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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Monaco | 99.99% | 2012 | ||
2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 99.21% | 2012 | ||
3 | Slovenia | 98.42% | 2012 | ||
4 | Ecuador | 75.66% | 2012 | ||
5 | Germany | 64.46% | 2012 | ||
6 | Netherlands | 61.82% | 2012 | ||
7 | France | 58.55% | 2012 | ||
8 | Belgium | 55.72% | 2012 | ||
9 | Gibraltar | 54.35% | 2012 | ||
10 | Poland | 52.77% | 2012 | ||
11 | Guinea-Bissau | 45.85% | 2012 | ||
12 | Romania | 40.44% | 2012 | ||
13 | Nicaragua | 37.74% | 2012 | ||
14 | Greenland | 36.69% | 2012 | ||
15 | Australia | 33.24% | 2012 | ||
16 | Mauritania | 32.17% | 2012 | ||
17 | Saint Helena | 31.21% | 2012 | ||
18 | Lithuania | 30.71% | 2012 | ||
19 | United States | 30.4% | 2012 | ||
20 | Palau | 30.28% | 2012 | ||
21 | Jordan | 29.97% | 2012 | ||
22 | Denmark | 29.15% | 2012 | ||
23 | Dominican Republic | 28.58% | 2012 | ||
24 | Namibia | 28.01% | 2012 | ||
25 | Estonia | 27.54% | 2012 | ||
26 | New Caledonia | 25.2% | 2012 | ||
27 | Suriname | 22.87% | 2012 | ||
28 | Northern Mariana Islands | 20.28% | 2012 | ||
29 | Kiribati | 20.2% | 2012 | ||
30 | Italy | 19.9% | 2012 | ||
31 | Mexico | 18.86% | 2012 | ||
32 | Western Sahara | 18.23% | 2012 | ||
33 | Tanzania | 18.21% | 2012 | ||
34 | American Samoa | 17.14% | 2012 | ||
35 | United Kingdom | 16.61% | 2012 | ||
36 | Brazil | 16.34% | 2012 | ||
37 | Colombia | 16.13% | 2012 | ||
38 | Venezuela | 16.01% | 2012 | ||
39 | Bulgaria | 15.66% | 2012 | ||
40 | Finland | 15.65% | 2012 | ||
41 | Costa Rica | 15.46% | 2012 | ||
42 | Senegal | 14.44% | 2012 | ||
43 | Belize | 14.21% | 2012 | ||
44 | Egypt | 13.14% | 2012 | ||
45 | Guatemala | 12.99% | 2012 | ||
46 | South Africa | 12.76% | 2012 | ||
47 | New Zealand | 12.45% | 2012 | ||
48 | French Guiana | 12.09% | 2012 | ||
49 | Russia | 11.63% | 2012 | ||
50 | Guadeloupe | 11.56% | 2012 | ||
51 | Latvia | 11.48% | 2012 | ||
52 | Ukraine | 10.7% | 2012 | ||
53 | Kenya | 10.52% | 2012 | ||
54 | Sweden | 10.23% | 2012 | ||
55 | Ireland | 10.18% | 2012 | ||
56 | El Salvador | 9.47% | 2012 | ||
57 | Tonga | 9.4% | 2012 | ||
58 | Spain | 9.37% | 2012 | ||
59 | United Arab Emirates | 9.17% | 2012 | ||
60 | Gabon | 8.87% | 2012 | ||
61 | Sierra Leone | 8.63% | 2012 | ||
62 | Cuba | 7.62% | 2012 | ||
63 | Panama | 7.41% | 2012 | ||
64 | Bahrain | 7.38% | 2012 | ||
65 | Anguilla | 7.09% | 2012 | ||
66 | Cameroon | 6.46% | 2012 | ||
67 | Greece | 6.31% | 2012 | ||
68 | Fiji | 6.15% | 2012 | ||
69 | Pakistan | 5.85% | 2012 | ||
70 | Indonesia | 5.81% | 2012 | ||
71 | Japan | 5.59% | 2012 | ||
72 | Thailand | 5.07% | 2012 | ||
73 | Bermuda | 5.05% | 2012 | ||
74 | Chile | 4.75% | 2012 | ||
75 | Jamaica | 4.63% | 2012 | ||
76 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.4% | 2012 | ||
77 | Guinea | 4.24% | 2012 | ||
78 | Portugal | 4.1% | 2012 | ||
79 | South Korea | 3.94% | 2012 | ||
80 | Peru | 3.93% | 2012 | ||
81 | Iceland | 3.9% | 2012 | ||
82 | East Timor | 3.79% | 2012 | ||
83 | Croatia | 3.51% | 2012 | ||
84 | Madagascar | 3.45% | 2012 | ||
85 | Saudi Arabia | 3.43% | 2012 | ||
86 | Yemen | 3.3% | 2012 | ||
87 | Comoros | 3.17% | 2012 | ||
88 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.98% | 2012 | ||
