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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE	GRAPH	HISTORY
1	Holy See (Vatican City)	5,559.18 per 1,000 people	2005
2	Norfolk Island	1,375.34 per 1,000 people	2004
3	Monaco	1,046.15 per 1,000 people	2005
4	Bermuda	904.39 per 1,000 people	2006
5	Niue	839.05 per 1,000 people	2009
6	Jersey	798.92 per 1,000 people	2009
7	San Marino	734.27 per 1,000 people	2006
8	Guernsey	691.42 per 1,000 people	2005
9	Switzerland	661.84 per 1,000 people	2007
10	Virgin Islands	659.57 per 1,000 people	2005
11	Canada	645.03 per 1,000 people	2006
12	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	636.94 per 1,000 people	2009
13	Greenland	634.09 per 1,000 people	2006
14	Taiwan	626.15 per 1,000 people	2007
15	Iceland	618.35 per 1,000 people	2007
16	Sweden	609.67 per 1,000 people	2007
17	Germany	595.34 per 1,000 people	2009
18	France	586.47 per 1,000 people	2005
19	Greece	581.62 per 1,000 people	2007
20	Liechtenstein	575.54 per 1,000 people	2005
21	Hong Kong	555.12 per 1,000 people	2007
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	554.36 per 1,000 people	2006
22	United Kingdom	554.2 per 1,000 people	2007
23	United States	541.94 per 1,000 people	2007
24	Saint Kitts and Nevis	532.1 per 1,000 people	2004
25	European Union	520.84 per 1,000 people	2005
26	Luxembourg	516.84 per 1,000 people	2007
27	Denmark	516.45 per 1,000 people	2007
28	Ireland	513.98 per 1,000 people	2007
29	Barbados	500.45 per 1,000 people	2005
30	Malta	492.93 per 1,000 people	2007
31	South Korea	487.41 per 1,000 people	2007
32	Australia	477.63 per 1,000 people	2007
33	Faroe Islands	476.19 per 1,000 people	2006
34	Netherlands Antilles	460.83 per 1,000 people	2001
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	459.7 per 1,000 people	2007
35	Spain	459.43 per 1,000 people	2007
36	Italy	459.1 per 1,000 people	2006
37	Andorra	450.75 per 1,000 people	2009
38	Belgium	449.18 per 1,000 people	2007
39	Antigua and Barbuda	448.5 per 1,000 people	2006
40	Netherlands	442.59 per 1,000 people	2007
	Eurozone average (profile)	436.05 per 1,000 people	2007
41	Israel	434.9 per 1,000 people	2009
42	The Bahamas	434.8 per 1,000 people	2007
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	429.98 per 1,000 people	2005
43	Norway	429.57 per 1,000 people	2007
44	Slovenia	426.58 per 1,000 people	2007
	Europe average (profile)	424.31 per 1,000 people	2005
	European Union average (profile)	414.7 per 1,000 people	2007
45	New Zealand	414.5 per 1,000 people	2007
46	Austria	411.47 per 1,000 people	2007
47	Singapore	408.3 per 1,000 people	2007
48	Croatia	406.16 per 1,000 people	2007
	NATO countries average (profile)	404.51 per 1,000 people	2007
49	Japan	402.03 per 1,000 people	2007
50	Guam	399.92 per 1,000 people	2003
51	Macau	389.54 per 1,000 people	2007
52	Portugal	388.9 per 1,000 people	2007
53	Aruba	382.41 per 1,000 people	2006
54	Belarus	377.59 per 1,000 people	2007
55	Estonia	376.55 per 1,000 people	2007
56	Iran	364.46 per 1,000 people	2007
57	Costa Rica	347.62 per 1,000 people	2007
58	Finland	332.16 per 1,000 people	2007
59	Hungary	326.53 per 1,000 people	2007
60	Saint Lucia	321.12 per 1,000 people	2002
61	Bulgaria	314.08 per 1,000 people	2007
62	United Arab Emirates	311.65 per 1,000 people	2007
63	Russia	308.36 per 1,000 people	2006
64	Trinidad and Tobago	306.45 per 1,000 people	2007
65	Serbia and Montenegro	294.87 per 1,000 people	2007
66	Dominica	293.82 per 1,000 people	2004
67	Mauritius	285.06 per 1,000 people	2006
