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Country name 2008 2009 2010 2011
Afghanistan 14.5 14.8 15.2 15.4
Albania 41.7 41.6 41.6 41.6
Algeria 16.3 16.8 16.9 17.1
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola 45.3 45.6 45.9 46.0
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina 41.1 41.3 40.2 40.3
Armenia 46.4 46.4 46.5 46.5
Aruba
Australia 45.3 45.4 45.3 45.3
Austria 45.5 46.0 45.9 46.0
Azerbaijan 49.3 49.2 49.1 49.0
Bahamas, The 48.3 48.3 48.3 48.3
Bahrain 20.0 19.5 19.3 19.3
Bangladesh 39.4 39.6 39.9 40.1
Barbados 46.8 46.7 46.7 46.7
Belarus 49.0 48.9 49.0 48.8
Belgium 44.9 45.1 45.3 45.4
Belize 36.9 37.1 37.5 37.7
Benin 47.5 47.5 47.5 47.7
Bermuda
Bhutan 42.3 42.5 42.5 42.4
Bolivia 44.4 44.7 44.8 44.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina 38.6 39.2 40.0 40.0
Botswana 46.5 46.4 46.3 46.3
Brazil 43.2 43.4 43.7 43.8
Brunei Darussalam 41.8 41.9 42.0 42.0
Bulgaria 46.3 46.4 46.8 46.8
Burkina Faso 47.7 47.6 47.6 47.5
Burundi 52.3 52.1 52.1 52.0
Cambodia 50.1 49.9 49.9 49.7
Cameroon 45.5 45.6 45.7 45.7
Canada 46.9 47.0 47.1 47.1
Cape Verde 38.3 38.4 38.4 38.5
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic 46.9 47.0 47.1 47.1
Chad 45.3 45.3 45.3 45.2
Chile 37.2 37.7 39.6 39.7
China 44.7 44.6 44.6 44.5
Colombia 41.0 42.0 42.5 42.7
Comoros 29.7 30.0 30.2 30.4
Congo, Dem. Rep. 50.0 49.9 49.9 49.8
Congo, Rep. 48.6 48.6 48.6 48.6
Costa Rica 35.4 36.0 36.2 36.5
Cote d'Ivoire 36.9 37.2 37.4 37.6
Croatia 45.4 46.0 45.9 45.9
Cuba 37.8 37.9 38.0 38.2
Curacao
Cyprus 42.8 43.2 43.5 43.5
Czech Republic 43.5 43.4 43.3 43.4
Denmark 46.9 47.1 47.2 47.1
Djibouti 34.5 34.6 34.8 35.1
Dominica
Dominican Republic 38.9 39.1 39.4 39.5
Ecuador 39.0 39.3 39.7 39.9
Egypt, Arab Rep. 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3
El Salvador 40.7 41.1 41.4 41.6
Equatorial Guinea 44.6 44.7 44.7 44.7
Eritrea 48.7 48.6 48.6 48.6
Estonia 49.2 49.6 50.4 50.3
Ethiopia 47.0 47.1 47.2 47.2
Faeroe Islands
Fiji 32.5 32.3 32.4 32.4
Finland 47.8 48.5 47.8 47.9
France 46.9 47.2 47.1 47.1
French Polynesia 40.5 40.5 40.6 40.6
Gabon 46.3 46.3 46.3 46.4
Gambia, The 47.7 47.8 47.9 48.0
Georgia 46.9 47.0 47.0 46.9
Germany 45.2 45.3 45.6 45.6
Ghana 47.7 47.7 47.6 47.6
Greece 40.6 41.1 41.5 41.6
Greenland
Grenada
Guam 38.7 38.7 38.6 38.7
Guatemala 37.8 37.9 38.1 38.2
Guinea 44.8 45.1 45.2 45.3
Guinea-Bissau 47.1 47.2 47.3 47.3
Guyana 34.0 34.3 34.7 35.0
Haiti 46.9 46.9 47.0 47.0
Honduras 33.8 34.0 34.1 34.3
Hong Kong SAR, China 46.1 46.3 46.0 46.1
Hungary 45.3 45.5 46.0 45.9
Iceland 46.6 46.9 47.3 47.3
India 27.0 26.2 25.3 25.3
Indonesia 38.3 38.2 38.2 38.3
Iran, Islamic Rep. 17.6 17.7 17.9 18.1
Iraq 17.4 17.5 17.5 17.7
Ireland 42.9 43.5 43.7 43.8
Isle of Man
Israel 46.6 47.2 47.1 47.1
Italy 40.3 40.2 40.3 40.3
Jamaica 45.1 45.0 45.1 45.1
Japan 41.5 41.8 42.3 42.5
Jordan 17.2 17.8 18.0 18.2
Kazakhstan 49.6 49.5 49.4 49.3
Kenya 46.4 46.4 46.5 46.5
Kiribati
Korea, Dem. Rep. 47.7 47.6 47.7 47.6
Korea, Rep. 41.5 41.2 41.3 41.3
Kosovo
Kuwait 23.8 23.9 23.9 24.0
Kyrgyz Republic 42.6 42.6 42.7 42.8
Lao PDR 50.0 49.8 49.8 49.7
Latvia 48.8 49.6 50.1 49.9
Lebanon 25.3 25.4 25.5 25.6
Lesotho 46.4 46.2 46.0 45.9
Liberia 47.8 47.8 47.7 47.5
Libya 27.9 27.9 28.0 28.2
