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
68 Brunei Darussalam Asia 41.0 39.7 23.3 40.2 46.3 60.9 92.5 47.3
94 Zimbabwe Africa 34.1 35.0 25.1 37.3 13.7 41.4 100.0 36.7
78 Bahrain Asia 36.8 24.6 26.0 56.1 38.2 56.9 91.0 44.1
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
93 Rwanda Africa 33.8 33.4 29.0 52.6 9.2 38.9 100.0 37.0
81 Puerto Rico Americas 31.9 42.0 29.4 53.5 11.8 83.4 100.0 42.0
96 Malawi Africa 33.0 49.8 29.4 50.6 4.1 24.8 100.0 35.3
74 Palestine Asia 45.8 48.8 30.0 35.4 24.3 47.3 100.0 44.9
82 Uruguay Americas 27.7 33.9 31.7 52.5 20.2 75.7 98.1 40.9
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
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
97 Azerbaijan Asia 22.4 10.9 37.1 26.4 25.4 59.3 94.9 34.9
67 Malta Europe 42.5 21.2 37.7 51.0 32.7 75.2 91.4 47.4
87 Sri Lanka Asia 34.0 47.7 39.1 14.9 25.0 41.7 100.0 39.5
43 Lebanon Asia 61.5 52.5 40.3 74.1 55.0 61.0 100.0 62.2
69 Tunisia Africa 41.8 55.7 40.6 44.9 32.2 47.6 93.6 46.7
77 Ecuador Americas 33.7 45.6 40.6 24.3 32.7 67.9 98.9 44.2
76 Uganda Africa 43.3 56.7 41.0 47.8 31.4 15.0 95.6 44.4
90 Nepal Asia 31.6 53.4 41.4 27.9 17.2 36.7 97.4 38.0
98 Cameroon Africa 33.9 47.4 42.0 26.7 9.5 37.3 76.2 34.8
70 Philippines Asia 38.9 57.8 43.0 15.5 41.2 54.4 95.8 46.5
80 Peru Americas 35.2 39.2 43.4 14.5 34.2 58.5 94.7 42.7
55 Lithuania Europe 55.6 42.0 43.8 40.2 45.0 70.0 100.0 56.0
83 Bulgaria Europe 28.0 44.2 43.9 27.3 27.4 65.0 90.9 40.6
47 Jordan Asia 64.3 57.7 44.9 61.0 57.1 49.0 83.7 60.6
73 Latvia Europe 33.0 33.0 45.1 48.6 32.5 68.4 94.2 45.0
63 Ghana Africa 55.3 57.3 45.2 38.7 32.3 45.1 94.9 51.4
66 Argentina Americas 40.9 45.6 45.4 34.5 43.4 48.1 92.9 47.6
89 Iraq Asia 41.9 59.0 45.6 14.6 34.9 5.2 61.7 38.2
72 Morocco Africa 48.0 64.0 45.9 19.3 33.8 43.5 69.0 45.4
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 27.8 36.5 46.7 27.9 11.7 62.8 100.0 37.8
83 Algeria Africa 35.4 42.6 47.4 24.4 16.3 68.8 83.9 40.6
74 Kazakhstan Asia 32.2 30.5 48.3 37.5 50.2 56.2 80.0 44.9
51 Bangladesh Asia 65.6 68.0 49.3 40.5 45.7 37.9 93.2 58.1
85 Kenya Africa 37.6 52.6 49.8 18.3 18.7 35.1 100.0 40.5
71 Ethiopia Africa 55.1 69.0 50.6 22.9 22.5 41.6 60.0 45.6
79 Nigeria Africa 49.2 62.6 51.6 16.2 33.8 2.5 87.1 43.8
64 Serbia Europe 48.8 50.7 52.4 36.1 30.0 66.6 89.9 50.4
45 Chile Americas 53.6 57.7 54.2 58.7 64.8 56.4 96.3 61.2
86 Ukraine Europe 33.4 38.0 54.7 20.3 33.7 75.1 45.8 40.3
37 Pakistan Asia 76.9 76.4 54.7 53.6 60.6 47.3 80.9 67.0
41 Egypt Africa 69.7 75.7 55.1 46.5 56.4 50.7 76.8 63.0
34 Iran Asia 73.4 86.7 56.4 28.9 65.3 60.0 90.1 67.8
48 Estonia Europe 53.1 49.3 57.6 57.0 54.6 73.3 98.0 60.4
46 Thailand Asia 59.0 67.2 57.6 37.2 59.6 54.5 93.9 60.8
