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
1 United Kingdom Europe 95.2 81.2 83.6 93.5 99.4 81.6 100.0 92.9
6 Australia Oceania 94.9 84.1 64.7 89.5 94.7 55.7 100.0 87.2
2 Netherlands Europe 91.7 80.5 84.1 86.1 90.8 83.6 100.0 89.6
19 China Asia 91.5 83.4 75.4 17.6 97.1 46.5 83.8 79.3
5 Canada Americas 89.4 80.6 77.3 84.0 94.8 75.2 100.0 87.8
9 Hong Kong Asia 89.1 69.7 72.7 96.3 93.4 57.1 100.0 85.4
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
4 Sweden Europe 88.3 85.3 84.9 81.2 89.0 84.2 100.0 88.1
10 Italy Europe 88.3 91.9 81.2 59.0 85.3 67.5 90.6 83.1
20 Saudi Arabia Asia 84.1 75.4 65.2 82.5 80.0 76.7 75.7 79.1
13 Singapore Asia 84.1 61.9 57.9 91.0 95.2 59.7 100.0 81.8
12 Spain Europe 84.0 80.3 81.9 62.2 81.3 76.3 99.4 82.0
13 South Korea Asia 84.0 83.7 80.5 46.3 88.5 71.2 99.6 81.8
8 Switzerland Europe 82.5 69.2 83.0 85.9 96.5 78.3 100.0 86.0
15 France Europe 81.1 68.4 80.3 73.5 88.2 66.6 100.0 81.4
11 Belgium Europe 79.6 70.6 78.2 83.6 86.2 81.2 100.0 82.7
28 South Africa Africa 77.7 78.2 62.5 48.8 72.8 39.9 99.9 71.4
17 Norway Europe 77.6 81.3 83.1 67.8 78.3 83.9 100.0 80.6
22 Ireland Europe 77.5 63.0 76.9 74.2 82.7 48.7 100.0 76.6
31 India Asia 77.4 79.1 67.5 8.4 75.5 59.8 81.1 69.2
16 Denmark Europe 77.3 66.0 76.4 61.8 87.3 90.3 100.0 80.8
37 Pakistan Asia 76.9 76.4 54.7 53.6 60.6 47.3 80.9 67.0
25 United Arab Emirates Asia 76.3 58.2 63.1 87.3 71.4 57.5 96.3 73.7
18 Finland Europe 76.2 66.3 80.1 75.5 83.3 82.8 100.0 80.3
35 Taiwan Asia 74.3 77.9 71.6 37.3 76.5 7.8 99.6 67.7
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
32 Türkiye Asia 71.9 64.1 64.0 29.8 66.5 71.6 96.6 68.6
23 New Zealand Oceania 70.5 63.9 64.1 75.5 75.2 74.3 100.0 74.1
41 Egypt Africa 69.7 75.7 55.1 46.5 56.4 50.7 76.8 63.0
26 Portugal Europe 69.5 68.1 71.7 68.7 70.4 72.9 97.3 72.9
21 Austria Europe 69.0 61.5 80.8 80.8 79.9 86.9 100.0 77.7
35 Poland Europe 68.4 69.8 73.5 36.3 63.5 69.3 89.9 67.7
30 Greece Europe 68.3 76.4 71.3 50.6 59.8 74.5 97.5 69.6
29 Israel Asia 67.3 64.5 72.4 45.7 72.6 68.3 100.0 70.3
38 Cyprus Asia 66.9 50.9 59.4 74.9 55.6 69.5 97.8 66.8
27 Japan Asia 66.9 78.9 81.1 35.8 89.1 57.2 83.4 71.8
51 Bangladesh Asia 65.6 68.0 49.3 40.5 45.7 37.9 93.2 58.1
39 Macao Asia 64.7 43.9 36.4 85.8 64.3 80.8 88.9 66.1
47 Jordan Asia 64.3 57.7 44.9 61.0 57.1 49.0 83.7 60.6
43 Lebanon Asia 61.5 52.5 40.3 74.1 55.0 61.0 100.0 62.2
33 Qatar Asia 60.1 67.0 72.6 78.5 71.8 42.5 100.0 67.9
46 Thailand Asia 59.0 67.2 57.6 37.2 59.6 54.5 93.9 60.8
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
54 Indonesia Asia 56.0 69.0 59.1 4.5 57.6 50.5 90.6 56.3
44 Hungary Europe 55.6 48.1 73.2 47.6 56.9 68.2 95.0 61.6
