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
67 Malta Europe 42.5 21.2 37.7 51.0 32.7 75.2 91.4 47.4
78 Bahrain Asia 36.8 24.6 26.0 56.1 38.2 56.9 91.0 44.1
62 Luxembourg Europe 47.1 29.3 58.7 58.4 54.3 55.3 60.0 51.5
99 North Macedonia Europe 24.9 29.7 27.1 44.5 11.0 53.7 100.0 34.6
74 Kazakhstan Asia 32.2 30.5 48.3 37.5 50.2 56.2 80.0 44.9
92 Botswana Africa 35.5 32.1 31.8 41.5 16.4 36.8 95.2 37.6
73 Latvia Europe 33.0 33.0 45.1 48.6 32.5 68.4 94.2 45.0
93 Rwanda Africa 33.8 33.4 29.0 52.6 9.2 38.9 100.0 37.0
82 Uruguay Americas 27.7 33.9 31.7 52.5 20.2 75.7 98.1 40.9
95 Costa Rica Americas 24.7 34.1 27.7 35.5 19.7 48.1 100.0 35.4
94 Zimbabwe Africa 34.1 35.0 25.1 37.3 13.7 41.4 100.0 36.7
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 27.8 36.5 46.7 27.9 11.7 62.8 100.0 37.8
86 Ukraine Europe 33.4 38.0 54.7 20.3 33.7 75.1 45.8 40.3
80 Peru Americas 35.2 39.2 43.4 14.5 34.2 58.5 94.7 42.7
68 Brunei Darussalam Asia 41.0 39.7 23.3 40.2 46.3 60.9 92.5 47.3
65 Kuwait Asia 48.7 40.9 62.2 47.2 39.7 26.1 94.4 49.9
60 Slovakia Europe 45.2 41.4 67.9 47.7 31.8 67.3 100.0 52.4
81 Puerto Rico Americas 31.9 42.0 29.4 53.5 11.8 83.4 100.0 42.0
55 Lithuania Europe 55.6 42.0 43.8 40.2 45.0 70.0 100.0 56.0
83 Algeria Africa 35.4 42.6 47.4 24.4 16.3 68.8 83.9 40.6
56 Oman Asia 54.4 43.2 36.9 56.2 50.4 62.3 88.0 55.4
39 Macao Asia 64.7 43.9 36.4 85.8 64.3 80.8 88.9 66.1
83 Bulgaria Europe 28.0 44.2 43.9 27.3 27.4 65.0 90.9 40.6
49 Slovenia Europe 53.6 45.3 72.2 53.1 45.9 76.8 100.0 60.2
66 Argentina Americas 40.9 45.6 45.4 34.5 43.4 48.1 92.9 47.6
77 Ecuador Americas 33.7 45.6 40.6 24.3 32.7 67.9 98.9 44.2
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
44 Hungary Europe 55.6 48.1 73.2 47.6 56.9 68.2 95.0 61.6
100 Senegal Africa 22.9 48.3 28.0 39.0 5.4 51.8 100.0 33.6
53 Iceland Europe 47.4 48.5 57.8 56.0 45.8 77.9 100.0 57.2
74 Palestine Asia 45.8 48.8 30.0 35.4 24.3 47.3 100.0 44.9
48 Estonia Europe 53.1 49.3 57.6 57.0 54.6 73.3 98.0 60.4
96 Malawi Africa 33.0 49.8 29.4 50.6 4.1 24.8 100.0 35.3
64 Serbia Europe 48.8 50.7 52.4 36.1 30.0 66.6 89.9 50.4
38 Cyprus Asia 66.9 50.9 59.4 74.9 55.6 69.5 97.8 66.8
43 Lebanon Asia 61.5 52.5 40.3 74.1 55.0 61.0 100.0 62.2
59 Croatia Europe 50.7 52.6 62.8 31.1 30.2 72.9 100.0 53.5
85 Kenya Africa 37.6 52.6 49.8 18.3 18.7 35.1 100.0 40.5
90 Nepal Asia 31.6 53.4 41.4 27.9 17.2 36.7 97.4 38.0
88 Tanzania Africa 38.5 53.5 36.0 28.0 14.5 35.4 99.5 39.4
40 Czechia Europe 57.1 53.6 79.7 67.1 60.5 52.9 99.3 64.4
60 Colombia Americas 43.8 55.4 57.8 27.4 51.8 48.9 99.5 52.4
69 Tunisia Africa 41.8 55.7 40.6 44.9 32.2 47.6 93.6 46.7
76 Uganda Africa 43.3 56.7 41.0 47.8 31.4 15.0 95.6 44.4
52 Mexico Americas 49.1 57.0 57.8 25.5 64.4 61.3 98.0 57.8
63 Ghana Africa 55.3 57.3 45.2 38.7 32.3 45.1 94.9 51.4
50 Viet Nam Asia 58.7 57.5 62.9 38.4 50.1 51.2 99.4 59.0
