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| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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| Australia | 0.0 | 1.1 | 44.8 | 90.8 | 101.6 | 105.8 | 106.5 | 107.3 | 106.2 | 107.6 | 109.1 | 107.8 | 110.0 | 109.8 | 104.9 | 105.1 | 109.5 | 112.5 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 0.0 | 0.7 | 29.1 | 64.9 | 110.9 | 111.0 | 115.8 | 114.0 | 108.5 | 109.8 | 122.4 | 125.9 | 129.3 | 129.8 | 119.9 | 133.6 | 116.1 | 127.0 |
| Kiribati | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 9.7 | 12.5 | 16.0 | 17.6 | 26.0 | 35.1 | 43.9 | 38.3 | 43.7 | 44.1 | 43.3 | 41.0 | 49.1 | 51.3 |
| Malaysia | 0.0 | 0.5 | 22.3 | 75.7 | 118.2 | 125.7 | 139.3 | 142.5 | 146.4 | 141.2 | 136.7 | 130.9 | 128.9 | 133.4 | 129.0 | 137.7 | 138.2 | 142.7 |
| Nauru | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 61.7 | 66.3 | 66.2 | 85.8 | 88.8 | 88.3 | 86.3 | 85.9 | 85.4 | 87.2 | |||||
| New Zealand | 0.0 | 1.6 | 40.0 | 85.4 | 108.3 | 110.0 | 111.6 | 107.0 | 112.8 | 121.4 | 129.4 | 133.0 | 128.9 | 120.5 | 123.0 | 114.5 | 116.0 | 126.9 |
| Papua New Guinea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 25.0 | 30.5 | 33.5 | 36.1 | 39.4 | 40.7 | 42.2 | 43.8 | 45.8 | 47.2 | 49.1 | 48.1 | 49.2 | 34.1 |
| Samoa | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 12.8 | 46.6 | 51.0 | 50.4 | 53.3 | 59.7 | 74.2 | 60.5 | 48.2 | 40.0 | 32.6 | 32.3 | 62.4 | ||
| Singapore | 0.0 | 1.7 | 68.1 | 102.7 | 145.5 | 150.4 | 152.4 | 156.7 | 148.5 | 149.0 | 151.7 | 149.6 | 152.1 | 159.3 | 150.3 | 158.0 | 173.0 | 173.2 |
| Solomon Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 21.7 | 49.7 | 52.7 | 54.3 | 61.1 | 66.4 | 62.9 | 67.9 | 68.0 | 65.7 | 63.7 | 62.2 | 62.1 | |
| Tonga | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 28.3 | 50.6 | 51.1 | 52.1 | 53.7 | 63.8 | 69.3 | 75.8 | 102.5 | 102.2 | 58.8 | 58.7 | 61.0 | 61.7 | |
| Tuvalu | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.1 | 15.1 | 19.8 | 25.6 | 30.9 | 34.6 | 60.2 | 69.5 | 73.6 | 79.1 | 85.1 | 86.5 | 88.3 | 98.9 | |
| Vanuatu | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 6.0 | 71.3 | 56.3 | 58.7 | 50.0 | 60.0 | 65.7 | 80.3 | 81.9 | 88.1 | 90.8 | 82.4 | 81.7 | 81.6 | 89.3 |
| Cyprus | 0.0 | 0.5 | 31.3 | 105.2 | 123.1 | 126.6 | 128.3 | 128.2 | 131.1 | 131.0 | 132.6 | 136.2 | 137.0 | 140.0 | 138.4 | 146.0 | 151.2 | 155.7 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29.4 | 108.0 | 196.9 | 203.9 | 146.0 | 129.9 | 135.2 | 196.8 | 200.1 | 203.4 | 201.4 | 200.3 | 199.2 | 200.5 | ||
| United Kingdom | 0.0 | 1.9 | 73.6 | 108.0 | 121.8 | 121.5 | 122.5 | 122.2 | 121.0 | 121.2 | 119.8 | 119.2 | 118.2 | 120.3 | 117.3 | 117.9 | 119.8 | 122.8 |
| Barbados | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.9 | 76.7 | 127.2 | 126.0 | 126.1 | 110.8 | 109.7 | 120.0 | 118.8 | 117.6 | 117.3 | 117.1 | 104.7 | 112.2 | 114.6 | |
