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
10 Italy Europe 88.3 91.9 81.2 59.0 85.3 67.5 90.6 83.1
3 United States Americas 89.0 88.4 81.2 60.4 99.7 79.8 99.6 88.2
34 Iran Asia 73.4 86.7 56.4 28.9 65.3 60.0 90.1 67.8
4 Sweden Europe 88.3 85.3 84.9 81.2 89.0 84.2 100.0 88.1
6 Australia Oceania 94.9 84.1 64.7 89.5 94.7 55.7 100.0 87.2
13 South Korea Asia 84.0 83.7 80.5 46.3 88.5 71.2 99.6 81.8
19 China Asia 91.5 83.4 75.4 17.6 97.1 46.5 83.8 79.3
17 Norway Europe 77.6 81.3 83.1 67.8 78.3 83.9 100.0 80.6
1 United Kingdom Europe 95.2 81.2 83.6 93.5 99.4 81.6 100.0 92.9
5 Canada Americas 89.4 80.6 77.3 84.0 94.8 75.2 100.0 87.8
2 Netherlands Europe 91.7 80.5 84.1 86.1 90.8 83.6 100.0 89.6
12 Spain Europe 84.0 80.3 81.9 62.2 81.3 76.3 99.4 82.0
31 India Asia 77.4 79.1 67.5 8.4 75.5 59.8 81.1 69.2
27 Japan Asia 66.9 78.9 81.1 35.8 89.1 57.2 83.4 71.8
28 South Africa Africa 77.7 78.2 62.5 48.8 72.8 39.9 99.9 71.4
35 Taiwan Asia 74.3 77.9 71.6 37.3 76.5 7.8 99.6 67.7
37 Pakistan Asia 76.9 76.4 54.7 53.6 60.6 47.3 80.9 67.0
30 Greece Europe 68.3 76.4 71.3 50.6 59.8 74.5 97.5 69.6
41 Egypt Africa 69.7 75.7 55.1 46.5 56.4 50.7 76.8 63.0
20 Saudi Arabia Asia 84.1 75.4 65.2 82.5 80.0 76.7 75.7 79.1
7 Germany Europe 88.9 72.3 82.6 74.1 93.8 78.6 95.1 86.5
23 Malaysia Asia 72.0 71.4 69.3 63.0 80.9 59.9 97.4 74.1
11 Belgium Europe 79.6 70.6 78.2 83.6 86.2 81.2 100.0 82.7
35 Poland Europe 68.4 69.8 73.5 36.3 63.5 69.3 89.9 67.7
42 Brazil Americas 54.3 69.7 73.7 13.9 75.7 66.9 81.2 62.3
9 Hong Kong Asia 89.1 69.7 72.7 96.3 93.4 57.1 100.0 85.4
8 Switzerland Europe 82.5 69.2 83.0 85.9 96.5 78.3 100.0 86.0
54 Indonesia Asia 56.0 69.0 59.1 4.5 57.6 50.5 90.6 56.3
71 Ethiopia Africa 55.1 69.0 50.6 22.9 22.5 41.6 60.0 45.6
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
51 Bangladesh Asia 65.6 68.0 49.3 40.5 45.7 37.9 93.2 58.1
46 Thailand Asia 59.0 67.2 57.6 37.2 59.6 54.5 93.9 60.8
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
16 Denmark Europe 77.3 66.0 76.4 61.8 87.3 90.3 100.0 80.8
29 Israel Asia 67.3 64.5 72.4 45.7 72.6 68.3 100.0 70.3
32 Türkiye Asia 71.9 64.1 64.0 29.8 66.5 71.6 96.6 68.6
72 Morocco Africa 48.0 64.0 45.9 19.3 33.8 43.5 69.0 45.4
23 New Zealand Oceania 70.5 63.9 64.1 75.5 75.2 74.3 100.0 74.1
58 Romania Europe 49.5 63.3 58.4 27.6 43.5 61.5 97.0 54.4
22 Ireland Europe 77.5 63.0 76.9 74.2 82.7 48.7 100.0 76.6
79 Nigeria Africa 49.2 62.6 51.6 16.2 33.8 2.5 87.1 43.8
13 Singapore Asia 84.1 61.9 57.9 91.0 95.2 59.7 100.0 81.8
21 Austria Europe 69.0 61.5 80.8 80.8 79.9 86.9 100.0 77.7
89 Iraq Asia 41.9 59.0 45.6 14.6 34.9 5.2 61.7 38.2
25 United Arab Emirates Asia 76.3 58.2 63.1 87.3 71.4 57.5 96.3 73.7
70 Philippines Asia 38.9 57.8 43.0 15.5 41.2 54.4 95.8 46.5
47 Jordan Asia 64.3 57.7 44.9 61.0 57.1 49.0 83.7 60.6
