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1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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Brunei Darussalam | 21 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 91 | 73 | 99 | 95 | 133 | 115 | 137 | ||||
Cambodia | 26 | 43 | 53 | 74 | 65 | 65 | 77 | 55 | 160 | 310 | 248 | ||||
Indonesia | 3,733 | 4,069 | 5,122 | 5,297 | 6,787 | 7,321 | 8,095 | 8,538 | 7,032 | 8,347 | 8,388 | 6,851 | 7,403 | ||
Republic of Korea | 16,738 | 29,179 | 38,733 | 38,296 | 40,890 | 40,779 | 44,611 | 46,219 | 46,419 | 45,406 | 45,691 | 47,431 | 47,372 | 46,282 | 51,753 |
Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 4 | 20 | 43 | 53 | 69 | 43 | 61 | 63 | 97 | 58 | |||||
Malaysia | 2,213 | 6,021 | 5,764 | 5,152 | 5,376 | 5,826 | 6,006 | 6,267 | 6,455 | 6,127 | 5,906 | 6,179 | 6,480 | 5,839 | 6,651 |
Mongolia | 87 | 69 | 132 | 126 | 128 | 107 | 104 | 79 | 86 | 82 | 77 | ||||
Papua New Guinea | 79 | 46 | 33 | 63 | 53 | 29 | |||||||||
Philippines | 1,822 | 3,482 | 2,762 | 3,223 | 3,010 | 2,832 | 3,065 | 3,255 | 3,359 | 3,092 | 3,072 | 3,771 | 3,879 | 3,517 | 3,903 |
Singapore | 7,720 | 8,036 | 8,878 | 8,738 | 8,604 | 8,579 | 9,009 | 9,345 | 9,379 | 9,321 | 10,270 | 12,409 | 11,487 | 12,566 | |
Thailand | 1,867 | 4,488 | 5,449 | 723 | 2,997 | 5,726 | 5,832 | 6,924 | 7,138 | 6,722 | 6,886 | 7,245 | 7,307 | 6,662 | 7,375 |
Viet Nam | 17 | 1,205 | 1,767 | 3,276 | 3,260 | 3,423 | 3,552 | 3,960 | 4,451 | 4,668 | 4,790 | 5,425 | 6,800 | 6,674 | 7,468 |
Azerbaijan | 6 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 16 | ||||||
Belarus | 204 | 296 | 174 | 146 | 190 | 145 | 105 | 148 | 66 | 90 | 94 | 95 | 77 | 110 | |
Uzbekistan | 213 | 180 | 262 | 274 | 253 | 258 | 223 | 219 | 202 | 196 | 180 | 169 | 232 | 252 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 8 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |||||
Barbados | 76 | 88 | 71 | 36 | 39 | 38 | 45 | 41 | 31 | ||||||
Belize | 33 | 49 | 51 | 32 | 36 | 26 | 37 | 32 | 24 | 32 | 23 | 27 | |||
Bolivia | 294 | 241 | 277 | 151 | 227 | ||||||||||
Chile | 642 | 2,879 | 2,646 | 748 | 2,453 | 2,683 | 2,732 | 2,653 | 2,831 | 2,521 | 2,469 | 2,694 | 2,799 | 2,433 | 2,680 |
Colombia | 1,694 | 1,662 | 1,739 | 1,770 | 1,848 | 1,781 | 1,898 | 1,921 | 1,658 | 1,777 | 1,808 | 1,735 | 1,752 | 1,855 | |
Cuba | 26 | 180 | 184 | 140 | 143 | 126 | 163 | 145 | 126 | 88 | 76 | 86 | |||
Dominica | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||
Dominican Republic | 63 | 217 | 328 | 318 | 265 | 256 | 244 | 227 | 242 | 251 | 211 | 220 | 207 | 220 | |
Ecuador | 541 | 580 | 690 | 475 | 358 | 475 | 329 | 401 | 371 | 408 | 374 | 373 | |||
Grenada | 26 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||
Guatemala | 97 | 250 | 388 | 374 | 327 | 337 | 319 | 288 | 341 | 266 | 275 | 228 | 231 | 205 | 249 |
Guyana | 6 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 23 | 18 | |||||||
Haiti | 13 | 15 | 11 | 19 | |||||||||||
Honduras | 17 | 135 | 253 | 233 | 211 | 224 | 185 | 189 | 148 | 187 | 188 | ||||
Jamaica | 77 | 90 | 59 | 142 | 93 | 82 | 97 | 122 | 63 | 59 | 57 | 53 | 51 | 47 | 60 |
Nicaragua | 129 | 208 | 172 | 124 | 145 | ||||||||||
Panama | 53 | 153 | 468 | 420 | 234 | 78 | 274 | 389 | 349 | 376 | 362 | 328 | 297 | 401 | |
Peru | 219 | 1,038 | 993 | 261 | 1,129 | 1,136 | 1,193 | 1,204 | 1,182 | 1,091 | 1,119 | 1,133 | 1,122 | 1,142 | 1,141 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | |||||||||||
Saint Lucia | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |||||
Bahamas | 25 | 83 | 75 | 113 | 68 | 34 | 48 | ||||||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 154 | 205 | 213 | 174 | 184 | 165 | 133 | 171 | 135 | 112 | 111 | 149 | |||
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1,090 | 2,292 | 2,232 | 1,773 | 1,564 | 1,461 | 1,389 | 1,377 | 928 | 560 | 338 | ||||
Algeria | 229 | 127 | 465 | 730 | 803 | 781 | 722 | 719 | 716 | 566 | 594 | 521 | 525 | 547 | 581 |
