Country 100

2026 Edition

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