| Belize | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 34.3 | 60.6 | 68.0 | 51.6 | 51.1 | 49.4 | 59.5 | 61.1 | 64.2 | 64.8 | 66.1 | 67.6 | 66.8 | 67.2 | |
| Dominica | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 75.7 | 153.3 | 157.7 | 158.1 | 134.2 | 105.0 | 109.7 | 112.7 | 109.8 | 112.7 | 115.1 | 110.4 | 92.5 | 85.2 | |
| Grenada | 0.0 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 42.7 | 109.3 | 107.8 | 115.2 | 117.2 | 102.6 | 104.4 | 103.3 | 98.0 | 102.6 | 100.2 | 102.1 | 86.6 | 95.8 | |
| Guyana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 37.0 | 74.8 | 70.9 | 73.3 | 74.0 | 75.2 | 71.5 | 76.6 | 83.7 | 96.3 | 106.0 | 105.0 | 112.6 | ||
| Jamaica | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.1 | 73.7 | 115.8 | 106.7 | 97.9 | 102.2 | 107.6 | 111.9 | 116.3 | 109.8 | 105.1 | 107.1 | 101.5 | 102.4 | 105.8 | 115.1 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 109.8 | 170.8 | 164.2 | 161.6 | 163.6 | 138.0 | 155.1 | 162.7 | 163.4 | 152.3 | 138.9 | 133.4 | 121.3 | 116.9 | 118.9 |
| Saint Lucia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 63.9 | 116.0 | 126.0 | 125.2 | 122.3 | 108.2 | 107.3 | 100.6 | 100.2 | 104.5 | 83.2 | 81.9 | 96.2 | 98.7 | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 62.8 | 119.9 | 120.5 | 116.8 | 115.9 | 107.0 | 106.0 | 105.9 | 109.6 | 107.2 | 92.5 | 96.9 | 95.5 | 102.3 | 101.6 |
| Bahamas | 0.0 | 0.7 | 9.7 | 66.2 | 116.6 | 80.4 | 79.9 | 75.7 | 82.4 | 80.8 | 92.8 | 90.5 | 99.0 | 107.8 | 117.7 | 100.3 | 101.6 | 100.0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.3 | 68.3 | 136.6 | 130.9 | 134.2 | 137.6 | 139.4 | 148.6 | 150.7 | 140.5 | 134.1 | 145.7 | 134.2 | 134.2 | 133.6 | 134.2 |
| Malta | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 78.4 | 107.8 | 122.9 | 124.8 | 129.9 | 125.7 | 117.8 | 128.6 | 129.2 | 127.1 | 125.9 | 122.2 | 123.9 | 132.9 | 140.6 |
| Canada | 0.0 | 2.1 | 28.3 | 52.5 | 75.5 | 77.7 | 79.4 | 80.4 | 80.8 | 82.8 | 84.6 | 86.1 | 89.0 | 91.0 | 84.8 | 87.4 | 91.2 | 94.1 |
| Bangladesh | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 6.2 | 44.6 | 54.9 | 62.7 | 74.5 | 80.3 | 82.4 | 84.6 | 93.1 | 98.9 | 100.4 | 106.0 | 110.0 | 109.9 | 114.4 |
| Pakistan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 7.3 | 49.8 | 53.4 | 57.9 | 60.5 | 63.4 | 57.9 | 62.0 | 64.7 | 67.9 | 71.7 | 74.7 | 78.8 | 79.1 | 76.5 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 16.6 | 83.1 | 87.2 | 91.3 | 95.1 | 102.7 | 110.0 | 117.7 | 127.7 | 136.1 | 126.5 | 131.8 | 135.5 | 151.7 | 142.3 |
| Botswana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.2 | 30.6 | 116.2 | 139.9 | 146.1 | 151.7 | 157.0 | 157.7 | 147.2 | 143.0 | 147.1 | 160.7 | 161.9 | 173.3 | 178.2 | 179.0 |
| India | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 7.8 | 60.5 | 70.9 | 67.6 | 68.4 | 71.9 | 75.4 | 83.9 | 86.0 | 85.6 | 82.9 | 82.3 | 81.6 | 80.2 | 80.6 |
| Ghana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 12.8 | 68.4 | 81.1 | 95.8 | 102.3 | 108.3 | 122.0 | 130.5 | 122.5 | 133.6 | 130.7 | 126.9 | 124.4 | 120.8 | 98.8 |
