Country 100

2026 Edition

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Methodology

Rank Name Continent Research Sustainability Openness International Integration Global Standing Demographics and Investment Academic Integrity Overall Score
1 United Kingdom Europe 95.2 81.2 83.6 93.5 99.4 81.6 100.0 92.9
2 Netherlands Europe 91.7 80.5 84.1 86.1 90.8 83.6 100.0 89.6
3 United States Americas 89.0 88.4 81.2 60.4 99.7 79.8 99.6 88.2
4 Sweden Europe 88.3 85.3 84.9 81.2 89.0 84.2 100.0 88.1
5 Canada Americas 89.4 80.6 77.3 84.0 94.8 75.2 100.0 87.8
6 Australia Oceania 94.9 84.1 64.7 89.5 94.7 55.7 100.0 87.2
7 Germany Europe 88.9 72.3 82.6 74.1 93.8 78.6 95.1 86.5
8 Switzerland Europe 82.5 69.2 83.0 85.9 96.5 78.3 100.0 86.0
9 Hong Kong Asia 89.1 69.7 72.7 96.3 93.4 57.1 100.0 85.4
10 Italy Europe 88.3 91.9 81.2 59.0 85.3 67.5 90.6 83.1
11 Belgium Europe 79.6 70.6 78.2 83.6 86.2 81.2 100.0 82.7
12 Spain Europe 84.0 80.3 81.9 62.2 81.3 76.3 99.4 82.0
13 Singapore Asia 84.1 61.9 57.9 91.0 95.2 59.7 100.0 81.8
13 South Korea Asia 84.0 83.7 80.5 46.3 88.5 71.2 99.6 81.8
15 France Europe 81.1 68.4 80.3 73.5 88.2 66.6 100.0 81.4
16 Denmark Europe 77.3 66.0 76.4 61.8 87.3 90.3 100.0 80.8
17 Norway Europe 77.6 81.3 83.1 67.8 78.3 83.9 100.0 80.6
18 Finland Europe 76.2 66.3 80.1 75.5 83.3 82.8 100.0 80.3
19 China Asia 91.5 83.4 75.4 17.6 97.1 46.5 83.8 79.3
20 Saudi Arabia Asia 84.1 75.4 65.2 82.5 80.0 76.7 75.7 79.1
21 Austria Europe 69.0 61.5 80.8 80.8 79.9 86.9 100.0 77.7
22 Ireland Europe 77.5 63.0 76.9 74.2 82.7 48.7 100.0 76.6
23 Malaysia Asia 72.0 71.4 69.3 63.0 80.9 59.9 97.4 74.1
23 New Zealand Oceania 70.5 63.9 64.1 75.5 75.2 74.3 100.0 74.1
25 United Arab Emirates Asia 76.3 58.2 63.1 87.3 71.4 57.5 96.3 73.7
26 Portugal Europe 69.5 68.1 71.7 68.7 70.4 72.9 97.3 72.9
27 Japan Asia 66.9 78.9 81.1 35.8 89.1 57.2 83.4 71.8
28 South Africa Africa 77.7 78.2 62.5 48.8 72.8 39.9 99.9 71.4
29 Israel Asia 67.3 64.5 72.4 45.7 72.6 68.3 100.0 70.3
30 Greece Europe 68.3 76.4 71.3 50.6 59.8 74.5 97.5 69.6
31 India Asia 77.4 79.1 67.5 8.4 75.5 59.8 81.1 69.2
32 Türkiye Asia 71.9 64.1 64.0 29.8 66.5 71.6 96.6 68.6
33 Qatar Asia 60.1 67.0 72.6 78.5 71.8 42.5 100.0 67.9
34 Iran Asia 73.4 86.7 56.4 28.9 65.3 60.0 90.1 67.8
35 Poland Europe 68.4 69.8 73.5 36.3 63.5 69.3 89.9 67.7
35 Taiwan Asia 74.3 77.9 71.6 37.3 76.5 7.8 99.6 67.7
37 Pakistan Asia 76.9 76.4 54.7 53.6 60.6 47.3 80.9 67.0
38 Cyprus Asia 66.9 50.9 59.4 74.9 55.6 69.5 97.8 66.8
39 Macao Asia 64.7 43.9 36.4 85.8 64.3 80.8 88.9 66.1
40 Czechia Europe 57.1 53.6 79.7 67.1 60.5 52.9 99.3 64.4
41 Egypt Africa 69.7 75.7 55.1 46.5 56.4 50.7 76.8 63.0
42 Brazil Americas 54.3 69.7 73.7 13.9 75.7 66.9 81.2 62.3
43 Lebanon Asia 61.5 52.5 40.3 74.1 55.0 61.0 100.0 62.2
44 Hungary Europe 55.6 48.1 73.2 47.6 56.9 68.2 95.0 61.6
45 Chile Americas 53.6 57.7 54.2 58.7 64.8 56.4 96.3 61.2
46 Thailand Asia 59.0 67.2 57.6 37.2 59.6 54.5 93.9 60.8
47 Jordan Asia 64.3 57.7 44.9 61.0 57.1 49.0 83.7 60.6
48 Estonia Europe 53.1 49.3 57.6 57.0 54.6 73.3 98.0 60.4
