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Region | 2015 | 2023 | Absolute Change | Relative Change | 2015 | 2023 | Absolute Change | Relative Change |
| Central and Southern Asia (UN) | 24 | 12 | -12 | -50% | 5 | 0 | -5 | -100% |
| Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UN) | 38 | 21 | -17 | -45% | 5 | 5 | +0 | +0% |
| Europe and Northern America (UN) | 12 | 5 | -7 | -58% | 2 | 0 | -2 | -100% |
| Latin America and the Caribbean (UN) | 147 | 201 | +54 | +37% | 19 | 25 | +6 | +32% |
| Northern Africa and Western Asia (UN) | 61 | 38 | -23 | -38% | 8 | 3 | -5 | -63% |
| Oceania (UN) | 0 | 0 | +0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | -100% | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa (UN) | 21 | 10 | -11 | -52% | 6 | 0 | -6 | -100% |
| World | 303 | 287 | -16 | -5% | 46 | 33 | -13 | -28% |
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