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2, Germany, 64.43 (2).
3, France, 61.57 (3).
4, Czech Republic, 61.41 (4).
5, Russia, 59.70 (8).
6, Italy, 58.99 (5).
7, Netherlands, 58.82 (6).
8, Sweden, 58.43 (9).
9, Denmark, 58.00 (10).
10, Spain, 57.72 (7).
11, Colombia, 57.56 (11).
12, England, 56.01 (13).
13, Mexico, 54.91 (14).
14, Portugal, 54.37 (12).
15, Romania, 53.21 (18).
16, Zambia, 53.11 (15).
17, South Africa, 52.95 (16).
18, United States, 52.66 (20).
19, Ghana, 51.59 (19).
20, Japan, 51.31 (26).
21, Bulgaria, 51.23 (17).
22, Argentina, 51.22 (24).
23, Norway, 50.77 (25).
24, Tunisia, 50.76 (26).
25, Croatia, 50.69 (27).
26, Chile, 49.79 (31).
27, Morocco, 48.24 (34).
28, Egypt, 47.63 (27).
29, Ivory Coast, 47.25 (28).
30, Greece, 46.94 (30).
31, Ecuador, 46.57 (32).
32, Ireland, 45.93 (37).
33, Turkey, 45.85 (29).
34, Trinidad and Tobago, 45.52 (33).
35, Switzerland, 44.76 (31).
36, Bolivia, 44.53 (35).
37, Belgium, 44.51 (T43).
38, Jamaica, 44.36 (39).
39, Scotland, 44.14 (36).
40, Slovakia, 44.10 (38).
41, South Korea, 42.05 (41).
42, Saudi Arabia, 41.77 (40).
43, Honduras, 41.20 (48).
44, Algeria, 41.17 (T43).
45, Paraguay, 41.03 (T46).
46, Austria, 40.75 (42).
47, Cameroon, 40.35 (45).
48, Gabon, 39.88 (T46).
49, Israel, 39.31 (52).
50, Thailand, 39.23 (50).
51, Nigeria, 38.58 (49).
52, Australia, 37.91 (61).
53, Uruguay, 37.07 (56).
54, Iceland, 37.04 (54).
55, China, 36.56 (53).
56, Poland, 36.51 (55).
57, Cuba, 36.35 (51).
58, Lithuania, 35.93 (T57)(tie), Peru, 35.93 (66).
60, Zaire, 35.85 (59).
61, Sierra Leone, 35.78 (60).
62, Slovenia, 35.71 (T57).
63, United Arab Emirates, 35.50 (70).
64, Senegal, 35.49 (62).
65, Northern Ireland, 35.30 (63).
66, Iran, 34.51 (64).
67, Zimbabwe, 34.16 (67).
68, Wales, 33.62 (71).
69, Ukraine, 33.40 (73).
70, Yugoslavia, 33.33 (65).
71, Finland, 33.30 (68).
72, El Salvador, 33.15 (76).
73, Costa Rica, 32.68 (85).
74, Hungary, 32.61 (81).
75, Latvia, 32.37 (69).
76, Tanzania, 31.81 (72).
77, Angola, 31.53 (74).
78, Canada, 31.48 (88).
79, Cyprus, 30.73 (82).
80, Kuwait, 30.48 (75).
81, Mali, 30.06 (77).
82, Oman, 30.01 (83).
83, Mozambique, 29.78 (78).
84, Qatar, 29.23 (79).
85, Sudan, 29.15 (95).
86, Togo, 29.05 (96).
87, St.Vincent-Grenadines, 28.96 (80).
88, Belarus, 28.65 (T92).
89, Malawi, 28.63 (84).
90, Guinea, 28.41 (86).
91, Malaysia, 27.71 (108).