60 Colombia Americas 43.8 55.4 57.8 27.4 51.8 48.9 99.5 52.4
52 Mexico Americas 49.1 57.0 57.8 25.5 64.4 61.3 98.0 57.8
53 Iceland Europe 47.4 48.5 57.8 56.0 45.8 77.9 100.0 57.2
13 Singapore Asia 84.1 61.9 57.9 91.0 95.2 59.7 100.0 81.8
58 Romania Europe 49.5 63.3 58.4 27.6 43.5 61.5 97.0 54.4
62 Luxembourg Europe 47.1 29.3 58.7 58.4 54.3 55.3 60.0 51.5
54 Indonesia Asia 56.0 69.0 59.1 4.5 57.6 50.5 90.6 56.3
38 Cyprus Asia 66.9 50.9 59.4 74.9 55.6 69.5 97.8 66.8
56 Russia Europe 46.6 57.5 61.9 28.4 70.9 61.3 63.0 55.4
65 Kuwait Asia 48.7 40.9 62.2 47.2 39.7 26.1 94.4 49.9
28 South Africa Africa 77.7 78.2 62.5 48.8 72.8 39.9 99.9 71.4
59 Croatia Europe 50.7 52.6 62.8 31.1 30.2 72.9 100.0 53.5
50 Viet Nam Asia 58.7 57.5 62.9 38.4 50.1 51.2 99.4 59.0
25 United Arab Emirates Asia 76.3 58.2 63.1 87.3 71.4 57.5 96.3 73.7
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
6 Australia Oceania 94.9 84.1 64.7 89.5 94.7 55.7 100.0 87.2
20 Saudi Arabia Asia 84.1 75.4 65.2 82.5 80.0 76.7 75.7 79.1
31 India Asia 77.4 79.1 67.5 8.4 75.5 59.8 81.1 69.2
60 Slovakia Europe 45.2 41.4 67.9 47.7 31.8 67.3 100.0 52.4
23 Malaysia Asia 72.0 71.4 69.3 63.0 80.9 59.9 97.4 74.1
30 Greece Europe 68.3 76.4 71.3 50.6 59.8 74.5 97.5 69.6
35 Taiwan Asia 74.3 77.9 71.6 37.3 76.5 7.8 99.6 67.7
26 Portugal Europe 69.5 68.1 71.7 68.7 70.4 72.9 97.3 72.9
49 Slovenia Europe 53.6 45.3 72.2 53.1 45.9 76.8 100.0 60.2
29 Israel Asia 67.3 64.5 72.4 45.7 72.6 68.3 100.0 70.3
33 Qatar Asia 60.1 67.0 72.6 78.5 71.8 42.5 100.0 67.9
9 Hong Kong Asia 89.1 69.7 72.7 96.3 93.4 57.1 100.0 85.4
44 Hungary Europe 55.6 48.1 73.2 47.6 56.9 68.2 95.0 61.6
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
19 China Asia 91.5 83.4 75.4 17.6 97.1 46.5 83.8 79.3
16 Denmark Europe 77.3 66.0 76.4 61.8 87.3 90.3 100.0 80.8
22 Ireland Europe 77.5 63.0 76.9 74.2 82.7 48.7 100.0 76.6
5 Canada Americas 89.4 80.6 77.3 84.0 94.8 75.2 100.0 87.8
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
18 Finland Europe 76.2 66.3 80.1 75.5 83.3 82.8 100.0 80.3
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
21 Austria Europe 69.0 61.5 80.8 80.8 79.9 86.9 100.0 77.7
27 Japan Asia 66.9 78.9 81.1 35.8 89.1 57.2 83.4 71.8
3 United States Americas 89.0 88.4 81.2 60.4 99.7 79.8 99.6 88.2
10 Italy Europe 88.3 91.9 81.2 59.0 85.3 67.5 90.6 83.1
12 Spain Europe 84.0 80.3 81.9 62.2 81.3 76.3 99.4 82.0
7 Germany Europe 88.9 72.3 82.6 74.1 93.8 78.6 95.1 86.5
8 Switzerland Europe 82.5 69.2 83.0 85.9 96.5 78.3 100.0 86.0
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
2 Netherlands Europe 91.7 80.5 84.1 86.1 90.8 83.6 100.0 89.6
4 Sweden Europe 88.3 85.3 84.9 81.2 89.0 84.2 100.0 88.1