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League table

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  1. 1Cabo Verde12
  2. 1Bahamas, The12
  3. 1Seychelles12
  4. 1Lithuania12
  5. 1Sweden12
  6. 1Luxembourg12
  7. 1Greece12
  8. 1Slovenia12
  9. 1Slovak Republic12
  10. 1Barbados12
  11. 1Latvia12
  12. 1Suriname12
  13. 1Bhutan12
  14. 1San Marino12
  15. 1Croatia12
  16. 1Belgium12
  17. 1Canada12
  18. 1Switzerland12
  19. 1Tuvalu12
  20. 1Ghana12
  21. 1Taiwan12
  22. 1Chile12
  23. 1Marshall Islands12
  24. 1Austria12
  25. 1United Kingdom12
  26. 1Australia12
  27. 1Romania12
  28. 1Uruguay12
  29. 1Malta12
  30. 1Micronesia, Fed. Sts.12
  31. 1Israel12
  32. 1Portugal12
  33. 1France12
  34. 1Costa Rica12
  35. 1Ireland12
  36. 1Palau12
  37. 1Finland12
  38. 1Cyprus12
  39. 1Andorra12
  40. 1Czechia12
  41. 1Panama12
  42. 1Germany12
  43. 1Estonia12
  44. 1New Zealand12
  45. 1South Africa12
  46. 1Denmark12
  47. 1Spain12
  48. 1Japan12
  49. 1Norway12
  50. 1Italy12
  51. 1Netherlands12
  52. 1Iceland12
  53. 2United States11
  54. 2Naoero11
  55. 2Sao Tome and Principe11
  56. 2Sri Lanka11
  57. 2Timor-Leste11
  58. 2Botswana11
  59. 2Bolivia11
  60. 2Jamaica11
  61. 2Mongolia11
  62. 2Lesotho11
  63. 2St. Vincent and the Grenadines11
  64. 2Argentina11
  65. 2Antigua and Barbuda11
  66. 2Liberia11
  67. 2Indonesia11
  68. 2Dominica11
  69. 2Trinidad and Tobago11
  70. 2St. Lucia11
  71. 2Mauritius11
  72. 2Kiribati11
  73. 2Korea, Rep.11
  74. 2India11
  75. 2Belize11
  76. 2Grenada11
  77. 3Colombia10
  78. 3Liechtenstein10
  79. 3Nepal10
  80. 3Peru10
  81. 3Brazil10
  82. 3Ecuador10
  83. 3St. Kitts and Nevis10
  84. 3Senegal10
  85. 3Malawi10
  86. 3Vanuatu10
  87. 4Mexico9
  88. 4Samoa9
  89. 4Albania9
  90. 4Poland9
  91. 4Philippines9
  92. 4North Macedonia9
  93. 4Namibia9
  94. 4Dominican Republic9
  95. 4Paraguay9
  96. 4Solomon Islands9
  97. 4Tonga9
  98. 4Guyana9
  99. 5Montenegro8
  100. 5Gambia, The8
  101. 5Fiji8
  102. 5Monaco8
  103. 5Moldova8
  104. 5Bulgaria8
  105. 5Kenya8
  106. 5Iraq8
  107. 6Hungary7
  108. 6Ukraine7
  109. 6Sierra Leone7
  110. 6Armenia7
  111. 6Maldives7
  112. 6Honduras7
  113. 7Guatemala6
  114. 7Mauritania6
  115. 7Lebanon6
  116. 7Zambia6
  117. 7Malaysia6
  118. 7Nigeria6
  119. 7Papua New Guinea6
  120. 7Georgia6
  121. 8El Salvador5
  122. 8Turkiye5
  123. 8Morocco5
  124. 8Comoros5
  125. 8Serbia5
  126. 8Cote d'Ivoire5
  127. 8Bosnia and Herzegovina5
  128. 9Madagascar4
  129. 9Benin4
  130. 9Ethiopia4
  131. 9Singapore4
  132. 10Uganda3
  133. 10Angola3
  134. 10Thailand3
  135. 10Bangladesh3
  136. 10Algeria3
  137. 10Jordan3
  138. 10Zimbabwe3
  139. 10Pakistan3
  140. 10Mozambique3
  141. 11Qatar2
  142. 11Iran, Islamic Rep.2
  143. 11Oman2
  144. 11Djibouti2
  145. 11Egypt, Arab Rep.2
  146. 11Rwanda2
  147. 11Gabon2
  148. 11Bahrain2
  149. 11Tunisia2
  150. 11Kyrgyz Republic2
  151. 12Uzbekistan1
  152. 12Congo, Dem. Rep.1
  153. 12Cameroon1
  154. 12Haiti1
  155. 12Burundi1
  156. 12Central African Republic1
  157. 12Kazakhstan1
  158. 12Guinea-Bissau1
  159. 12Libya1
  160. 12Togo1
  161. 12United Arab Emirates1
  162. 13Eswatini0
  163. 13Afghanistan0
  164. 13Somalia, Fed. Rep.0
  165. 13Guinea0
  166. 13Venezuela, RB0
  167. 13Yemen, Rep.0
  168. 13Cuba0
  169. 13Chad0
  170. 13Burkina Faso0
  171. 13Lao PDR0
  172. 13South Sudan0
  173. 13Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0
  174. 13Congo, Rep.0
  175. 13Nicaragua0
  176. 13Azerbaijan0
  177. 13Myanmar0
  178. 13Viet Nam0
  179. 13Kuwait0
  180. 13Tanzania0
  181. 13Syrian Arab Republic0
  182. 13Brunei Darussalam0
  183. 13Cambodia0
  184. 13Eritrea0
  185. 13Niger0
  186. 13Tajikistan0
  187. 13Hong Kong SAR, China0
  188. 13Belarus0
  189. 13Mali0
  190. 13Equatorial Guinea0
  191. 13Russian Federation0
  192. 13China0
  193. 13Turkmenistan0
  194. 13Saudi Arabia0
  195. 13Sudan0

Democratic electoral institutions