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Country name 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria 4.3
American Samoa
Andorra 2.6 3.2 3.1
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda 2.5
Argentina 4.9 5.4 6.0
Armenia 3.0 3.2 3.8 3.2
Aruba 4.9 5.0 5.6
Australia 4.5 4.4 5.1
Austria 5.3 5.5
Azerbaijan 2.5 2.4 3.2
Bahamas, The
Bahrain 3.0 2.9
Bangladesh 2.6 2.4 2.2
Barbados 6.9 6.7 6.7
Belarus 5.2 4.5
Belgium 6.0 6.4
Belize 5.7 6.1
Benin 3.5 4.1 4.5
Bermuda 2.6 2.7
Bhutan 4.8 4.6 4.0
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana 8.0 7.8
Brazil 5.1 5.4
Brunei Darussalam 2.0
Bulgaria 3.9 4.4
Burkina Faso 4.6
Burundi 7.2 8.3 9.2
Cambodia 1.6 2.6
Cameroon 3.3 2.9 3.6 3.5
Canada 4.9 4.8
Cape Verde 6.1 6.4 5.7 5.6
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2
Chad 3.1 2.8
Chile 3.4 4.0 4.5
China
Colombia 4.1 3.9 4.7 4.8
Comoros 7.6
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Congo, Rep. 6.2
Costa Rica 4.7 5.0 6.3
Cote d'Ivoire 4.4 4.6
Croatia 4.0 4.3
Cuba 11.9 13.6 13.4
Curacao
Cyprus 6.9 7.4
Czech Republic 4.2 4.1
Denmark 7.8 7.7
Djibouti 8.4
Dominica 3.3 3.8 3.5 3.6
Dominican Republic 2.2
Ecuador
Egypt, Arab Rep. 3.7 3.8
El Salvador 3.1 3.7 3.2
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia 4.8 5.7
Ethiopia 5.5 5.4 4.6 4.7
Faeroe Islands
Fiji 5.8 4.2 4.5
Finland 5.9 6.1
France 5.6 5.6
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia, The 4.1 3.8 5.0
Georgia 2.7 2.9 3.2
Germany 4.5 4.6
Ghana 5.5 5.7 5.3 5.5
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guam
Guatemala 3.0 3.2
Guinea 2.4
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana 3.8 3.4 3.7
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong SAR, China 3.5 3.3 4.5 3.6
Hungary 5.3 5.1
Iceland 7.4 7.5
India
Indonesia 3.5 2.8 4.6
Iran, Islamic Rep. 5.5 4.8 4.7 4.7
Iraq
Ireland 4.9 5.7
Isle of Man
Israel 5.9 5.9
Italy 4.3 4.6
Jamaica 5.5 6.2 6.0 6.1
Japan 3.5 3.4 3.8
Jordan
Kazakhstan 2.8 3.1
Kenya 6.7
Kiribati
Korea, Dem. Rep.
Korea, Rep. 4.2 4.8
Kosovo 3.7 4.3
Kuwait
Kyrgyz Republic 6.5 5.9 6.2 6.0
Lao PDR 3.1 2.3 3.3
Latvia 5.0 5.7 5.6
Lebanon 2.6 2.0 1.8
Lesotho 13.1
Liberia 2.8
Libya
Liechtenstein 1.9 2.1
Lithuania 4.7 4.9
Luxembourg
Macao SAR, China 2.1 2.2 2.6
Macedonia, FYR
Madagascar 3.4 2.9 3.2
Malawi 4.6 5.7
Malaysia 4.5 4.1 5.8
Maldives 5.5 5.7 8.7
Mali 3.8 4.4 4.5
Malta 6.3 5.8
Marshall Islands
Mauritania 4.0 4.3
Mauritius 3.4 3.2 3.1
Mayotte
Mexico 4.8 4.9
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
Moldova 8.3 8.2 9.5 9.1
Monaco 1.2
Mongolia 4.7 5.1 5.4
Montenegro
Morocco 5.6 5.4
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia 6.4 8.1
Nepal 3.8 4.7 4.7
Netherlands 5.3 5.5
New Caledonia
New Zealand 6.0 5.6 6.4 7.2
Nicaragua
Niger 4.0 3.7 4.6 3.8
Nigeria
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway 6.8 6.5
Oman 4.4
Pakistan 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.4
Palau
Panama 3.8
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay 4.0
Peru 2.5 2.7 2.6
Philippines 2.6 2.7
Poland 4.9 5.1
Portugal 4.9
Puerto Rico
Qatar 2.4
Romania 4.3
Russian Federation 4.1
Rwanda 4.3 3.8 5.0 4.7
Samoa 5.3
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia 6.4 5.6
Senegal 5.0 5.6 5.6
Serbia 4.7 4.9 5.0
Seychelles
Sierra Leone 3.3 3.1 4.3
Singapore 2.6 3.1 3.3
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovak Republic 3.6 3.6
Slovenia 5.2 5.2
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa 5.2 5.1 5.5 6.0
South Sudan
Spain 4.3 4.6
Sri Lanka 2.1
St. Kitts and Nevis 4.5
St. Lucia 5.6 3.9 4.4
St. Martin (French part)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 5.7 5.5 4.9
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland 7.5 7.1 7.4
Sweden 6.6 6.8
Switzerland 5.2 5.4
Syrian Arab Republic 4.9
Tajikistan 3.4 3.5 4.0
Tanzania 6.8 6.2
Thailand 3.8 3.8 4.1 3.8
Timor-Leste 11.3 15.7 14.0
Togo 3.7 3.4 4.1 4.5
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia 6.5 6.3
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda 3.8 3.2
Ukraine 5.3
United Arab Emirates 0.7 0.8 1.0
United Kingdom 5.5 5.4
United States 5.5 5.5
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu 6.6 5.2
Venezuela, RB 3.7
Vietnam 5.3
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
West Bank and Gaza
Yemen, Rep. 5.2
Zambia 1.5 1.3
Zimbabwe 2.5

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