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Country name 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Afghanistan 27 28 28 28 28
Albania 7 7 16 16 16
Algeria 8 8 8 8 8
American Samoa
Andorra 29 25 36 36 54
Angola 15 37 37 39 39
Antigua and Barbuda 11 11 11 11 11
Argentina 40 42 39 39
Armenia 9 8 8 9 9
Aruba
Australia 25 27 27 25 25
Austria 32 28 28 28
Azerbaijan 11 11 11 11 16
Bahamas, The 12 12 12 12 12
Bahrain 3 3 3 3 3
Bangladesh 15 19 19 19
Barbados 13 10 10 10 10
Belarus 29 32 35 35 32
Belgium 35 35 35 39 39
Belize 7
Benin 8 11 11 11 8
Bermuda
Bhutan 3 9 9 9 9
Bolivia 17 17 17 25 25
Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 12 12 19 17
Botswana 11 11 11 8 8
Brazil 9 9 9 9 9
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria 22 22 21 21 21
Burkina Faso 15 15 15 15 15
Burundi 31 31 31 32 32
Cambodia 10 16 16 21 21
Cameroon 14 14 14 14 14
Canada 21 21 22 22 25
Cape Verde 15 18 18 18 21
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic 11 11 11 10 13
Chad 7 5 5 5 13
Chile 15 15 15 14 14
China 20 21 21 21 21
Colombia 8 8 8 13
Comoros 3 3 3 3 3
Congo, Dem. Rep. 8 8 8 8 10
Congo, Rep. 7 7 7 7 7
Costa Rica 39 37 37 39 39
Cote d'Ivoire 9 9 9 9 9
Croatia 19 22 21 24 24
Cuba 36 43 43 43 43
Curacao
Cyprus 14 14 14 13 11
Czech Republic 16 16 16 22 22
Denmark 37 38 38 38 38
Djibouti 11 14 14 14 14
Dominica 13 19 19 19 13
Dominican Republic 20 20 20 21 21
Ecuador 25 25 32 32 32
Egypt, Arab Rep. 2 2 2 2
El Salvador 17 17 19 19 19
Equatorial Guinea 18 6 10 10 10
Eritrea 22 22 22 22 22
Estonia 22 21 21 23 20
Ethiopia 22 22 22 28 28
Faeroe Islands
Fiji
Finland 42 42 42 40 43
France 19 18 18 19 19
French Polynesia
Gabon 13 17 17 15 15
Gambia, The 9 9 9 8 8
Georgia 9 6 5 7 7
Germany 32 32 33 33 33
Ghana 11 11 8 8 8
Greece 16 15 15 17 17
Greenland
Grenada 27 13 13 13 13
Guam
Guatemala 12 12 12 12 12
Guinea 19 19
Guinea-Bissau 14 14 10 10 10
Guyana 29 29 30 30 30
Haiti 4 4 4 4 11
Honduras 23 23 23 18 18
Hong Kong SAR, China
Hungary 10 11 11 9 9
Iceland 32 33 43 43 43
India 8 9 11 11 11
Indonesia 11 12 18 18 18
Iran, Islamic Rep. 4 3 3 3 3
Iraq 26 26 26 25 25
Ireland 13 13 13 14 15
Isle of Man
Israel 14 14 18 18 19
Italy 17 21 21 21 21
Jamaica 13 13 13 13 13
Japan 9 9 11 11 11
Jordan 6 6 6 6 11
Kazakhstan 16 16 18 18
Kenya 7 9 10 10 10
Kiribati 4 4 4 4 4
Korea, Dem. Rep. 20 20 16 16 15
Korea, Rep. 13 14 14 15 16
Kosovo
Kuwait 2 3 8 8 8
Kyrgyz Republic 26 26 26 23
Lao PDR 25 25 25 25 25
Latvia 19 20 20 22 20
Lebanon 5 5 3 3 3
Lesotho 24 25 25 24 24
Liberia 13 13 13 13 13
Libya 8 8 8 8 8
Liechtenstein 24 24 24 24 24
Lithuania 25 23 18 19 19
Luxembourg 23 23 20 20 20
Macao SAR, China
Macedonia, FYR 28 32 28 33 31
Madagascar 8 8 13
Malawi 14 13 21 21 21
Malaysia 9 11 11 10 10
Maldives 12 12 7 7 7
Mali 10 10 10 10 10
Malta 9 9 9 9 9
Marshall Islands 3 3 3 3 3
Mauritania 18 22 22 22 22
Mauritius 17 17 17 19 19
Mayotte
Mexico 23 23 28 26 26
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
Moldova 22 22 26 24 19
Monaco 21 25 25 26 26
Mongolia 3 4 4 4 4
Montenegro 9 11 6 11 11
Morocco 11 11 11 11 11
Mozambique 35 35 35 39 39
Myanmar 4
Namibia 27 27 27 24 24
Nepal 17 33 33 33 33
Netherlands 37 39 41 41 39
New Caledonia
New Zealand 32 33 34 34 34
Nicaragua 19 19 19 21 21
Niger 12 12 12 13
Nigeria 7 7 7 7 4
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway 38 36 40 40 40
Oman
Pakistan 21 23 23 22 22
Palau
Panama 17 17 9 9 9
Papua New Guinea 1 1 1 1 1
Paraguay 10 13 13 13 13
Peru 29 29 28 28 22
Philippines 22 21 21 21 22
Poland 20 20 20 20 20
Portugal 21 28 27 27
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania 11 9 11 11 11
Russian Federation 10 14 14 14 14
Rwanda 49 56 56 56 56
Samoa 6 8 8 8 4
San Marino 12 12 15 17 17
Sao Tome and Principe 2 2 7 18 18
Saudi Arabia
Senegal 22 22 22 23 23
Serbia 20 22 22 22 22
Seychelles 24 24 24 24 24
Sierra Leone 13 13 13 13 13
Singapore 25 25 25 23 22
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovak Republic 19 19 19 15 16
Slovenia 12 13 13 14 14
Solomon Islands
Somalia 8 8 6 7 7
South Africa 33 33 45 45 45
South Sudan
Spain 36 36 36 37 37
Sri Lanka 5 6 6 5 6
St. Kitts and Nevis 7 7 7 7 7
St. Lucia 6 11 11 11 11
St. Martin (French part)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 18 18 18 22 17
Sudan 18 18 18 26 26
Suriname 26 26 26 10 10
Swaziland 11 14 14 14
Sweden 47 47 47 45 45
Switzerland 30 29 29 29 29
Syrian Arab Republic 12 12 12 12 12
Tajikistan 18 18 18 19 19
Tanzania 30 30 30 31 36
Thailand 9 12 12 13 13
Timor-Leste 28 29 29 29 29
Togo 7 11 11 11 11
Tonga 3 3 3 3 4
Trinidad and Tobago 19 27 27 29 29
Tunisia 23 23 23 28
Turkey 9 9 9 9 14
Turkmenistan 16 16 17 17 17
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda 30 31 31 32 35
Ukraine 8 8 8 8
United Arab Emirates 23 23 23 23 23
United Kingdom 20 20 20 22 22
United States 16 17 17 17 17
Uruguay 11 12 12 15 15
Uzbekistan 18 18 18 22 22
Vanuatu 4 4 4 4 4
Venezuela, RB 19 19 19 17
Vietnam 26 26 26 26 24
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
West Bank and Gaza
Yemen, Rep.
Zambia 15 15 15 14 14
Zimbabwe 17 15 15 15 15

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