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
97 Azerbaijan Asia 22.4 10.9 37.1 26.4 25.4 59.3 94.9 34.9
100 Senegal Africa 22.9 48.3 28.0 39.0 5.4 51.8 100.0 33.6
95 Costa Rica Americas 24.7 34.1 27.7 35.5 19.7 48.1 100.0 35.4
99 North Macedonia Europe 24.9 29.7 27.1 44.5 11.0 53.7 100.0 34.6
82 Uruguay Americas 27.7 33.9 31.7 52.5 20.2 75.7 98.1 40.9
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
90 Nepal Asia 31.6 53.4 41.4 27.9 17.2 36.7 97.4 38.0
81 Puerto Rico Americas 31.9 42.0 29.4 53.5 11.8 83.4 100.0 42.0
74 Kazakhstan Asia 32.2 30.5 48.3 37.5 50.2 56.2 80.0 44.9
73 Latvia Europe 33.0 33.0 45.1 48.6 32.5 68.4 94.2 45.0
96 Malawi Africa 33.0 49.8 29.4 50.6 4.1 24.8 100.0 35.3
86 Ukraine Europe 33.4 38.0 54.7 20.3 33.7 75.1 45.8 40.3
77 Ecuador Americas 33.7 45.6 40.6 24.3 32.7 67.9 98.9 44.2
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
87 Sri Lanka Asia 34.0 47.7 39.1 14.9 25.0 41.7 100.0 39.5
94 Zimbabwe Africa 34.1 35.0 25.1 37.3 13.7 41.4 100.0 36.7
80 Peru Americas 35.2 39.2 43.4 14.5 34.2 58.5 94.7 42.7
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
78 Bahrain Asia 36.8 24.6 26.0 56.1 38.2 56.9 91.0 44.1
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
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
68 Brunei Darussalam Asia 41.0 39.7 23.3 40.2 46.3 60.9 92.5 47.3
69 Tunisia Africa 41.8 55.7 40.6 44.9 32.2 47.6 93.6 46.7
89 Iraq Asia 41.9 59.0 45.6 14.6 34.9 5.2 61.7 38.2
67 Malta Europe 42.5 21.2 37.7 51.0 32.7 75.2 91.4 47.4
76 Uganda Africa 43.3 56.7 41.0 47.8 31.4 15.0 95.6 44.4
60 Colombia Americas 43.8 55.4 57.8 27.4 51.8 48.9 99.5 52.4
60 Slovakia Europe 45.2 41.4 67.9 47.7 31.8 67.3 100.0 52.4
74 Palestine Asia 45.8 48.8 30.0 35.4 24.3 47.3 100.0 44.9
56 Russia Europe 46.6 57.5 61.9 28.4 70.9 61.3 63.0 55.4
62 Luxembourg Europe 47.1 29.3 58.7 58.4 54.3 55.3 60.0 51.5
53 Iceland Europe 47.4 48.5 57.8 56.0 45.8 77.9 100.0 57.2
72 Morocco Africa 48.0 64.0 45.9 19.3 33.8 43.5 69.0 45.4
65 Kuwait Asia 48.7 40.9 62.2 47.2 39.7 26.1 94.4 49.9
64 Serbia Europe 48.8 50.7 52.4 36.1 30.0 66.6 89.9 50.4
52 Mexico Americas 49.1 57.0 57.8 25.5 64.4 61.3 98.0 57.8
79 Nigeria Africa 49.2 62.6 51.6 16.2 33.8 2.5 87.1 43.8
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
48 Estonia Europe 53.1 49.3 57.6 57.0 54.6 73.3 98.0 60.4
49 Slovenia Europe 53.6 45.3 72.2 53.1 45.9 76.8 100.0 60.2
45 Chile Americas 53.6 57.7 54.2 58.7 64.8 56.4 96.3 61.2
42 Brazil Americas 54.3 69.7 73.7 13.9 75.7 66.9 81.2 62.3
56 Oman Asia 54.4 43.2 36.9 56.2 50.4 62.3 88.0 55.4
71 Ethiopia Africa 55.1 69.0 50.6 22.9 22.5 41.6 60.0 45.6
