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