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Country199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016
Afghanistan20.32
Albania92.7490.9789.2187.4485.6783.9082.1380.3682.3484.3286.3086.91
Algeria14.6714.9415.2015.4615.7317.6419.55
Andorra100.00100.00
Angola33.6833.1732.6632.1431.6331.1230.6130.1029.5929.0728.5628.0527.5427.03
Argentina93.8293.9194.0094.0994.1894.2794.3694.4594.5594.6494.7394.8294.9195.0095.09
Armenia96.7997.0197.2297.4497.6597.8798.0898.3098.5198.7398.94
Aruba88.7188.7388.7488.7688.7788.7988.8088.8288.8388.8588.86
Azerbaijan90.3190.9691.6092.2592.8993.5494.1894.8395.4896.8698.2498.0998.1298.1898.2898.3298.3598.42
Bahrain42.3443.1143.8844.6545.4246.2046.9747.7448.5149.28
Bangladesh28.6427.9527.2626.5725.8825.1924.5023.3922.2721.1620.0424.0428.0532.0536.0540.05
Belarus98.3698.3998.4198.4398.4598.4798.4998.5298.5498.5698.58
Benin8.008.058.108.158.208.007.817.617.427.227.03
Bhutan17.2916.9516.6216.2815.9515.6115.2714.94
Bolivia48.0849.5851.0752.5754.0655.5657.0660.0661.2564.1767.0972.3070.6969.0867.47
Bosnia and Herzegovina83.2084.2585.3086.3587.4088.4489.4990.5491.5992.6493.6994.7490.3986.04
Botswana30.87
Brazil62.0262.9663.8964.8365.7666.9268.0868.9569.1469.2070.6471.9672.8372.3273.55
Brunei37.6440.0442.4444.8447.2449.6452.0454.4456.8459.2561.65
Bulgaria96.1796.3196.4496.5796.7196.8496.9897.1197.2597.3897.52
Burkina Faso4.834.975.122.989.068.978.878.788.688.598.498.39
Burundi18.6518.7618.8818.9919.1119.2219.3419.4519.5720.4621.3622.2523.1524.0424.93
Cambodia38.1540.5843.0245.4547.8940.11
Cameroon25.9725.0624.1423.2322.3121.4020.4919.5721.7623.9426.12
Cape Verde33.2034.4135.6136.82
Cayman Islands94.71
Central African Republic14.2216.3718.5220.6722.8224.9727.1229.2731.4233.5735.72
Chad6.505.534.573.602.633.153.674.184.705.225.736.256.777.287.808.317.03
Chile85.3486.9988.6390.2891.9293.5795.2195.3192.1889.0688.9788.89
China58.7260.2461.7663.2864.8066.3167.8369.3570.8772.3973.91
Colombia74.9775.9774.8775.7076.7876.0776.3078.1378.7179.2979.8680.28
Comoros38.1836.0633.9531.8329.7127.5925.4723.3621.2419.1217.0014.8912.77
Congo (Brazzaville)73.08
Congo (Kinshasa)36.2138.6041.0043.3945.7848.1750.5750.0249.4848.9348.3847.8447.8747.9047.9447.97
Costa Rica82.6483.3584.0584.7585.4586.1686.8687.5688.2788.9789.6790.37
Croatia93.0693.4793.8794.2894.6895.0995.4995.9096.3096.7097.11
Cuba99.1699.1699.1699.1699.1699.1699.1699.1699.1699.1699.16
Cyprus83.6384.6485.6686.6887.6988.7189.7390.7491.7692.7893.79
Dominican Republic63.7864.7365.6866.6267.5768.5268.9969.4769.9572.3973.0476.1578.8078.39
Ecuador73.0569.9066.7563.6060.4657.3154.1659.8665.5771.5169.7373.2074.5077.0377.8977.66
Egypt45.9726.7829.9533.1136.2839.4437.2635.0843.22
El Salvador53.4452.5053.5355.6456.9856.8258.7360.6362.7264.82
Equatorial Guinea52.83
Eritrea18.1218.5919.0619.5420.0120.4820.95
Estonia99.5599.5799.5899.6099.6199.6399.6499.6699.6799.6999.7199.72
