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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE	GRAPH	HISTORY
1	Suriname	694 days	2006
2	Guinea-Bissau	233 days	2006
3	Haiti	203 days	2006
4	Laos	163 days	2006
5	Democratic Republic of the Congo	155 days	2006
6	Brazil	152 days	2006
7	Sao Tome and Principe	144 days	2006
8	Venezuela	141 days	2006
9	Equatorial Guinea	136 days	2006
10	Angola	124 days	2006
11	Mozambique	113 days	2006
12	Botswana	108 days	2006
13	Indonesia	97 days	2006
14	Zimbabwe	96 days	2006
15	Namibia	95 days	2006
16	East Timor	92 days	2006
17	Cambodia	86 days	2006
18	Mauritania	82 days	2006
19	Ghana	81 days	2006
	failed states average (profile)	80.29 days	2006
=20	Costa Rica	77 days	2006
=20	Iraq	77 days	2006
22	Eritrea	76 days	2006
23	Chad	75 days	2006
24	Paraguay	74 days	2006
=25	Dominican Republic	73 days	2006
=25	Lesotho	73 days	2006
27	Peru	72 days	2006
28	Congo, Republic of the	71 days	2006
29	Belarus	69 days	2006
30	Tajikistan	67 days	2006
	OPEC countries average (profile)	65.89 days	2006
31	Ecuador	65 days	2006
=32	Yemen	63 days	2006
=32	United Arab Emirates	63 days	2006
34	Bhutan	62 days	2006
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	61.04 days	2006
35	Swaziland	61 days	2006
=36	Slovenia	60 days	2006
=36	Gabon	60 days	2006
38	Senegal	58 days	2006
39	Solomon Islands	57 days	2006
	Former French colonies average (profile)	56.52 days	2006
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	56.16 days	2006
40	Papua New Guinea	56 days	2006
	Catholic countries average (profile)	54.15 days	2006
=41	Bosnia and Herzegovina	54 days	2006
=41	Kenya	54 days	2006
=43	Azerbaijan	53 days	2006
=43	Togo	53 days	2006
=45	Cape Verde	52 days	2006
=45	Grenada	52 days	2006
47	Serbia and Montenegro	51 days	2004
=48	Bolivia	50 days	2006
=48	Vietnam	50 days	2006
=48	Sri Lanka	50 days	2006
51	Guinea	49 days	2006
52	Philippines	48 days	2006
=53	Spain	47 days	2006
=53	Saint Kitts and Nevis	47 days	2006
=53	Iran	47 days	2006
=56	Mauritius	46 days	2006
=56	Lebanon	46 days	2006
=56	Fiji	46 days	2006
=56	Guyana	46 days	2006
=60	Belize	45 days	2006
=60	Cote d'Ivoire	45 days	2006
=60	Croatia	45 days	2006
=63	Colombia	44 days	2006
=63	Honduras	44 days	2006
	Emerging markets average (profile)	43.64 days	2006
=65	Nigeria	43 days	2006
=65	Trinidad and Tobago	43 days	2006
=65	Syria	43 days	2006
=65	Uruguay	43 days	2006
=65	Burundi	43 days	2006
	East Asia and Pacific average (profile)	42.64 days	2006
	Religious countries average (profile)	42.57 days	2006
70	Mali	42 days	2006
71	Saint Lucia	40 days	2006
	Former British colonies average (profile)	39.84 days	2006
=72	Nicaragua	39 days	2006
=72	Albania	39 days	2006
=72	Saudi Arabia	39 days	2006
=72	Sudan	39 days	2006
=72	Vanuatu	39 days	2006
	Muslim countries average (profile)	38.42 days	2006
=77	Seychelles	38 days	2006
=77	Greece	38 days	2006
=77	Hungary	38 days	2006
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	37.67 days	2006
=80	Djibouti	37 days	2006
=80	Bangladesh	37 days	2006
=80	Malawi	37 days	2006
=80	Cameroon	37 days	2006
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	36 days	2006
=84	Zambia	35 days	2006
=84	Kuwait	35 days	2006
=84	South Africa	35 days	2006
=84	China	35 days	2006
=84	India	35 days	2006
=84	Samoa	35 days	2006
=84	Estonia	35 days	2006
=91	Oman	34 days	2006
=91	Israel	34 days	2006
=91	Burkina Faso	34 days	2006
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	33.36 days	2006
	South Asia average (profile)	33.2 days	2006
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	33.08 days	2006
=94	Ukraine	33 days	2006
=94	Thailand	33 days	2006
=96	Bulgaria	32 days	2006
=96	Tonga	32 days	2006
=96	Argentina	32 days	2006
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	31.62 days	2006
=99	Poland	31 days	2006
=99	Benin	31 days	2006
=99	Nepal	31 days	2006
=102	Uganda	30 days	2006
=102	Guatemala	30 days	2006
=102	Moldova	30 days	2006
=102	Malaysia	30 days	2006
=102	Tanzania	30 days	2006
=107	Austria	29 days	2006
=107	Uzbekistan	29 days	2006
=109	Russia	28 days	2006
=109	Palau	28 days	2006
=111	Belgium	27 days	2006
=111	Chile	27 days	2006
=111	The Gambia	27 days	2006
=111	Mexico	27 days	2006
=115	Lithuania	26 days	2006
=115	Sierra Leone	26 days	2006
=115	El Salvador	26 days	2006
118	Slovakia	25 days	2006
	Eurozone average (profile)	24.87 days	2006
	European Union average (profile)	24.76 days	2006
=119	Germany	24 days	2006
=119	Algeria	24 days	2006
=119	Niger	24 days	2006
=119	Armenia	24 days	2006
=119	Czech Republic	24 days	2006
=119	Pakistan	24 days	2006
	NATO countries average (profile)	23.46 days	2006
=125	Comoros	23 days	2006
=125	Japan	23 days	2006
127	South Korea	22 days	2006
=128	Kyrgyzstan	21 days	2006
=128	Antigua and Barbuda	21 days	2006
=128	Kiribati	21 days	2006
=128	Madagascar	21 days	2006
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	21 days	2006
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	20.57 days	2006
=132	Kazakhstan	20 days	2006
=132	Switzerland	20 days	2006
=132	Mongolia	20 days	2006
=135	Egypt	19 days	2006
=135	Ireland	19 days	2006
=135	Panama	19 days	2006
=135	Dominica	19 days	2006
=139	United Kingdom	18 days	2006
=139	Jordan	18 days	2006
141	Marshall Islands	17 days	2006
=142	Latvia	16 days	2006
=142	Sweden	16 days	2006
=142	Federated States of Micronesia	16 days	2006
=142	Georgia	16 days	2006
=142	Rwanda	16 days	2006
=142	Ethiopia	16 days	2006
=148	Finland	14 days	2006
=148	Central African Republic	14 days	2006
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	13.43 days	2006
=150	Maldives	13 days	2006
=150	Italy	13 days	2006
=150	Norway	13 days	2006
=153	Morocco	12 days	2006
=153	New Zealand	12 days	2006
=153	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	12 days	2006
=156	Hong Kong	11 days	2006
=156	Romania	11 days	2006
=156	Tunisia	11 days	2006
159	Netherlands	10 days	2006
160	Turkey	9 days	2006
=161	Afghanistan	8 days	2006
=161	France	8 days	2006
=161	Portugal	8 days	2006
=161	Jamaica	8 days	2006
165	Puerto Rico	7 days	2006
166	Singapore	6 days	2006
=167	Denmark	5 days	2006
=167	United States	5 days	2006
=167	Iceland	5 days	2006
170	Canada	3 days	2006
171	Australia	2 days	2006

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