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Country name 2007 2008 2009 2010
Afghanistan 14 15 15 16
Albania 50 50 50 50
Algeria 14 14 15 15
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola 62 61 62 63
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina 49 49 49 47
Armenia 49 48 49 49
Aruba
Australia 58 59 59 59
Austria 53 53 54 54
Azerbaijan 60 61 61 61
Bahamas, The 69 69 69 69
Bahrain 38 38 39 39
Bangladesh 56 56 57 57
Barbados 65 65 65 65
Belarus 50 50 50 50
Belgium 47 47 47 48
Belize 46 47 47 48
Benin 67 67 67 67
Bermuda
Bhutan 65 65 65 66
Bolivia 62 63 63 64
Bosnia and Herzegovina 32 34 34 35
Botswana 71 71 71 72
Brazil 58 59 59 59
Brunei Darussalam 56 56 56 56
Bulgaria 49 49 49 49
Burkina Faso 78 78 78 78
Burundi 84 84 84 84
Cambodia 78 79 79 79
Cameroon 63 63 64 64
Canada 62 62 62 62
Cape Verde 49 49 50 50
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic 72 72 72 73
Chad 65 65 65 65
Chile 40 42 43 47
China 69 68 68 68
Colombia 51 51 54 55
Comoros 33 34 34 35
Congo, Dem. Rep. 70 70 70 70
Congo, Rep. 68 68 68 68
Costa Rica 45 45 46 46
Cote d'Ivoire 51 51 51 52
Croatia 46 46 47 46
Cuba 41 42 43 43
Curacao
Cyprus 55 56 56 57
Czech Republic 50 50 50 49
Denmark 61 61 61 60
Djibouti 34 35 35 36
Dominica
Dominican Republic 50 50 51 51
Ecuador 54 53 53 54
Egypt, Arab Rep. 23 23 23 24
El Salvador 46 46 47 47
Equatorial Guinea 80 80 81 81
Eritrea 79 79 80 80
Estonia 54 55 56 57
Ethiopia 78 78 78 78
Faeroe Islands
Fiji 40 39 39 39
Finland 58 58 57 56
France 51 51 51 51
French Polynesia 48 48 48 48
Gabon 55 56 56 56
Gambia, The 72 72 72 72
Georgia 55 55 56 56
Germany 52 52 53 53
Ghana 67 67 67 67
Greece 43 43 44 45
Greenland
Grenada
Guam 48 48 48 48
Guatemala 48 48 48 49
Guinea 64 64 65 65
Guinea-Bissau 67 67 68 68
Guyana 40 40 41 41
Haiti 59 59 59 60
Honduras 41 41 42 42
Hong Kong SAR, China 52 52 52 51
Hungary 43 43 43 44
Iceland 71 71 70 71
India 34 32 31 29
Indonesia 51 51 51 51
Iran, Islamic Rep. 18 15 16 16
Iraq 14 14 14 14
Ireland 54 54 53 52
Isle of Man
Israel 51 51 52 53
Italy 38 38 38 38
Jamaica 58 59 57 56
Japan 49 49 49 50
Jordan 15 15 15 15
Kazakhstan 65 66 66 66
Kenya 60 61 61 61
Kiribati
Korea, Dem. Rep. 72 72 72 72
Korea, Rep. 50 50 49 49
Kosovo
Kuwait 44 43 43 43
Kyrgyz Republic 55 55 55 55
Lao PDR 77 77 77 77
Latvia 54 56 56 55
Lebanon 22 22 22 23
Lesotho 60 59 59 59
Liberia 58 58 58 58
Libya 31 31 31 30
Liechtenstein
Lithuania 51 52 53 54
Luxembourg 47 47 49 49
Macao SAR, China 65 66 66 66
Macedonia, FYR 43 43 42 43
Madagascar 84 84 84 84
Malawi 83 86 85 85
Malaysia 44 44 44 44
Maldives 53 54 55 55
Mali 37 37 37 37
Malta 32 34 34 35
Marshall Islands
Mauritania 27 27 28 28
Mauritius 41 42 43 44
Mayotte
Mexico 43 43 43 44
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
Moldova 43 41 40 38
Monaco
Mongolia 55 54 53 54
Montenegro
Morocco 27 27 26 26
Mozambique 87 87 87 86
Myanmar 75 75 75 75
Namibia 57 58 58 58
Nepal 80 80 80 80
Netherlands 59 59 60 58
New Caledonia 47 47 47 47
New Zealand 61 62 62 62
Nicaragua 45 45 46 46
Niger 39 40 40 40
Nigeria 48 48 48 48
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway 62 63 62 62
Oman 26 27 28 28
Pakistan 21 22 22 22
Palau
Panama 48 49 49 49
Papua New Guinea 71 71 71 71
Paraguay 56 56 57 57
Peru 65 65 67 67
Philippines 48 49 49 50
Poland 46 47 47 48
Portugal 56 56 56 56
Puerto Rico 38 37 38 35
Qatar 50 51 52 52
Romania 49 48 48 48
Russian Federation 56 56 56 56
Rwanda 86 86 86 86
Samoa 43 43 43 43
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe 42 42 43 43
Saudi Arabia 18 17 17 17
Senegal 65 66 66 66
Serbia 55 54 53 51
Seychelles
Sierra Leone 67 67 67 66
Singapore 54 56 56 57
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovak Republic 51 51 50 51
Slovenia 53 54 54 53
Solomon Islands 53 53 53 53
Somalia 37 37 38 38
South Africa 46 47 45 44
South Sudan
Spain 48 50 51 52
Sri Lanka 37 37 37 35
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia 63 63 64 64
St. Martin (French part)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 54 55 55 56
Sudan 30 30 31 31
Suriname 39 39 40 40
Swaziland 43 43 43 44
Sweden 60 60 60 59
Switzerland 60 61 62 61
Syrian Arab Republic 15 14 13 13
Tajikistan 57 57 57 57
Tanzania 89 89 88 88
Thailand 65 65 63 64
Timor-Leste 39 39 39 38
Togo 80 80 80 80
Tonga 54 54 54 54
Trinidad and Tobago 53 54 54 55
Tunisia 25 25 25 25
Turkey 24 25 27 28
Turkmenistan 47 47 46 46
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda 77 77 76 76
Ukraine 52 53 53 53
United Arab Emirates 41 42 43 44
United Kingdom 55 56 55 56
United States 58 58 58 58
Uruguay 54 55 55 55
Uzbekistan 48 48 48 48
Vanuatu 63 62 61 61
Venezuela, RB 50 51 51 52
Vietnam 73 73 73 73
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 54 54 54 54
West Bank and Gaza 15 16 16 15
Yemen, Rep. 24 24 25 25
Zambia 74 74 73 73
Zimbabwe 83 83 83 83

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