Top 2% Scientists by Country 2026

Scientists on the list in each country, and how that number has changed.

Scientists per country

Single-year list2026

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Fastest growing

Single-year list2026 vs 2025

Biggest percentage gain on 2025, among countries with 50 or more scientists.

Morocco185 scientists+38.1%

Indonesia272 scientists+30.1%

Jordan312 scientists+30.0%

Ghana90 scientists+28.6%

Sri Lanka68 scientists+28.3%

Biggest movers in rank

Single-year list2026 vs 2025

Most places climbed in the world ranking by number of listed scientists.

Iraq348 scientists▲ 4#44 in the world

Pakistan1,034 scientists▲ 3#33 in the world

Jordan312 scientists▲ 3#47 in the world

Morocco185 scientists▲ 3#57 in the world

Algeria101 scientists▲ 3#66 in the world

All countries

184 countries on either 2026 list, sorted by the single-year count. Every row opens that country's page.

#	Country	Single Year	Career Data	vs 2025
1	United States	73,638	90,922	+0.8%
2	China	37,203	14,583	+17.4%
3	United Kingdom	18,300	21,350	+1.0%
4	Germany	10,938	12,809	+2.6%
5	Australia	8,971	8,551	+4.9%
6	Italy	8,537	7,363	+6.8%
7	Canada	8,528	10,063	+2.7%
8	India	6,953	3,898	+11.5%
9	France	5,914	7,613	+0.5%
10	Japan	5,739	9,097	+0.5%
11	Netherlands	4,889	5,001	+3.4%
12	Spain	4,408	4,103	+3.3%
13	South Korea	4,001	2,889	+8.3%
14	Switzerland	3,595	3,759	+1.3%
15	Sweden	2,728	3,661	+2.3%
16	Saudi Arabia	2,686	1,071	+27.3%
17	Iran	2,678	1,380	+5.7%
18	Belgium	2,182	2,294	+2.7%
19	Denmark	2,138	2,309	+3.7%
20	Hong Kong	2,108	1,619	+16.0%
21	Turkey	1,775	1,479	+13.5%
22	Israel	1,637	2,293	+0.0%
23	Poland	1,616	1,581	+12.7%
24	Brazil	1,510	1,304	+3.4%
25	Taiwan	1,509	2,025	+2.7%
26	Austria	1,502	1,566	+4.8%
27	Singapore	1,458	1,154	+7.0%
28	Norway	1,307	1,557	-2.0%
29	Egypt	1,307	676	+18.2%
30	Finland	1,274	1,612	+5.5%
31	Greece	1,184	1,243	+10.2%
32	Portugal	1,060	787	+7.7%
33	Pakistan	1,034	321	+9.3%
34	South Africa	1,033	963	+5.9%
35	Ireland	995	963	+7.6%
36	Russia	989	1,133	+2.8%
37	New Zealand	971	1,224	+1.8%
38	Malaysia	941	515	+6.9%
39	United Arab Emirates	805	470	+21.4%
40	Czech Republic	572	622	+6.3%
41	Thailand	508	343	+11.9%
42	Mexico	468	461	+12.8%
43	Hungary	371	441	+7.5%
44	Iraq	348	100	+26.1%
45	Bangladesh	347	105	+21.3%
46	Romania	340	253	+15.6%
47	Jordan	312	128	+30.0%
48	Qatar	311	197	+12.3%
49	Nigeria	305	164	+4.8%
50	Chile	288	251	+9.1%
51	Vietnam	280	121	+17.2%
52	Indonesia	272	70	+30.1%
53	Slovenia	240	242	+17.6%
54	Ethiopia	236	32	+21.6%
55	Macau	234	135	+18.8%
56	Argentina	217	279	+0.0%
57	Morocco	185	63	+38.1%
58	Serbia	163	117	+7.2%
59	Cyprus	154	119	+8.5%
60	Oman	154	83	+13.2%
61	Croatia	149	109	+15.5%
62	Ukraine	136	144	+11.5%
63	Colombia	135	81	+5.5%
64	Slovakia	124	120	+1.6%
65	Estonia	116	92	+7.4%
66	Algeria	101	45	+26.2%
67	Luxembourg	98	74	+8.9%
68	Lebanon	97	93	-1.0%
69	Tunisia	91	52	+12.3%
70	Ghana	90	42	+28.6%
