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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 12.98% | 2008 | ||
| 2 | Cuba | 12.86% | 2010 | ||
| 3 | Marshall Islands | 12.24% | 2003 | ||
| 4 | Kiribati | 11.85% | 2001 | ||
| 5 | East Timor | 9.74% | 2011 | ||
| 6 | Botswana | 9.49% | 2009 | ||
| 7 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.48% | 2010 | ||
| 8 | Denmark | 8.74% | 2009 | ||
| 9 | Djibouti | 8.41% | 2007 | ||
| 10 | Moldova | 8.39% | 2012 | ||
| 11 | Namibia | 8.37% | 2010 | ||
| 12 | Swaziland | 8.25% | 2011 | ||
| 13 | Ghana | 8.14% | 2011 | ||
| 14 | Comoros | 7.61% | 2008 | ||
| 15 | Iceland | 7.6% | 2010 | ||
| 16 | Tuvalu | 7.55% | 1990 | ||
| 17 | Barbados | 7.52% | 2010 | ||
| 18 | Papua New Guinea | 7.39% | 1977 | ||
| 19 | Solomon Islands | 7.27% | 2010 | ||
| 20 | Cyprus | 7.27% | 2010 | ||
| 21 | Palau | 7.27% | 2002 | ||
| 22 | New Zealand | 7.26% | 2011 | ||
| 23 | Sweden | 6.98% | 2010 | ||
| 24 | Malta | 6.91% | 2010 | ||
| 25 | Bolivia | 6.89% | 2011 | ||
| 26 | Venezuela | 6.87% | 2009 | ||
| 27 | Norway | 6.87% | 2010 | ||
| 28 | Vietnam | 6.85% | 2010 | ||
| 29 | Finland | 6.84% | 2010 | ||
| 30 | Maldives | 6.82% | 2011 | ||
| 31 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.79% | 2011 | ||
| 32 | Federated States of Micronesia | 6.71% | 2000 | ||
| 33 | Puerto Rico | 6.68% | 1978 | ||
| 34 | Kenya | 6.66% | 2010 | ||
| 35 | Belgium | 6.57% | 2010 | ||
| 36 | Belize | 6.56% | 2010 | ||
| 37 | Ireland | 6.47% | 2010 | ||
| 38 | Jamaica | 6.35% | 2010 | ||
| 39 | United Kingdom | 6.3% | 2010 | ||
| 40 | Costa Rica | 6.27% | 2009 | ||
| 41 | Tunisia | 6.21% | 2010 | ||
| 42 | Tanzania | 6.18% | 2010 | ||
| 43 | Ukraine | 6.15% | 2011 | ||
| 44 | Aruba | 6.04% | 2011 | ||
| 45 | South Africa | 5.96% | 2010 | ||
| 46 | Netherlands | 5.96% | 2010 | ||
| 47 | Austria | 5.89% | 2010 | ||
| 48 | France | 5.86% | 2010 | ||
| 49 | Brazil | 5.82% | 2010 | ||
| 50 | Burundi | 5.82% | 2012 | ||
| 51 | Thailand | 5.79% | 2011 | ||
| 52 | Argentina | 5.78% | 2010 | ||
| 53 | Samoa | 5.77% | 2008 | ||
| 54 | Slovenia | 5.68% | 2010 | ||
| 55 | Estonia | 5.68% | 2010 | ||
| 56 | Senegal | 5.63% | 2010 | ||
| 57 | Portugal | 5.62% | 2010 | ||
| 58 | United States | 5.62% | 2010 | ||
| 59 | Israel | 5.59% | 2010 | ||
| 60 | Australia | 5.59% | 2010 | ||
| 61 | Canada | 5.5% | 2010 | ||
| 62 | Mongolia | 5.48% | 2011 | ||
| 63 | Morocco | 5.38% | 2009 | ||
| 64 | Lithuania | 5.37% | 2010 | ||
| 65 | Malawi | 5.35% | 2011 | ||