| Cameroon | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 13.2 | 43.9 | 51.8 | 63.0 | 73.2 | 77.2 | 79.8 | 79.8 | 83.5 | 74.4 | 83.9 | 85.3 | 80.8 | 89.8 | 96.5 |
| Mauritius | 0.0 | 0.2 | 14.8 | 52.2 | 92.8 | 100.6 | 115.3 | 118.8 | 127.9 | 136.4 | 140.4 | 142.5 | 148.8 | 145.1 | 149.1 | 154.1 | 164.3 | 165.3 |
| Mozambique | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 7.4 | 31.4 | 33.2 | 36.2 | 49.5 | 71.7 | 75.8 | 55.0 | 42.2 | 48.5 | 49.4 | 50.2 | 43.2 | 45.8 | |
| Nigeria | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.8 | 52.4 | 55.5 | 64.0 | 70.3 | 74.8 | 79.1 | 79.0 | 72.4 | 84.3 | 88.1 | 95.4 | 89.3 | 99.6 | 98.5 |
| Kenya | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 12.9 | 60.0 | 65.7 | 70.0 | 70.8 | 73.0 | 80.1 | 81.0 | 87.0 | 98.6 | 106.5 | 117.6 | 122.3 | 121.2 | 120.6 |
| Rwanda | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 34.4 | 42.0 | 52.5 | 60.3 | 68.2 | 75.3 | 74.9 | 72.3 | 77.7 | 75.6 | 81.2 | 81.6 | 80.6 | 91.5 |
| Lesotho | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 12.8 | 49.5 | 61.2 | 75.9 | 87.1 | 102.8 | 101.7 | 107.2 | 110.4 | 72.5 | 76.1 | 69.9 | 80.5 | 68.1 | 69.4 |
| Sierra Leone | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 32.1 | 33.5 | 33.7 | 59.6 | 69.2 | 80.4 | 87.1 | 89.8 | 84.1 | 87.0 | 87.0 | 101.6 | 107.9 | ||
| Malawi | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 21.0 | 25.9 | 29.6 | 32.7 | 33.9 | 38.4 | 40.9 | 43.1 | 38.2 | 46.8 | 51.2 | 59.6 | 59.6 | 61.1 |
| South Africa | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.7 | 68.6 | 96.2 | 120.8 | 127.2 | 140.6 | 142.6 | 155.1 | 143.9 | 153.5 | 157.7 | 162.7 | 158.4 | 163.1 | 160.7 | 171.5 |
| इस्वातिनी | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 18.5 | 65.3 | 68.6 | 71.6 | 79.0 | 80.7 | 82.3 | 86.6 | 88.7 | 89.2 | 91.1 | 104.7 | 118.6 | 121.5 | 128.4 |
| Namibia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 22.8 | 92.4 | 102.2 | 97.8 | 121.1 | 115.5 | 107.4 | 109.1 | 106.9 | 107.1 | 106.5 | 106.2 | 103.7 | 100.6 | 87.7 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 7.6 | 46.9 | 55.8 | 57.5 | 56.2 | 63.3 | 76.2 | 74.4 | 71.8 | 75.7 | 80.6 | 84.0 | 86.0 | 93.0 | 105.4 |
| Gambia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 14.8 | 76.7 | 70.6 | 74.7 | 87.9 | 105.5 | 122.1 | 124.3 | 126.6 | 132.6 | 105.2 | 106.4 | 108.8 | 106.8 | |
| Zambia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 8.1 | 39.0 | 56.5 | 70.6 | 67.5 | 63.6 | 70.5 | 71.0 | 77.1 | 86.1 | 93.0 | 100.2 | 103.3 | 98.4 | 102.1 |
| Seychelles | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.2 | 65.9 | 123.8 | 130.5 | 137.1 | 134.0 | 144.6 | 138.2 | 138.3 | 148.8 | 155.6 | 164.6 | 152.5 | 149.5 | 163.4 | 184.9 |
| Uganda | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 39.6 | 50.1 | 47.6 | 51.1 | 56.0 | 53.9 | 58.9 | 62.1 | 58.9 | 59.1 | 62.3 | 65.6 | 70.1 | 76.3 |