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