Country 100

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Rank Name Continent Research Sustainability Openness International Integration Global Standing Demographics and Investment Academic Integrity Overall Score
72 Morocco Africa 48.0 64.0 45.9 19.3 33.8 43.5 69.0 45.4
92 Botswana Africa 35.5 32.1 31.8 41.5 16.4 36.8 95.2 37.6
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
83 Algeria Africa 35.4 42.6 47.4 24.4 16.3 68.8 83.9 40.6
69 Tunisia Africa 41.8 55.7 40.6 44.9 32.2 47.6 93.6 46.7
41 Egypt Africa 69.7 75.7 55.1 46.5 56.4 50.7 76.8 63.0
96 Malawi Africa 33.0 49.8 29.4 50.6 4.1 24.8 100.0 35.3
63 Ghana Africa 55.3 57.3 45.2 38.7 32.3 45.1 94.9 51.4
79 Nigeria Africa 49.2 62.6 51.6 16.2 33.8 2.5 87.1 43.8
94 Zimbabwe Africa 34.1 35.0 25.1 37.3 13.7 41.4 100.0 36.7
76 Uganda Africa 43.3 56.7 41.0 47.8 31.4 15.0 95.6 44.4
100 Senegal Africa 22.9 48.3 28.0 39.0 5.4 51.8 100.0 33.6
28 South Africa Africa 77.7 78.2 62.5 48.8 72.8 39.9 99.9 71.4
93 Rwanda Africa 33.8 33.4 29.0 52.6 9.2 38.9 100.0 37.0
98 Cameroon Africa 33.9 47.4 42.0 26.7 9.5 37.3 76.2 34.8
71 Ethiopia Africa 55.1 69.0 50.6 22.9 22.5 41.6 60.0 45.6
3 United States Americas 89.0 88.4 81.2 60.4 99.7 79.8 99.6 88.2
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
80 Peru Americas 35.2 39.2 43.4 14.5 34.2 58.5 94.7 42.7
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
81 Puerto Rico Americas 31.9 42.0 29.4 53.5 11.8 83.4 100.0 42.0
60 Colombia Americas 43.8 55.4 57.8 27.4 51.8 48.9 99.5 52.4
77 Ecuador Americas 33.7 45.6 40.6 24.3 32.7 67.9 98.9 44.2
42 Brazil Americas 54.3 69.7 73.7 13.9 75.7 66.9 81.2 62.3
5 Canada Americas 89.4 80.6 77.3 84.0 94.8 75.2 100.0 87.8
66 Argentina Americas 40.9 45.6 45.4 34.5 43.4 48.1 92.9 47.6
51 Bangladesh Asia 65.6 68.0 49.3 40.5 45.7 37.9 93.2 58.1
9 Hong Kong Asia 89.1 69.7 72.7 96.3 93.4 57.1 100.0 85.4
13 Singapore Asia 84.1 61.9 57.9 91.0 95.2 59.7 100.0 81.8
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
20 Saudi Arabia Asia 84.1 75.4 65.2 82.5 80.0 76.7 75.7 79.1
23 Malaysia Asia 72.0 71.4 69.3 63.0 80.9 59.9 97.4 74.1
25 United Arab Emirates Asia 76.3 58.2 63.1 87.3 71.4 57.5 96.3 73.7
27 Japan Asia 66.9 78.9 81.1 35.8 89.1 57.2 83.4 71.8
29 Israel Asia 67.3 64.5 72.4 45.7 72.6 68.3 100.0 70.3
31 India Asia 77.4 79.1 67.5 8.4 75.5 59.8 81.1 69.2
32 Türkiye Asia 71.9 64.1 64.0 29.8 66.5 71.6 96.6 68.6
33 Qatar Asia 60.1 67.0 72.6 78.5 71.8 42.5 100.0 67.9
34 Iran Asia 73.4 86.7 56.4 28.9 65.3 60.0 90.1 67.8
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
38 Cyprus Asia 66.9 50.9 59.4 74.9 55.6 69.5 97.8 66.8
39 Macao Asia 64.7 43.9 36.4 85.8 64.3 80.8 88.9 66.1
43 Lebanon Asia 61.5 52.5 40.3 74.1 55.0 61.0 100.0 62.2
46 Thailand Asia 59.0 67.2 57.6 37.2 59.6 54.5 93.9 60.8
