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
4 Sweden Europe 88.3 85.3 84.9 81.2 89.0 84.2 100.0 88.1
2 Netherlands Europe 91.7 80.5 84.1 86.1 90.8 83.6 100.0 89.6
1 United Kingdom Europe 95.2 81.2 83.6 93.5 99.4 81.6 100.0 92.9
17 Norway Europe 77.6 81.3 83.1 67.8 78.3 83.9 100.0 80.6
8 Switzerland Europe 82.5 69.2 83.0 85.9 96.5 78.3 100.0 86.0
7 Germany Europe 88.9 72.3 82.6 74.1 93.8 78.6 95.1 86.5
12 Spain Europe 84.0 80.3 81.9 62.2 81.3 76.3 99.4 82.0
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
27 Japan Asia 66.9 78.9 81.1 35.8 89.1 57.2 83.4 71.8
21 Austria Europe 69.0 61.5 80.8 80.8 79.9 86.9 100.0 77.7
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
18 Finland Europe 76.2 66.3 80.1 75.5 83.3 82.8 100.0 80.3
40 Czechia Europe 57.1 53.6 79.7 67.1 60.5 52.9 99.3 64.4
11 Belgium Europe 79.6 70.6 78.2 83.6 86.2 81.2 100.0 82.7
5 Canada Americas 89.4 80.6 77.3 84.0 94.8 75.2 100.0 87.8
22 Ireland Europe 77.5 63.0 76.9 74.2 82.7 48.7 100.0 76.6
16 Denmark Europe 77.3 66.0 76.4 61.8 87.3 90.3 100.0 80.8
19 China Asia 91.5 83.4 75.4 17.6 97.1 46.5 83.8 79.3
42 Brazil Americas 54.3 69.7 73.7 13.9 75.7 66.9 81.2 62.3
35 Poland Europe 68.4 69.8 73.5 36.3 63.5 69.3 89.9 67.7
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
33 Qatar Asia 60.1 67.0 72.6 78.5 71.8 42.5 100.0 67.9
29 Israel Asia 67.3 64.5 72.4 45.7 72.6 68.3 100.0 70.3
49 Slovenia Europe 53.6 45.3 72.2 53.1 45.9 76.8 100.0 60.2
26 Portugal Europe 69.5 68.1 71.7 68.7 70.4 72.9 97.3 72.9
35 Taiwan Asia 74.3 77.9 71.6 37.3 76.5 7.8 99.6 67.7
30 Greece Europe 68.3 76.4 71.3 50.6 59.8 74.5 97.5 69.6
23 Malaysia Asia 72.0 71.4 69.3 63.0 80.9 59.9 97.4 74.1
60 Slovakia Europe 45.2 41.4 67.9 47.7 31.8 67.3 100.0 52.4
31 India Asia 77.4 79.1 67.5 8.4 75.5 59.8 81.1 69.2
20 Saudi Arabia Asia 84.1 75.4 65.2 82.5 80.0 76.7 75.7 79.1
6 Australia Oceania 94.9 84.1 64.7 89.5 94.7 55.7 100.0 87.2
23 New Zealand Oceania 70.5 63.9 64.1 75.5 75.2 74.3 100.0 74.1
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
50 Viet Nam Asia 58.7 57.5 62.9 38.4 50.1 51.2 99.4 59.0
59 Croatia Europe 50.7 52.6 62.8 31.1 30.2 72.9 100.0 53.5
28 South Africa Africa 77.7 78.2 62.5 48.8 72.8 39.9 99.9 71.4
65 Kuwait Asia 48.7 40.9 62.2 47.2 39.7 26.1 94.4 49.9
56 Russia Europe 46.6 57.5 61.9 28.4 70.9 61.3 63.0 55.4
38 Cyprus Asia 66.9 50.9 59.4 74.9 55.6 69.5 97.8 66.8
54 Indonesia Asia 56.0 69.0 59.1 4.5 57.6 50.5 90.6 56.3
62 Luxembourg Europe 47.1 29.3 58.7 58.4 54.3 55.3 60.0 51.5
58 Romania Europe 49.5 63.3 58.4 27.6 43.5 61.5 97.0 54.4
13 Singapore Asia 84.1 61.9 57.9 91.0 95.2 59.7 100.0 81.8
52 Mexico Americas 49.1 57.0 57.8 25.5 64.4 61.3 98.0 57.8
53 Iceland Europe 47.4 48.5 57.8 56.0 45.8 77.9 100.0 57.2
60 Colombia Americas 43.8 55.4 57.8 27.4 51.8 48.9 99.5 52.4
