Top 2% Scientists by Country 2022, Career-Long List

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

Data Type
Year

Scientists per country

Career-long list2022
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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 list2022 vs 2021

Biggest percentage gain on 2021, among countries with 50 or more scientists.

Nigeria87 scientists+19.2% Malaysia274 scientists+17.1% United Arab Emirates205 scientists+15.8% Iran742 scientists+13.5% Jordan60 scientists+13.2%

Biggest movers in rank

Career-long list2022 vs 2021

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

Turkey906 scientists▲ 2#27 in the world Brazil892 scientists▲ 2#28 in the world Iran742 scientists▲ 2#31 in the world Egypt361 scientists▲ 2#37 in the world China7,693 scientists▲ 1#5 in the world

All countries

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

# Country Single Year Career Data vs 2021
1 USAUnited States 68,565 78,907 +4.0%
2 GBRUnited Kingdom 16,445 17,986 +4.3%
3 DEUGermany 9,961 10,562 +5.8%
4 CANCanada 7,737 8,473 +4.3%
5 CHNChina 19,310 7,693 +10.8%
6 JPNJapan 5,496 7,630 +3.6%
7 AUSAustralia 7,349 6,623 +4.0%
8 FRAFrance 5,509 6,284 +6.3%
9 ITAItaly 6,839 5,302 +7.0%
10 NLDNetherlands 4,214 4,063 +5.3%
11 CHESwitzerland 3,233 3,141 +5.6%
12 SWESweden 2,472 3,108 +7.6%
13 ESPSpain 3,712 3,030 +7.7%
14 INDIndia 3,761 2,206 +8.0%
15 ISRIsrael 1,537 1,958 +4.7%
16 DNKDenmark 1,890 1,955 +8.1%
17 KORSouth Korea 2,980 1,901 +8.6%
18 BELBelgium 1,872 1,769 +6.2%
19 TWNTaiwan 1,340 1,601 +8.2%
20 FINFinland 1,063 1,304 +7.1%
21 NORNorway 1,189 1,253 +8.8%
22 AUTAustria 1,261 1,246 +7.2%
23 HKGHong Kong 1,270 1,099 +8.0%
24 NZLNew Zealand 905 1,029 +5.6%
25 POLPoland 1,046 1,006 +5.1%
26 SGPSingapore 1,188 934 +6.6%
27 TURTurkey 1,231 906 +9.4%
28 BRABrazil 1,263 892 +9.9%
29 RUSRussia 960 887 +4.7%
30 GRCGreece 885 879 +6.0%
31 IRNIran 1,943 742 +13.5%
32 IRLIreland 758 721 +9.1%
33 ZAFSouth Africa 803 713 +6.6%
34 PRTPortugal 770 515 +7.1%
35 SAUSaudi Arabia 1,021 466 +5.2%
36 CZECzech Republic 463 461 +7.7%
37 EGYEgypt 678 361 +10.4%
38 HUNHungary 289 350 +5.7%
39 MEXMexico 365 330 -3.5%
40 MYSMalaysia 622 274 +17.1%
41 ARGArgentina 201 217 +6.4%
42 THAThailand 300 209 +9.4%
43 AREUnited Arab Emirates 311 205 +15.8%
44 CHLChile 253 171 +9.6%
45 SVNSlovenia 173 160 +8.8%
46 ROURomania 209 148 +11.3%
47 PAKPakistan 509 137 +7.9%
48 QATQatar 197 110 +10.0%
