List by rank

Rank		Country	Value
141		Afghanistan	28.10
143		Akrotiri	NA
12		Albania	98.70
96		Algeria	69.90
24		American Samoa	97.00
1		Andorra	100.00
104		Angola	67.40
33		Anguilla	95.00
143		Antarctica	NA
68		Antigua and Barbuda	85.80
22		Argentina	97.20
6		Armenia	99.40
21		Aruba	97.30
143		Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA
9		Australia	99.00
17		Austria	98.00
11		Azerbaijan	98.80
32		Bahamas, The	95.60
66		Bahrain	86.50
131		Bangladesh	43.10
3		Barbados	99.70
4		Belarus	99.60
9		Belgium	99.00
88		Belize	76.90
138		Benin	34.70
17		Bermuda	98.00
129		Bhutan	47.00
65		Bolivia	86.70
25		Bosnia and Herzegovina	96.70
80		Botswana	81.20
143		Bouvet Island	NA
60		Brazil	88.60
143		British Indian Ocean Territory	NA
19		British Virgin Islands	97.80
41		Brunei	92.70
15		Bulgaria	98.20
142		Burkina Faso	21.80
56		Burma	89.90
112		Burundi	59.30
93		Cambodia	73.60
102		Cameroon	67.90
9		Canada	99.00
89		Cape Verde	76.60
17		Cayman Islands	98.00
121		Central African Republic	51.00
128		Chad	47.50
31		Chile	95.70
50		China	90.90
143		Christmas Island	NA
143		Clipperton Island	NA
143		Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA
40		Colombia	92.80
117		Comoros	56.50
106		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	65.50
75		Congo, Republic of the	83.80
33		Cook Islands	95.00
143		Coral Sea Islands	NA
30		Costa Rica	96.00
122		Cote d'Ivoire	50.90
16		Croatia	98.10
2		Cuba	99.80
20		Cyprus	97.60
9		Czech Republic	99.00
9		Denmark	99.00
143		Dhekelia	NA
102		Djibouti	67.90
35		Dominica	94.00
64		Dominican Republic	87.00
49		Ecuador	91.00
94		Egypt	71.40
82		El Salvador	80.20
69		Equatorial Guinea	85.70
113		Eritrea	58.60
2		Estonia	99.80
132		Ethiopia	42.70
143		European Union	NA
143		Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA
143		Faroe Islands	NA
36		Fiji	93.70
1		Finland	100.00
9		France	99.00
17		French Polynesia	98.00
143		French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA
107		Gabon	63.20
134		Gambia, The	40.10
44		Gaza Strip	92.40
1		Georgia	100.00
9		Germany	99.00
114		Ghana	57.90
83		Gibraltar	80.00
30		Greece	96.00
1		Greenland	100.00
30		Grenada	96.00
9		Guam	99.00
98		Guatemala	69.10
143		Guernsey	NA
139		Guinea	29.50
133		Guinea-Bissau	42.40
11		Guyana	98.80
118		Haiti	52.90
143		Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA
1		Holy See (Vatican City)	100.00
83		Honduras	80.00
37		Hong Kong	93.50
6		Hungary	99.40
9		Iceland	99.00
110		India	61.00
52		Indonesia	90.40
87		Iran	77.00
91		Iraq	74.10
9		Ireland	99.00
143		Isle of Man	NA
23		Israel	97.10
14		Italy	98.40
61		Jamaica	87.90
143		Jan Mayen	NA
9		Japan	99.00
143		Jersey	NA
56		Jordan	89.90
5		Kazakhstan	99.50
70		Kenya	85.10
143		Kiribati	NA
9		Korea, North	99.00
18		Korea, South	97.90
38		Kuwait	93.30
12		Kyrgyzstan	98.70
100		Laos	68.70
3		Latvia	99.70
63		Lebanon	87.40
73		Lesotho	84.80
115		Liberia	57.50
76		Libya	82.60
1		Liechtenstein	100.00
4		Lithuania	99.60
1		Luxembourg	100.00
48		Macau	91.30
29		Macedonia	96.10
99		Madagascar	68.90
108		Malawi	62.70
59		Malaysia	88.70
27		Maldives	96.30
130		Mali	46.40
40		Malta	92.80
36		Marshall Islands	93.70
120		Mauritania	51.20
74		Mauritius	84.40
143		Mayotte	NA
49		Mexico	91.00
58		Micronesia, Federated States of	89.00
8		Moldova	99.10
9		Monaco	99.00
19		Mongolia	97.80
143		Montenegro	NA
24		Montserrat	97.00
119		Morocco	52.30
127		Mozambique	47.80
71		Namibia	85.00
143		Nauru	NA
143		Navassa Island	NA
126		Nepal	48.60
9		Netherlands	99.00
25		Netherlands Antilles	96.70
28		New Caledonia	96.20
9		New Zealand	99.00
103		Nicaragua	67.50
140		Niger	28.70
101		Nigeria	68.00
33		Niue	95.00
143		Norfolk Island	NA
24		Northern Mariana Islands	97.00
1		Norway	100.00
79		Oman	81.40
125		Pakistan	49.90
45		Palau	92.00
46		Panama	91.90
116		Papua New Guinea	57.30
143		Paracel Islands	NA
35		Paraguay	94.00
62		Peru	87.70
42		Philippines	92.60
143		Pitcairn Islands	NA
2		Poland	99.80
38		Portugal	93.30
34		Puerto Rico	94.10
58		Qatar	89.00
21		Romania	97.30
6		Russia	99.40
95		Rwanda	70.40
143		Saint Barthelemy	NA
24		Saint Helena	97.00
19		Saint Kitts and Nevis	97.80
54		Saint Lucia	90.10
143		Saint Martin	NA
9		Saint Pierre and Miquelon	99.00
30		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	96.00
3		Samoa	99.70
30		San Marino	96.00
72		Sao Tome and Principe	84.90
85		Saudi Arabia	78.80
135		Senegal	39.30
26		Serbia	96.40
47		Seychelles	91.80
137		Sierra Leone	35.10
43		Singapore	92.50
4		Slovakia	99.60
3		Slovenia	99.70
143		Solomon Islands	NA
136		Somalia	37.80
67		South Africa	86.40
143		South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	NA
18		Spain	97.90
143		Spratly Islands	NA
51		Sri Lanka	90.70
109		Sudan	61.10
57		Suriname	89.60
143		Svalbard	NA
78		Swaziland	81.60
9		Sweden	99.00
9		Switzerland	99.00
84		Syria	79.60
29		Taiwan	96.10
5		Tajikistan	99.50
97		Tanzania	69.40
42		Thailand	92.60
113		Timor-Leste	58.60
111		Togo	60.90
143		Tokelau	NA
10		Tonga	98.90
13		Trinidad and Tobago	98.60
90		Tunisia	74.30
63		Turkey	87.40
11		Turkmenistan	98.80
17		Turks and Caicos Islands	98.00
143		Tuvalu	NA
105		Uganda	66.80
6		Ukraine	99.40
86		United Arab Emirates	77.90
9		United Kingdom	99.00
9		United States	99.00
143		United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA
17		Uruguay	98.00
7		Uzbekistan	99.30
92		Vanuatu	74.00
39		Venezuela	93.00
53		Vietnam	90.30
55		Virgin Islands	90.00
143		Wake Island	NA
124		Wallis and Futuna	50.00
44		West Bank	92.40
143		Western Sahara	NA
77		World	82.00
123		Yemen	50.20
81		Zambia	80.60
51		Zimbabwe	90.70

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