Country 100

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Rank Name Continent Research Sustainability Openness International Integration Global Standing Demographics and Investment Academic Integrity Overall Score
96 Malawi Africa 33.0 49.8 29.4 50.6 4.1 24.8 100.0 35.3
100 Senegal Africa 22.9 48.3 28.0 39.0 5.4 51.8 100.0 33.6
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
99 North Macedonia Europe 24.9 29.7 27.1 44.5 11.0 53.7 100.0 34.6
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 27.8 36.5 46.7 27.9 11.7 62.8 100.0 37.8
81 Puerto Rico Americas 31.9 42.0 29.4 53.5 11.8 83.4 100.0 42.0
94 Zimbabwe Africa 34.1 35.0 25.1 37.3 13.7 41.4 100.0 36.7
88 Tanzania Africa 38.5 53.5 36.0 28.0 14.5 35.4 99.5 39.4
83 Algeria Africa 35.4 42.6 47.4 24.4 16.3 68.8 83.9 40.6
92 Botswana Africa 35.5 32.1 31.8 41.5 16.4 36.8 95.2 37.6
90 Nepal Asia 31.6 53.4 41.4 27.9 17.2 36.7 97.4 38.0
85 Kenya Africa 37.6 52.6 49.8 18.3 18.7 35.1 100.0 40.5
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
71 Ethiopia Africa 55.1 69.0 50.6 22.9 22.5 41.6 60.0 45.6
74 Palestine Asia 45.8 48.8 30.0 35.4 24.3 47.3 100.0 44.9
87 Sri Lanka Asia 34.0 47.7 39.1 14.9 25.0 41.7 100.0 39.5
97 Azerbaijan Asia 22.4 10.9 37.1 26.4 25.4 59.3 94.9 34.9
83 Bulgaria Europe 28.0 44.2 43.9 27.3 27.4 65.0 90.9 40.6
64 Serbia Europe 48.8 50.7 52.4 36.1 30.0 66.6 89.9 50.4
59 Croatia Europe 50.7 52.6 62.8 31.1 30.2 72.9 100.0 53.5
76 Uganda Africa 43.3 56.7 41.0 47.8 31.4 15.0 95.6 44.4
60 Slovakia Europe 45.2 41.4 67.9 47.7 31.8 67.3 100.0 52.4
69 Tunisia Africa 41.8 55.7 40.6 44.9 32.2 47.6 93.6 46.7
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
67 Malta Europe 42.5 21.2 37.7 51.0 32.7 75.2 91.4 47.4
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
79 Nigeria Africa 49.2 62.6 51.6 16.2 33.8 2.5 87.1 43.8
72 Morocco Africa 48.0 64.0 45.9 19.3 33.8 43.5 69.0 45.4
80 Peru Americas 35.2 39.2 43.4 14.5 34.2 58.5 94.7 42.7
89 Iraq Asia 41.9 59.0 45.6 14.6 34.9 5.2 61.7 38.2
78 Bahrain Asia 36.8 24.6 26.0 56.1 38.2 56.9 91.0 44.1
65 Kuwait Asia 48.7 40.9 62.2 47.2 39.7 26.1 94.4 49.9
70 Philippines Asia 38.9 57.8 43.0 15.5 41.2 54.4 95.8 46.5
66 Argentina Americas 40.9 45.6 45.4 34.5 43.4 48.1 92.9 47.6
58 Romania Europe 49.5 63.3 58.4 27.6 43.5 61.5 97.0 54.4
55 Lithuania Europe 55.6 42.0 43.8 40.2 45.0 70.0 100.0 56.0
51 Bangladesh Asia 65.6 68.0 49.3 40.5 45.7 37.9 93.2 58.1
53 Iceland Europe 47.4 48.5 57.8 56.0 45.8 77.9 100.0 57.2
49 Slovenia Europe 53.6 45.3 72.2 53.1 45.9 76.8 100.0 60.2
68 Brunei Darussalam Asia 41.0 39.7 23.3 40.2 46.3 60.9 92.5 47.3
50 Viet Nam Asia 58.7 57.5 62.9 38.4 50.1 51.2 99.4 59.0
74 Kazakhstan Asia 32.2 30.5 48.3 37.5 50.2 56.2 80.0 44.9
56 Oman Asia 54.4 43.2 36.9 56.2 50.4 62.3 88.0 55.4
60 Colombia Americas 43.8 55.4 57.8 27.4 51.8 48.9 99.5 52.4