63 Ghana Africa 55.3 57.3 45.2 38.7 32.3 45.1 94.9 51.4
55 Lithuania Europe 55.6 42.0 43.8 40.2 45.0 70.0 100.0 56.0
44 Hungary Europe 55.6 48.1 73.2 47.6 56.9 68.2 95.0 61.6
54 Indonesia Asia 56.0 69.0 59.1 4.5 57.6 50.5 90.6 56.3
40 Czechia Europe 57.1 53.6 79.7 67.1 60.5 52.9 99.3 64.4
50 Viet Nam Asia 58.7 57.5 62.9 38.4 50.1 51.2 99.4 59.0
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
43 Lebanon Asia 61.5 52.5 40.3 74.1 55.0 61.0 100.0 62.2
47 Jordan Asia 64.3 57.7 44.9 61.0 57.1 49.0 83.7 60.6
39 Macao Asia 64.7 43.9 36.4 85.8 64.3 80.8 88.9 66.1
51 Bangladesh Asia 65.6 68.0 49.3 40.5 45.7 37.9 93.2 58.1
27 Japan Asia 66.9 78.9 81.1 35.8 89.1 57.2 83.4 71.8
38 Cyprus Asia 66.9 50.9 59.4 74.9 55.6 69.5 97.8 66.8
29 Israel Asia 67.3 64.5 72.4 45.7 72.6 68.3 100.0 70.3
30 Greece Europe 68.3 76.4 71.3 50.6 59.8 74.5 97.5 69.6
35 Poland Europe 68.4 69.8 73.5 36.3 63.5 69.3 89.9 67.7
21 Austria Europe 69.0 61.5 80.8 80.8 79.9 86.9 100.0 77.7
26 Portugal Europe 69.5 68.1 71.7 68.7 70.4 72.9 97.3 72.9
41 Egypt Africa 69.7 75.7 55.1 46.5 56.4 50.7 76.8 63.0
23 New Zealand Oceania 70.5 63.9 64.1 75.5 75.2 74.3 100.0 74.1
32 Türkiye Asia 71.9 64.1 64.0 29.8 66.5 71.6 96.6 68.6
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
35 Taiwan Asia 74.3 77.9 71.6 37.3 76.5 7.8 99.6 67.7
18 Finland Europe 76.2 66.3 80.1 75.5 83.3 82.8 100.0 80.3
25 United Arab Emirates Asia 76.3 58.2 63.1 87.3 71.4 57.5 96.3 73.7
37 Pakistan Asia 76.9 76.4 54.7 53.6 60.6 47.3 80.9 67.0
16 Denmark Europe 77.3 66.0 76.4 61.8 87.3 90.3 100.0 80.8
31 India Asia 77.4 79.1 67.5 8.4 75.5 59.8 81.1 69.2
22 Ireland Europe 77.5 63.0 76.9 74.2 82.7 48.7 100.0 76.6
17 Norway Europe 77.6 81.3 83.1 67.8 78.3 83.9 100.0 80.6
28 South Africa Africa 77.7 78.2 62.5 48.8 72.8 39.9 99.9 71.4
11 Belgium Europe 79.6 70.6 78.2 83.6 86.2 81.2 100.0 82.7
15 France Europe 81.1 68.4 80.3 73.5 88.2 66.6 100.0 81.4
8 Switzerland Europe 82.5 69.2 83.0 85.9 96.5 78.3 100.0 86.0
13 South Korea Asia 84.0 83.7 80.5 46.3 88.5 71.2 99.6 81.8
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
13 Singapore Asia 84.1 61.9 57.9 91.0 95.2 59.7 100.0 81.8
4 Sweden Europe 88.3 85.3 84.9 81.2 89.0 84.2 100.0 88.1
10 Italy Europe 88.3 91.9 81.2 59.0 85.3 67.5 90.6 83.1
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
9 Hong Kong Asia 89.1 69.7 72.7 96.3 93.4 57.1 100.0 85.4
5 Canada Americas 89.4 80.6 77.3 84.0 94.8 75.2 100.0 87.8
19 China Asia 91.5 83.4 75.4 17.6 97.1 46.5 83.8 79.3
2 Netherlands Europe 91.7 80.5 84.1 86.1 90.8 83.6 100.0 89.6
6 Australia Oceania 94.9 84.1 64.7 89.5 94.7 55.7 100.0 87.2
1 United Kingdom Europe 95.2 81.2 83.6 93.5 99.4 81.6 100.0 92.9