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|Rank|Country|Note|Differential| |1|Finland|6,38|0 (1)| |2|Netherlands|6,48|+1
(3)| |3|Norway|6,52|-2 (1)| |4|Luxembourg|6,68|+2 (6)| |5|Andorra|6,82|-|
|6|Denmark|7,08|+4 (10)| |7|Liechtenstein|7,35|-| |8|New Zealand|8,38|+5 (13)|
|9|Iceland|8,49|-3 (6)| |10|Sweden|9,23|+2 (12)| |11|Estonia|9,26|-8 (3)|
|12|Austria|9,40|-7 (5)| |13|Jamaica|9,88|+3 (16)| |14|Switzerland|9,94|-6 (8)|
|15|Ireland|10,06|0 (15)| |16|Czech Republic|10,17|-2 (14)| |17|Germany|10,24|-1
(16)| |18|Costa Rica|12,08|+1 (19)| |19|Namibia|12,50|+1 (20)|
|20|Canada|12,69|-10 (10)| |21|Belgium|12,94|-1 (20)| |22|Poland|13,11|+2 (24)|
|23|Slovakia|13,25|+2 (25)| |24|Cyprus|13,83|-8 (16)| |25|Cape Verde|14,33|-16
(9)| |26|Australia|15,24|+4 (30)| |27|Uruguay|15,92|+5 (32)|
|28|Portugal|16,75|+5 (33)| |29|United Kingdom|16,89|-1 (28)|
|30|Ghana|17,27|+11 (41)| |31|Suriname|18,19|-9 (22)| |32|United
States|18,22|+15 (47)| |33|Lithuania|18,24|-3 (30)| |34|OECS|19,72|-9 (25)|
|35|Slovenia|20,49|+1 (36)| |36|Spain|20,50|+3 (39)| |37|France|21,60|+1 (38)|
|38|El Salvador|22,86|-1 (37)| |39|Latvia|22,89|+11 (50)| |40|Botswana|22,91|+2
(42)| |41|Papua New Guinea|22,97|-6 (35)| |42|Romania|23,05|+5 (47)|
|43|Niger|23,08|-14 (29)| |44|Trinidad and Tobago|23,12|+6 (50)|
|45|Malta|23,30|+13 (58)| |46|Burkina Faso|23,70|+22 (68)| |47|Taiwan|23,82|-2
(45)| |48|Samoa|23,84|+6 (54)| |49|Haiti|24,09|+3 (52)| |50|South Korea|24,48|-6
(44)| |51|Comoros|24,52|-6 (45)| |52|South Africa|24,56|-10 (42)|
|53|Japan|25,17|-31 (22)| |54|Argentina|25,67|-7 (47)| |55|Moldova|26,01|-2
(53)| |56|Hungary|26,09|-16 (40)| |57|Italy|26,11|+4 (61)| |58|Hong
Kong|26,16|-4 (54)| |59|Senegal|26,19|+16 (75)| |60|Chile|26,24|+20 (80)|
|61|Sierra Leone|26,35|+2 (63)| |62|Mauritius|26,47|-8 (54)|
|63|Serbia|26,59|+17 (80)| |64|Croatia|26,61|+4 (68)| |65|Central African
Republic|26,61|-3 (62)| |66|Tonga|26,70|-3 (63)| |67|Mauritania|26,76|0 (67)|
|68|Bosnia and Herzegovina|26,86|-10 (58)| |69|Guyana|27,08|-11 (58)|
|70|Tanzania|27,34|-36 (34)| |71|Kenya|27,80|+13 (84)| |72|Zambia|27,93|+14
(86)| |73|Mozambique|28,01|-7 (66)| |74|Armenia|28,04|+3 (77)|
|75|Malawi|28,18|+71 (146)| |76|Republic of the Congo|28,20|+14 (90)|
|77|Kuwait|28,28|+1 (78)| |78|Nicaragua|28,31|-6 (72)| |79|Benin|28,33|+12 (91)|
|80|Dominican Republic|28,34|+15 (95)| |81|Lesotho|28,36|-18 (63)|
|82|Bhutan|28,42|-12 (70)| |83|Togo|28,45|-4 (79)| |84|Greece|28,46|-14 (70)|
|85|Kosovo|28,47|+1 (86)| |86|Guinea|28,49|0 (86)| |87|Bulgaria|28,58|-7 (80)|
|88|Madagascar|28,62|-4 (84)| |89|Gabon|28,69|+12 (101)| |90|East Timor|28,72|-4
(86)| |91|Paraguay|28,78|-11 (80)| |92|Guinea-Bissau|28,94|-17 (75)|
