Tax-Free Countries 2024

	Afghanistan	No
	Albania	No
	Algeria	No
	Andorra	No
	Angola	No
	Anguilla	Yes
	Antigua and Barbuda	No
	Argentina	No
	Armenia	No
	Aruba	No
	Australia	No
	Austria	No
	Azerbaijan	No
	Bahamas	Yes
	Bahrain	Yes
	Bangladesh	No
	Barbados	No
	Belarus	No
	Belgium	No
	Belize	No
	Benin	No
	Bermuda	Yes
	Bhutan	No
	Bolivia	No
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	No
	Botswana	No
	Brazil	No
	British Virgin Islands	Yes
	Brunei	Yes
	Bulgaria	No
	Burkina Faso	No
	Burundi	No
	Cambodia	No
	Cameroon	No
	Canada	No
	Cayman Islands	Yes
	Central African Republic	No
	Chad	No
	Chile	No
	China	No
	Colombia	No
	Comoros	No
	Costa Rica	No
	Croatia	No
	Cuba	No
	Curacao	No
	Cyprus	No
	Cyprus	No
	Czech Republic	No
	DR Congo	No
	Denmark	No
	Djibouti	No
	Dominica	No
	Dominican Republic	No
	Ecuador	No
	Egypt	No
	El Salvador	No
	Equatorial Guinea	No
	Eritrea	No
	Estonia	No
	Eswatini	No
	Ethiopia	No
	Fiji	No
	Finland	No
	France	No
	Gabon	No
	Gambia	No
	Georgia	No
	Germany	No
	Ghana	No
	Greece	No
	Grenada	No
	Guam	No
	Guatemala	No
	Guinea	No
	Guinea Bissau	No
	Guyana	No
	Haiti	No
	Honduras	No
	Hong Kong	No
	Hungary	No
	Iceland	No
	India	No
	Indonesia	No
	Iran	No
	Iraq	No
	Ireland	No
	Isle Of Man	No
	Israel	No
	Italy	No
	Ivory Coast	No
	Jamaica	No
	Japan	No
	Jordan	No
	Kazakhstan	No
	Kenya	No
	Kosovo	No
	Kuwait	Yes
	Kyrgyzstan	No
	Laos	No
	Latvia	No
	Lebanon	No
	Lesotho	No
	Liberia	No
	Libya	No
	Liechtenstein	No
	Lithuania	No
	Luxembourg	No
	Macau	No
	Madagascar	No
	Malawi	No
	Malaysia	No
	Maldives	Yes
	Mali	No
	Malta	No
	Marshall Islands	No
	Mauritania	No
	Mauritius	No
	Mexico	No
	Micronesia	No
	Moldova	No
	Monaco	Yes
	Mongolia	No
	Montenegro	No
	Montserrat	No
	Morocco	No
	Mozambique	No
	Myanmar	No
	Namibia	No
	Nauru	Yes
	Nepal	No
	Netherlands	No
	New Caledonia	No
	New Zealand	No
	Nicaragua	No
	Niger	No
	Nigeria	No
	North Korea	No
	North Macedonia	No
	Northern Mariana Islands	No
	Norway	No
	Oman	Yes
	Pakistan	No
	Palau	No
	Palestine	No
	Panama	No
	Papua New Guinea	No
	Paraguay	No
	Peru	No
	Philippines	No
	Poland	No
	Portugal	No
	Puerto Rico	No
	Qatar	Yes
	Republic of the Congo	No
	Romania	No
	Russia	No
	Rwanda	No
	Saint Barthelemy	Yes
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
	Saint Lucia	No
	Saint Martin	No
	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	No
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No
	San Marino	No
	Sao Tome and Principe	No
	Saudi Arabia	Yes
	Senegal	No
	Serbia	No
	Seychelles	No
	Sierra Leone	No
	Singapore	No
	Sint Maarten	No
	Slovakia	No
	Slovenia	No
	Solomon Islands	No
	Somalia	Yes
	South Africa	No
	South Korea	No
	South Sudan	No
	Spain	No
	Sri Lanka	No
	Sudan	No
	Suriname	No
	Sweden	No
	Switzerland	No
	Syria	No
	Taiwan	No
	Tajikistan	No
	Tanzania	No
	Thailand	No
	Timor Leste	No
	Togo	No
	Trinidad and Tobago	No
	Tunisia	No
	Turkey	No
	Turkmenistan	No
	Turks and Caicos Islands	Yes
	Uganda	No
	Ukraine	No
	United Arab Emirates	Yes
	United Kingdom	No
	United States	No
	Uruguay	No
	Uzbekistan	No
	Vanuatu	Yes
	Vatican City	Yes
	Venezuela	No
	Vietnam	No
	Western Sahara	Yes
	Yemen	No
	Zambia	No
	Zimbabwe	No

