Country 100

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Rank Name Continent Research Sustainability Openness International Integration Global Standing Demographics and Investment Academic Integrity Overall Score
100 Senegal Africa 22.9 48.3 28.0 39.0 5.4 51.8 100.0 33.6
99 North Macedonia Europe 24.9 29.7 27.1 44.5 11.0 53.7 100.0 34.6
98 Cameroon Africa 33.9 47.4 42.0 26.7 9.5 37.3 76.2 34.8
97 Azerbaijan Asia 22.4 10.9 37.1 26.4 25.4 59.3 94.9 34.9
96 Malawi Africa 33.0 49.8 29.4 50.6 4.1 24.8 100.0 35.3
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
93 Rwanda Africa 33.8 33.4 29.0 52.6 9.2 38.9 100.0 37.0
92 Botswana Africa 35.5 32.1 31.8 41.5 16.4 36.8 95.2 37.6
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 27.8 36.5 46.7 27.9 11.7 62.8 100.0 37.8
90 Nepal Asia 31.6 53.4 41.4 27.9 17.2 36.7 97.4 38.0
89 Iraq Asia 41.9 59.0 45.6 14.6 34.9 5.2 61.7 38.2
88 Tanzania Africa 38.5 53.5 36.0 28.0 14.5 35.4 99.5 39.4
87 Sri Lanka Asia 34.0 47.7 39.1 14.9 25.0 41.7 100.0 39.5
86 Ukraine Europe 33.4 38.0 54.7 20.3 33.7 75.1 45.8 40.3
85 Kenya Africa 37.6 52.6 49.8 18.3 18.7 35.1 100.0 40.5
83 Algeria Africa 35.4 42.6 47.4 24.4 16.3 68.8 83.9 40.6
83 Bulgaria Europe 28.0 44.2 43.9 27.3 27.4 65.0 90.9 40.6
82 Uruguay Americas 27.7 33.9 31.7 52.5 20.2 75.7 98.1 40.9
81 Puerto Rico Americas 31.9 42.0 29.4 53.5 11.8 83.4 100.0 42.0
80 Peru Americas 35.2 39.2 43.4 14.5 34.2 58.5 94.7 42.7
79 Nigeria Africa 49.2 62.6 51.6 16.2 33.8 2.5 87.1 43.8
78 Bahrain Asia 36.8 24.6 26.0 56.1 38.2 56.9 91.0 44.1
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
74 Palestine Asia 45.8 48.8 30.0 35.4 24.3 47.3 100.0 44.9
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
72 Morocco Africa 48.0 64.0 45.9 19.3 33.8 43.5 69.0 45.4
71 Ethiopia Africa 55.1 69.0 50.6 22.9 22.5 41.6 60.0 45.6
70 Philippines Asia 38.9 57.8 43.0 15.5 41.2 54.4 95.8 46.5
69 Tunisia Africa 41.8 55.7 40.6 44.9 32.2 47.6 93.6 46.7
68 Brunei Darussalam Asia 41.0 39.7 23.3 40.2 46.3 60.9 92.5 47.3
67 Malta Europe 42.5 21.2 37.7 51.0 32.7 75.2 91.4 47.4
66 Argentina Americas 40.9 45.6 45.4 34.5 43.4 48.1 92.9 47.6
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
63 Ghana Africa 55.3 57.3 45.2 38.7 32.3 45.1 94.9 51.4
62 Luxembourg Europe 47.1 29.3 58.7 58.4 54.3 55.3 60.0 51.5
60 Slovakia Europe 45.2 41.4 67.9 47.7 31.8 67.3 100.0 52.4
60 Colombia Americas 43.8 55.4 57.8 27.4 51.8 48.9 99.5 52.4
59 Croatia Europe 50.7 52.6 62.8 31.1 30.2 72.9 100.0 53.5
58 Romania Europe 49.5 63.3 58.4 27.6 43.5 61.5 97.0 54.4
56 Russia Europe 46.6 57.5 61.9 28.4 70.9 61.3 63.0 55.4
56 Oman Asia 54.4 43.2 36.9 56.2 50.4 62.3 88.0 55.4
55 Lithuania Europe 55.6 42.0 43.8 40.2 45.0 70.0 100.0 56.0