55 Lithuania Europe 55.6 42.0 43.8 40.2 45.0 70.0 100.0 56.0
63 Ghana Africa 55.3 57.3 45.2 38.7 32.3 45.1 94.9 51.4
71 Ethiopia Africa 55.1 69.0 50.6 22.9 22.5 41.6 60.0 45.6
56 Oman Asia 54.4 43.2 36.9 56.2 50.4 62.3 88.0 55.4
42 Brazil Americas 54.3 69.7 73.7 13.9 75.7 66.9 81.2 62.3
45 Chile Americas 53.6 57.7 54.2 58.7 64.8 56.4 96.3 61.2
49 Slovenia Europe 53.6 45.3 72.2 53.1 45.9 76.8 100.0 60.2
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
58 Romania Europe 49.5 63.3 58.4 27.6 43.5 61.5 97.0 54.4
79 Nigeria Africa 49.2 62.6 51.6 16.2 33.8 2.5 87.1 43.8
52 Mexico Americas 49.1 57.0 57.8 25.5 64.4 61.3 98.0 57.8
64 Serbia Europe 48.8 50.7 52.4 36.1 30.0 66.6 89.9 50.4
65 Kuwait Asia 48.7 40.9 62.2 47.2 39.7 26.1 94.4 49.9
72 Morocco Africa 48.0 64.0 45.9 19.3 33.8 43.5 69.0 45.4
53 Iceland Europe 47.4 48.5 57.8 56.0 45.8 77.9 100.0 57.2
62 Luxembourg Europe 47.1 29.3 58.7 58.4 54.3 55.3 60.0 51.5
56 Russia Europe 46.6 57.5 61.9 28.4 70.9 61.3 63.0 55.4
74 Palestine Asia 45.8 48.8 30.0 35.4 24.3 47.3 100.0 44.9
60 Slovakia Europe 45.2 41.4 67.9 47.7 31.8 67.3 100.0 52.4
60 Colombia Americas 43.8 55.4 57.8 27.4 51.8 48.9 99.5 52.4
76 Uganda Africa 43.3 56.7 41.0 47.8 31.4 15.0 95.6 44.4
67 Malta Europe 42.5 21.2 37.7 51.0 32.7 75.2 91.4 47.4
89 Iraq Asia 41.9 59.0 45.6 14.6 34.9 5.2 61.7 38.2
69 Tunisia Africa 41.8 55.7 40.6 44.9 32.2 47.6 93.6 46.7
68 Brunei Darussalam Asia 41.0 39.7 23.3 40.2 46.3 60.9 92.5 47.3
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
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
78 Bahrain Asia 36.8 24.6 26.0 56.1 38.2 56.9 91.0 44.1
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
80 Peru Americas 35.2 39.2 43.4 14.5 34.2 58.5 94.7 42.7
94 Zimbabwe Africa 34.1 35.0 25.1 37.3 13.7 41.4 100.0 36.7
87 Sri Lanka Asia 34.0 47.7 39.1 14.9 25.0 41.7 100.0 39.5
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
77 Ecuador Americas 33.7 45.6 40.6 24.3 32.7 67.9 98.9 44.2
86 Ukraine Europe 33.4 38.0 54.7 20.3 33.7 75.1 45.8 40.3
96 Malawi Africa 33.0 49.8 29.4 50.6 4.1 24.8 100.0 35.3
73 Latvia Europe 33.0 33.0 45.1 48.6 32.5 68.4 94.2 45.0
74 Kazakhstan Asia 32.2 30.5 48.3 37.5 50.2 56.2 80.0 44.9
81 Puerto Rico Americas 31.9 42.0 29.4 53.5 11.8 83.4 100.0 42.0
90 Nepal Asia 31.6 53.4 41.4 27.9 17.2 36.7 97.4 38.0
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
82 Uruguay Americas 27.7 33.9 31.7 52.5 20.2 75.7 98.1 40.9
99 North Macedonia Europe 24.9 29.7 27.1 44.5 11.0 53.7 100.0 34.6
95 Costa Rica Americas 24.7 34.1 27.7 35.5 19.7 48.1 100.0 35.4
100 Senegal Africa 22.9 48.3 28.0 39.0 5.4 51.8 100.0 33.6
97 Azerbaijan Asia 22.4 10.9 37.1 26.4 25.4 59.3 94.9 34.9