92, Georgia, 27.62 (90). 93, Singapore, 27.57 (89). 94, Macedonia, 27.52 (87). 95, Uganda, 26.76 (94). 96, Lebanon, 26.51 (T92). 97, Liberia, 26.35 (91). 98, Burma, 25.58 (99). 99, Kenya, 24.81 (97). 100, Ethiopia, 24.73 (105). (tie), Vietnam, 24.73 (110). 102, Burkina Faso, 23.99 (98). (tie), Mauritania, 23.99 (100). 104, Barbados, 23.29 (101). 105, Panama, 23.27 (106). 106, Namibia, 22.88 (114). 107, Congo, 22.65 (103). 108, Haiti, 22.62 (102). 109, Indonesia, 21.97 (131). 110, Uzbekistan, 21.93 (107). 111, Albania, 21.61 (104). 112, St. Kitts-Nevis, 20.37 (109). 113, Guatemala, 20.12 (111). 114, Armenia, 19.94 (T122). 115, Estonia, 19.76 (112). 116, Gambia, 19.58 (113). 117, India, 19.37 (116). 118, Venezuela, 19.31 (118). 119, Moldova, 19.27 (115). 120, Malta, 19.08 (120). 121, Azerbaijan, 19.06 (133). 122, Hong Kong, 18.94 (119). 123, Guinea-Bissau, 18.54 (121). 124, Luxembourg, 18.30 (117). 125, Niger, 18.20 (T122). 126, Grenada, 18.12 (124). 127, Iraq, 17.78 (126). 128, Suriname, 17.65 (125). 129, Bangladesh, 17.01 (127). 130, Syria, 16.74 (129). 131, Dominican Republic, 16.66 (130). 132, Bahrain, 16.60 (128). 133, Faeroe Islands, 15.72 (137). 134, St. Lucia, 15.54 (132). 135, Burundi, 14.32 (134). 136, New Zealand, 14.25 (135). 137, Sri Lanka, 14.08 (136). 138, Yemen, 12.79 (138). 139, Madagascar, 12.51 (139). 140, Dominica, 12.45 (140). 141, North Korea, 11.78 (141). 142, Turkmenistan, 11.60 (142). 143, Netherlands Antilles, 10.92 (143). 144, Laos, 10.70 (156). 145, Jordan, 10.33 (144). 146, Mauritius, 10.09 (149). 147, Antigua, 10.01 (145). 148, Puerto Rico, 9.62 (146). 149, Nepal, 9.33 (147). 150, Cayman Islands, 9.32 (148).
151, Benin, 8.97 (154). 152, Cape Verde Islands, 8.63 (150). 153, Guyana, 7.75 (151). 154, Tahiti, 7.72 (152). 155, Fiji, 7.50 (153). 156, Swaziland, 6.98 (155). 157, Kazakstan, 6.28 (158). 158, Lesotho, 6.05 (159). 159, Bermuda, 5.99 (157). 160, Botswana, 5.96 (162). 161, Tajikistan, 5.90 (163). 162, San Marino, 5.88 (T160). 163, Liechtenstein, 5.80 (T160). 164, Rwanda, 5.30 (165). 165, Philippines, 5.14 (170). 166, Kyrgyzstan, 4.66 (164). 167, Brunei, 4.10 (174). 168, Solomon Islands, 3.88 (177). 169, Macao, 3.66 (166). 170, Pakistan, 3.62 (167). 171, Maldives Republic, 3.45 (168). 172, Taiwan, 3.43 (169). 173, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2.72 (172). 174, Somalia, 2.06 (171). 175, Nicaragua, 1.96 (173). 176, Seychelles, 1.91 (178). 177, Vanuatu, 1.65 (181). 178, Aruba, 1.44 (175). 179, Papua New Guinea, 1.27 (NR). 180, Belize, 1.24 (176). 181, Libya, 0.39 (179). 182, Djibouti, 0.29 (180). 183, Cambodia, 0.23 (182). 184, Chad, 0.00 (182). (tie), Guam, 0.00 (182).