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