62 Luxembourg Europe 47.1 29.3 58.7 58.4 54.3 55.3 60.0 51.5
48 Estonia Europe 53.1 49.3 57.6 57.0 54.6 73.3 98.0 60.4
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
41 Egypt Africa 69.7 75.7 55.1 46.5 56.4 50.7 76.8 63.0
44 Hungary Europe 55.6 48.1 73.2 47.6 56.9 68.2 95.0 61.6
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
46 Thailand Asia 59.0 67.2 57.6 37.2 59.6 54.5 93.9 60.8
30 Greece Europe 68.3 76.4 71.3 50.6 59.8 74.5 97.5 69.6
40 Czechia Europe 57.1 53.6 79.7 67.1 60.5 52.9 99.3 64.4
37 Pakistan Asia 76.9 76.4 54.7 53.6 60.6 47.3 80.9 67.0
35 Poland Europe 68.4 69.8 73.5 36.3 63.5 69.3 89.9 67.7
39 Macao Asia 64.7 43.9 36.4 85.8 64.3 80.8 88.9 66.1
52 Mexico Americas 49.1 57.0 57.8 25.5 64.4 61.3 98.0 57.8
45 Chile Americas 53.6 57.7 54.2 58.7 64.8 56.4 96.3 61.2
34 Iran Asia 73.4 86.7 56.4 28.9 65.3 60.0 90.1 67.8
32 Türkiye Asia 71.9 64.1 64.0 29.8 66.5 71.6 96.6 68.6
26 Portugal Europe 69.5 68.1 71.7 68.7 70.4 72.9 97.3 72.9
56 Russia Europe 46.6 57.5 61.9 28.4 70.9 61.3 63.0 55.4
25 United Arab Emirates Asia 76.3 58.2 63.1 87.3 71.4 57.5 96.3 73.7
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
28 South Africa Africa 77.7 78.2 62.5 48.8 72.8 39.9 99.9 71.4
23 New Zealand Oceania 70.5 63.9 64.1 75.5 75.2 74.3 100.0 74.1
31 India Asia 77.4 79.1 67.5 8.4 75.5 59.8 81.1 69.2
42 Brazil Americas 54.3 69.7 73.7 13.9 75.7 66.9 81.2 62.3
35 Taiwan Asia 74.3 77.9 71.6 37.3 76.5 7.8 99.6 67.7
17 Norway Europe 77.6 81.3 83.1 67.8 78.3 83.9 100.0 80.6
21 Austria Europe 69.0 61.5 80.8 80.8 79.9 86.9 100.0 77.7
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
12 Spain Europe 84.0 80.3 81.9 62.2 81.3 76.3 99.4 82.0
22 Ireland Europe 77.5 63.0 76.9 74.2 82.7 48.7 100.0 76.6
18 Finland Europe 76.2 66.3 80.1 75.5 83.3 82.8 100.0 80.3
10 Italy Europe 88.3 91.9 81.2 59.0 85.3 67.5 90.6 83.1
11 Belgium Europe 79.6 70.6 78.2 83.6 86.2 81.2 100.0 82.7
16 Denmark Europe 77.3 66.0 76.4 61.8 87.3 90.3 100.0 80.8
15 France Europe 81.1 68.4 80.3 73.5 88.2 66.6 100.0 81.4
13 South Korea Asia 84.0 83.7 80.5 46.3 88.5 71.2 99.6 81.8
4 Sweden Europe 88.3 85.3 84.9 81.2 89.0 84.2 100.0 88.1
27 Japan Asia 66.9 78.9 81.1 35.8 89.1 57.2 83.4 71.8
2 Netherlands Europe 91.7 80.5 84.1 86.1 90.8 83.6 100.0 89.6
9 Hong Kong Asia 89.1 69.7 72.7 96.3 93.4 57.1 100.0 85.4
7 Germany Europe 88.9 72.3 82.6 74.1 93.8 78.6 95.1 86.5
6 Australia Oceania 94.9 84.1 64.7 89.5 94.7 55.7 100.0 87.2
5 Canada Americas 89.4 80.6 77.3 84.0 94.8 75.2 100.0 87.8
13 Singapore Asia 84.1 61.9 57.9 91.0 95.2 59.7 100.0 81.8
8 Switzerland Europe 82.5 69.2 83.0 85.9 96.5 78.3 100.0 86.0
19 China Asia 91.5 83.4 75.4 17.6 97.1 46.5 83.8 79.3
1 United Kingdom Europe 95.2 81.2 83.6 93.5 99.4 81.6 100.0 92.9
3 United States Americas 89.0 88.4 81.2 60.4 99.7 79.8 99.6 88.2