54 Indonesia Asia 56.0 69.0 59.1 4.5 57.6 50.5 90.6 56.3
53 Iceland Europe 47.4 48.5 57.8 56.0 45.8 77.9 100.0 57.2
52 Mexico Americas 49.1 57.0 57.8 25.5 64.4 61.3 98.0 57.8
51 Bangladesh Asia 65.6 68.0 49.3 40.5 45.7 37.9 93.2 58.1
50 Viet Nam Asia 58.7 57.5 62.9 38.4 50.1 51.2 99.4 59.0
49 Slovenia Europe 53.6 45.3 72.2 53.1 45.9 76.8 100.0 60.2
48 Estonia Europe 53.1 49.3 57.6 57.0 54.6 73.3 98.0 60.4
47 Jordan Asia 64.3 57.7 44.9 61.0 57.1 49.0 83.7 60.6
46 Thailand Asia 59.0 67.2 57.6 37.2 59.6 54.5 93.9 60.8
45 Chile Americas 53.6 57.7 54.2 58.7 64.8 56.4 96.3 61.2
44 Hungary Europe 55.6 48.1 73.2 47.6 56.9 68.2 95.0 61.6
43 Lebanon Asia 61.5 52.5 40.3 74.1 55.0 61.0 100.0 62.2
42 Brazil Americas 54.3 69.7 73.7 13.9 75.7 66.9 81.2 62.3
41 Egypt Africa 69.7 75.7 55.1 46.5 56.4 50.7 76.8 63.0
40 Czechia Europe 57.1 53.6 79.7 67.1 60.5 52.9 99.3 64.4
39 Macao Asia 64.7 43.9 36.4 85.8 64.3 80.8 88.9 66.1
38 Cyprus Asia 66.9 50.9 59.4 74.9 55.6 69.5 97.8 66.8
37 Pakistan Asia 76.9 76.4 54.7 53.6 60.6 47.3 80.9 67.0
35 Taiwan Asia 74.3 77.9 71.6 37.3 76.5 7.8 99.6 67.7
35 Poland Europe 68.4 69.8 73.5 36.3 63.5 69.3 89.9 67.7
34 Iran Asia 73.4 86.7 56.4 28.9 65.3 60.0 90.1 67.8
33 Qatar Asia 60.1 67.0 72.6 78.5 71.8 42.5 100.0 67.9
32 Türkiye Asia 71.9 64.1 64.0 29.8 66.5 71.6 96.6 68.6
31 India Asia 77.4 79.1 67.5 8.4 75.5 59.8 81.1 69.2
30 Greece Europe 68.3 76.4 71.3 50.6 59.8 74.5 97.5 69.6
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
27 Japan Asia 66.9 78.9 81.1 35.8 89.1 57.2 83.4 71.8
26 Portugal Europe 69.5 68.1 71.7 68.7 70.4 72.9 97.3 72.9
25 United Arab Emirates Asia 76.3 58.2 63.1 87.3 71.4 57.5 96.3 73.7
23 New Zealand Oceania 70.5 63.9 64.1 75.5 75.2 74.3 100.0 74.1
23 Malaysia Asia 72.0 71.4 69.3 63.0 80.9 59.9 97.4 74.1
22 Ireland Europe 77.5 63.0 76.9 74.2 82.7 48.7 100.0 76.6
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
19 China Asia 91.5 83.4 75.4 17.6 97.1 46.5 83.8 79.3
18 Finland Europe 76.2 66.3 80.1 75.5 83.3 82.8 100.0 80.3
17 Norway Europe 77.6 81.3 83.1 67.8 78.3 83.9 100.0 80.6
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
13 Singapore Asia 84.1 61.9 57.9 91.0 95.2 59.7 100.0 81.8
12 Spain Europe 84.0 80.3 81.9 62.2 81.3 76.3 99.4 82.0
11 Belgium Europe 79.6 70.6 78.2 83.6 86.2 81.2 100.0 82.7
10 Italy Europe 88.3 91.9 81.2 59.0 85.3 67.5 90.6 83.1
9 Hong Kong Asia 89.1 69.7 72.7 96.3 93.4 57.1 100.0 85.4
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
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
4 Sweden Europe 88.3 85.3 84.9 81.2 89.0 84.2 100.0 88.1
3 United States Americas 89.0 88.4 81.2 60.4 99.7 79.8 99.6 88.2
2 Netherlands Europe 91.7 80.5 84.1 86.1 90.8 83.6 100.0 89.6
1 United Kingdom Europe 95.2 81.2 83.6 93.5 99.4 81.6 100.0 92.9