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Rank	Countries	Amount
# 1	Sierra Leone:	188.3
# 2	Zambia:	176
# 3	Sri Lanka:	175.7
# 4	Brazil:	165.3
# 5	Egypt:	162.3
# 6	Indonesia:	144.8
# 7	Mozambique:	141
# 8	Ecuador:	131
# 9	Turkey:	112
# 10	São Tomé and Príncipe:	108
# 11	Guatemala:	100
# 12	Paraguay:	99
= 13	Bolivia:	98
= 13	Vietnam:	98
= 13	Romania:	98
= 13	Portugal:	98
# 17	United Arab Emirates:	95.6
= 18	Argentina:	94
= 18	Bhutan:	94
= 20	Pakistan:	90
= 20	Iran:	90
= 20	Malawi:	90
= 20	Israel:	90
= 20	Taiwan:	90
= 20	Jordan:	90
= 20	Nepal:	90
= 20	Korea, South:	90
= 20	China:	90
= 20	Philippines:	90
# 30	El Salvador:	86
# 31	Morocco:	83.3
# 32	Mali:	80.8
= 33	Syria:	79.3
= 33	Saudi Arabia:	79.3
# 35	India:	79
# 36	Dominican Republic:	76.9
# 37	Niger:	75.6
# 38	Mexico:	74.5
# 39	Greece:	68.8
# 40	Eritrea:	68.5
# 41	Côte d'Ivoire:	67.6
# 42	Germany:	66.7
# 43	Togo:	66.3
# 44	Malaysia:	65.2
# 45	Albania:	63.6
# 46	Angola:	61.8
# 47	Jamaica:	60.2
# 48	Burkina Faso:	57
# 49	Spain:	56
# 50	Peru:	55.6
# 51	Vanuatu:	55
# 52	Austria:	54.7
# 53	Rwanda:	53.8
# 54	Ireland:	52.1
# 55	Solomon Islands:	51.7
# 56	Chile:	51.3
# 57	Panama:	47.3
= 58	Kenya:	47
= 58	Bangladesh:	47
= 58	Italy:	47
= 58	Lesotho:	47
= 58	Thailand:	47
= 63	Venezuela:	46.4
= 63	Honduras:	46.4
= 63	Kiribati:	46.4
# 66	Colombia:	43.9
# 67	Slovenia:	43
= 68	Samoa:	42.4
= 68	Azerbaijan:	42.4
= 68	Kuwait:	42.4
# 71	Congo, Republic of the:	41.5
# 72	Madagascar:	40.9
# 73	Macedonia, Republic of:	40.7
# 74	Ethiopia:	40.2
# 75	Cameroon:	40
# 76	Denmark:	38.9
# 77	Cambodia:	38.8
= 78	Papua New Guinea:	38.4
= 78	Tanzania:	38.4
# 80	Senegal:	38.3
# 81	Croatia:	37.8
# 82	South Africa:	37.5
# 83	Central African Republic:	37.2
# 84	Sudan:	36.9
# 85	Laos:	35.9
# 86	Benin:	35.2
# 87	Lithuania:	33.8
# 88	Costa Rica:	33.7
= 89	United Kingdom:	33.5
= 89	Hungary:	33.5
# 91	Estonia:	33.2
# 92	Bosnia and Herzegovina:	32.8
# 93	France:	31.9
# 94	Mauritania:	30.9
# 95	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	30.8
# 96	Uzbekistan:	30.5
# 97	Bulgaria:	29.8
# 98	Zimbabwe:	29.2
# 99	Tunisia:	28.9
# 100	Canada:	28
# 101	Fiji:	27.8
# 102	Uruguay:	25.8
# 103	Haiti:	25.6
# 104	Guinea:	25.5
= 105	Burundi:	24.9
= 105	Ghana:	24.9
= 105	Poland:	24.9
# 108	Namibia:	24.2
= 109	Sweden:	24
= 109	Finland:	24
# 111	Nicaragua:	23.5
# 112	Czech Republic:	21.6
= 113	Japan:	21.2
= 113	East Timor:	21.2
= 113	Serbia and Montenegro:	21.2
= 116	Moldova:	20.9
= 116	Kyrgyzstan:	20.9
= 116	Belarus:	20.9
# 119	Chad:	20.6
# 120	Maldives:	20
# 121	Botswana:	18.9
# 122	Lebanon:	17.3
# 123	Latvia:	17
= 124	Algeria:	16.9
= 124	Mongolia:	16.9
= 124	Yemen:	16.9
= 127	Ukraine:	16.6
= 127	Russia:	16.6
= 127	Armenia:	16.6
= 130	Belgium:	16
= 130	Netherlands:	16
# 132	Mauritius:	15.2
# 133	Iceland:	13
= 134	Hong Kong:	12.9
= 134	Slovakia:	12.9
# 136	Oman:	12.6
= 137	Norway:	12
= 137	Switzerland:	12
= 137	Uganda:	12
# 140	Kazakhstan:	8.3
= 141	Georgia:	4
= 141	Singapore:	4
= 141	Australia:	4
= 141	Iraq:	4
= 141	Afghanistan:	4
= 141	Nigeria:	4
= 147	Tonga:	0
= 147	Marshall Islands:	0
= 147	Guyana:	0
= 147	Micronesia, Federated States of:	0
= 147	New Zealand:	0
= 147	Puerto Rico:	0
= 147	Palau:	0
= 147	United States:	0
	Weighted average:	49.0

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