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