68	Latvia	284.98 per 1,000 people	2007
69	Czech Republic	282.63 per 1,000 people	2006
70	Uruguay	278.91 per 1,000 people	2007
71	Ukraine	277.71 per 1,000 people	2007
72	Seychelles	277.18 per 1,000 people	2007
73	China	276.43 per 1,000 people	2007
74	New Caledonia	271.24 per 1,000 people	2007
75	Poland	268.34 per 1,000 people	2007
76	Puerto Rico	265.33 per 1,000 people	2005
77	Bahrain	262.57 per 1,000 people	2006
78	Qatar	261.68 per 1,000 people	2007
79	Turkey	258.76 per 1,000 people	2007
80	Grenada	256.13 per 1,000 people	2006
81	Moldova	249.97 per 1,000 people	2007
	Catholic countries average (profile)	246.42 per 1,000 people	2005
82	Gaza Strip	236.37 per 1,000 people	2007
83	Argentina	235.72 per 1,000 people	2007
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina	233.95 per 1,000 people	2007
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	227.4 per 1,000 people	2006
85	Lithuania	223.58 per 1,000 people	2007
	Emerging markets average (profile)	217.35 per 1,000 people	2007
86	Tokelau	216.76 per 1,000 people	2009
87	Kazakhstan	211.78 per 1,000 people	2007
88	Brunei	211.44 per 1,000 people	2007
89	Slovakia	211.29 per 1,000 people	2007
90	Chile	207.5 per 1,000 people	2007
91	Brazil	207.36 per 1,000 people	2007
92	French Polynesia	206.31 per 1,000 people	2006
93	Armenia	200.82 per 1,000 people	2006
94	Kuwait	198.89 per 1,000 people	2006
95	Venezuela	195.28 per 1,000 people	2007
96	Romania	193.03 per 1,000 people	2007
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	192.98 per 1,000 people	2007
98	American Samoa	182.46 per 1,000 people	2004
99	Mexico	181.73 per 1,000 people	2007
100	Suriname	180.48 per 1,000 people	2006
101	Tonga	179.61 per 1,000 people	2007
102	Colombia	178.82 per 1,000 people	2007
103	Syria	178.72 per 1,000 people	2007
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	178 per 1,000 people	2006
104	Malaysia	175.25 per 1,000 people	2007
105	Sri Lanka	170.45 per 1,000 people	2010
106	Lebanon	168.04 per 1,000 people	2006
	OPEC countries average (profile)	160.51 per 1,000 people	2006
107	El Salvador	155.44 per 1,000 people	2007
108	Azerbaijan	154.43 per 1,000 people	2007
	Former British colonies average (profile)	153.71 per 1,000 people	2005
109	Panama	151.72 per 1,000 people	2007
110	Guyana	146.56 per 1,000 people	2005
111	Saudi Arabia	144.78 per 1,000 people	2007
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	143.83 per 1,000 people	2006
112	West Bank	140.9 per 1,000 people	2004
113	Egypt	139.78 per 1,000 people	2007
114	Cape Verde	138.14 per 1,000 people	2006
115	Ecuador	131.22 per 1,000 people	2007
116	Jamaica	128.39 per 1,000 people	2006
117	Vietnam	126.67 per 1,000 people	2007
118	Tunisia	123.88 per 1,000 people	2007
119	Fiji	118 per 1,000 people	2007
120	Georgia	117.09 per 1,000 people	2007
121	Albania	112.98 per 1,000 people	2005
122	Thailand	107.95 per 1,000 people	2007
123	South Africa	105.5 per 1,000 people	2007
124	Samoa	105.42 per 1,000 people	2005
125	Guatemala	105.02 per 1,000 people	2006
126	Turkmenistan	101.08 per 1,000 people	2006
	Muslim countries average (profile)	97.09 per 1,000 people	2005
127	Honduras	97.02 per 1,000 people	2006
128	Dominican Republic	96.84 per 1,000 people	2007
129	Jordan	96.73 per 1,000 people	2007
130	Belize	93.64 per 1,000 people	2009
131	Peru	93.22 per 1,000 people	2007
132	Algeria	92.04 per 1,000 people	2007
133	Cuba	91.54 per 1,000 people	2007
134	Kyrgyzstan	91.23 per 1,000 people	2007
135	Maldives	89.97 per 1,000 people	2007
136	Oman	83.65 per 1,000 people	2007
