 8 8 8 8
Czech Republic 20 20 20 20 20
Denmark 6 6 6 6 6
Djibouti 37 37 37 37 37
Dominica 13 13 13 13 13
Dominican Republic 19 19 19 19 19
Ecuador 65 64 56 56 56
Egypt, Arab Rep. 7 7 7 7 7
El Salvador 17 17 17 17 17
Equatorial Guinea 135 135 135 135 135
Eritrea 84 84 84 84 84
Estonia 7 7 7 7 7
Ethiopia 18 15 15 15 15
Faeroe Islands
Fiji 46 46 46 45 58
Finland 14 14 14 14 14
France 7 7 7 7 7
French Polynesia
Gabon 58 58 58 58 58
Gambia, The 27 27 27 27 27
Georgia 3 3 3 2 2
Germany 18 18 15 15 15
Ghana 13 12 12 12 12
Greece 19 19 19 11 11
Greenland
Grenada 20 20 15 15 15
Guam
Guatemala 34 37 37 37 40
Guinea 40 40 40 40 35
Guinea-Bissau 259 216 216 9 9
Guyana 39 30 24 20 20
Haiti 195 195 105 105 105
Honduras 20 14 14 14 14
Hong Kong SAR, China 11 6 6 3 3
Hungary 5 4 4 4 5
Iceland 5 5 5 5 5
India 30 30 29 29 27
Indonesia 76 62 49 47 47
Iran, Islamic Rep. 28 9 8 8 13
Iraq 77 77 77 77 74
Ireland 13 13 13 13 10
Isle of Man
Israel 20 20 20 20 21
Italy 10 10 6 6 6
Jamaica 8 8 8 7 7
Japan 23 23 23 23 23
Jordan 13 12 12 12 12
Kazakhstan 21 20 19 19 19
Kenya 30 34 33 33 32
Kiribati 31 31 31 31 31
Korea, Dem. Rep.
Korea, Rep. 17 14 14 7 7
Kosovo 52 58 58 52
Kuwait 35 35 35 32 32
Kyrgyz Republic 15 11 10 10 10
Lao PDR 93 93 93 93 92
Latvia 16 16 16 16 16
Lebanon 11 9 9 9 9
Lesotho 40 40 40 40 24
Liberia 31 20 20 6 6
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania 26 26 22 22 20
Luxembourg 26 24 19 19 19
Macao SAR, China
Macedonia, FYR 9 4 3 3 2
Madagascar 7 7 7 8 8
Malawi 39 39 39 39 39
Malaysia 20 18 17 6 6
Maldives 9 9 9 9 9
Mali 25 8 8 8 8
Malta 40 40
Marshall Islands 17 17 17 17 17
Mauritania 19 19 19 19 19
Mauritius 6 6 6 6 6
Mexico 28 13 9 9 9
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 16 16 16 16 16
Moldova 15 10 10 9 9
Monaco
Mongolia 13 13 13 13 12
Montenegro 21 12 10 10 10
Morocco 12 12 12 12 12
Mozambique 26 26 13 13 13
Myanmar
Namibia 66 66 66 66 66
Nepal 31 31 31 29 29
Netherlands 8 8 8 8 5
New Caledonia
New Zealand 1 1 1 1 1
Nicaragua 39 39 39 39 39
Niger 19 17 17 17 17
Nigeria 31 31 31 34 34
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway 7 7 7 7 7
Oman 14 12 12 8 8
Pakistan 24 21 21 21 21
Palau 28 28 28 28 28
Panama 12 12 9 8 7
Papua New Guinea 51 51 51 51 51
Paraguay 35 35 35 35 35
Peru 65 41 27 26 26
Philippines 41 42 37 36 36
Poland 31 32 32 32 32
Portugal 6 6 6 5 5
Puerto Rico 7 7 7 6 6
Qatar 7 7 10 9 9
Romania 9 9 9 14 10
Russian Federation 29 29 29 29 18
Rwanda 14 3 3 3 3
Samoa 35 9 9 9 9
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe 144 144 144 10 7
Saudi Arabia 20 21 21 21 21
Senegal 8 8 8 5 5
Serbia 23 13 13 13 12
Seychelles 39 39 39 39 39
Sierra Leone 17 12 12 12 12
Singapore 4 3 3 3 3
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovak Republic 18 18 18 18 16
Slovenia 19 6 6 6 6
Solomon Islands 56 56 56 42 9
Somalia
South Africa 22 22 22 19 19
South Sudan
Spain 47 47 47 28 28
Sri Lanka 39 39 36 36 7
St. Kitts and Nevis 19 19 19 19 19
St. Lucia 20 14 14 15 15
St. Martin (French part)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 12 11 10 10 10
Sudan 39 36 36 36 36
Suriname 694 694 694 694 694
Swaziland 60 60 56 56 56
Sweden 16 16 16 16 16
Switzerland 18 18 18 18 18
Syrian Arab Republic 16 15 13 13 13
Tajikistan 62 38 27 24 24
Tanzania 26 26 26 26 26
Thailand 33 32 32 29 29
Timor-Leste 157 157 110 94 94
Togo 62 84 84 84 38
Tonga 25 25 25 16 16
Trinidad and Tobago 43 43 41 41 41
Tunisia 11 11 11 11 11
Turkey 6 6 6 6 6
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda 25 25 24 33 33
Ukraine 27 27 27 24 22
United Arab Emirates 18 15 15 13 8
United Kingdom 13 13 13 13 13
United States 6 6 6 6 6
Uruguay 44 65 65 7 7
Uzbekistan 15 15 15 14 12
Vanuatu 47 47 47 35 35
Venezuela, RB 141 141 141 141 144
Vietnam 39 39 38 38 34
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
West Bank and Gaza 49 49 49 49 48
Yemen, Rep. 13 12 12 12 40
Zambia 18 18 18 18 17
Zimbabwe 97 97 90 90 90

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