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

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