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Rank	Countries	Amount
= 1	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	90
= 1	Niger:	90
# 3	Burkina Faso:	84
= 4	Congo, Republic of the:	80
= 4	Sierra Leone:	80
# 6	Togo:	79
# 7	Central African Republic:	76
# 8	Mauritania:	73
# 9	Chad:	72
= 10	Tanzania:	69
= 10	Iraq:	69
= 10	Burundi:	69
# 13	Moldova:	68
= 14	Spain:	66
= 14	Greece:	66
= 14	France:	66
= 14	Mali:	66
= 18	Angola:	64
= 18	Senegal:	64
= 18	Slovenia:	64
# 21	Panama:	63
# 22	India:	62
= 23	Ukraine:	61
= 23	Mozambique:	61
= 25	Morocco:	60
= 25	São Tomé and Príncipe:	60
= 27	Rwanda:	59
= 27	Latvia:	59
= 27	Cambodia:	59
= 27	Madagascar:	59
= 27	Romania:	59
= 27	Paraguay:	59
= 33	Ecuador:	58
= 33	Portugal:	58
= 35	Italy:	57
= 35	Colombia:	57
= 35	Indonesia:	57
= 35	Croatia:	57
= 39	Taiwan:	56
= 39	Cameroon:	56
= 39	Brazil:	56
= 42	Nepal:	55
= 42	Turkey:	55
= 42	Germany:	55
= 45	Macedonia, Republic of:	54
= 45	Tunisia:	54
= 47	Egypt:	53
= 47	Benin:	53
# 49	South Africa:	52
= 50	Vietnam:	51
= 50	Algeria:	51
= 50	Mexico:	51
= 50	Estonia:	51
# 54	Laos:	50
= 55	Armenia:	49
= 55	Iran:	49
= 57	Peru:	48
= 57	Argentina:	48
= 57	Albania:	48
= 57	Guinea:	48
= 57	Finland:	48
# 62	Nicaragua:	47
= 63	Bhutan:	46
= 63	Pakistan:	46
= 63	East Timor:	46
= 66	Korea, South:	45
= 66	Côte d'Ivoire:	45
= 66	Philippines:	45
= 69	Bulgaria:	44
= 69	Lithuania:	44
= 69	Dominican Republic:	44
= 69	Austria:	44
= 73	Sweden:	43
= 73	Netherlands:	43
= 73	Georgia:	43
= 73	Sudan:	43
= 77	Lesotho:	42
= 77	Bosnia and Herzegovina:	42
= 79	Ethiopia:	41
= 79	El Salvador:	41
= 81	Guatemala:	40
= 81	Bolivia:	40
= 81	Sri Lanka:	40
= 81	Syria:	40
= 85	Costa Rica:	39
= 85	Afghanistan:	39
= 85	Slovakia:	39
= 88	Nigeria:	38
= 88	Venezuela:	38
= 88	Kyrgyzstan:	38
= 88	Norway:	38
= 88	Azerbaijan:	38
= 93	Yemen:	37
= 93	Mauritius:	37
= 93	Hungary:	37
= 93	Poland:	37
= 97	Puerto Rico:	35
= 97	Oman:	35
= 99	Mongolia:	34
= 99	Honduras:	34
= 99	Jordan:	34
= 99	Uzbekistan:	34
= 99	Ghana:	34
= 104	Ireland:	33
= 104	Israel:	33
= 104	United Arab Emirates:	33
= 107	Uruguay:	31
= 107	Iceland:	31
= 109	Botswana:	30
= 109	China:	30
= 109	Vanuatu:	30
= 109	Russia:	30
= 113	Kenya:	28
= 113	Serbia and Montenegro:	28
= 115	Belarus:	27
= 115	Namibia:	27
= 115	Eritrea:	27
= 118	Haiti:	24
= 118	Chile:	24
= 118	Czech Republic:	24
= 118	Lebanon:	24
= 118	Bangladesh:	24
= 118	Zimbabwe:	24
# 124	Kazakhstan:	23
= 125	Fiji:	21
= 125	Papua New Guinea:	21
= 125	Malawi:	21
= 128	Belgium:	20
= 128	Denmark:	20
= 128	Kuwait:	20
# 131	Japan:	19
# 132	Thailand:	18
= 133	Solomon Islands:	17
= 133	Australia:	17
= 133	Kiribati:	17
= 133	Switzerland:	17
= 137	Canada:	14
= 137	United Kingdom:	14
= 139	Saudi Arabia:	13
= 139	Tonga:	13
= 139	Uganda:	13
# 142	Micronesia, Federated States of:	11
= 143	Malaysia:	10
= 143	Jamaica:	10
= 143	Zambia:	10
= 143	Samoa:	10
= 147	Maldives:	7
= 147	New Zealand:	7
= 147	Marshall Islands:	7
# 150	United States:	3
= 151	Palau:	0
= 151	Guyana:	0
= 151	Hong Kong:	0
= 151	Singapore:	0
	Weighted average:	41.3

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