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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Greenland: 100 %  
#2   Norway: 100 %  
#3   Georgia: 100 %  
#4   Luxembourg: 100 %  
#5   Finland: 100 %  
#6   Liechtenstein: 100 %  
#7   Estonia: 99.8 %  
#8   Cuba: 99.8 %  
#9   Poland: 99.8 %  
#10   Latvia: 99.7 %  
#11   Samoa: 99.7 %  
#12   Barbados: 99.7 %  
#13   Lithuania: 99.6 %  
#14   Slovakia: 99.6 %  
#15   Belarus: 99.6 %  
#16   Kazakhstan: 99.5 %  
#17   Tajikistan: 99.5 %  
#18   Armenia: 99.4 %  
#19   Hungary: 99.4 %  
#20   Russia: 99.4 %  
#21   Ukraine: 99.4 %  
#22   Uzbekistan: 99.3 %  
#23   Moldova: 99.1 %  
#24   Ireland: 99 %  
#25   Netherlands: 99 %  
#26   Belgium: 99 %  
#27   Sweden: 99 %  
#28   Iceland: 99 %  
#29   Japan: 99 %  
#30   Korea, North: 99 %  
#31   Guam: 99 %  
#32   Australia: 99 %  
#33   New Zealand: 99 %  
#34   Germany: 99 %  
#35   Denmark: 99 %  
#36   Monaco: 99 %  
#37   United Kingdom: 99 %  
#38   Canada: 99 %  
#39   Switzerland: 99 %  
#40   United States: 99 %  
#41   France: 99 %  
#42   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 99 %  
#43   Tonga: 98.9 %  
#44   Guyana: 98.8 %  
#45   Azerbaijan: 98.8 %  
#46   Turkmenistan: 98.8 %  
#47   Kyrgyzstan: 98.7 %  
#48   Albania: 98.7 %  
#49   Trinidad and Tobago: 98.6 %  
#50   Italy: 98.4 %  
#51   Bulgaria: 98.2 %  
#52   Croatia: 98.1 %  
#53   Cayman Islands: 98 %  
#54   Bermuda: 98 %  
#55   French Polynesia: 98 %  
#56   Turks and Caicos Islands: 98 %  
#57   Austria: 98 %  
#58   Uruguay: 98 %  
#59   Spain: 97.9 %  
#60   Korea, South: 97.9 %  
#61   British Virgin Islands: 97.8 %  
#62   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 97.8 %  
#63   Mongolia: 97.8 %  
#64   Cyprus: 97.6 %  
#65   Romania: 97.3 %  
#66   Argentina: 97.2 %  
#67   Israel: 97.1 %  
#68   Saint Helena: 97 %  
#69   Northern Mariana Islands: 97 %  
#70   American Samoa: 97 %  
#71   Montserrat: 97 %  
#72   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 96.7 %  
#73   Netherlands Antilles: 96.7 %  
#74   Serbia and Montenegro: 96.4 %  
#75   Maldives: 96.3 %  
#76   New Caledonia: 96.2 %  
#77   Macedonia, Republic of: 96.1 %  
#78   Taiwan: 96.1 %  
#79   Greece: 96 %  
#80   San Marino: 96 %  
#81   Costa Rica: 96 %  
#82   Grenada: 96 %  
#83   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 96 %  
#84   Chile: 95.7 %  
#85   Bahamas, The: 95.6 %  
#86   Anguilla: 95 %  
#87   Puerto Rico: 94.1 %  
#88   Dominica: 94 %  
#89   Paraguay: 94 %  
#90   Fiji: 93.7 %  
#91   Marshall Islands: 93.7 %  
#92   Hong Kong: 93.5 %  
#93   Portugal: 93.3 %  
#94   Kuwait: 93.3 %  
#95   Venezuela: 93 %  
#96   Malta: 92.8 %  
#97   Colombia: 92.8 %  
#98   Brunei: 92.7 %  
#99   Philippines: 92.6 %  
#100   Thailand: 92.6 %  
#101   Singapore: 92.5 %  
#102   West Bank: 92.4 %  
#103   Gaza Strip: 92.4 %  
#104   Palau: 92 %  
#105   Panama: 91.9 %  
#106   Seychelles: 91.8 %  
#107   Macau: 91.3 %  
#108   Ecuador: 91 %  
#109   Mexico: 91 %  
#110   China: 90.9 %  
#111   Zimbabwe: 90.7 %  
#112   Sri Lanka: 90.7 %  
#113   Indonesia: 90.4 %  
#114   Vietnam: 90.3 %  
#115   Saint Lucia: 90.1 %  
#116   Jordan: 89.9 %  
#117   Burma: 89.9 %  
#118   Suriname: 89.6 %  
#119   Qatar: 89 %  
#120   Micronesia, Federated States of: 89 %  
#121   Malaysia: 88.7 %  
#122   Brazil: 88.6 %  
#123   Jamaica: 87.9 %  
#124   Peru: 87.7 %  
#125   Lebanon: 87.4 %  
#126   Turkey: 87.4 %  
#127   Dominican Republic: 87 %  
#128   Bolivia: 86.7 %  
#129   Bahrain: 86.5 %  
#130   South Africa: 86.4 %  
#131   Antigua and Barbuda: 85.8 %  
#132   Equatorial Guinea: 85.7 %  
#133   Kenya: 85.1 %  
#134   Namibia: 85 %  
#135   São Tomé and Príncipe: 84.9 %  
#136   Lesotho: 84.8 %  
#137   Mauritius: 84.4 %  
#138   Congo, Republic of the: 83.8 %  
#139   Libya: 82.6 %  
#140   Swaziland: 81.6 %  
#141   Botswana: 81.2 %  
#142   Zambia: 80.6 %  
#143   El Salvador: 80.2 %  
#144   Honduras: 80 %  
#145   Syria: 79.6 %  
#146   Saudi Arabia: 78.8 %  
#147   United Arab Emirates: 77.9 %  
#148   Iran: 77 %  
#149   Belize: 76.9 %  
#150   Cape Verde: 76.6 %  
#151   Tunisia: 74.3 %  
#152   Iraq: 74.1 %  
#153   Vanuatu: 74 %  
#154   Cambodia: 73.6 %  
#155   Egypt: 71.4 %  
#156   Rwanda: 70.4 %  
#157   Algeria: 69.9 %  
#158   Tanzania: 69.4 %  
#159   Guatemala: 69.1 %  
#160   Madagascar: 68.9 %  
#161   Laos: 68.7 %  
#162   Nigeria: 68 %  
#163   Djibouti: 67.9 %  
#164   Cameroon: 67.9 %  
#165   Nicaragua: 67.5 %  
#166   Angola: 67.4 %  
#167   Uganda: 66.8 %  
#168   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 65.5 %  
#169   Gabon: 63.2 %  
#170   Malawi: 62.7 %  
#171   Sudan: 61.1 %  
#172   India: 61 %  
#173   Togo: 60.9 %  
#174   Burundi: 59.3 %  
#175   East Timor: 58.6 %  
#176   Eritrea: 58.6 %  
#177   Ghana: 57.9 %  
#178   Liberia: 57.5 %