The estimate of the top ten animal testing countries in the world are the United States, Japan, China, Australia, France, Canada, the UK, Germany, Taiwan and Brazil, in that order, according to the article Facts and Figures on Animal Testing, by Cruelty Free International. However, animal testing is used worldwide, at least 115 million animals are used annually. It has been noted that animal testing is not declining but instead, increasing in many places in the world or has remained the same level over the past years.