45 Chile Americas 53.6 57.7 54.2 58.7 64.8 56.4 96.3 61.2
50 Viet Nam Asia 58.7 57.5 62.9 38.4 50.1 51.2 99.4 59.0
56 Russia Europe 46.6 57.5 61.9 28.4 70.9 61.3 63.0 55.4
63 Ghana Africa 55.3 57.3 45.2 38.7 32.3 45.1 94.9 51.4
52 Mexico Americas 49.1 57.0 57.8 25.5 64.4 61.3 98.0 57.8
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
60 Colombia Americas 43.8 55.4 57.8 27.4 51.8 48.9 99.5 52.4
40 Czechia Europe 57.1 53.6 79.7 67.1 60.5 52.9 99.3 64.4
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
59 Croatia Europe 50.7 52.6 62.8 31.1 30.2 72.9 100.0 53.5
85 Kenya Africa 37.6 52.6 49.8 18.3 18.7 35.1 100.0 40.5
43 Lebanon Asia 61.5 52.5 40.3 74.1 55.0 61.0 100.0 62.2
38 Cyprus Asia 66.9 50.9 59.4 74.9 55.6 69.5 97.8 66.8
64 Serbia Europe 48.8 50.7 52.4 36.1 30.0 66.6 89.9 50.4
96 Malawi Africa 33.0 49.8 29.4 50.6 4.1 24.8 100.0 35.3
48 Estonia Europe 53.1 49.3 57.6 57.0 54.6 73.3 98.0 60.4
74 Palestine Asia 45.8 48.8 30.0 35.4 24.3 47.3 100.0 44.9
53 Iceland Europe 47.4 48.5 57.8 56.0 45.8 77.9 100.0 57.2
100 Senegal Africa 22.9 48.3 28.0 39.0 5.4 51.8 100.0 33.6
44 Hungary Europe 55.6 48.1 73.2 47.6 56.9 68.2 95.0 61.6
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
66 Argentina Americas 40.9 45.6 45.4 34.5 43.4 48.1 92.9 47.6
77 Ecuador Americas 33.7 45.6 40.6 24.3 32.7 67.9 98.9 44.2
49 Slovenia Europe 53.6 45.3 72.2 53.1 45.9 76.8 100.0 60.2
83 Bulgaria Europe 28.0 44.2 43.9 27.3 27.4 65.0 90.9 40.6
39 Macao Asia 64.7 43.9 36.4 85.8 64.3 80.8 88.9 66.1
56 Oman Asia 54.4 43.2 36.9 56.2 50.4 62.3 88.0 55.4
83 Algeria Africa 35.4 42.6 47.4 24.4 16.3 68.8 83.9 40.6
55 Lithuania Europe 55.6 42.0 43.8 40.2 45.0 70.0 100.0 56.0
81 Puerto Rico Americas 31.9 42.0 29.4 53.5 11.8 83.4 100.0 42.0
60 Slovakia Europe 45.2 41.4 67.9 47.7 31.8 67.3 100.0 52.4
65 Kuwait Asia 48.7 40.9 62.2 47.2 39.7 26.1 94.4 49.9
68 Brunei Darussalam Asia 41.0 39.7 23.3 40.2 46.3 60.9 92.5 47.3
80 Peru Americas 35.2 39.2 43.4 14.5 34.2 58.5 94.7 42.7
86 Ukraine Europe 33.4 38.0 54.7 20.3 33.7 75.1 45.8 40.3
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 27.8 36.5 46.7 27.9 11.7 62.8 100.0 37.8
94 Zimbabwe Africa 34.1 35.0 25.1 37.3 13.7 41.4 100.0 36.7
95 Costa Rica Americas 24.7 34.1 27.7 35.5 19.7 48.1 100.0 35.4
82 Uruguay Americas 27.7 33.9 31.7 52.5 20.2 75.7 98.1 40.9
93 Rwanda Africa 33.8 33.4 29.0 52.6 9.2 38.9 100.0 37.0
73 Latvia Europe 33.0 33.0 45.1 48.6 32.5 68.4 94.2 45.0
92 Botswana Africa 35.5 32.1 31.8 41.5 16.4 36.8 95.2 37.6
74 Kazakhstan Asia 32.2 30.5 48.3 37.5 50.2 56.2 80.0 44.9
99 North Macedonia Europe 24.9 29.7 27.1 44.5 11.0 53.7 100.0 34.6
62 Luxembourg Europe 47.1 29.3 58.7 58.4 54.3 55.3 60.0 51.5
78 Bahrain Asia 36.8 24.6 26.0 56.1 38.2 56.9 91.0 44.1
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