48 Estonia Europe 53.1 49.3 57.6 57.0 54.6 73.3 98.0 60.4
46 Thailand Asia 59.0 67.2 57.6 37.2 59.6 54.5 93.9 60.8
34 Iran Asia 73.4 86.7 56.4 28.9 65.3 60.0 90.1 67.8
41 Egypt Africa 69.7 75.7 55.1 46.5 56.4 50.7 76.8 63.0
86 Ukraine Europe 33.4 38.0 54.7 20.3 33.7 75.1 45.8 40.3
37 Pakistan Asia 76.9 76.4 54.7 53.6 60.6 47.3 80.9 67.0
45 Chile Americas 53.6 57.7 54.2 58.7 64.8 56.4 96.3 61.2
64 Serbia Europe 48.8 50.7 52.4 36.1 30.0 66.6 89.9 50.4
79 Nigeria Africa 49.2 62.6 51.6 16.2 33.8 2.5 87.1 43.8
71 Ethiopia Africa 55.1 69.0 50.6 22.9 22.5 41.6 60.0 45.6
85 Kenya Africa 37.6 52.6 49.8 18.3 18.7 35.1 100.0 40.5
51 Bangladesh Asia 65.6 68.0 49.3 40.5 45.7 37.9 93.2 58.1
74 Kazakhstan Asia 32.2 30.5 48.3 37.5 50.2 56.2 80.0 44.9
83 Algeria Africa 35.4 42.6 47.4 24.4 16.3 68.8 83.9 40.6
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 27.8 36.5 46.7 27.9 11.7 62.8 100.0 37.8
72 Morocco Africa 48.0 64.0 45.9 19.3 33.8 43.5 69.0 45.4
89 Iraq Asia 41.9 59.0 45.6 14.6 34.9 5.2 61.7 38.2
66 Argentina Americas 40.9 45.6 45.4 34.5 43.4 48.1 92.9 47.6
63 Ghana Africa 55.3 57.3 45.2 38.7 32.3 45.1 94.9 51.4
73 Latvia Europe 33.0 33.0 45.1 48.6 32.5 68.4 94.2 45.0
47 Jordan Asia 64.3 57.7 44.9 61.0 57.1 49.0 83.7 60.6
83 Bulgaria Europe 28.0 44.2 43.9 27.3 27.4 65.0 90.9 40.6
55 Lithuania Europe 55.6 42.0 43.8 40.2 45.0 70.0 100.0 56.0
80 Peru Americas 35.2 39.2 43.4 14.5 34.2 58.5 94.7 42.7
70 Philippines Asia 38.9 57.8 43.0 15.5 41.2 54.4 95.8 46.5
98 Cameroon Africa 33.9 47.4 42.0 26.7 9.5 37.3 76.2 34.8
90 Nepal Asia 31.6 53.4 41.4 27.9 17.2 36.7 97.4 38.0
76 Uganda Africa 43.3 56.7 41.0 47.8 31.4 15.0 95.6 44.4
69 Tunisia Africa 41.8 55.7 40.6 44.9 32.2 47.6 93.6 46.7
77 Ecuador Americas 33.7 45.6 40.6 24.3 32.7 67.9 98.9 44.2
43 Lebanon Asia 61.5 52.5 40.3 74.1 55.0 61.0 100.0 62.2
87 Sri Lanka Asia 34.0 47.7 39.1 14.9 25.0 41.7 100.0 39.5
67 Malta Europe 42.5 21.2 37.7 51.0 32.7 75.2 91.4 47.4
97 Azerbaijan Asia 22.4 10.9 37.1 26.4 25.4 59.3 94.9 34.9
56 Oman Asia 54.4 43.2 36.9 56.2 50.4 62.3 88.0 55.4
39 Macao Asia 64.7 43.9 36.4 85.8 64.3 80.8 88.9 66.1
88 Tanzania Africa 38.5 53.5 36.0 28.0 14.5 35.4 99.5 39.4
92 Botswana Africa 35.5 32.1 31.8 41.5 16.4 36.8 95.2 37.6
82 Uruguay Americas 27.7 33.9 31.7 52.5 20.2 75.7 98.1 40.9
74 Palestine Asia 45.8 48.8 30.0 35.4 24.3 47.3 100.0 44.9
96 Malawi Africa 33.0 49.8 29.4 50.6 4.1 24.8 100.0 35.3
81 Puerto Rico Americas 31.9 42.0 29.4 53.5 11.8 83.4 100.0 42.0
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
95 Costa Rica Americas 24.7 34.1 27.7 35.5 19.7 48.1 100.0 35.4
99 North Macedonia Europe 24.9 29.7 27.1 44.5 11.0 53.7 100.0 34.6
78 Bahrain Asia 36.8 24.6 26.0 56.1 38.2 56.9 91.0 44.1
94 Zimbabwe Africa 34.1 35.0 25.1 37.3 13.7 41.4 100.0 36.7
68 Brunei Darussalam Asia 41.0 39.7 23.3 40.2 46.3 60.9 92.5 47.3