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League table

136 shown
  1. 1Lithuania10
  2. 1Taiwan10
  3. 1Slovenia10
  4. 1Uruguay10
  5. 1Costa Rica10
  6. 1Chile10
  7. 1Estonia10
  8. 1Czechia10
  9. 2Brazil9
  10. 2Latvia9
  11. 3Ghana8
  12. 3Jamaica8
  13. 3Bhutan8
  14. 3Korea, Rep.8
  15. 3Dominican Republic8
  16. 3Timor-Leste8
  17. 3Trinidad and Tobago8
  18. 4Mauritius7
  19. 4Poland7
  20. 4Papua New Guinea7
  21. 4Paraguay7
  22. 4Nepal7
  23. 4Mongolia7
  24. 4North Macedonia7
  25. 4Slovak Republic7
  26. 4Indonesia7
  27. 4Croatia7
  28. 4Gambia, The7
  29. 4Ecuador7
  30. 4Colombia7
  31. 4Botswana7
  32. 4Bosnia and Herzegovina7
  33. 4South Africa7
  34. 4Albania7
  35. 5Moldova6
  36. 5Malawi6
  37. 5Argentina6
  38. 5Sri Lanka6
  39. 5Bulgaria6
  40. 5Senegal6
  41. 5Iraq6
  42. 5Liberia6
  43. 5Romania6
  44. 5Kenya6
  45. 5Namibia6
  46. 5Armenia6
  47. 5Montenegro6
  48. 5India6
  49. 6Panama5
  50. 6Mexico5
  51. 6Ukraine5
  52. 6Nigeria5
  53. 6Benin5
  54. 6Peru5
  55. 7Uganda4
  56. 7Madagascar4
  57. 7Sierra Leone4
  58. 7Zambia4
  59. 7Serbia4
  60. 7Lesotho4
  61. 7Lebanon4
  62. 7Georgia4
  63. 7Philippines4
  64. 7Central African Republic4
  65. 7Malaysia4
  66. 7Guatemala4
  67. 7Honduras4
  68. 7Hungary4
  69. 7Singapore4
  70. 7Bolivia4
  71. 8Mauritania3
  72. 8Djibouti3
  73. 8Algeria3
  74. 8Cameroon3
  75. 8Turkiye3
  76. 8Cote d'Ivoire3
  77. 8Tunisia3
  78. 8Ethiopia3
  79. 8Guinea-Bissau3
  80. 8Togo3
  81. 8Jordan3
  82. 8Uzbekistan3
  83. 8Kyrgyz Republic3
  84. 8Congo, Dem. Rep.3
  85. 8Kuwait3
  86. 8Bangladesh3
  87. 8El Salvador3
  88. 8Tanzania3
  89. 8Angola3
  90. 8Pakistan3
  91. 8Zimbabwe3
  92. 9Thailand2
  93. 9United Arab Emirates2
  94. 9Rwanda2
  95. 9Tajikistan2
  96. 9Burundi2
  97. 9South Sudan2
  98. 9Russian Federation2
  99. 9Turkmenistan2
  100. 9Belarus2
  101. 9Nicaragua2
  102. 9Qatar2
  103. 9Azerbaijan2
  104. 9Kazakhstan2
  105. 9Bahrain2
  106. 9Eswatini2
  107. 9Libya2
  108. 9Haiti2
  109. 9Lao PDR2
  110. 9Egypt, Arab Rep.2
  111. 9Mozambique2
  112. 9Iran, Islamic Rep.2
  113. 9Venezuela, RB2
  114. 9Viet Nam2
  115. 9Congo, Rep.2
  116. 9Equatorial Guinea2
  117. 9Morocco2
  118. 10Eritrea1
  119. 10Burkina Faso1
  120. 10Cambodia1
  121. 10Mali1
  122. 10Yemen, Rep.1
  123. 10Syrian Arab Republic1
  124. 10Myanmar1
  125. 10Chad1
  126. 10Sudan1
  127. 10Korea, Dem. People's Rep.1
  128. 10Saudi Arabia1
  129. 10Cuba1
  130. 10Guinea1
  131. 10Niger1
  132. 10Gabon1
  133. 10China1
  134. 10Oman1
  135. 10Somalia, Fed. Rep.1
  136. 10Afghanistan1

Separation of powers