List by rank

Rank		Country	Value
143		Afghanistan	12,60
147		Akrotiri	NA
12		Albania	98,30
102		Algeria	60,10
20		American Samoa	97,00
1		Andorra	100,00
107		Angola	54,20
31		Anguilla	95,00
147		Antarctica	NA
147		Antigua and Barbuda	NA
18		Argentina	97,20
7		Armenia	99,20
19		Aruba	97,10
147		Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA
8		Australia	99,00
147		Austria	NA
13		Azerbaijan	98,20
23		Bahamas, The	96,50
69		Bahrain	83,60
122		Bangladesh	41,40
3		Barbados	99,70
5		Belarus	99,40
8		Belgium	99,00
83		Belize	77,10
137		Benin	23,30
8		Bermuda	99,00
128		Bhutan	34,00
75		Bolivia	80,70
33		Bosnia and Herzegovina	94,40
72		Botswana	81,80
147		Bouvet Island	NA
56		Brazil	88,80
147		British Indian Ocean Territory	NA
147		British Virgin Islands	NA
50		Brunei	90,20
16		Bulgaria	97,70
139		Burkina Faso	15,20
65		Burma	86,40
110		Burundi	52,20
96		Cambodia	64,10
103		Cameroon	59,80
8		Canada	99,00
91		Cape Verde	69,20
15		Cayman Islands	98,00
129		Central African Republic	33,50
142		Chad	12,80
28		Chile	95,60
64		China	86,50
147		Christmas Island	NA
147		Clipperton Island	NA
147		Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA
47		Colombia	90,70
116		Comoros	49,30
108		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	54,10
80		Congo, Republic of the	78,40
147		Cook Islands	NA
147		Coral Sea Islands	NA
30		Costa Rica	95,10
124		Cote d'Ivoire	38,60
19		Croatia	97,10
2		Cuba	99,80
25		Cyprus	96,30
8		Czech Republic	99,00
8		Denmark	99,00
147		Dhekelia	NA
105		Djibouti	58,40
36		Dominica	94,00
61		Dominican Republic	87,20
52		Ecuador	89,70
104		Egypt	59,40
82		El Salvador	77,70
76		Equatorial Guinea	80,50
118		Eritrea	47,60
2		Estonia	99,80
126		Ethiopia	35,10
147		European Union	NA
147		Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA
147		Faroe Islands	NA
42		Fiji	91,90
1		Finland	100,00
8		France	99,00
15		French Polynesia	98,00
147		French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA
109		Gabon	53,30
130		Gambia, The	32,80
58		Gaza Strip	88,00
1		Georgia	100,00
8		Germany	99,00
115		Ghana	49,80
147		Gibraltar	NA
34		Greece	94,20
1		Greenland	100,00
147		Grenada	NA
8		Guam	99,00
97		Guatemala	63,30
147		Guernsey	NA
138		Guinea	18,10
134		Guinea-Bissau	27,40
10		Guyana	98,50
111		Haiti	51,20
147		Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA
1		Holy See (Vatican City)	100,00
77		Honduras	80,20
53		Hong Kong	89,60
6		Hungary	99,30
8		Iceland	99,00
117		India	47,80
63		Indonesia	86,80
90		Iran	70,40
95		Iraq	64,20
8		Ireland	99,00
147		Isle of Man	NA
27		Israel	95,90
15		Italy	98,00
43		Jamaica	91,60
147		Jan Mayen	NA
8		Japan	99,00
147		Jersey	NA
68		Jordan	84,70
6		Kazakhstan	99,30
78		Kenya	79,70
141		Kiribati	13,00
8		Korea, North	99,00
22		Korea, South	96,60
60		Kosovo	87,50
46		Kuwait	91,00
14		Kyrgyzstan	98,10
100		Laos	60,90
3		Latvia	99,70
71		Lebanon	82,20
32		Lesotho	94,50
121		Liberia	41,60
88		Libya	72,00
1		Liechtenstein	100,00
4		Lithuania	99,60
1		Luxembourg	100,00
59		Macau	87,80
35		Macedonia	94,10
98		Madagascar	62,50
115		Malawi	49,80
67		Malaysia	85,40
24		Maldives	96,40
123		Mali	39,60
38		Malta	93,60
37		Marshall Islands	93,70
120		Mauritania	43,40
76		Mauritius	80,50
147		Mayotte	NA
53		Mexico	89,60
58		Micronesia, Federated States of	88,00
9		Moldova	98,60
8		Monaco	99,00
17		Mongolia	97,50
147		Montenegro	NA
20		Montserrat	97,00
123		Morocco	39,60
131		Mozambique	32,70
70		Namibia	83,50
145		Nauru	9,00
147		Navassa Island	NA
127		Nepal	34,90
8		Netherlands	99,00
21		Netherlands Antilles	96,80
29		New Caledonia	95,50
8		New Zealand	99,00
92		Nicaragua	67,80
140		Niger	15,10
101		Nigeria	60,60
147		Niue	NA
147		Norfolk Island	NA
26		Northern Mariana Islands	96,00
1		Norway	100,00
87		Oman	73,50
125		Pakistan	36,00
51		Palau	90,00
45		Panama	91,20
112		Papua New Guinea	50,90
147		Paracel Islands	NA
39		Paraguay	93,00
54		Peru	89,40
40		Philippines	92,70
147		Pitcairn Islands	NA
3		Poland	99,70
44		Portugal	91,30
33		Puerto Rico	94,40
57		Qatar	88,60
25		Romania	96,30
7		Russia	99,20
94		Rwanda	64,70
147		Saint Barthelemy	NA
15		Saint Helena	98,00
147		Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA
48		Saint Lucia	90,60
147		Saint Martin	NA
8		Saint Pierre and Miquelon	99,00
26		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	96,00
3		Samoa	99,70
31		San Marino	95,00
81		Sao Tome and Principe	77,90
89		Saudi Arabia	70,80
133		Senegal	29,20
35		Serbia	94,10
41		Seychelles	92,30
136		Sierra Leone	24,40
57		Singapore	88,60
4		Slovakia	99,60
4		Slovenia	99,60
146		Solomon Islands	8,00
135		Somalia	25,80
66		South Africa	85,70
147		South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	NA
18		Spain	97,20
147		Spratly Islands	NA
55		Sri Lanka	89,10
113		Sudan	50,50
61		Suriname	87,20
147		Svalbard	NA
74		Swaziland	80,80
8		Sweden	99,00
8		Switzerland	99,00
86		Syria	73,60
147		Taiwan	NA
7		Tajikistan	99,20
99		Tanzania	62,20
49		Thailand	90,50
147		Timor-Leste	NA
119		Togo	46,90
144		Tokelau	11,00
8		Tonga	99,00
15		Trinidad and Tobago	98,00
93		Tunisia	65,30
79		Turkey	79,60
12		Turkmenistan	98,30
15		Turks and Caicos Islands	98,00
144		Tuvalu	11,00
106		Uganda	57,70
7		Ukraine	99,20
73		United Arab Emirates	81,70
8		United Kingdom	99,00
8		United States	99,00
147		United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA
11		Uruguay	98,40
8		Uzbekistan	99,00
147		Vanuatu	NA
40		Venezuela	92,70
62		Vietnam	86,90
147		Virgin Islands	NA
147		Wake Island	NA
114		Wallis and Futuna	50,00
58		West Bank	88,00
147		Western Sahara	NA
84		World	77,00
132		Yemen	30,00
85		Zambia	74,80
61		Zimbabwe	87,20

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