Top 2% Scientists by Country 2021, Career-Long List

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

Data Type
Year

Scientists per country

Career-long list2021
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Scientists 1 to 99 100+ 500+ 2,000+ 5,000+ 20,000+ No data

Boundaries are illustrative and do not imply any position on territorial status. Country names follow the source dataset.

Fastest growing

Career-long list2021 vs 2020

Biggest percentage gain on 2020, among countries with 50 or more scientists.

Nigeria73 scientists+73.8% Pakistan127 scientists+56.8% Ukraine86 scientists+56.4% Jordan53 scientists+55.9% Vietnam53 scientists+55.9%

Biggest movers in rank

Career-long list2021 vs 2020

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

Nigeria73 scientists▲ 9#50 in the world Slovakia70 scientists▲ 3#52 in the world Jordan53 scientists▲ 3#58 in the world Vietnam53 scientists▲ 3#58 in the world India2,042 scientists▲ 2#14 in the world

All countries

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

# Country Single Year Career Data vs 2020
1 USAUnited States 66,247 75,908 +11.6%
2 GBRUnited Kingdom 15,844 17,237 +14.9%
3 DEUGermany 9,436 9,986 +13.6%
4 CANCanada 7,479 8,127 +12.5%
5 JPNJapan 5,416 7,362 +16.6%
6 CHNChina 16,611 6,943 +31.7%
7 AUSAustralia 7,138 6,369 +17.1%
8 FRAFrance 5,274 5,912 +17.1%
9 ITAItaly 6,126 4,956 +23.7%
10 NLDNetherlands 3,945 3,857 +15.1%
11 CHESwitzerland 3,016 2,974 +16.8%
12 SWESweden 2,438 2,889 +13.5%
13 ESPSpain 3,402 2,813 +22.8%
14 INDIndia 3,352 2,042 +37.0%
15 ISRIsrael 1,514 1,870 +14.7%
16 DNKDenmark 1,795 1,808 +20.9%
17 KORSouth Korea 2,715 1,751 +29.7%
18 BELBelgium 1,780 1,666 +17.9%
19 TWNTaiwan 1,358 1,479 +28.5%
20 FINFinland 1,016 1,217 +17.4%
21 AUTAustria 1,219 1,162 +20.8%
22 NORNorway 1,100 1,152 +21.6%
23 HKGHong Kong 1,227 1,018 +15.9%
24 NZLNew Zealand 901 974 +21.3%
25 POLPoland 1,027 957 +31.8%
26 SGPSingapore 1,130 876 +15.7%
27 RUSRussia 959 847 +19.5%
28 GRCGreece 846 829 +27.9%
29 TURTurkey 1,150 828 +34.9%
30 BRABrazil 1,132 812 +35.3%
31 ZAFSouth Africa 752 669 +24.8%
32 IRLIreland 710 661 +20.8%
33 IRNIran 1,701 654 +51.0%
34 PRTPortugal 703 481 +24.9%
35 SAUSaudi Arabia 870 443 +38.0%
36 CZECzech Republic 458 428 +27.8%
37 MEXMexico 364 342 +17.5%
38 HUNHungary 285 331 +17.4%
39 EGYEgypt 605 327 +49.3%
40 MYSMalaysia 549 234 +43.6%
41 ARGArgentina 178 204 +19.3%
42 THAThailand 263 191 +40.4%
43 AREUnited Arab Emirates 274 177 +55.3%
44 CHLChile 222 156 +22.8%
45 SVNSlovenia 165 147 +28.9%
46 ROURomania 190 133 +33.0%
47 PAKPakistan 380 127 +56.8%
48 QATQatar 163 100 +33.3%
49 UKRUkraine 95 86 +56.4%
50 NGANigeria 121 73 +73.8%
51 BGRBulgaria 48 73 +46.0%
52 SVKSlovakia 86 70 +52.2%
53 SRBSerbia 90 69 +40.8%
54 CYPCyprus 85 64 +14.3%
55 KWTKuwait 50 61 +35.6%
56 HRVCroatia 77 60 +27.7%
57 LBNLebanon 67 59 +22.9%
58 VNMVietnam 146 53 +55.9%
59 JORJordan 96 53 +55.9%
60 ESTEstonia 63 52 +23.8%
61 ISLIceland 51 50 +16.3%
62 COLColombia 74 42 +27.3%
63 LUXLuxembourg 58 42 +23.5%
64 BGDBangladesh 97 40 +53.8%