56 Russia Europe 46.6 57.5 61.9 28.4 70.9 61.3 63.0 55.4
47 Jordan Asia 64.3 57.7 44.9 61.0 57.1 49.0 83.7 60.6
45 Chile Americas 53.6 57.7 54.2 58.7 64.8 56.4 96.3 61.2
70 Philippines Asia 38.9 57.8 43.0 15.5 41.2 54.4 95.8 46.5
25 United Arab Emirates Asia 76.3 58.2 63.1 87.3 71.4 57.5 96.3 73.7
89 Iraq Asia 41.9 59.0 45.6 14.6 34.9 5.2 61.7 38.2
21 Austria Europe 69.0 61.5 80.8 80.8 79.9 86.9 100.0 77.7
13 Singapore Asia 84.1 61.9 57.9 91.0 95.2 59.7 100.0 81.8
79 Nigeria Africa 49.2 62.6 51.6 16.2 33.8 2.5 87.1 43.8
22 Ireland Europe 77.5 63.0 76.9 74.2 82.7 48.7 100.0 76.6
58 Romania Europe 49.5 63.3 58.4 27.6 43.5 61.5 97.0 54.4
23 New Zealand Oceania 70.5 63.9 64.1 75.5 75.2 74.3 100.0 74.1
72 Morocco Africa 48.0 64.0 45.9 19.3 33.8 43.5 69.0 45.4
32 Türkiye Asia 71.9 64.1 64.0 29.8 66.5 71.6 96.6 68.6
29 Israel Asia 67.3 64.5 72.4 45.7 72.6 68.3 100.0 70.3
16 Denmark Europe 77.3 66.0 76.4 61.8 87.3 90.3 100.0 80.8
18 Finland Europe 76.2 66.3 80.1 75.5 83.3 82.8 100.0 80.3
33 Qatar Asia 60.1 67.0 72.6 78.5 71.8 42.5 100.0 67.9
46 Thailand Asia 59.0 67.2 57.6 37.2 59.6 54.5 93.9 60.8
51 Bangladesh Asia 65.6 68.0 49.3 40.5 45.7 37.9 93.2 58.1
26 Portugal Europe 69.5 68.1 71.7 68.7 70.4 72.9 97.3 72.9
15 France Europe 81.1 68.4 80.3 73.5 88.2 66.6 100.0 81.4
71 Ethiopia Africa 55.1 69.0 50.6 22.9 22.5 41.6 60.0 45.6
54 Indonesia Asia 56.0 69.0 59.1 4.5 57.6 50.5 90.6 56.3
8 Switzerland Europe 82.5 69.2 83.0 85.9 96.5 78.3 100.0 86.0
42 Brazil Americas 54.3 69.7 73.7 13.9 75.7 66.9 81.2 62.3
9 Hong Kong Asia 89.1 69.7 72.7 96.3 93.4 57.1 100.0 85.4
35 Poland Europe 68.4 69.8 73.5 36.3 63.5 69.3 89.9 67.7
11 Belgium Europe 79.6 70.6 78.2 83.6 86.2 81.2 100.0 82.7
23 Malaysia Asia 72.0 71.4 69.3 63.0 80.9 59.9 97.4 74.1
7 Germany Europe 88.9 72.3 82.6 74.1 93.8 78.6 95.1 86.5
20 Saudi Arabia Asia 84.1 75.4 65.2 82.5 80.0 76.7 75.7 79.1
41 Egypt Africa 69.7 75.7 55.1 46.5 56.4 50.7 76.8 63.0
37 Pakistan Asia 76.9 76.4 54.7 53.6 60.6 47.3 80.9 67.0
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
28 South Africa Africa 77.7 78.2 62.5 48.8 72.8 39.9 99.9 71.4
27 Japan Asia 66.9 78.9 81.1 35.8 89.1 57.2 83.4 71.8
31 India Asia 77.4 79.1 67.5 8.4 75.5 59.8 81.1 69.2
12 Spain Europe 84.0 80.3 81.9 62.2 81.3 76.3 99.4 82.0
2 Netherlands Europe 91.7 80.5 84.1 86.1 90.8 83.6 100.0 89.6
5 Canada Americas 89.4 80.6 77.3 84.0 94.8 75.2 100.0 87.8
1 United Kingdom Europe 95.2 81.2 83.6 93.5 99.4 81.6 100.0 92.9
17 Norway Europe 77.6 81.3 83.1 67.8 78.3 83.9 100.0 80.6
19 China Asia 91.5 83.4 75.4 17.6 97.1 46.5 83.8 79.3
13 South Korea Asia 84.0 83.7 80.5 46.3 88.5 71.2 99.6 81.8
6 Australia Oceania 94.9 84.1 64.7 89.5 94.7 55.7 100.0 87.2
4 Sweden Europe 88.3 85.3 84.9 81.2 89.0 84.2 100.0 88.1
34 Iran Asia 73.4 86.7 56.4 28.9 65.3 60.0 90.1 67.8
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