Bahrain | 139 | 161 | 167 | 199 | 185 | 171 | 237 | 219 | 322 | 257 | 326 | ||||
Djibouti | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||||||||||
Egypt | 511 | 1,081 | 1,008 | 1,625 | 1,591 | 1,528 | 1,416 | 1,384 | 1,337 | 1,258 | 1,254 | 1,258 | 1,156 | 1,229 | 1,343 |
Iran | 173 | 206 | 443 | 528 | 489 | 432 | 338 | 119 | 702 | 995 | 915 | 578 | 634 | 581 | |
Iraq | 102 | 101 | 77 | 106 | 98 | ||||||||||
Jordan | 127 | 169 | 429 | 360 | 346 | 357 | 339 | 294 | 256 | 174 | 109 | 290 | 301 | 322 | |
Kuwait | 37 | 256 | |||||||||||||
Lebanon | 250 | 261 | 194 | ||||||||||||
Libya | 47 | ||||||||||||||
Morocco | 268 | 520 | 882 | 880 | 843 | 828 | 742 | 797 | 1,066 | 2,026 | 2,350 | 2,531 | 2,438 | 2,549 | |
Oman | 341 | 366 | 387 | 404 | 476 | 519 | 511 | ||||||||
Qatar | 58 | 323 | 477 | 548 | 574 | 799 | 604 | 722 | |||||||
Saudi Arabia | 439 | 797 | 374 | 643 | 643 | 440 | 135 | 1,691 | 2,196 | 2,282 | 2,321 | 2,463 | 2,274 | 2,581 | |
Syrian Arab Republic | 48 | 34 | 16 | 45 | 32 | 16 | 20 | ||||||||
Tunisia | 134 | 210 | 282 | 508 | 543 | 476 | 437 | 400 | 409 | 348 | 383 | 271 | |||
United Arab Emirates | 1,263 | 1,318 | 1,327 | 1,402 | 1,438 | 1,714 | 1,642 | 1,733 | 1,723 | 1,843 | 1,869 | 2,354 | |||
Yemen | 22 | 23 | 55 | 37 | 49 | 37 | 24 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 22 | ||
Bangladesh | 76 | 248 | 294 | 276 | 269 | 287 | 243 | 249 | 299 | 267 | 241 | 299 | 345 | 362 | 373 |
Bhutan | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 7 | ||||||
India | 2,673 | 6,332 | 19,661 | 30,909 | 33,450 | 34,402 | 32,362 | 30,814 | 33,079 | 31,858 | 31,621 | 33,766 | 34,173 | 33,630 | 35,306 |
Nepal | 15 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 71 | 26 | 43 | ||||||||
Pakistan | 524 | 1,149 | 1,141 | 980 | 861 | 798 | 783 | 776 | 677 | 636 | 505 | 586 | 561 | 562 | 567 |
Sri Lanka | 83 | 250 | 211 | 235 | 235 | 188 | 263 | 293 | 266 | 260 | 255 | 251 | 273 | ||
Angola | 114 | 108 | |||||||||||||
Botswana | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
Burundi | 3 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 5 | ||||||||||
केप वर्दे | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 107 | 90 | 110 | ||||||||||||
Ethiopia | 9 | 4 | 34 | 14 | 24 | 22 | 32 | 26 | 39 | 49 | 54 | ||||
Ghana | 20 | 17 | 11 | 39 | 8 | ||||||||||
Kenya | 59 | 120 | 122 | 136 | 114 | 75 | 56 | 59 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 35 | 37 | ||
Madagascar | 48 | 35 | 34 | 58 | 40 | 47 | 29 | 16 | 30 | 42 | 37 | 30 | 21 | 22 | |
Malawi | 33 | 17 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Mauritius | 3 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 23 | 19 | 14 | |||
Mozambique | 8 | 14 | 25 | 15 | 26 | 30 | 46 | 30 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 24 | 14 | 16 | |
Namibia | 158 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 12 | |||||||||
Nigeria | 246 | 747 | 676 | 869 | 150 | 180 | 509 | 683 | 598 | ||||||
Rwanda | 4 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Sao Tome and Principe | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
Seychelles | 14 | 46 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 28 | |||||||||
Sierra Leone | 100 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||
South Africa | 4,943 | 2,400 | 6,001 | 5,562 | 6,589 | 6,836 | 6,657 | 6,750 | 6,608 | 6,506 | 6,816 | 6,258 | 6,347 | 6,146 | 9,156 |
Sudan | 16 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 31 | 7 | 7 | ||||
इस्वातिनी | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
United Republic of Tanzania | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
Gambia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 66 | 91 | |||||||||
Uganda | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||||||
Zambia | 50 | 22 | 12 | 21 | 31 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 13 | |
Zimbabwe | 159 | 19 | 5 |