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Country name 2007 2008 2009 2010
Afghanistan
Albania 14.4 12.5 12.2
Algeria 12.9 11.0 8.6 10.0
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina 6.7 6.5 7.8
Armenia 21.9
Aruba 5.0
Australia 4.0 4.0 5.7 5.1
Austria 3.9 3.6 5.0 4.6
Azerbaijan 7.8 7.1 5.2
Bahamas, The 6.7 7.7 14.4
Bahrain
Bangladesh 4.2
Barbados 6.4 6.8
Belarus
Belgium 6.7 6.5 7.7 8.1
Belize 5.9
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan 2.6
Bolivia 4.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina 27.4 21.8 23.0 25.6
Botswana
Brazil 6.0 5.2 6.1
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria 6.5 5.5 7.0 10.9
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia 1.5
Cameroon 2.5
Canada 6.4 6.5 9.4 8.7
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands 3.5 3.8
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile 6.3 6.8 9.1 7.2
China
Colombia 9.5 10.1 9.3 9.1
Comoros
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Congo, Rep.
Costa Rica 3.3 4.2 6.6
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia 8.3 7.0 8.0 11.4
Cuba 1.7 1.4
Curacao
Cyprus 3.4 3.2 5.1 6.0
Czech Republic 4.2 3.5 5.8 6.4
Denmark 3.5 3.0 6.5 8.2
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic 9.3 8.5 9.8 9.8
Ecuador 5.0 5.6 5.2
Egypt, Arab Rep. 5.9 5.9 5.2
El Salvador 8.2 7.5 9.0
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia 5.4 5.8 16.9 19.5
Ethiopia 12.1
Faeroe Islands
Fiji 6.4
Finland 6.4 5.9 8.9 9.0
France 7.5 6.9 8.9 9.0
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia, The
Georgia 13.9 16.8
Germany 8.5 7.4 8.1 7.5
Ghana
Greece 5.2 5.1 6.9 9.9
Greenland
Grenada
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras 2.9
Hong Kong SAR, China 4.5 4.0 6.0
Hungary 7.1 7.6 10.3 11.6
Iceland 2.3 3.3 8.6 8.3
India
Indonesia 8.1 7.6 7.5 6.1
Iran, Islamic Rep. 9.3 9.1
Iraq
Ireland 4.8 7.1 14.7 16.7
Isle of Man
Israel 6.8 5.7 7.6 6.8
Italy 4.9 5.5 6.8 7.6
Jamaica 5.5 7.3 8.5
Japan 4.0 4.1 5.3 5.4
Jordan 10.2 10.1 10.3
Kazakhstan 5.9 5.3 5.6
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Dem. Rep.
Korea, Rep. 3.7 3.6 4.1 4.0
Kosovo 38.5 42.7 40.7
Kuwait
Kyrgyz Republic 7.6 7.3
Lao PDR
Latvia 6.4 8.0 20.3 21.7
Lebanon 8.6
Lesotho 23.0
Liberia 6.8 3.4
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania 4.3 6.1 17.1 21.2
Luxembourg 3.6 4.3 4.4 3.8
Macao SAR, China 3.4 3.2 4.3
Macedonia, FYR 34.5 33.5 31.8 31.9
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia 3.1 3.2 3.6
Maldives
Mali
Malta 5.9 5.6 6.6 6.8
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius 5.3 4.1 4.4 4.6
Mayotte
Mexico 3.2 3.3 5.4 5.3
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
Moldova 6.2 4.6 7.8
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco 10.2 9.5 9.8
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia 32.5
Nepal 3.1
Netherlands 2.8 2.5 3.4 4.4
New Caledonia
New Zealand 3.4 4.1 6.1 6.2
Nicaragua 4.9
Niger
Nigeria
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway 2.6 2.8 3.6 4.1
Oman
Pakistan 4.2 4.0
Palau
Panama 5.0 4.4 5.1 5.3
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay 4.2 4.4
Peru 6.1 4.9 4.4
Philippines 7.6 7.5 7.5 7.6
Poland 9.0 6.4 7.8 9.3
Portugal 6.6 6.5 8.9 9.8
Puerto Rico 12.0 12.8 14.9
Qatar 0.2
Romania 7.2 6.7 7.7 7.9
Russian Federation 6.4 6.6 9.0 8.0
Rwanda
Samoa
San Marino 1.2
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia 4.2 3.5 3.5
Senegal
Serbia 15.8 11.9 15.3 18.4
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore 3.6 3.6 5.4
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovak Republic 9.8 8.4 11.4 14.2
Slovenia 4.0 4.0 5.9 7.4
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa 20.0 20.0 22.0
South Sudan
Spain 6.4 10.1 17.7 19.7
Sri Lanka 4.3 3.6 4.3 3.5
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia 10.0
St. Martin (French part)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden 5.8 5.8 8.6 8.5
Switzerland 2.9 2.8 3.8 3.8
Syrian Arab Republic 5.2 8.3 5.7 5.7
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand 1.3 1.3 1.2
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago 3.9 3.5
Tunisia
Turkey 10.0 10.7 13.9 11.4
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda 3.1
Ukraine 6.7 6.6
United Arab Emirates 2.0
United Kingdom 5.5 5.7 8.8 8.6
United States 4.7 6.1 10.3 10.5
Uruguay 6.6 5.4 5.3
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu 4.1
Venezuela, RB 7.1 6.5 7.2
Vietnam
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
West Bank and Gaza 22.1 26.5 17.7
Yemen, Rep. 11.8 11.5
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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