Eswatini36.6737.5238.3739.2240.0740.9341.7842.6343.4844.3345.18
Ethiopia8.7511.1913.63
Gabon60.56
Gambia15.8015.3814.9614.5514.1313.7113.3012.8812.4612.0511.6311.2110.8010.38
Georgia98.7998.8298.8498.8698.8998.9198.9398.9698.9899.0099.0399.0599.07
Ghana29.4930.0330.5731.1131.6532.1932.7333.2733.8134.3534.89
Greece86.9383.5680.1876.8173.4474.9776.5076.5376.5784.2591.93
Greenland100.00
Guatemala40.5940.7040.8240.9341.0441.1641.2741.3841.5041.6141.7245.3950.71
Guinea10.8110.4910.179.849.529.208.888.559.6910.8311.9713.11
Guinea Bissau9.6610.3611.0611.7612.4613.1613.8614.5615.2615.9616.6617.3618.0618.7619.46
Guyana64.4361.5258.6155.7152.8049.89
Haiti20.2016.3112.428.53
Honduras45.5546.4147.2848.1449.0049.8650.7351.0151.2951.5748.0556.7057.0959.2460.1966.28
India35.5935.5235.4535.3735.3035.2236.5037.7739.0540.3341.60
Indonesia53.2263.2973.3665.6457.9262.1263.2264.3366.8269.3271.8169.1770.06
Iran26.6827.8228.3728.9229.8430.7731.6932.6234.2534.29
Iraq18.5918.7318.8619.0019.1419.2819.4219.5519.6919.8319.9720.1120.2520.38
Italy95.0795.2395.4095.5795.7395.9096.0696.2396.4096.5696.73
Ivory Coast11.1312.3113.4814.6615.8417.0218.1919.3720.5521.7222.9024.0825.2521.6217.99
Jamaica52.36
Jordan41.5442.9944.4445.6846.9349.1351.3253.5255.0187.70
Kazakhstan96.5396.7596.9797.1897.4097.6197.8398.0598.2698.4898.7099.50
Kenya36.8537.8538.8439.8440.8341.8242.8243.8145.2746.7348.2049.6651.1252.5854.04
Kuwait51.4953.6755.5357.3759.0360.6962.6364.5868.1868.8669.55
Kyrgyzstan90.1590.3890.6290.8591.0891.3191.5491.7892.0192.2492.47
Laos36.3028.3930.1431.8833.6335.3834.5833.7732.9732.1631.3630.55
Latvia99.4199.4599.5099.5599.5999.6499.6999.7399.7899.8399.8899.92
Lebanon58.5959.3760.15
Lesotho69.0567.5366.0164.4962.9861.4659.9458.4256.9055.3954.6053.8153.0252.2351.44
Liberia32.81
Lithuania99.3199.3699.4199.4699.5199.5699.6199.6699.7199.7699.81
Macau56.1856.9657.7458.5159.2960.0762.5865.0967.6170.1272.6374.3476.0677.7779.4981.20
Madagascar46.5846.8247.0547.2847.5147.7447.9848.2148.4448.6748.9049.1349.37
Malawi34.6335.3636.0836.8137.5435.14
Malaysia44.3345.7447.1548.5749.9851.4052.8154.2355.6457.0658.47
Maldives90.0290.3690.6991.0391.3791.7092.0492.1392.2292.3192.4092.4992.5892.6792.76
Mali11.3111.1711.0410.9110.7813.3313.4013.4713.5313.60
Malta81.8382.4983.1483.8084.4585.1085.76
Marshall Islands89.41
Mauritania34.6533.5032.3531.1930.0428.8927.7426.59
Mauritius52.4553.5554.6555.7556.8557.9559.0560.1561.2562.3563.4564.55
Mexico67.3265.3963.4564.5365.6068.7971.4372.6872.7174.9271.5272.2075.5976.2577.5677.03
Moldova80.8682.1083.3584.6085.8587.1088.3589.6090.8592.1093.3594.5995.84
Mongolia88.1488.7989.4490.0990.7491.3992.0492.6993.3493.9994.64
Montenegro89.3489.9290.4991.0691.6492.2192.7893.3693.93
Morocco13.8414.9216.0017.0818.1618.5724.3030.0332.75
Mozambique18.8119.2019.5919.9820.3720.7621.15
Myanmar (Burma)75.1774.1173.0571.9970.9369.8768.8167.7466.6865.6264.5663.5062.4461.3860.3259.2658.20
