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Country name 2007 2008 2009 2010
Afghanistan
Albania 96
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola 70
Antigua and Barbuda 99
Argentina 98
Armenia 100
Aruba 98
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan 100
Bahamas, The
Bahrain 91
Bangladesh 56
Barbados
Belarus 100
Belgium
Belize
Benin 42
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia 91 91
Bosnia and Herzegovina 98
Botswana 84
Brazil 90 90
Brunei Darussalam 95
Bulgaria 98
Burkina Faso 29
Burundi 67
Cambodia 78
Cameroon 71
Canada
Cape Verde 85
Cayman Islands 99
Central African Republic 55
Chad 34
Chile 99
China 94
Colombia 93 93 93
Comoros 74
Congo, Dem. Rep. 67
Congo, Rep.
Costa Rica 96
Cote d'Ivoire 55
Croatia 99
Cuba 100
Curacao
Cyprus 98
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic 88
Ecuador 84 84
Egypt, Arab Rep.
El Salvador 82 84 84
Equatorial Guinea 93
Eritrea 67
Estonia 100
Ethiopia 30
Faeroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Polynesia
Gabon 88
Gambia, The 46
Georgia 100
Germany
Ghana 67
Greece 97
Greenland
Grenada
Guam
Guatemala 74
Guinea 39
Guinea-Bissau 52
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras 84
Hong Kong SAR, China
Hungary 99
Iceland
India
Indonesia 92
Iran, Islamic Rep. 85
Iraq 78
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy 99
Jamaica 86
Japan
Jordan 92
Kazakhstan 100
Kenya 87
Kiribati
Korea, Dem. Rep. 100
Korea, Rep.
Kosovo
Kuwait 94 94
Kyrgyz Republic 99
Lao PDR
Latvia 100
Lebanon 90
Lesotho 90
Liberia 59
Libya 89
Liechtenstein
Lithuania 100
Luxembourg
Macao SAR, China
Macedonia, FYR 97
Madagascar 64
Malawi 74
Malaysia 92
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania 57
Mauritius 88
Mayotte
Mexico 93 93 93
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
Moldova 98
Monaco
Mongolia 97
Montenegro
Morocco 55 56
Mozambique 55
Myanmar 92
Namibia 89
Nepal 59
Netherlands
New Caledonia 96
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria 61
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Oman 87
Pakistan 56
Palau
Panama 94
Papua New Guinea 60
Paraguay 95
Peru 90
Philippines 95
Poland 100
Portugal 95
Puerto Rico 90
Qatar 93 94 95
Romania 98
Russian Federation 100
Rwanda 71
Samoa 99
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe 89
Saudi Arabia 86
Senegal 50
Serbia
Seychelles 92
Sierra Leone 41
Singapore 95
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovak Republic
Slovenia 100
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa 89
South Sudan
Spain 98 98 98
Sri Lanka 91
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Martin (French part)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname 95
Swaziland 87
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic 84
Tajikistan 100
Tanzania 73
Thailand
Timor-Leste 51
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago 99
Tunisia 78
Turkey 89 91
Turkmenistan 100
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda 73
Ukraine 100
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay 98 98 98
Uzbekistan 99
Vanuatu 82
Venezuela, RB 95
Vietnam 93
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
West Bank and Gaza 94 94 95
Yemen, Rep. 62
Zambia 71
Zimbabwe 92

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