89 | Norway | 2.83% | 2012 | ||
90 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.79% | 2012 | ||
91 | Turkey | 2.7% | 2012 | ||
92 | Honduras | 2.66% | 2012 | ||
93 | Guam | 2.63% | 2012 | ||
94 | Bangladesh | 2.54% | 2012 | ||
95 | Morocco | 2.53% | 2012 | ||
96 | Philippines | 2.49% | 2012 | ||
97 | Tunisia | 2.48% | 2012 | ||
98 | Albania | 2.41% | 2012 | ||
99 | Mozambique | 2.41% | 2012 | ||
100 | Gambia | 2.38% | 2012 | ||
101 | Malaysia | 2.28% | 2012 | ||
102 | Iran | 2.2% | 2012 | ||
103 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2.09% | 2012 | ||
104 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.01% | 2012 | ||
105 | British Virgin Islands | 2% | 2012 | ||
106 | Virgin Islands | 2% | 2012 | ||
107 | Liberia | 1.82% | 2012 | ||
108 | Ghana | 1.74% | 2012 | ||
109 | Vietnam | 1.73% | 2012 | ||
110 | Uruguay | 1.73% | 2012 | ||
111 | Puerto Rico | 1.72% | 2012 | ||
112 | China | 1.65% | 2012 | ||
113 | Argentina | 1.64% | 2012 | ||
114 | Qatar | 1.62% | 2012 | ||
115 | India | 1.61% | 2012 | ||
116 | Singapore | 1.44% | 2012 | ||
117 | Brunei | 1.44% | 2012 | ||
118 | Canada | 1.35% | 2012 | ||
119 | Sri Lanka | 1.34% | 2012 | ||
120 | Cyprus | 1.32% | 2012 | ||
121 | Oman | 1.3% | 2012 | ||
122 | Cayman Islands | 1.25% | 2012 | ||
123 | Niue | 1.22% | 2012 | ||
124 | Samoa | 1.09% | 2012 | ||
125 | Mayotte | 0.954% | 2012 | ||
126 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.951% | 2012 | ||
127 | Solomon Islands | 0.895% | 2012 | ||
128 | Georgia | 0.888% | 2012 | ||
129 | Seychelles | 0.855% | 2012 | ||
130 | Montenegro | 0.85% | 2012 | ||
131 | Reunion | 0.842% | 2012 | ||
132 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.779% | 2012 | ||
133 | Martinique | 0.761% | 2012 | ||
134 | Faeroe Islands | 0.759% | 2012 | ||
135 | Marshall Islands | 0.701% | 2012 | ||
136 | Malta | 0.627% | 2012 | ||
137 | Syria | 0.626% | 2012 | ||
138 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.606% | 2012 | ||
139 | Netherlands Antilles | 0.541% | 2012 | ||
140 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.527% | 2012 | ||
141 | Djibouti | 0.487% | 2012 | ||
142 | Cambodia | 0.476% | 2012 | ||
143 | Israel | 0.446% | 2012 | ||
144 | The Bahamas | 0.405% | 2012 | ||
145 | Algeria | 0.357% | 2012 | ||
146 | Papua New Guinea | 0.352% | 2012 | ||
147 | Tuvalu | 0.328% | 2012 | ||
148 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 0.301% | 2012 | ||
149 | Mauritius | 0.297% | 2012 | ||
150 | Lebanon | 0.241% | 2012 | ||
151 | Burma | 0.217% | 2012 | ||
152 | Nigeria | 0.21% | 2012 | ||
153 | Kuwait | 0.17% | 2012 | ||
154 | Saint Lucia | 0.158% | 2012 | ||
155 | Tokelau | 0.14% | 2012 | ||
156 | Dominica | 0.125% | 2012 | ||
157 | Grenada | 0.0923% | 2012 | ||
158 | French Polynesia | 0.0814% | 2012 | ||
159 | Barbados | 0.0744% | 2012 | ||
160 | Angola | 0.0666% | 2012 | ||
161 | Federated States of Micronesia | 0.0579% | 2012 | ||
162 | Libya | 0.0501% | 2012 | ||
163 | Cook Islands | 0.0463% | 2012 | ||
164 | Vanuatu | 0.0392% | 2012 | ||
165 | Montserrat | 0.0116% | 2012 | ||
166 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.00147% | 2012 | ||
167 | Cape Verde | 1.67e-05% | 2012 | ||
168 | Somalia | 1.39e-05% | 2012 | ||
169 | Iraq | 1.22e-05% | 2012 |