Namibia53.8251.9450.0748.1946.3144.4442.5646.1049.6453.1856.72
Nepal15.9716.4516.9317.4217.9018.3818.8619.3419.8220.3020.78
Nicaragua45.9746.7847.6048.4249.23
Niger2.115.478.8412.2115.5714.2412.9211.5910.268.937.606.27
Nigeria21.0421.1421.2521.3521.4521.56
North Korea99.99
North Macedonia82.52
Oman16.3116.0215.7315.4515.1614.8719.0823.2925.3827.4729.5631.6535.05
Pakistan20.5224.3624.9725.5924.8524.8523.9825.5024.5125.29
Palau98.3491.5384.72
Panama75.5876.1176.6477.1777.7078.2378.7579.2879.8180.3480.87
Papua New Guinea29.93
Paraguay78.3577.1378.3177.4178.1678.9279.6780.4381.20
Peru61.8063.8765.2765.8167.7769.7371.6973.6475.6075.0774.5376.8677.70
Philippines78.4182.2686.1089.9589.2688.5787.8887.1986.5087.2387.9688.6989.4290.15
Portugal80.48
Puerto Rico84.53
Qatar40.9945.3149.6353.9561.8856.4666.3473.7184.6980.6978.91
Romania91.9192.4693.0093.5494.0894.6295.1795.7196.2596.79
Russia97.6497.8398.0198.2098.3998.5898.7798.9699.15
Rwanda20.1821.4022.6323.8525.0826.3027.5328.7529.9831.2032.4328.3624.30
Saint Thomas and Principe40.4241.2842.1342.9943.8444.7045.5546.4047.2047.9948.7849.58
Samoa96.31
Saudi Arabia20.6621.9623.2524.5525.8528.6831.5234.3637.2040.0442.8745.7148.5551.39
Senegal14.3015.3716.4417.5118.5821.1723.7626.3525.7225.0923.2821.46
Serbia92.8193.5694.3195.0695.8196.56
Seychelles66.5767.1967.8168.4369.0569.6870.3070.9271.54
Sierra Leone13.7812.6611.5410.439.318.197.085.964.843.72
Singapore60.3161.8563.3964.9466.4868.0269.5671.1072.6474.1875.7277.3979.0580.7282.3884.05
South Africa56.3462.1267.9067.1567.6869.1570.0170.8872.10
South Sudan10.99
Spain90.4991.9492.3292.7092.0192.2292.5692.8293.2893.8293.9994.2294.66
Sri Lanka76.8876.2075.5174.8274.1473.4573.8074.1475.4276.70
Sudan28.0727.6027.1226.6526.1725.6925.2224.7424.27
Suriname62.9365.2567.5669.8872.1974.4776.7576.3575.96
Syria43.6741.3639.04
Tajikistan95.10
Tanzania27.8030.8733.9437.0140.0943.1646.2349.3052.3747.9843.5843.5443.5043.46
Thailand68.4669.3170.1671.0271.8772.7276.7980.8684.9389.0093.0787.9282.7777.6378.1878.73
Timor Leste11.17
Togo13.8014.2014.6014.9915.3915.7816.1817.0817.9918.8918.6118.3418.8619.3719.8920.41
Tonga98.0398.2098.3698.5398.7098.86
Tunisia19.6620.2120.7621.3120.8322.0823.3324.3225.9732.8739.77
Turkey53.0755.3754.8856.8859.4762.0765.0070.8074.6376.0877.0878.09
Uganda29.9230.7731.6232.4733.3233.6033.8934.1734.4635.2736.08
Ukraine97.5097.7397.9598.1798.3998.6298.8499.0699.2999.5199.7399.95
United Arab Emirates42.07
Uruguay95.2995.2596.0796.0495.5696.4496.8196.4096.6897.03
Uzbekistan87.1488.1289.1090.0991.0792.0593.0394.0295.0095.9896.9697.9498.9399.9199.6699.72
Venezuela77.5477.4077.2677.1276.9776.8376.6977.4178.1379.0379.9381.2382.5483.8485.1488.10
Vietnam64.4065.7867.1768.5569.9371.3272.7074.0975.4776.85
West Bank and Gaza35.1837.9340.6942.8036.4747.0949.0748.5052.8156.7258.3360.9963.93
Zambia38.6141.1443.6746.1946.9647.7348.5049.2750.0450.8151.5852.34
Zimbabwe59.0166.3873.7581.13