| 66 | Benin | 5.35% | 2010 | ||
| 67 | Mexico | 5.28% | 2010 | ||
| 68 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.25% | 1999 | ||
| 69 | Switzerland | 5.22% | 2010 | ||
| 70 | Poland | 5.17% | 2010 | ||
| 71 | Yemen | 5.15% | 2008 | ||
| 72 | Belarus | 5.15% | 2012 | ||
| 73 | Saudi Arabia | 5.14% | 2008 | ||
| 74 | Syria | 5.13% | 2009 | ||
| 75 | Malaysia | 5.13% | 2010 | ||
| 76 | Iraq | 5.11% | 1989 | ||
| 77 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.09% | 2010 | ||
| 78 | Germany | 5.08% | 2010 | ||
| 79 | Montserrat | 5.06% | 2009 | ||
| 80 | South Korea | 5.05% | 2009 | ||
| 81 | Latvia | 5.02% | 2010 | ||
| 82 | Vanuatu | 5.01% | 2009 | ||
| 83 | Mozambique | 5.01% | 2006 | ||
| 84 | Dominica | 4.99% | 1999 | ||
| 85 | Spain | 4.97% | 2010 | ||
| 86 | Cape Verde | 4.95% | 2011 | ||
| 87 | Jordan | 4.94% | 1999 | ||
| 88 | Hungary | 4.88% | 2010 | ||
| 89 | Serbia | 4.82% | 2011 | ||
| 90 | Mali | 4.8% | 2011 | ||
| 91 | Nepal | 4.72% | 2010 | ||
| 92 | Ethiopia | 4.69% | 2010 | ||
| 93 | Bhutan | 4.65% | 2011 | ||
| 94 | Nicaragua | 4.57% | 2010 | ||
| 95 | Togo | 4.52% | 2011 | ||
| 96 | Italy | 4.5% | 2010 | ||
| 97 | Uruguay | 4.5% | 2011 | ||
| 98 | Niger | 4.48% | 2011 | ||
| 99 | Colombia | 4.45% | 2011 | ||
| 100 | British Virgin Islands | 4.36% | 2010 | ||
| 101 | Ecuador | 4.36% | 2012 | ||
| 102 | Algeria | 4.34% | 2008 | ||
| 103 | Oman | 4.32% | 2009 | ||
| 104 | Croatia | 4.31% | 2010 | ||
| 105 | Saint Lucia | 4.26% | 2012 | ||
| 106 | Czech Republic | 4.25% | 2010 | ||
| 107 | Romania | 4.24% | 2009 | ||
| 108 | Slovakia | 4.22% | 2010 | ||
| 109 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.22% | 2007 | ||
| 110 | Rwanda | 4.19% | 2012 | ||
| 111 | Fiji | 4.13% | 2011 | ||
| 112 | Russia | 4.1% | 2008 | ||
| 113 | Bulgaria | 4.1% | 2010 | ||
| 114 | Greece | 4.09% | 2005 | ||
| 115 | Gambia | 4.07% | 2012 | ||
| 116 | Chile | 4.07% | 2011 | ||
| 117 | Tajikistan | 3.94% | 2011 | ||
| 118 | Tonga | 3.9% | 2004 | ||
| 119 | Grenada | 3.9% | 2003 | ||
| 120 | Gabon | 3.83% | 2000 | ||
| 121 | Japan | 3.78% | 2011 | ||
| 122 | Paraguay | 3.77% | 2010 | ||
| 123 | Egypt | 3.76% | 2008 | ||
| 124 | Kuwait | 3.76% | 2006 | ||
| 125 | Luxembourg | 3.75% | 2001 | ||
| 126 | Iran | 3.71% | 2012 | ||
| 127 | Andorra | 3.71% | 1997 | ||
| 128 | Mauritania | 3.69% | 2011 | ||
| 129 | Seychelles | 3.63% | 2011 | ||
| 130 | Honduras | 3.58% | 1995 | ||
| 131 | Hong Kong | 3.51% | 2012 | ||
| 132 | Panama | 3.5% | 2011 | ||