Liechtenstein
Lithuania 49.4 50.1 50.3 50.2
Luxembourg 43.4 43.2 43.4 43.6
Macao SAR, China 48.3 48.8 48.8 48.8
Macedonia, FYR 38.8 38.3 38.6 38.7
Madagascar 48.9 48.9 48.9 48.9
Malawi 51.8 51.7 51.5 51.4
Malaysia 35.6 35.8 35.8 36.0
Maldives 41.5 41.7 41.8 42.0
Mali 35.6 35.6 35.5 35.3
Malta 34.0 34.2 34.6 34.9
Marshall Islands
Mauritania 25.6 26.4 26.5 26.7
Mauritius 36.8 37.1 37.7 37.8
Mexico 36.0 36.0 36.5 36.7
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
Moldova 49.9 49.5 49.2 49.3
Monaco
Mongolia 46.6 46.4 46.4 46.4
Montenegro
Morocco 27.1 26.6 27.1 27.4
Mozambique 53.8 53.7 53.6 53.3
Myanmar 48.8 48.8 48.9 48.9
Namibia 46.3 46.3 46.3 46.3
Nepal 49.1 49.1 49.2 49.2
Netherlands 45.5 45.7 45.6 45.7
New Caledonia 40.9 40.8 40.9 41.0
New Zealand 46.6 46.8 46.7 46.8
Nicaragua 37.4 37.7 37.9 38.1
Niger 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3
Nigeria 43.0 43.0 42.8 42.8
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway 47.1 47.1 46.9 47.0
Oman 18.7 18.3 17.9 17.6
Pakistan 20.0 20.3 20.7 21.0
Palau
Panama 36.9 37.0 37.3 37.5
Papua New Guinea 48.4 48.3 48.3 48.3
Paraguay 39.0 39.6 39.7 40.0
Peru 43.8 44.4 44.6 44.7
Philippines 38.4 38.7 38.8 38.9
Poland 44.8 44.8 45.1 45.1
Portugal 46.9 47.2 47.4 47.4
Puerto Rico 42.1 42.6 42.3 42.3
Qatar 13.1 12.7 12.4 12.2
Romania 44.7 44.7 44.7 44.8
Russian Federation 48.9 49.0 48.9 48.8
Rwanda 52.0 51.9 51.8 51.7
Samoa 34.1 34.2 34.3 34.4
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe 36.8 37.0 37.2 37.4
Saudi Arabia 14.6 14.5 14.8 15.2
Senegal 43.7 43.8 43.9 43.9
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone 50.9 50.8 50.7 50.6
Singapore 41.8 41.7 42.3 42.4
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovak Republic 44.6 44.3 44.6 44.8
Slovenia 46.6 46.6 46.3 46.4
Solomon Islands 38.6 38.6 38.5 38.5
Somalia 33.4 33.5 33.6 33.7
South Africa 43.3 43.1 42.8 42.7
South Sudan
Spain 43.0 43.8 44.3 44.3
Sri Lanka 33.3 33.4 32.2 32.3
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia 47.2 47.2 47.2 47.3
St. Martin (French part)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 40.7 40.9 41.0 41.1
Sudan 28.5 28.6 28.7 28.8
Suriname 36.6 36.8 37.1 37.3
Swaziland 39.8 39.6 39.7 39.5
Sweden 47.3 47.3 47.0 47.1
Switzerland 46.2 46.3 45.8 45.9
Syrian Arab Republic 16.3 14.9 15.2 15.4
Tajikistan 45.2 45.2 45.2 45.2
Tanzania 50.0 49.9 49.8 49.8
Thailand 46.0 45.6 45.7 45.8
Timor-Leste 33.2 33.2 33.3 33.4
Togo 50.6 50.5 50.5 50.5
Tonga 42.7 42.7 42.7 42.7
Trinidad and Tobago 43.2 43.2 43.2 43.3
Tunisia 26.7 26.8 26.9 27.0
Turkey 26.4 27.6 28.7 28.7
Turkmenistan 39.5 39.4 39.3 39.2
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda 49.4 49.3 49.3 49.3
Ukraine 49.3 49.2 49.3 49.3
United Arab Emirates 14.4 14.6 14.8 14.8
United Kingdom 45.7 45.8 45.9 46.0
United States 45.9 46.1 46.1 46.2
Uruguay 44.2 44.5 44.5 44.5
Uzbekistan 40.0 39.9 39.8 39.7
Vanuatu 43.1 42.9 42.9 42.8
Venezuela, RB 38.9 39.1 39.3 39.6
Vietnam 48.6 48.6 48.5 48.5
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 45.9 46.1 46.2 46.3
West Bank and Gaza 18.4 18.8 17.8 18.3
Yemen, Rep. 25.5 25.7 25.8 26.1
Zambia 46.2 46.1 46.1 46.1
Zimbabwe 49.2 49.3 49.3 49.3

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