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Rank country (%) Date of Information 1 Zimbabwe 975.00 31 December 2007 2 Angola 30.00 31 December 2009 est. 3 Venezuela 29.50 31 December 2009 4 Sao Tome and Principe 28.00 31 December 2008 5 Costa Rica 23.00 31 December 2009 est. 6 Guinea 22.25 31 December 2005 7 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 20.00 31 December 2011 est. 8 Ghana 17.00 31 December 2008 9 Malawi 15.00 31 December 2008 10 Turkey 15.00 22 December 2009 11 Vietnam 15.00 31 December 2011 12 Zambia 14.49 31 December 2008 13 Pakistan 14.00 31 December 2010 est. 14 Belarus 13.50 31 December 2009 est. 15 Mongolia 12.25 31 December 2011 est. 16 Belize 12.00 31 December 2009 est. 17 Mauritania 12.00 31 December 2007 18 Burma 12.00 31 December 2009 est. 19 Ukraine 11.97 31 December 2010 est. 20 Rwanda 11.25 31 December 2008 21 Gambia, The 11.00 31 December 2008 22 Brazil 11.00 31 December 2011 est. 23 Burundi 10.00 31 December 2009 est. 24 Lesotho 10.00 31 December 2010 est. 25 Botswana 10.00 31 December 2009 est. 26 Lebanon 10.00 31 December 2009 est. 27 Uganda 9.65 31 December 2009 est. 28 Serbia 9.50 January 2012 29 Uruguay 8.75 31 December 2011 30 Ecuador 8.68 31 December 2010 31 Egypt 8.50 31 December 2009 est. 32 Russia 8.00 31 December 2011 33 Kazakhstan 7.50 31 December 2011 est. 34 Cabo Verde 7.50 31 December 2009 est. 35 Armenia 7.25 2 December 2008 36 Trinidad and Tobago 7.25 31 December 2009 est. 37 Sri Lanka 7.00 31 December 2011 est. 38 South Africa 7.00 31 December 2009 39 Barbados 7.00 31 December 2009 est. 40 Namibia 7.00 31 December 2009 est. 41 Hungary 7.00 31 December 2011 42 Croatia 7.00 31 December 2011 est. 43 Maldives 6.96 31 December 2011 est. 44 Papua New Guinea 6.92 31 December 2009 est. 45 Swaziland 6.50 31 December 2009 est. 46 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.50 31 December 2009 est. 47 Dominica 6.50 31 December 2009 est. 48 Saint Lucia 6.50 31 December 2009 est. 49 Antigua and Barbuda 6.50 31 December 2009 est. 50 Grenada 6.50 31 December 2008 51 Nepal 6.50 31 December 2009 est. 52 Anguilla 6.50 31 December 2009 est. 53 Montserrat 6.50 31 December 2009 est. 54 Georgia 6.50 31 January 2012 55 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.50 31 December 2008 56 Indonesia 6.46 31 December 2009 57 Paraguay 6.00 31 December 2011 est. 58 India 6.00 31 December 2009 est. 59 Iraq 6.00 December 2011 60 Vanuatu 6.00 31 December 2009 est. 61 Nigeria 6.00 31 December 2009 est. 62 Iceland 5.75 31 December 2010 est. 63 Romania 5.75 31 December 2011 64 Philippines 5.60 31 December 2011 est. 65 Azerbaijan 5.25 31 December 2011 est. 66 Cambodia 5.25 31 December 2007 67 Albania 5.25 31 December 2009 est. 68 Peru 5.05 31 December 2011 69 Syria 5.00 31 December 2011 est. 70 New Zealand 5.00 31 December 2008 71 Bangladesh 5.00 31 December 2009 est. 72 Colombia 5.00 31 December 2010 73 Tajikistan 5.00 31 December 2010 est. 74 Niger 4.75 31 December 2008 75 Central African Republic 4.75 31 December 2008 76 Congo, Republic of the 4.75 31 December 2008 77 Chad 4.75 31 December 2008 78 Jordan 4.75 31 December 2009 est. 79 Guinea-Bissau 4.75 31 December 2008 80 Qatar 4.50 31 December 2011 est. 81 Mexico 4.50 31 December 2011 est. 82 Australia 4.35 31 December 2010 est. 83 Mali 4.25 31 December 2009 est. 84 Cote d'Ivoire 4.25 31 December 2009 est. 85 Benin 4.25 31 December 2009 est. 86 Burkina Faso 4.25 31 December 2009 est. 87 Equatorial Guinea 4.25 31 December 2009 est. 88 Gabon 4.25 31 December 2009 est. 89 Guyana 4.25 31 December 2010 est. 90 Senegal 4.25 31 December 2009 est. 91 Togo 4.25 31 December 2009 est. 92 Laos 4.00 31 December 2009 93 Bahamas, The 4.00 31 December 2011 est. 94 Algeria 4.00 31 December 2009 est. 95 Poland 4.00 31 December 2010 est. 96 Macedonia 4.00 31 December 2011 est. 97 Tanzania 3.70 31 December 2009 est. 98 Latvia 3.50 31 December 2010 est. 99 Morocco 3.31 31 December 2009 est. 100 Mozambique 3.25 31 December 2010 est. 101 Thailand 3.25 31 December 2011 est. 102 Aruba 3.00 31 December 2009 est. 103 Bolivia 3.00 31 December 2010 est. 104 Fiji 3.00 31 December 2009 est. 105 Kuwait 3.00 31 December 2009 est. 106 Libya 3.00 31 December 2009 est. 107 Malaysia 2.83 31 December 2010 108 Kyrgyzstan 2.50 31 December 2010 est. 109 China 2.25 31 December 2011 est. 110 Comoros 2.21 31 December 2009 est. 111 Lithuania 2.06 31 December 2009 est. 112 Israel 2.02 31 December 2010 est. 113 Taiwan 1.88 31 December 2011 114 Greece 1.75 31 December 2010 115 Germany 1.75 31 December 2010 116 France 1.75 31 December 2010 117 Finland 1.75 31 December 2010 118 Ireland 1.75 31 December 2010 119 European Union 1.75 31 December 2011 120 Cyprus 1.75 31 December 2010 121 Belgium 1.75 31 December 2010 122 Spain 1.75 31 December 2010 123 Slovenia 1.75 31 December 2011 124 Portugal 1.75 31 December 2010 125 Norway 1.75 31 December 2009 est. 126 Netherlands 1.75 31 December 2010 127 Malta 1.75 31 December 2010 128 Luxembourg 1.75 31 December 2010 129 Slovakia 1.75 31 December 2010 est. 130 Italy 1.75 31 December 2010 131 Korea, South 1.25 31 December 2009 132 Switzerland 0.75 31 December 2009 est. 133 Denmark 0.75 31 December 2010 est. 134 Czech Republic 0.75 31 December 2010 135 Hong Kong 0.50 31 December 2011 136 United States 0.50 31 December 2009 137 Sweden 0.50 31 December 2009 est. 138 United Kingdom 0.50 31 December 2011 est. 139 Chile 0.50 31 December 2009 est. 140 Japan 0.30 31 December 2009 141 Canada 0.25 31 December 2009 est. 142 Bulgaria 0.22 31 December 2011 est. 143 Oman 0.05 31 December 2009 est.
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