Top 2% Scientists by Country 2020, Career-Long List

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

Data Type
Year

Scientists per country

Career-long list2020
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164 countries, sorted by the career-long count. Every row opens that country's page.

# Country Single Year Career Data Change
1 USAUnited States 59,785 68,018 -
2 GBRUnited Kingdom 13,805 14,999 -
3 DEUGermany 8,177 8,792 -
4 CANCanada 6,602 7,225 -
5 JPNJapan 4,484 6,316 -
6 AUSAustralia 6,100 5,441 -
7 CHNChina 12,955 5,273 -
8 FRAFrance 4,502 5,048 -
9 ITAItaly 4,746 4,008 -
10 NLDNetherlands 3,480 3,350 -
11 CHESwitzerland 2,622 2,546 -
12 SWESweden 2,132 2,546 -
13 ESPSpain 2,767 2,290 -
14 ISRIsrael 1,290 1,630 -
15 DNKDenmark 1,515 1,495 -
16 INDIndia 2,313 1,491 -
17 BELBelgium 1,503 1,413 -
18 KORSouth Korea 2,139 1,350 -
19 TWNTaiwan 1,097 1,151 -
20 FINFinland 845 1,037 -
21 AUTAustria 984 962 -
22 NORNorway 922 947 -
23 HKGHong Kong 1,033 878 -
24 NZLNew Zealand 756 803 -
25 SGPSingapore 968 757 -
26 POLPoland 774 726 -
27 RUSRussia 751 709 -
28 GRCGreece 666 648 -
29 TURTurkey 857 614 -
30 BRABrazil 853 600 -
31 IRLIreland 586 547 -
32 ZAFSouth Africa 589 536 -
33 IRNIran 1,154 433 -
34 PRTPortugal 552 385 -
35 CZECzech Republic 359 335 -
36 SAUSaudi Arabia 557 321 -
37 MEXMexico 303 291 -
38 HUNHungary 247 282 -
39 EGYEgypt 397 219 -
40 ARGArgentina 146 171 -
41 MYSMalaysia 387 163 -
42 THAThailand 187 136 -
43 CHLChile 166 127 -
44 AREUnited Arab Emirates 178 114 -
45 SVNSlovenia 124 114 -
46 ROURomania 147 100 -
47 PAKPakistan 243 81 -
48 QATQatar 129 75 -
49 CYPCyprus 64 56 -
50 UKRUkraine 67 55 -
51 BGRBulgaria 35 50 -
52 SRBSerbia 63 49 -
53 LBNLebanon 56 48 -
54 HRVCroatia 47 47 -
55 SVKSlovakia 65 46 -
56 KWTKuwait 43 45 -
57 GEOGeorgia 45 43 -
58 ISLIceland 42 43 -
59 NGANigeria 71 42 -
60 ESTEstonia 58 42 -
61 VNMVietnam 113 34 -
62 JORJordan 66 34 -
63 LUXLuxembourg 48 34 -
64 KENKenya 34 34 -
65 COLColombia 48 33 -
66 LTULithuania 30 28 -
67 BGDBangladesh 56 26 -
68 MACMacau 50 22 -
69 OMNOman 43 21 -
70 PRIPuerto Rico 12 21 -
71 IDNIndonesia 42 18 -
72 JAMJamaica 13 18 -
73 VENVenezuela 12 18 -
74 PHLPhilippines 26 16 -
75 TUNTunisia 39 15 -
76 DZAAlgeria 30 15 -
77 LKASri Lanka 15 15 -
78 BLRBelarus 9 15 -
79 PANPanama 13 14 -
80 URYUruguay 14 13 -
81 GHAGhana 17 12 -
82 KAZKazakhstan 21 11 -
83 IRQIraq 34 10 -
84 ETHEthiopia 28 10 -
85 PERPeru 16 10 -
86 MARMorocco 23 9 -
87 CRICosta Rica 11 9 -
88 LVALatvia 8 8 -
89 ECUEcuador 14 7 -
90 MLTMalta 11 7 -
91 BRNBrunei 10 7 -
92 TTOTrinidad and Tobago 4 7 -
93 PSEPalestine, State of 12 6 -
94 UGAUganda 10 6 -
95 MKDNorth Macedonia 8 6 -
96 BHRBahrain 7 5 -
97 ARMArmenia 6 5 -
98 AFGAfghanistan 4 5 -
99 CUBCuba 3 5 -
100 TZATanzania 12 4 -
101 FJIFiji 6 4 -
102 MWIMalawi 6 4 -
103 MDAMoldova 5 4 -
104 BWABotswana 4 4 -
105 LAOLaos 4 4 -
106 MNEMontenegro 4 4 -
107 GMBGambia 3 4 -
108 KNASaint Kitts and Nevis 1 4 -
109 CMRCameroon 8 3 -
110 MUSMauritius 7 3 -
111 LIELiechtenstein 5 3 -
112 BIHBosnia and Herzegovina 4 3 -
113 MCOMonaco 4 3 -
114 BENBenin 3 3 -
115 RWARwanda 3 3 -
116 ZWEZimbabwe 3 3 -
117 GUFFrench Guiana 2 3 -
118 GRDGrenada 2 3 -
119 NCLNew Caledonia 2 3 -
120 UZBUzbekistan 2 3 -
121 NPLNepal 9 2 -
122 SENSenegal 6 2 -
123 AZEAzerbaijan 5 2 -
124 NAMNamibia 4 2 -
125 SDNSudan 2 2 -
126 KHMCambodia 1 2 -
127 GTMGuatemala 1 2 -
128 MLIMali 4 1 -
129 YEMYemen 4 1 -
130 BFABurkina Faso 3 1 -
131 BMUBermuda 2 1 -
132 MDGMadagascar 2 1 -
133 CUWCuraçao 1 1 -
134 ERIEritrea 1 1 -
135 FLKFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 1 1 -
136 GNBGuinea-Bissau 1 1 -
137 LBYLibya 1 1 -
138 LCASaint Lucia 1 1 -
139 VCTSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 1 -
140 TJKTajikistan 1 1 -
141 BHSBahamas - 1 -
142 BDIBurundi - 1 -
143 COGCongo - 1 -
144 DMADominica - 1 -
145 GRLGreenland - 1 -
146 LSOLesotho - 1 -
147 TLSTimor-Leste - 1 -
148 VUTVanuatu - 1 -
149 CIVCôte d'Ivoire 4 - -
150 PNGPapua New Guinea 2 - -
151 ZMBZambia 2 - -
152 BRBBarbados 1 - -
153 FROFaroe Islands 1 - -
154 PYFFrench Polynesia 1 - -
155 GABGabon 1 - -
156 HTIHaiti 1 - -
157 HNDHonduras 1 - -
158 KGZKyrgyzstan 1 - -
159 MNGMongolia 1 - -
160 NICNicaragua 1 - -
161 PRYParaguay 1 - -
162 REURéunion 1 - -
163 SLESierra Leone 1 - -
164 SYRSyria 1 - -