47 Jordan Asia 64.3 57.7 44.9 61.0 57.1 49.0 83.7 60.6
50 Viet Nam Asia 58.7 57.5 62.9 38.4 50.1 51.2 99.4 59.0
54 Indonesia Asia 56.0 69.0 59.1 4.5 57.6 50.5 90.6 56.3
56 Oman Asia 54.4 43.2 36.9 56.2 50.4 62.3 88.0 55.4
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
70 Philippines Asia 38.9 57.8 43.0 15.5 41.2 54.4 95.8 46.5
74 Kazakhstan Asia 32.2 30.5 48.3 37.5 50.2 56.2 80.0 44.9
74 Palestine Asia 45.8 48.8 30.0 35.4 24.3 47.3 100.0 44.9
78 Bahrain Asia 36.8 24.6 26.0 56.1 38.2 56.9 91.0 44.1
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
90 Nepal Asia 31.6 53.4 41.4 27.9 17.2 36.7 97.4 38.0
97 Azerbaijan Asia 22.4 10.9 37.1 26.4 25.4 59.3 94.9 34.9
48 Estonia Europe 53.1 49.3 57.6 57.0 54.6 73.3 98.0 60.4
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 27.8 36.5 46.7 27.9 11.7 62.8 100.0 37.8
44 Hungary Europe 55.6 48.1 73.2 47.6 56.9 68.2 95.0 61.6
67 Malta Europe 42.5 21.2 37.7 51.0 32.7 75.2 91.4 47.4
11 Belgium Europe 79.6 70.6 78.2 83.6 86.2 81.2 100.0 82.7
40 Czechia Europe 57.1 53.6 79.7 67.1 60.5 52.9 99.3 64.4
10 Italy Europe 88.3 91.9 81.2 59.0 85.3 67.5 90.6 83.1
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
73 Latvia Europe 33.0 33.0 45.1 48.6 32.5 68.4 94.2 45.0
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
26 Portugal Europe 69.5 68.1 71.7 68.7 70.4 72.9 97.3 72.9
62 Luxembourg Europe 47.1 29.3 58.7 58.4 54.3 55.3 60.0 51.5
64 Serbia Europe 48.8 50.7 52.4 36.1 30.0 66.6 89.9 50.4
22 Ireland Europe 77.5 63.0 76.9 74.2 82.7 48.7 100.0 76.6
21 Austria Europe 69.0 61.5 80.8 80.8 79.9 86.9 100.0 77.7
18 Finland Europe 76.2 66.3 80.1 75.5 83.3 82.8 100.0 80.3
17 Norway Europe 77.6 81.3 83.1 67.8 78.3 83.9 100.0 80.6
16 Denmark Europe 77.3 66.0 76.4 61.8 87.3 90.3 100.0 80.8
83 Bulgaria Europe 28.0 44.2 43.9 27.3 27.4 65.0 90.9 40.6
15 France Europe 81.1 68.4 80.3 73.5 88.2 66.6 100.0 81.4
86 Ukraine Europe 33.4 38.0 54.7 20.3 33.7 75.1 45.8 40.3
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
1 United Kingdom Europe 95.2 81.2 83.6 93.5 99.4 81.6 100.0 92.9
53 Iceland Europe 47.4 48.5 57.8 56.0 45.8 77.9 100.0 57.2
4 Sweden Europe 88.3 85.3 84.9 81.2 89.0 84.2 100.0 88.1
55 Lithuania Europe 55.6 42.0 43.8 40.2 45.0 70.0 100.0 56.0
99 North Macedonia Europe 24.9 29.7 27.1 44.5 11.0 53.7 100.0 34.6
56 Russia Europe 46.6 57.5 61.9 28.4 70.9 61.3 63.0 55.4
58 Romania Europe 49.5 63.3 58.4 27.6 43.5 61.5 97.0 54.4
59 Croatia Europe 50.7 52.6 62.8 31.1 30.2 72.9 100.0 53.5
49 Slovenia Europe 53.6 45.3 72.2 53.1 45.9 76.8 100.0 60.2
60 Slovakia Europe 45.2 41.4 67.9 47.7 31.8 67.3 100.0 52.4
23 New Zealand Oceania 70.5 63.9 64.1 75.5 75.2 74.3 100.0 74.1
6 Australia Oceania 94.9 84.1 64.7 89.5 94.7 55.7 100.0 87.2