Program Scope
Working with over 4,200 Washington, DC based organizations and more than 8,500 organizations nationwide through the National CIV network, the Professional Exchange Programs Division of IIE has assisted 6,353 participants in the International Visitor Leadership Program come to the United States in the last 10 years!
Serving 185 countries, the IVLP program brings participants to the United States from all over the world each year to meet and confer with their professional counterparts and to gain a greater understanding of the cultural and political influences in U.S. society.
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Countries of IV Participants Over the Last Ten Years
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Country
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Number of Visitors
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Afghanistan
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7
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Albania
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31
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Algeria
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29
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Angola
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7
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Argentina
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151
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Armenia
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15
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Australia
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68
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Austria
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38
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Azerbaijan
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4
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Bahamas
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4
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Bahrain
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30
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Bangladesh
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45
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Barbados
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13
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Belarus
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37
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Belgium
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42
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Benin
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12
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Bhutan
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14
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Bolivia
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43
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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21
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Botswana
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8
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Brazil
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243
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Brunei
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5
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Bulgaria
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37
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Burkina Faso
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10
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Burma
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13
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Burundi
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3
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Cambodia
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27
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Cameroon
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10
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Canada
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75
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Cape Verde
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2
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Central African Republic
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1
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Chad
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9
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Chile
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109
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Colombia
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84
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Congo
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4
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Costa Rica
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42
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Cote D'Ivoire
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9
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Croatia
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17
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Cuba
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2
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Cyprus
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4
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Czech Republic
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45
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Czechoslovakia
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2
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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10
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Denmark
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21
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Djibouti
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1
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Dominica
|
2
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Dominican Republic
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60
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Ecuador
|
50
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Egypt
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109
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El Salvador
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49
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Eritrea
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5
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Estonia
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45
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Ethiopia
|
28
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Federated States of Micronesia
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1
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Fiji
|
11
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Finland
|
32
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France
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75
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Gabon
|
3
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Gaza
|
20
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Georgia
|
11
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Germany
|
141
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Ghana
|
22
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Greece
|
34
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Grenada
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1
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Guatemala
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37
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Guinea
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14
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Guyana
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3
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Haiti
|
58
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Honduras
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31
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Hong Kong
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45
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Hungary
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67
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Iceland
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47
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India
|
101
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Indonesia
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63
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Iran
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1
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Iraq
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1
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Ireland
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9
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Israel
|
97
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Italy
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95
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Ivory Coast
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6
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Jamaica
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18
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Japan
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170
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Jordan
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58
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Kazakhstan
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39
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Kenya
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29
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Kiribati
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1
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Korea
|
81
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Kosovo
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5
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Kuwait
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12
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Kyrgyzstan
|
27
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Laos
|
20
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Latvia
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31
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Lebanon
|
17
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Lesotho
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2
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Liberia
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5
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Lithuania
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21
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Luxembourg
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2
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Macau
|
1
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Macedonia
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29
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Madagascar
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8
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Malawi
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4
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Malaysia
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44
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Maldives
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3
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Mali
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16
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Malta
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3
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Marshall Islands
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3
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Mauritania
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8
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Mauritius
|
14
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Mexico
|
216
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Moldova
|
15
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Mongolia
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16
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Morocco
|
59
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Mozambique
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21
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Namibia
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9
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Nepal
|
22
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Netherlands
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116
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New Zealand
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53
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Nicaragua
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25
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Niger
|
10
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Nigeria
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58
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Norway
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32
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Oman
|
15
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Pakistan
|
77
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Palestinian Authority
|
41
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Panama
|
25
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Papua New Guinea
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5
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Paraguay
|
36
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People's Republic of China
|
277
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Peru
|
60
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Philippines
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64
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Poland
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71
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Portugal
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22
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Qatar
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23
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Romania
|
74
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Russia
|
123
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Rwanda
|
7
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Samoa
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1
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Sao Tome
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3
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Saudi Arabia
|
24
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Senegal
|
46
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Serbia/Montenegro-Kosovo
|
33
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Seychelles
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1
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Sierra Leone
|
5
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Singapore
|
16
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Slovak Republic
|
6
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Slovakia
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9
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Slovenia
|
46
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Solomon Islands
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2
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South Africa
|
113
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Spain
|
148
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Sri Lanka
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21
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St. Lucia
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3
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St. Vincent
|
3
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Sudan
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5
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Suriname
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3
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Swaziland
|
11
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Sweden
|
54
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Switzerland
|
16
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Syria
|
43
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Taiwan
|
33
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Tanzania
|
18
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Thailand
|
65
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The Gambia
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2
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Togo
|
13
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Tonga
|
1
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Trinidad
|
8
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Trinidad & Tobago
|
11
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Tunisia
|
41
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Turkey
|
50
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Turkmenistan
|
2
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Uganda
|
15
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Ukraine
|
36
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United Arab Emirates
|
13
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United Kingdom
|
51
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Uruguay
|
113
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USEU
|
1
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Uzbekistan
|
18
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Vanuatu
|
2
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Venezuela
|
68
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Vietnam
|
43
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West Bank
|
35
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Yemen
|
24
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Yugoslavia
|
1
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Zambia
|
15
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Zimbabwe
|
24
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