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
79 Nigeria Africa 49.2 62.6 51.6 16.2 33.8 2.5 87.1 43.8
89 Iraq Asia 41.9 59.0 45.6 14.6 34.9 5.2 61.7 38.2
35 Taiwan Asia 74.3 77.9 71.6 37.3 76.5 7.8 99.6 67.7
76 Uganda Africa 43.3 56.7 41.0 47.8 31.4 15.0 95.6 44.4
96 Malawi Africa 33.0 49.8 29.4 50.6 4.1 24.8 100.0 35.3
65 Kuwait Asia 48.7 40.9 62.2 47.2 39.7 26.1 94.4 49.9
85 Kenya Africa 37.6 52.6 49.8 18.3 18.7 35.1 100.0 40.5
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
92 Botswana Africa 35.5 32.1 31.8 41.5 16.4 36.8 95.2 37.6
98 Cameroon Africa 33.9 47.4 42.0 26.7 9.5 37.3 76.2 34.8
51 Bangladesh Asia 65.6 68.0 49.3 40.5 45.7 37.9 93.2 58.1
93 Rwanda Africa 33.8 33.4 29.0 52.6 9.2 38.9 100.0 37.0
28 South Africa Africa 77.7 78.2 62.5 48.8 72.8 39.9 99.9 71.4
94 Zimbabwe Africa 34.1 35.0 25.1 37.3 13.7 41.4 100.0 36.7
71 Ethiopia Africa 55.1 69.0 50.6 22.9 22.5 41.6 60.0 45.6
87 Sri Lanka Asia 34.0 47.7 39.1 14.9 25.0 41.7 100.0 39.5
33 Qatar Asia 60.1 67.0 72.6 78.5 71.8 42.5 100.0 67.9
72 Morocco Africa 48.0 64.0 45.9 19.3 33.8 43.5 69.0 45.4
63 Ghana Africa 55.3 57.3 45.2 38.7 32.3 45.1 94.9 51.4
19 China Asia 91.5 83.4 75.4 17.6 97.1 46.5 83.8 79.3
74 Palestine Asia 45.8 48.8 30.0 35.4 24.3 47.3 100.0 44.9
37 Pakistan Asia 76.9 76.4 54.7 53.6 60.6 47.3 80.9 67.0
69 Tunisia Africa 41.8 55.7 40.6 44.9 32.2 47.6 93.6 46.7
66 Argentina Americas 40.9 45.6 45.4 34.5 43.4 48.1 92.9 47.6
95 Costa Rica Americas 24.7 34.1 27.7 35.5 19.7 48.1 100.0 35.4
22 Ireland Europe 77.5 63.0 76.9 74.2 82.7 48.7 100.0 76.6
60 Colombia Americas 43.8 55.4 57.8 27.4 51.8 48.9 99.5 52.4
47 Jordan Asia 64.3 57.7 44.9 61.0 57.1 49.0 83.7 60.6
54 Indonesia Asia 56.0 69.0 59.1 4.5 57.6 50.5 90.6 56.3
41 Egypt Africa 69.7 75.7 55.1 46.5 56.4 50.7 76.8 63.0
50 Viet Nam Asia 58.7 57.5 62.9 38.4 50.1 51.2 99.4 59.0
100 Senegal Africa 22.9 48.3 28.0 39.0 5.4 51.8 100.0 33.6
40 Czechia Europe 57.1 53.6 79.7 67.1 60.5 52.9 99.3 64.4
99 North Macedonia Europe 24.9 29.7 27.1 44.5 11.0 53.7 100.0 34.6
70 Philippines Asia 38.9 57.8 43.0 15.5 41.2 54.4 95.8 46.5
46 Thailand Asia 59.0 67.2 57.6 37.2 59.6 54.5 93.9 60.8
62 Luxembourg Europe 47.1 29.3 58.7 58.4 54.3 55.3 60.0 51.5
6 Australia Oceania 94.9 84.1 64.7 89.5 94.7 55.7 100.0 87.2
74 Kazakhstan Asia 32.2 30.5 48.3 37.5 50.2 56.2 80.0 44.9
45 Chile Americas 53.6 57.7 54.2 58.7 64.8 56.4 96.3 61.2
78 Bahrain Asia 36.8 24.6 26.0 56.1 38.2 56.9 91.0 44.1
9 Hong Kong Asia 89.1 69.7 72.7 96.3 93.4 57.1 100.0 85.4
27 Japan Asia 66.9 78.9 81.1 35.8 89.1 57.2 83.4 71.8
25 United Arab Emirates Asia 76.3 58.2 63.1 87.3 71.4 57.5 96.3 73.7
80 Peru Americas 35.2 39.2 43.4 14.5 34.2 58.5 94.7 42.7
97 Azerbaijan Asia 22.4 10.9 37.1 26.4 25.4 59.3 94.9 34.9
13 Singapore Asia 84.1 61.9 57.9 91.0 95.2 59.7 100.0 81.8
31 India Asia 77.4 79.1 67.5 8.4 75.5 59.8 81.1 69.2
