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Country name 2007 2008 2009 2010
Afghanistan
Albania 99
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola 73
Antigua and Barbuda 99
Argentina 99
Armenia 100
Aruba 99
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan 100
Bahamas, The
Bahrain 100
Bangladesh 75
Barbados
Belarus 100
Belgium
Belize
Benin 54
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia 99 99
Bosnia and Herzegovina 100
Botswana 95
Brazil 98 98
Brunei Darussalam 100
Bulgaria 97
Burkina Faso 39
Burundi 77
Cambodia 87
Cameroon 83
Canada
Cape Verde 98
Cayman Islands 99
Central African Republic 65
Chad 46
Chile 99
China 99
Colombia 98 98 98
Comoros 85
Congo, Dem. Rep. 68
Congo, Rep.
Costa Rica 98
Cote d'Ivoire 67
Croatia 100
Cuba 100
Curacao
Cyprus 100
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic 96
Ecuador 95 97
Egypt, Arab Rep.
El Salvador 94 96 95
Equatorial Guinea 98
Eritrea 89
Estonia 100
Ethiopia 45
Faeroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Polynesia
Gabon 98
Gambia, The 65
Georgia 100
Germany
Ghana 80
Greece 99
Greenland
Grenada
Guam
Guatemala 87
Guinea 61
Guinea-Bissau 71
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras 94
Hong Kong SAR, China
Hungary 99
Iceland
India
Indonesia 99
Iran, Islamic Rep. 99
Iraq 83
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy 100
Jamaica 95
Japan
Jordan 99
Kazakhstan 100
Kenya 93
Kiribati
Korea, Dem. Rep. 100
Korea, Rep.
Kosovo
Kuwait 98 99
Kyrgyz Republic 100
Lao PDR
Latvia 100
Lebanon 99
Lesotho 92
Liberia 76
Libya 100
Liechtenstein
Lithuania 100
Luxembourg
Macao SAR, China
Macedonia, FYR 99
Madagascar 65
Malawi 86
Malaysia 99
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania 68
Mauritius 97
Mayotte
Mexico 98 98 99
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
Moldova 99
Monaco
Mongolia 96
Montenegro
Morocco 78 79
Mozambique 71
Myanmar 96
Namibia 93
Nepal 82
Netherlands
New Caledonia 100
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria 72
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Oman 98
Pakistan 71
Palau
Panama 96
Papua New Guinea 67
Paraguay 99
Peru 97
Philippines 98
Poland 100
Portugal 100
Puerto Rico 87
Qatar 99 96 98
Romania 97
Russian Federation 100
Rwanda 77
Samoa 99
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe 95
Saudi Arabia 98
Senegal 65
Serbia
Seychelles 99
Sierra Leone 58
Singapore 100
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovak Republic
Slovenia 100
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa 98
South Sudan
Spain 100 100 100
Sri Lanka 98
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Martin (French part)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname 99
Swaziland 93
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic 94
Tajikistan 100
Tanzania 77
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago 100
Tunisia 97
Turkey 96 98
Turkmenistan 100
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda 87
Ukraine 100
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay 99 99 99
Uzbekistan 100
Vanuatu 94
Venezuela, RB 98
Vietnam 97
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
West Bank and Gaza 99 99 99
Yemen, Rep. 84
Zambia 75
Zimbabwe 99

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