65 GEOGeorgia 33 38 -11.6%
66 OMNOman 63 36 +71.4%
67 KENKenya 39 35 +2.9%
68 MACMacau 59 31 +40.9%
69 LTULithuania 42 31 +10.7%
70 PHLPhilippines 35 26 +62.5%
71 VENVenezuela 12 24 +33.3%
72 TUNTunisia 52 23 +53.3%
73 JAMJamaica 23 22 +22.2%
74 DZAAlgeria 47 21 +40.0%
75 KAZKazakhstan 27 21 +90.9%
76 PRIPuerto Rico 17 20 -4.8%
77 MARMorocco 45 19 +111.1%
78 BLRBelarus 10 19 +26.7%
79 IDNIndonesia 58 18 +0.0%
80 LKASri Lanka 24 18 +20.0%
81 PANPanama 18 18 +28.6%
82 PERPeru 27 17 +70.0%
83 IRQIraq 85 16 +60.0%
84 URYUruguay 19 15 +15.4%
85 GHAGhana 28 14 +16.7%
86 ETHEthiopia 68 13 +30.0%
87 ECUEcuador 19 13 +85.7%
88 LVALatvia 15 13 +62.5%
89 CRICosta Rica 14 13 +44.4%
90 ZWEZimbabwe 8 13 +333.3%
91 BHRBahrain 18 10 +100.0%
92 TTOTrinidad and Tobago 7 10 +42.9%
93 UGAUganda 16 9 +50.0%
94 BRNBrunei 15 9 +28.6%
95 PSEPalestine, State of 23 7 +16.7%
96 TZATanzania 12 7 +75.0%
97 MLTMalta 11 7 +0.0%
98 MWIMalawi 8 7 +75.0%
99 KNASaint Kitts and Nevis 3 7 +75.0%
100 CMRCameroon 17 6 +100.0%
101 NPLNepal 14 6 +200.0%
102 MUSMauritius 9 6 +100.0%
103 MKDNorth Macedonia 7 6 +0.0%
104 CUBCuba 4 6 +20.0%
105 MCOMonaco 4 6 +100.0%
106 UZBUzbekistan 11 5 +66.7%
107 ARMArmenia 6 5 +0.0%
108 BWABotswana 6 5 +25.0%
109 KHMCambodia 6 5 +150.0%
110 MNEMontenegro 6 5 +25.0%
111 LIELiechtenstein 4 5 +66.7%
112 FJIFiji 7 4 +0.0%
113 BIHBosnia and Herzegovina 6 4 +33.3%
114 ZMBZambia 6 4 new
115 GRDGrenada 3 4 +33.3%
116 SDNSudan 1 4 +100.0%
117 AZEAzerbaijan 8 3 +50.0%
118 NAMNamibia 5 3 +50.0%
119 MDAMoldova 3 3 -25.0%
120 RWARwanda 3 3 +0.0%
121 GUFFrench Guiana 2 3 +0.0%
122 GMBGambia 2 3 -25.0%
123 NCLNew Caledonia 2 3 +0.0%
124 MDGMadagascar 1 3 +200.0%
125 BENBenin 3 2 -33.3%
126 BMUBermuda 3 2 +100.0%
127 GTMGuatemala 2 2 +0.0%
128 PRYParaguay 2 2 new
129 SYCSeychelles 2 2 new
130 KIRKiribati 1 2 new
131 LBYLibya 1 2 +100.0%
132 MTQMartinique 1 2 new
133 VUTVanuatu 1 2 +100.0%
134 BHSBahamas - 2 +100.0%
135 SENSenegal 8 1 -50.0%
136 YEMYemen 8 1 +0.0%
137 CIVCôte d'Ivoire 4 1 new
138 MLIMali 4 1 +0.0%
139 FROFaroe Islands 2 1 new
140 TJKTajikistan 2 1 +0.0%
141 AFGAfghanistan 1 1 -80.0%
142 BRBBarbados 1 1 new
143 COGCongo 1 1 +0.0%
144 DMADominica 1 1 +0.0%
145 FLKFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 1 1 +0.0%
146 PYFFrench Polynesia 1 1 new
147 GRLGreenland 1 1 +0.0%
148 GNBGuinea-Bissau 1 1 +0.0%
149 HNDHonduras 1 1 new
150 LAOLaos 1 1 -75.0%
151 LBRLiberia 1 1 new
152 MNGMongolia 1 1 new
153 SYRSyria 1 1 new
154 BDIBurundi - 1 +0.0%
155 HTIHaiti - 1 new
156 LSOLesotho - 1 +0.0%
157 SHNSaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha - 1 new
158 TLSTimor-Leste - 1 +0.0%
159 BFABurkina Faso 4 - -
160 KGZKyrgyzstan 2 - -
161 SMRSan Marino 2 - -
162 ALBAlbania 1 - -
163 TCDChad 1 - -
164 PRKKorea (North) 1 - -
165 MOZMozambique 1 - -
166 MMRMyanmar 1 - -
167 NICNicaragua 1 - -
168 PNGPapua New Guinea 1 - -
169 SLESierra Leone 1 - -
170 TGOTogo 1 - -
Not on the 2021 career-long list, listed in earlier years: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2020)