49 Slovenia Europe 53.6 45.3 72.2 53.1 45.9 76.8 100.0 60.2
50 Viet Nam Asia 58.7 57.5 62.9 38.4 50.1 51.2 99.4 59.0
51 Bangladesh Asia 65.6 68.0 49.3 40.5 45.7 37.9 93.2 58.1
52 Mexico Americas 49.1 57.0 57.8 25.5 64.4 61.3 98.0 57.8
53 Iceland Europe 47.4 48.5 57.8 56.0 45.8 77.9 100.0 57.2
54 Indonesia Asia 56.0 69.0 59.1 4.5 57.6 50.5 90.6 56.3
55 Lithuania Europe 55.6 42.0 43.8 40.2 45.0 70.0 100.0 56.0
56 Oman Asia 54.4 43.2 36.9 56.2 50.4 62.3 88.0 55.4
56 Russia Europe 46.6 57.5 61.9 28.4 70.9 61.3 63.0 55.4
58 Romania Europe 49.5 63.3 58.4 27.6 43.5 61.5 97.0 54.4
59 Croatia Europe 50.7 52.6 62.8 31.1 30.2 72.9 100.0 53.5
60 Colombia Americas 43.8 55.4 57.8 27.4 51.8 48.9 99.5 52.4
60 Slovakia Europe 45.2 41.4 67.9 47.7 31.8 67.3 100.0 52.4
62 Luxembourg Europe 47.1 29.3 58.7 58.4 54.3 55.3 60.0 51.5
63 Ghana Africa 55.3 57.3 45.2 38.7 32.3 45.1 94.9 51.4
64 Serbia Europe 48.8 50.7 52.4 36.1 30.0 66.6 89.9 50.4
65 Kuwait Asia 48.7 40.9 62.2 47.2 39.7 26.1 94.4 49.9
66 Argentina Americas 40.9 45.6 45.4 34.5 43.4 48.1 92.9 47.6
67 Malta Europe 42.5 21.2 37.7 51.0 32.7 75.2 91.4 47.4
68 Brunei Darussalam Asia 41.0 39.7 23.3 40.2 46.3 60.9 92.5 47.3
69 Tunisia Africa 41.8 55.7 40.6 44.9 32.2 47.6 93.6 46.7
70 Philippines Asia 38.9 57.8 43.0 15.5 41.2 54.4 95.8 46.5
71 Ethiopia Africa 55.1 69.0 50.6 22.9 22.5 41.6 60.0 45.6
72 Morocco Africa 48.0 64.0 45.9 19.3 33.8 43.5 69.0 45.4
73 Latvia Europe 33.0 33.0 45.1 48.6 32.5 68.4 94.2 45.0
74 Kazakhstan Asia 32.2 30.5 48.3 37.5 50.2 56.2 80.0 44.9
74 Palestine Asia 45.8 48.8 30.0 35.4 24.3 47.3 100.0 44.9
76 Uganda Africa 43.3 56.7 41.0 47.8 31.4 15.0 95.6 44.4
77 Ecuador Americas 33.7 45.6 40.6 24.3 32.7 67.9 98.9 44.2
78 Bahrain Asia 36.8 24.6 26.0 56.1 38.2 56.9 91.0 44.1
79 Nigeria Africa 49.2 62.6 51.6 16.2 33.8 2.5 87.1 43.8
80 Peru Americas 35.2 39.2 43.4 14.5 34.2 58.5 94.7 42.7
81 Puerto Rico Americas 31.9 42.0 29.4 53.5 11.8 83.4 100.0 42.0
82 Uruguay Americas 27.7 33.9 31.7 52.5 20.2 75.7 98.1 40.9
83 Algeria Africa 35.4 42.6 47.4 24.4 16.3 68.8 83.9 40.6
83 Bulgaria Europe 28.0 44.2 43.9 27.3 27.4 65.0 90.9 40.6
85 Kenya Africa 37.6 52.6 49.8 18.3 18.7 35.1 100.0 40.5
86 Ukraine Europe 33.4 38.0 54.7 20.3 33.7 75.1 45.8 40.3
87 Sri Lanka Asia 34.0 47.7 39.1 14.9 25.0 41.7 100.0 39.5
88 Tanzania Africa 38.5 53.5 36.0 28.0 14.5 35.4 99.5 39.4
89 Iraq Asia 41.9 59.0 45.6 14.6 34.9 5.2 61.7 38.2
90 Nepal Asia 31.6 53.4 41.4 27.9 17.2 36.7 97.4 38.0
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 27.8 36.5 46.7 27.9 11.7 62.8 100.0 37.8
92 Botswana Africa 35.5 32.1 31.8 41.5 16.4 36.8 95.2 37.6
93 Rwanda Africa 33.8 33.4 29.0 52.6 9.2 38.9 100.0 37.0
94 Zimbabwe Africa 34.1 35.0 25.1 37.3 13.7 41.4 100.0 36.7
95 Costa Rica Americas 24.7 34.1 27.7 35.5 19.7 48.1 100.0 35.4
96 Malawi Africa 33.0 49.8 29.4 50.6 4.1 24.8 100.0 35.3
97 Azerbaijan Asia 22.4 10.9 37.1 26.4 25.4 59.3 94.9 34.9
98 Cameroon Africa 33.9 47.4 42.0 26.7 9.5 37.3 76.2 34.8
99 North Macedonia Europe 24.9 29.7 27.1 44.5 11.0 53.7 100.0 34.6
100 Senegal Africa 22.9 48.3 28.0 39.0 5.4 51.8 100.0 33.6