| 133 | Republic of Macedonia | 3.5% | 2002 | ||
| 134 | Mauritius | 3.48% | 2012 | ||
| 135 | Angola | 3.48% | 2010 | ||
| 136 | Burkina Faso | 3.43% | 2011 | ||
| 137 | El Salvador | 3.42% | 2011 | ||
| 138 | San Marino | 3.37% | 1996 | ||
| 139 | Laos | 3.31% | 2010 | ||
| 140 | Uganda | 3.28% | 2012 | ||
| 141 | Brunei | 3.27% | 2012 | ||
| 142 | Albania | 3.27% | 2007 | ||
| 143 | Cook Islands | 3.27% | 2011 | ||
| 144 | Singapore | 3.23% | 2012 | ||
| 145 | Cameroon | 3.21% | 2011 | ||
| 146 | Guyana | 3.19% | 2012 | ||
| 147 | India | 3.17% | 2011 | ||
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.16% | 2003 | ||
| 149 | Armenia | 3.15% | 2011 | ||
| 150 | Nigeria | 3.06% | 1975 | ||
| 151 | Kazakhstan | 3.06% | 2009 | ||
| 152 | Guatemala | 2.97% | 2012 | ||
| 153 | Bahrain | 2.93% | 2008 | ||
| 154 | Sierra Leone | 2.88% | 2012 | ||
| 155 | Turkey | 2.86% | 2006 | ||
| 156 | The Bahamas | 2.85% | 2000 | ||
| 157 | Anguilla | 2.82% | 2008 | ||
| 158 | Liberia | 2.81% | 2012 | ||
| 159 | Indonesia | 2.77% | 2011 | ||
| 160 | Madagascar | 2.72% | 2012 | ||
| 161 | Macau | 2.68% | 2011 | ||
| 162 | Libya | 2.67% | 1999 | ||
| 163 | Philippines | 2.65% | 2009 | ||
| 164 | Bermuda | 2.64% | 2010 | ||
| 165 | Cambodia | 2.6% | 2010 | ||
| 166 | Chad | 2.59% | 2011 | ||
| 167 | Peru | 2.59% | 2011 | ||
| 168 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.55% | 2009 | ||
| 169 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.51% | 2010 | ||
| 170 | Zimbabwe | 2.5% | 2010 | ||
| 171 | Guinea | 2.47% | 2012 | ||
| 172 | Qatar | 2.45% | 2008 | ||
| 173 | Azerbaijan | 2.44% | 2011 | ||
| 174 | Sudan | 2.24% | 2009 | ||
| 175 | Bangladesh | 2.23% | 2009 | ||
| 176 | Dominican Republic | 2.19% | 2007 | ||
| 177 | Pakistan | 2.17% | 2012 | ||
| 178 | Eritrea | 2.13% | 2006 | ||
| 179 | Liechtenstein | 2.11% | 2008 | ||
| 180 | Sri Lanka | 2% | 2011 | ||
| 181 | Georgia | 1.99% | 2012 | ||
| 182 | China | 1.91% | 1999 | ||
| 183 | Afghanistan | 1.73% | 1982 | ||
| 184 | Lebanon | 1.65% | 2011 | ||
| 185 | Monaco | 1.59% | 2011 | ||
| 186 | Zambia | 1.35% | 2008 | ||
| 187 | Central African Republic | 1.25% | 2011 | ||
| 188 | United Arab Emirates | 1.11% | 1997 | ||
| 189 | Haiti | 1.07% | 1991 | ||
| 190 | Burma | 0.773% | 2011 | ||
| 191 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.603% | 2002 | ||
| 192 | New Caledonia | 0.555% | 1993 | ||
| 193 | French Polynesia | 0.525% | 1993 | ||
| 194 | Holy See (Vatican City) | 0.0 | 2012 |
