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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2020
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  1. 1Malta54.4%
  2. 2Senegal51.8%
  3. 3Philippines50.6%
  4. 4South Africa48.7%
  5. 5Ethiopia48.6%
  6. 6Zimbabwe48.4%
  7. 7Morocco46.4%
  8. 8Zambia45.9%
  9. 9Tanzania45.4%
  10. 10Nicaragua44.8%
  11. 11Costa Rica44.6%
  12. 12El Salvador44.5%
  13. 13Mali43%
  14. 14Viet Nam42.7%
  15. 15Dominican Republic42.3%
  16. 16Iraq41.9%
  17. 17Mexico41.8%
  18. 18United Arab Emirates41.6%
  19. 19Jordan41.6%
  20. 20Spain41.5%
  21. 21Belgium41.4%
  22. 22Tunisia41.2%
  23. 23Uzbekistan41.2%
  24. 24Turkiye40.1%
  25. 25Venezuela, RB38.3%
  26. 26Ghana38.2%
  27. 27Estonia38.1%
  28. 28Kyrgyz Republic38%
  29. 29Saudi Arabia37.8%
  30. 30Romania37.6%
  31. 31Brazil37.5%
  32. 32Bahrain37.5%
  33. 33Albania37.4%
  34. 34Namibia36.3%
  35. 35Mauritius36.3%
  36. 36Ireland36.1%
  37. 37Colombia36.1%
  38. 38Korea, Rep.35.9%
  39. 39Portugal35.9%
  40. 40Egypt, Arab Rep.35.6%
  41. 41Ecuador35.5%
  42. 42Australia35.4%
  43. 43Uruguay35%
  44. 44Kenya34.1%
  45. 45Malaysia33.7%
  46. 46Sweden33.5%
  47. 47Paraguay33.1%
  48. 48Switzerland33%
  49. 49Sri Lanka33%
  50. 50India32.7%
  51. 51Iran, Islamic Rep.32.6%
  52. 52Slovenia32.5%
  53. 53Cyprus32.4%
  54. 54Chile32.3%
  55. 55Argentina32.3%
  56. 56Norway31.7%
  57. 57Finland31.6%
  58. 58Poland31%
  59. 59France30.5%
  60. 60Czechia30.2%
  61. 61New Zealand30%
  62. 62Serbia29.9%
  63. 63Lebanon29.8%
  64. 64United States29.7%
  65. 65Bolivia29.5%
  66. 66Peru29.4%
  67. 67United Kingdom29.3%
  68. 68Nepal29.1%
  69. 69China28.7%
  70. 70Cambodia28.4%
  71. 71Burkina Faso28.1%
  72. 72Kazakhstan28.1%
  73. 73Canada27.5%
  74. 74Lithuania27.4%
  75. 75Germany27.3%
  76. 76Croatia27%
  77. 77Cameroon26.7%
  78. 78Moldova26.6%
  79. 79Netherlands26.5%
  80. 80Myanmar26%
  81. 81Austria25.5%
  82. 82Bosnia and Herzegovina25.2%
  83. 83Congo, Rep.25%
  84. 84Indonesia24.8%
  85. 85Denmark24.7%
  86. 86Mongolia24.6%
  87. 87Israel23.8%
  88. 88Guinea23.7%
  89. 89Lao PDR23.5%
  90. 90Cote d'Ivoire22.7%
  91. 91Bangladesh22.5%
  92. 92Greece22.2%
  93. 93Algeria21.9%
  94. 94Gabon21.8%
  95. 95Uganda21.7%
  96. 96Hungary21.5%
  97. 97Nigeria21.4%
  98. 98Italy21.3%
  99. 99Thailand20.9%
  100. 100Montenegro19.5%
  101. 101Benin19.2%
  102. 102Russian Federation19.2%
  103. 103North Macedonia18.7%
  104. 104Slovak Republic18.7%
  105. 105Ukraine16.4%
  106. 106Latvia16.1%
  107. 107Georgia15.8%
  108. 108Japan14.9%
  109. 109Taiwan12.3%
  110. 110Hong Kong SAR, China11.9%
  111. 111Bulgaria11.7%

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