SELECT 
  COUNT(*) 
FROM 
  cscart_countries 
WHERE 
  code = 'US' 
  AND status = 'A'

Query time 0.00054

JSON explain

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    "select_id": 1,
    "cost_info": {
      "query_cost": "1.00"
    },
    "table": {
      "table_name": "cscart_countries",
      "access_type": "const",
      "possible_keys": [
        "PRIMARY",
        "status"
      ],
      "key": "PRIMARY",
      "used_key_parts": [
        "code"
      ],
      "key_length": "6",
      "ref": [
        "const"
      ],
      "rows_examined_per_scan": 1,
      "rows_produced_per_join": 1,
      "filtered": "100.00",
      "cost_info": {
        "read_cost": "0.00",
        "eval_cost": "0.10",
        "prefix_cost": "0.00",
        "data_read_per_join": "48"
      },
      "used_columns": [
        "code",
        "status"
      ]
    }
  }
}