23 Malaysia Asia 72.0 71.4 69.3 63.0 80.9 59.9 97.4 74.1
34 Iran Asia 73.4 86.7 56.4 28.9 65.3 60.0 90.1 67.8
68 Brunei Darussalam Asia 41.0 39.7 23.3 40.2 46.3 60.9 92.5 47.3
43 Lebanon Asia 61.5 52.5 40.3 74.1 55.0 61.0 100.0 62.2
56 Russia Europe 46.6 57.5 61.9 28.4 70.9 61.3 63.0 55.4
52 Mexico Americas 49.1 57.0 57.8 25.5 64.4 61.3 98.0 57.8
58 Romania Europe 49.5 63.3 58.4 27.6 43.5 61.5 97.0 54.4
56 Oman Asia 54.4 43.2 36.9 56.2 50.4 62.3 88.0 55.4
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 27.8 36.5 46.7 27.9 11.7 62.8 100.0 37.8
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
64 Serbia Europe 48.8 50.7 52.4 36.1 30.0 66.6 89.9 50.4
42 Brazil Americas 54.3 69.7 73.7 13.9 75.7 66.9 81.2 62.3
60 Slovakia Europe 45.2 41.4 67.9 47.7 31.8 67.3 100.0 52.4
10 Italy Europe 88.3 91.9 81.2 59.0 85.3 67.5 90.6 83.1
77 Ecuador Americas 33.7 45.6 40.6 24.3 32.7 67.9 98.9 44.2
44 Hungary Europe 55.6 48.1 73.2 47.6 56.9 68.2 95.0 61.6
29 Israel Asia 67.3 64.5 72.4 45.7 72.6 68.3 100.0 70.3
73 Latvia Europe 33.0 33.0 45.1 48.6 32.5 68.4 94.2 45.0
83 Algeria Africa 35.4 42.6 47.4 24.4 16.3 68.8 83.9 40.6
35 Poland Europe 68.4 69.8 73.5 36.3 63.5 69.3 89.9 67.7
38 Cyprus Asia 66.9 50.9 59.4 74.9 55.6 69.5 97.8 66.8
55 Lithuania Europe 55.6 42.0 43.8 40.2 45.0 70.0 100.0 56.0
13 South Korea Asia 84.0 83.7 80.5 46.3 88.5 71.2 99.6 81.8
32 Türkiye Asia 71.9 64.1 64.0 29.8 66.5 71.6 96.6 68.6
59 Croatia Europe 50.7 52.6 62.8 31.1 30.2 72.9 100.0 53.5
26 Portugal Europe 69.5 68.1 71.7 68.7 70.4 72.9 97.3 72.9
48 Estonia Europe 53.1 49.3 57.6 57.0 54.6 73.3 98.0 60.4
23 New Zealand Oceania 70.5 63.9 64.1 75.5 75.2 74.3 100.0 74.1
30 Greece Europe 68.3 76.4 71.3 50.6 59.8 74.5 97.5 69.6
86 Ukraine Europe 33.4 38.0 54.7 20.3 33.7 75.1 45.8 40.3
67 Malta Europe 42.5 21.2 37.7 51.0 32.7 75.2 91.4 47.4
5 Canada Americas 89.4 80.6 77.3 84.0 94.8 75.2 100.0 87.8
82 Uruguay Americas 27.7 33.9 31.7 52.5 20.2 75.7 98.1 40.9
12 Spain Europe 84.0 80.3 81.9 62.2 81.3 76.3 99.4 82.0
20 Saudi Arabia Asia 84.1 75.4 65.2 82.5 80.0 76.7 75.7 79.1
49 Slovenia Europe 53.6 45.3 72.2 53.1 45.9 76.8 100.0 60.2
53 Iceland Europe 47.4 48.5 57.8 56.0 45.8 77.9 100.0 57.2
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
3 United States Americas 89.0 88.4 81.2 60.4 99.7 79.8 99.6 88.2
39 Macao Asia 64.7 43.9 36.4 85.8 64.3 80.8 88.9 66.1
11 Belgium Europe 79.6 70.6 78.2 83.6 86.2 81.2 100.0 82.7
1 United Kingdom Europe 95.2 81.2 83.6 93.5 99.4 81.6 100.0 92.9
18 Finland Europe 76.2 66.3 80.1 75.5 83.3 82.8 100.0 80.3
81 Puerto Rico Americas 31.9 42.0 29.4 53.5 11.8 83.4 100.0 42.0
2 Netherlands Europe 91.7 80.5 84.1 86.1 90.8 83.6 100.0 89.6
17 Norway Europe 77.6 81.3 83.1 67.8 78.3 83.9 100.0 80.6
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
16 Denmark Europe 77.3 66.0 76.4 61.8 87.3 90.3 100.0 80.8