137	Libya	80.97 per 1,000 people	2006
138	Federated States of Micronesia	80.66 per 1,000 people	2007
139	Botswana	77.88 per 1,000 people	2006
140	Tuvalu	77.35 per 1,000 people	2005
141	Indonesia	75.96 per 1,000 people	2007
142	Bolivia	74.37 per 1,000 people	2007
143	Marshall Islands	73.51 per 1,000 people	2004
144	Philippines	72.15 per 1,000 people	2010
145	Morocco	70.92 per 1,000 people	2007
146	Uzbekistan	68.52 per 1,000 people	2005
147	Paraguay	68.05 per 1,000 people	2007
148	Namibia	67.2 per 1,000 people	2007
149	Mongolia	61.48 per 1,000 people	2006
150	Iraq	59.33 per 1,000 people	2005
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	50.41 per 1,000 people	2005
151	North Korea	50.26 per 1,000 people	2008
152	Kiribati	47.52 per 1,000 people	2002
153	Nicaragua	47.22 per 1,000 people	2006
154	India	45.45 per 1,000 people	2005
155	The Gambia	45.25 per 1,000 people	2007
156	Yemen	44.33 per 1,000 people	2009
157	Tajikistan	42.78 per 1,000 people	2005
158	Vanuatu	41.52 per 1,000 people	2007
159	Cote d'Ivoire	40.52 per 1,000 people	2007
160	Swaziland	39.07 per 1,000 people	2006
161	Sao Tome and Principe	38.58 per 1,000 people	2007
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	33.57 per 1,000 people	2005
162	Pakistan	32.96 per 1,000 people	2006
163	Comoros	31.13 per 1,000 people	2006
164	Lesotho	29.68 per 1,000 people	2006
	South Asia average (profile)	29.51 per 1,000 people	2005
165	Zimbabwe	27.98 per 1,000 people	2007
166	Nepal	26.52 per 1,000 people	2007
167	Pitcairn Islands	21.74 per 1,000 people	2004
168	Senegal	21.49 per 1,000 people	2007
169	Equatorial Guinea	19.86 per 1,000 people	2005
170	Gabon	18.21 per 1,000 people	2007
171	Haiti	17.35 per 1,000 people	2006
172	Kenya	17.2 per 1,000 people	2009
173	Ghana	16.42 per 1,000 people	2007
174	Solomon Islands	15.54 per 1,000 people	2006
175	Laos	14.54 per 1,000 people	2007
176	Benin	13.65 per 1,000 people	2007
177	Djibouti	13.62 per 1,000 people	2005
178	Togo	13.03 per 1,000 people	2006
179	Malawi	12.88 per 1,000 people	2007
180	Bhutan	12.84 per 1,000 people	2007
181	Nigeria	11.7 per 1,000 people	2007
182	Ethiopia	11.5 per 1,000 people	2007
183	Mauritania	11.07 per 1,000 people	2006
184	East Timor	11.06 per 1,000 people	2007
185	Somalia	10.97 per 1,000 people	2007
186	Papua New Guinea	10.35 per 1,000 people	2007
187	Burma	9.97 per 1,000 people	2005
188	Afghanistan	9.36 per 1,000 people	2005
189	Sudan	8.77 per 1,000 people	2007
190	Eritrea	8.26 per 1,000 people	2006
191	Zambia	8 per 1,000 people	2007
192	Bangladesh	7.89 per 1,000 people	2007
193	Cameroon	7.83 per 1,000 people	2006
194	Burkina Faso	6.98 per 1,000 people	2006
195	Madagascar	6.88 per 1,000 people	2007
196	Angola	5.99 per 1,000 people	2006
197	Mali	5.58 per 1,000 people	2009
198	Uganda	5.36 per 1,000 people	2007
199	Sierra Leone	4.91 per 1,000 people	2002
200	Burundi	4.47 per 1,000 people	2006
201	Tanzania	4.02 per 1,000 people	2010
202	Congo, Republic of the	3.98 per 1,000 people	2005
203	Mozambique	3.33 per 1,000 people	2006
204	Guinea-Bissau	3.12 per 1,000 people	2007
205	Central African Republic	2.93 per 1,000 people	2006
206	Guinea	2.92 per 1,000 people	2005
207	Cambodia	2.68 per 1,000 people	2007
208	Rwanda	2.33 per 1,000 people	2007
209	Liberia	2.15 per 1,000 people	2002
210	Niger	1.72 per 1,000 people	2005
211	Chad	1.3 per 1,000 people	2006
212	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.163 per 1,000 people	2006

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