71	Kuwait	88	89	+20.5%
72	Lithuania	84	65	+13.5%
73	Kenya	82	55	+18.8%
74	Bulgaria	80	102	+27.0%
75	Philippines	74	51	+7.2%
76	Kazakhstan	73	40	+23.7%
77	Sri Lanka	68	39	+28.3%
78	Iceland	63	81	-4.5%
79	Palestine, State of	50	27	+25.0%
80	Puerto Rico	46	56	+53.3%
81	Peru	45	34	-11.8%
82	Azerbaijan	45	21	+9.8%
83	Ecuador	44	30	+46.7%
84	Liberia	43	48	-2.3%
85	Latvia	41	28	+57.7%
86	Bahrain	40	22	+14.3%
87	Brunei	39	21	+11.4%
88	Uzbekistan	38	13	+8.6%
89	Tanzania	34	19	+47.8%
90	Cameroon	33	17	-5.7%
91	Yemen	33	5	+43.5%
92	Nepal	31	8	+3.3%
93	Uganda	27	16	+12.5%
94	Uruguay	23	27	+9.5%
95	Georgia	21	15	+16.7%
96	Costa Rica	20	20	+81.8%
97	Botswana	20	15	+33.3%
98	Malta	18	15	-14.3%
99	Belarus	15	24	+0.0%
100	Rwanda	15	6	+7.1%
101	Zimbabwe	14	22	+0.0%
102	Jamaica	14	20	+16.7%
103	Armenia	14	14	+7.7%
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14	14	+7.7%
105	Libya	14	6	+133.3%
106	North Macedonia	11	15	+22.2%
107	Malawi	11	10	+0.0%
108	Venezuela	10	22	-16.7%
109	Trinidad and Tobago	10	15	+25.0%
110	Syria	10	5	+25.0%
111	Sudan	10	3	+0.0%
112	Burkina Faso	10	2	+11.1%
113	Zambia	9	9	+12.5%
114	Senegal	9	6	-25.0%
115	Cuba	8	6	-78.4%
116	Mauritius	8	5	+0.0%
117	Monaco	8	5	-20.0%
118	Panama	8	5	+33.3%
119	Fiji	8	3	-11.1%
120	Benin	6	4	+20.0%
121	Cambodia	6	4	-33.3%
122	Côte d'Ivoire	6	4	+20.0%
123	Kyrgyzstan	6	4	+50.0%
124	Namibia	6	4	+200.0%
125	Mali	6	3	+0.0%
126	Montenegro	5	6	-37.5%
127	Mozambique	5	5	-37.5%
128	Moldova	4	3	+0.0%
129	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4	-	-42.9%
130	Somalia	4	-	+300.0%
131	Liechtenstein	3	7	-50.0%
132	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	5	+0.0%
133	Barbados	3	3	+200.0%
134	Greenland	3	3	+50.0%
135	Laos	3	3	+0.0%
136	Papua New Guinea	3	3	+50.0%
137	Sierra Leone	3	3	+0.0%
138	New Caledonia	3	2	+200.0%
139	San Marino	3	2	+0.0%
140	Madagascar	2	5	+0.0%
141	Faroe Islands	2	2	+0.0%
142	Gambia	2	2	+0.0%
143	Niger	2	2	-33.3%
144	Albania	2	1	-50.0%
145	Andorra	2	1	new
146	Curaçao	2	1	+0.0%
147	Korea (North)	2	1	+0.0%
148	Afghanistan	2	-	new
149	Bahamas	1	3	new
150	Guatemala	1	3	-50.0%
151	Grenada	1	2	-50.0%
152	Mongolia	1	2	-66.7%
153	Paraguay	1	2	-50.0%
154	American Samoa	1	1	new
155	Antigua and Barbuda	1	1	new
156	Bermuda	1	1	+0.0%
157	Chad	1	1	new
158	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1	1	new
159	French Guiana	1	1	+0.0%
160	Guinea-Bissau	1	1	new
161	Myanmar	1	1	+0.0%
162	Nicaragua	1	1	new
163	Swaziland	1	1	+0.0%
164	Congo	1	-	+0.0%
165	Guam	1	-	new
166	Guinea	1	-	+0.0%
167	Maldives	1	-	+0.0%
168	Seychelles	1	-	new
169	Togo	1	-	-50.0%
170	United States Minor Outlying Islands	1	-	+0.0%
171	Central African Republic	-	2	-
172	El Salvador	-	2	-
173	Haiti	-	2	-
174	Samoa	-	2	-
175	Burundi	-	1	-
176	French Polynesia	-	1	-
177	Kiribati	-	1	-
178	Lesotho	-	1	-
179	Martinique	-	1	-
180	Mauritania	-	1	-
181	Solomon Islands	-	1	-
182	South Sudan	-	1	-
183	Timor-Leste	-	1	-
184	Vanuatu	-	1	-