Tax-Free Titans

Income tax, serving as a critical fund source for most world governments, is a universal storyline in over half the world's countries—comprising approximately 80% of all government revenues. Interestingly, there exists a small but significant set of countries that deviate from this storyline; these are the nations which have discarded the system of levying national income taxes from their citizens. These countries, fascinatingly, manage to sustain their economies, usually through nationalized revenue-intensive sectors like oil or tourism or by implementing other types of taxes. Key findings from the data include:

Majority of the countries in the world levy income taxes, signifying their crucial role in financing various public goods and services in these regions. On the contrary, a handful of countries eschew income tax.
Gulf countries like Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Oman do not impose income taxes. The primary source of revenue for these countries is the nationalized oil industry, which explains their ability to avoid income tax.
Some countries located primarily in the Caribbean, such as Saint Kitts and Nevis, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda, and Anguilla, also levy no income tax. This could be attributed largely to the robust tourism industry these regions possess, supporting their financial needs.
Other notable nations with no income tax include Monaco and Andorra in Europe and Brunei in Southeast Asia.
Western Sahara, Somalia, Maldives, Nauru, and Vanuatu also emerge as no income tax havens; however, economic trends and heavy reliance on alternate sources of income like fishing, agriculture, and tertiary sectors influence these tax policies.

By Region

Afghanistan

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Albania

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Algeria

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Andorra

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Angola

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Anguilla

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Antigua and Barbuda

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Argentina

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Armenia

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Aruba

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Australia

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Austria

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Azerbaijan

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Bahamas

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Bahrain

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Bangladesh

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Barbados

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Belarus

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Belgium

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Belize

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Benin

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Bermuda

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Bhutan

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Bolivia

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Botswana

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Brazil

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British Virgin Islands

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Brunei

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Bulgaria

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Burkina Faso

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Burundi

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Cambodia

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Cameroon

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Canada

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Cayman Islands

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Central African Republic

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Chad

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Chile

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China

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Colombia

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Comoros

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Costa Rica

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Croatia

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Cuba

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Curacao

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Cyprus

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Cyprus

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Czech Republic

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DR Congo

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Denmark

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Dominica

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Dominican Republic

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Ecuador

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Egypt

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El Salvador

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Equatorial Guinea

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Eritrea

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Estonia

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Eswatini

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Ethiopia

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Fiji

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Finland

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France

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Gabon

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Gambia

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Georgia

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Germany

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Ghana

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Greece

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Grenada

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Guam

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Guatemala

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Guinea

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Guinea Bissau

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Guyana

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Haiti

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Honduras

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Hong Kong

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Hungary

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Iceland

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India

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Indonesia

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Iran

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Iraq

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Ireland

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Isle Of Man

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Israel

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Italy

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Jamaica

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Japan

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Jordan

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Kazakhstan

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Kenya

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Kosovo

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Kuwait

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Kyrgyzstan

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Laos

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Latvia

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Lebanon

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Liberia

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Libya

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Liechtenstein

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Luxembourg

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Macau

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Madagascar

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Malawi

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Malaysia

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Maldives

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Mali

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Malta

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Marshall Islands

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Mauritania

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Mexico

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Micronesia

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Moldova

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Monaco

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Mongolia

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Morocco

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Myanmar

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Nauru

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Nepal

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Niger

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North Korea

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Norway

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Oman

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Pakistan

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Palau

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Palestine

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Panama

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Papua New Guinea

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Paraguay

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Peru

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Poland

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Qatar

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Republic of the Congo

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Romania

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Russia

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Rwanda

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Saint Barthelemy

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Saint Lucia

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Saint Martin

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Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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San Marino

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Sao Tome and Principe

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Saudi Arabia

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Senegal

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Serbia

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Sierra Leone

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Singapore

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Slovakia

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Slovenia

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Solomon Islands

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Somalia

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South Africa

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South Korea

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South Sudan

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Spain

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Sri Lanka

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Sudan

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Suriname

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Sweden

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Syria

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Taiwan

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Thailand

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Togo

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Trinidad and Tobago

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Turkey

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Turkmenistan

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Turks and Caicos Islands

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Uganda

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Ukraine

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United Arab Emirates

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United Kingdom

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United States

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Uruguay

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Uzbekistan

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Vanuatu

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Vatican City

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Venezuela

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Vietnam

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Western Sahara

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Yemen

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Zambia

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Zimbabwe

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