|93|Seychelles|29,19|-20 (73)| |94|Northern Cyprus|29,34|+8 (102)|
|95|Guatemala|29,39|+2 (97)| |96|Ivory Coast|29,77|+63 (159)|
|97|Liberia|29,89|+13 (110)| |98|Mongolia|29,93|+2 (100)| |99|Mali|30,03|-74
(25)| |100|Georgia|30,09|+4 (104)| |101|Lebanon|30,15|-8 (93)|
|102|Albania|30,88|-6 (96)| |103|Maldives|31,10|-30 (73)| |104|Uganda|31,69|+35
(139)| |105|Peru|31,87|+10 (115)| |106|Kyrgyzstan|32,20|+2 (108)|
|107|Fiji|32,69|+10 (117)| |108|Brazil|32,75|-9 (99)| |109|Bolivia|32,80|-1
(108)| |110|Qatar|32,86|+4 (114)| |111|Panama|32,95|+2 (113)|
|112|Israel|32,97|-20 (92)| |113|Montenegro|32,97|-6 (107)| |114|United Arab
Emirates|33,49|-2 (112)| |115|Nigeria|34,11|+11 (126)| |116|Republic of
Macedonia|34,27|-22 (94)| |117|Venezuela|34,44|0 (117)| |118|Nepal|34,61|-12
(106)| |119|Ecuador|34,69|-15 (104)| |120|Cameroon|34,78|-23 (97)|
|121|Chad|34,87|-18 (103)| |122|Brunei|35,45|+3 (125)| |123|Tajikistan|35,71|-1
(122)| |124|South Sudan|36,20|-13 (111)| |125|Algeria|36,54|-3 (122)|
|126|Ukraine|36,79|-10 (116)| |127|Honduras|36,92|+8 (135)|
|128|Afghanistan|37,36|+22 (150)| |129|Colombia|37,48|+14 (143)|
|130|Angola|37,80|+2 (132)| |131|Libya|37,86|+23 (154)| |132|Burundi|38,02|-2
(130)| |133|Zimbabwe|38,12|-16 (117)| |134|Jordan|38,47|-6 (128)|
|135|Thailand|38,60|+2 (137)| |136|Morocco|39,04|+2 (138)|
|137|Ethiopia|39,57|-10 (127)| |138|Tunisia|39,93|-4 (134)|
|139|Indonesia|41,05|+7 (146)| |140|India|41,22|-9 (131)| |141|Oman|41,51|-24
(117)| |142|DR Congo|41,66|+3 (145)| |143|Cambodia|41,81|-26 (117)|
|144|Bangladesh|42,01|-15 (129)| |145|Malaysia|42,73|-23 (122)|
|146|Palestine|43,09|+7 (153)| |147|Philippines|43,11|-7 (140)|
|148|Russia|43,42|-6 (142)| |149|Singapore|43,43|-14 (135)| |150|Iraq|44,67|+2
(152)| |151|Burma|44,71|+18 (169)| |152|Gambia|45,09|-11 (141)|
|153|Mexico|45,30|-4 (149)| |154|Turkey|46,56|-6 (148)| |155|Swaziland|46,76|-11
(144)| |156|Azerbaijan|47,73|+6 (162)| |157|Belarus|48,35|+11 (168)|
|158|Egypt|48,66|+8 (166)| |159|Pakistan|51,31|-8 (151)|
|160|Kazakhstan|55,08|-6 (154)| |161|Rwanda|55,46|-5 (156)| |162|Sri
Lanka|56,59|+1 (163)| |163|Saudi Arabia|56,88|-5 (158)| |164|Uzbekistan|60,39|-7
(157)| |165|Bahrain|62,75|+8 (173)| |166|Equatorial Guinea|67,20|-5 (161)|
|167|Djibouti|67,40|-8 (159)| |168|Laos|67,99|-3 (165)| |169|Yemen|69,22|+2
(171)| |170|Sudan|70,06|0 (170)| |171|Cuba|71,64|-4 (167)| |172|Vietnam|71,78|0
(172)| |173|China|73,07|+1 (174)| |174|Iran|73,40|+1 (175)|
|175|Somalia|73,59|-11 (164)| |176|Syria|78,53|0 (176)|
|177|Turkmenistan|79,14|0 (177)| |178|North Korea|83,90|0 (178)|
|179|Eritrea|84,83|0 (179)|
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