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Rank country (%) Date of Information 1 Kosovo 73.0 2009 2 Namibia 58.9 2008 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 57.5 2011 4 Macedonia 55.3 2011 5 South Africa 49.8 2011 6 Spain 46.4 2011 7 Serbia 46.1 2010 8 Guyana 46.1 2011 9 Armenia 45.5 2008 10 Greece 44.4 2011 11 Saint Lucia 40.8 2004 12 West Bank 38.8 2010 13 Gaza Strip 38.8 2010 14 Montenegro 37.0 2011 15 Croatia 36.1 2011 16 Georgia 35.6 2011 17 Lesotho 34.4 2008 18 French Polynesia 33.2 2002 19 Slovakia 33.2 2011 20 Lithuania 32.9 2011 21 Tunisia 30.7 2005 22 Dominican Republic 30.3 2007 23 Portugal 30.1 2011 24 Jamaica 30.1 2011 25 Puerto Rico 29.9 2011 26 Jordan 29.9 2011 27 Ireland 29.4 2011 28 Italy 29.1 2011 29 Latvia 29.1 2011 30 Poland 28.9 2011 31 Bahrain 28.3 2004 32 Saudi Arabia 28.2 2008 33 Albania 27.2 2009 34 Bulgaria 26.6 2011 35 Barbados 26.2 2003 36 Hungary 26.1 2011 37 Dominica 26.0 2001 38 Ethiopia 24.9 2006 39 Egypt 24.8 2010 40 Romania 23.7 2011 41 Zambia 23.4 2005 42 Aruba 23.2 2007 43 Colombia 23.0 2008 44 Iran 23.0 2008 45 Sweden 22.9 2011 46 Estonia 22.4 2011 47 Cyprus 22.3 2011 48 Indonesia 22.2 2009 49 Maldives 22.2 2006 50 France 22.1 2011 51 Lebanon 22.1 2007 52 Mauritius 21.7 2011 53 Suriname 21.5 2004 54 Algeria 21.5 2010 55 Czech Republic 21.3 2012 56 Seychelles 20.3 2002 57 Mongolia 20.0 2003 58 United Kingdom 20.0 2011 59 Antigua and Barbuda 19.9 2001 60 Belize 19.5 2005 61 Sri Lanka 19.4 2010 62 Syria 19.2 2010 63 Bahamas, The 18.9 2007 64 Finland 18.9 2011 65 Belgium 18.7 2011 66 Argentina 18.7 2011 67 Ukraine 18.6 2011 68 Turkey 18.4 2011 69 Morocco 17.9 2011 70 Brazil 17.8 2009 71 Paraguay 17.8 2011 72 Venezuela 17.5 2011 73 Chile 17.5 2011 74 Philippines 17.4 2009 75 Uruguay 17.4 2011 76 United States 17.3 2011 77 New Zealand 17.3 2011 78 Luxembourg 16.8 2011 79 Costa Rica 16.6 2011 80 Ghana 16.6 2000 81 Peru 16.2 2011 82 Slovenia 15.7 2011 83 Russia 15.5 2011 84 Moldova 14.9 2011 85 Senegal 14.8 2006 86 Azerbaijan 14.7 2011 87 Panama 14.6 2011 88 Iceland 14.6 2011 89 Kyrgyzstan 14.6 2006 90 Denmark 14.2 2011 91 Ecuador 14.1 2009 92 Canada 14.1 2011 93 Malta 13.9 2011 94 Botswana 13.6 2000 95 Cayman Islands 13.5 2008 96 Samoa 12.2 2001 97 United Arab Emirates 12.1 2008 98 Tonga 11.9 2003 99 Israel 11.6 2011 100 El Salvador 11.4 2007 101 Australia 11.3 2011 102 Kuwait 11.3 2005 103 Malaysia 11.3 2010 104 Bermuda 10.8 2000 105 Trinidad and Tobago 10.5 2008 106 India 10.2 2010 107 Mexico 9.8 2011 108 Korea, South 9.6 2011 109 Hong Kong 9.4 2011 110 Bhutan 9.4 2011 111 Faroe Islands 9.4 2005 112 Bangladesh 9.3 2005 113 Bolivia 9.2 2002 114 Tanzania 8.8 2006 115 Nicaragua 8.6 2006 116 Norway 8.6 2011 117 Germany 8.5 2011 118 Austria 8.3 2011 119 Japan 8.0 2011 120 Switzerland 7.7 2011 121 Pakistan 7.7 2008 122 Netherlands 7.7 2011 123 Zimbabwe 7.6 2004 124 Isle of Man 7.2 2006 125 Guatemala 7.1 2011 126 Honduras 7.0 2005 127 Monaco 6.9 2000 128 Singapore 6.7 2011 129 Northern Mariana Islands 5.9 2003 130 Macau 5.8 2011 131 Uganda 5.4 2009 132 Liberia 5.1 2010 133 Kazakhstan 4.6 2011 134 Vietnam 4.6 2004 135 Burkina Faso 3.8 2006 136 Cambodia 3.4 2008 137 Niger 3.2 2001 138 Cuba 3.1 2008 139 Thailand 2.7 2011 140 Madagascar 2.3 2005 141 Qatar 1.3 2011 142 Benin 0.8 2002