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0-1 index · higher is better · 176 countries

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  1. 1Switzerland1
  2. 2Australia1
  3. 3Italy1
  4. 3Mexico1
  5. 3Spain1
  6. 3Iceland1
  7. 4Sweden0.99
  8. 5Indonesia0.99
  9. 6Israel0.99
  10. 6North Macedonia0.99
  11. 7Japan0.99
  12. 8Sri Lanka0.99
  13. 9Colombia0.99
  14. 10Slovak Republic0.99
  15. 10Latvia0.99
  16. 10Korea, Rep.0.99
  17. 10France0.99
  18. 10Croatia0.99
  19. 11Belgium0.99
  20. 12Viet Nam0.99
  21. 13Germany0.98
  22. 14Austria0.98
  23. 14Lithuania0.98
  24. 14Paraguay0.98
  25. 15Jamaica0.98
  26. 16Estonia0.98
  27. 17United States0.98
  28. 18Denmark0.97
  29. 19Costa Rica0.97
  30. 20Brazil0.97
  31. 20Poland0.97
  32. 21Peru0.97
  33. 21Zambia0.97
  34. 22New Zealand0.97
  35. 23Lao PDR0.97
  36. 23Ecuador0.97
  37. 24Finland0.97
  38. 24Montenegro0.97
  39. 24Panama0.97
  40. 24Taiwan0.97
  41. 25Portugal0.97
  42. 25Uruguay0.97
  43. 25Nepal0.97
  44. 26Canada0.96
  45. 27Philippines0.96
  46. 28Congo, Dem. Rep.0.96
  47. 29Norway0.96
  48. 29Togo0.96
  49. 30Chile0.96
  50. 31Czechia0.96
  51. 32Bolivia0.95
  52. 32Guatemala0.95
  53. 32Gabon0.95
  54. 33Slovenia0.95
  55. 34Bhutan0.95
  56. 35Mauritius0.94
  57. 36Timor-Leste0.94
  58. 36Dominican Republic0.94
  59. 36Gambia, The0.94
  60. 37Hungary0.94
  61. 38Congo, Rep.0.93
  62. 39Honduras0.93
  63. 40Greece0.93
  64. 41Serbia0.92
  65. 41Tunisia0.92
  66. 42Argentina0.92
  67. 43Albania0.91
  68. 44Sao Tome and Principe0.91
  69. 45Lesotho0.91
  70. 45Burundi0.91
  71. 46Netherlands0.9
  72. 46Malawi0.9
  73. 46Tanzania0.9
  74. 46Nigeria0.9
  75. 47Bosnia and Herzegovina0.89
  76. 48Cyprus0.89
  77. 49Cabo Verde0.88
  78. 50South Africa0.88
  79. 51Ukraine0.88
  80. 52United Kingdom0.87
  81. 53Cote d'Ivoire0.87
  82. 54Sierra Leone0.87
  83. 55Moldova0.86
  84. 56Mozambique0.86
  85. 57Malta0.86
  86. 58Georgia0.85
  87. 59Bulgaria0.83
  88. 60Papua New Guinea0.83
  89. 61Trinidad and Tobago0.83
  90. 62West Bank and Gaza0.82
  91. 63Kosovo0.82
  92. 64India0.81
  93. 65Oman0.81
  94. 66Comoros0.81
  95. 67Benin0.8
  96. 68Zimbabwe0.79
  97. 69Maldives0.77
  98. 70Senegal0.77
  99. 71Ireland0.76
  100. 72Eswatini0.73
  101. 73Kenya0.73
  102. 74Nicaragua0.73
  103. 75Romania0.72
  104. 76Turkiye0.71
  105. 77Namibia0.7
  106. 78Iraq0.7
  107. 79Mali0.7
  108. 80Niger0.69
  109. 81Madagascar0.68
  110. 82Venezuela, RB0.68
  111. 83Russian Federation0.67
  112. 84Rwanda0.66
  113. 85Luxembourg0.65
  114. 86Djibouti0.65
  115. 87El Salvador0.6
  116. 88Guyana0.59
  117. 89Botswana0.57
  118. 90Pakistan0.52
  119. 91Mongolia0.52
  120. 92Armenia0.51
  121. 93Afghanistan0.5
  122. 94Uganda0.49
  123. 95Fiji0.47
  124. 96Lebanon0.46
  125. 97Haiti0.46
  126. 98Chad0.43
  127. 99Liberia0.42
  128. 99Guinea0.42
  129. 100Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0.41
  130. 101Kyrgyz Republic0.41
  131. 102Burkina Faso0.38
  132. 103Malaysia0.29
  133. 104Ghana0.29
  134. 105Mauritania0.27
  135. 106Jordan0.26
  136. 107Central African Republic0.19
  137. 108Ethiopia0.18
  138. 109Sudan0.18
  139. 110Morocco0.18
  140. 111Cambodia0.17
  141. 112Bahrain0.16
  142. 113Egypt, Arab Rep.0.16
  143. 114Belarus0.15
  144. 115China0.14
  145. 116Cuba0.13
  146. 117Bangladesh0.13
  147. 118Seychelles0.09
  148. 119Thailand0.09
  149. 120Somalia, Fed. Rep.0.08
  150. 120Iran, Islamic Rep.0.08
  151. 121Equatorial Guinea0.06
  152. 122Cameroon0.06
  153. 123Algeria0.05
  154. 124Libya0.04
  155. 125Kazakhstan0.03
  156. 126Yemen, Rep.0.03
  157. 127Azerbaijan0.02
  158. 128Uzbekistan0.02
  159. 129Saudi Arabia0.02
  160. 130Turkmenistan0.01
  161. 131Syrian Arab Republic0.01
  162. 132Tajikistan0.01
  163. 133Eritrea0
  164. 134Hong Kong SAR, China0
  165. 134Solomon Islands0
  166. 134Kuwait0
  167. 134Singapore0
  168. 134Qatar0
  169. 134Barbados0

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