49 UKRUkraine 111 96 +11.6%
50 NGANigeria 150 87 +19.2%
51 BGRBulgaria 55 76 +4.1%
52 SRBSerbia 109 73 +5.8%
53 SVKSlovakia 96 72 +2.9%
54 CYPCyprus 92 71 +10.9%
55 KWTKuwait 50 68 +11.5%
56 HRVCroatia 89 65 +8.3%
57 LBNLebanon 71 62 +5.1%
58 JORJordan 110 60 +13.2%
59 ESTEstonia 80 56 +7.7%
60 ISLIceland 51 55 +10.0%
61 VNMVietnam 149 54 +1.9%
62 BGDBangladesh 147 49 +22.5%
63 MACMacau 85 48 +54.8%
64 COLColombia 81 46 +9.5%
65 LUXLuxembourg 72 46 +9.5%
66 OMNOman 77 41 +13.9%
67 LTULithuania 52 35 +12.9%
68 GEOGeorgia 41 35 -7.9%
69 KENKenya 40 35 +0.0%
70 PRIPuerto Rico 19 29 +45.0%
71 TUNTunisia 53 27 +17.4%
72 KAZKazakhstan 43 25 +19.0%
73 PHLPhilippines 39 25 -3.8%
74 DZAAlgeria 53 24 +14.3%
75 VENVenezuela 13 24 +0.0%
76 IRQIraq 103 23 +43.8%
77 IDNIndonesia 85 22 +22.2%
78 MARMorocco 61 21 +10.5%
79 LKASri Lanka 32 21 +16.7%
80 PERPeru 36 19 +11.8%
81 BLRBelarus 11 19 +0.0%
82 GHAGhana 32 17 +21.4%
83 PANPanama 17 17 -5.6%
84 URYUruguay 15 17 +13.3%
85 ETHEthiopia 105 16 +23.1%
86 LVALatvia 18 15 +15.4%
87 JAMJamaica 12 15 -31.8%
88 ECUEcuador 17 14 +7.7%
89 ZWEZimbabwe 13 14 +7.7%
90 CRICosta Rica 15 13 +0.0%
91 TTOTrinidad and Tobago 8 13 +30.0%
92 MLTMalta 19 11 +57.1%
93 PSEPalestine, State of 26 10 +42.9%
94 BRNBrunei 20 10 +11.1%
95 CMRCameroon 21 9 +50.0%
96 NPLNepal 21 9 +50.0%
97 TZATanzania 16 9 +28.6%
98 BWABotswana 6 9 +80.0%
99 BHRBahrain 18 8 -20.0%
100 UGAUganda 16 8 -11.1%
101 MWIMalawi 9 8 +14.3%
102 LBRLiberia 8 7 +600.0%
103 NCLNew Caledonia 6 7 +133.3%
104 MCOMonaco 8 6 +0.0%
105 MKDNorth Macedonia 8 6 +0.0%
106 ARMArmenia 6 6 +20.0%
107 CUBCuba 5 6 +0.0%
108 UZBUzbekistan 15 5 +0.0%
109 FJIFiji 10 5 +25.0%
110 BIHBosnia and Herzegovina 9 5 +25.0%
111 MUSMauritius 8 5 -16.7%
112 LIELiechtenstein 5 5 +0.0%
113 GRDGrenada 4 5 +25.0%
114 KNASaint Kitts and Nevis 3 5 -28.6%
115 SDNSudan 3 5 +25.0%
116 SENSenegal 9 4 +300.0%
117 ZMBZambia 6 4 +0.0%
118 KHMCambodia 5 4 -20.0%
119 MNEMontenegro 5 4 -20.0%
120 NAMNamibia 4 3 +0.0%
121 MDAMoldova 3 3 +0.0%
122 GUFFrench Guiana 2 3 +0.0%
123 GMBGambia 2 3 +0.0%
124 RWARwanda 2 3 +0.0%
125 KIRKiribati 1 3 +50.0%
126 MDGMadagascar 1 3 +0.0%
127 AZEAzerbaijan 14 2 -33.3%
128 SYRSyria 4 2 +100.0%
129 FROFaroe Islands 3 2 +100.0%
130 LBYLibya 3 2 +0.0%
131 BMUBermuda 2 2 +0.0%
132 CODDemocratic Republic of the Congo 2 2 new
133 PRYParaguay 2 2 +0.0%
134 GTMGuatemala 1 2 +0.0%
135 VUTVanuatu - 2 +0.0%
136 YEMYemen 7 1 +0.0%
137 MLIMali 4 1 +0.0%
138 BRBBarbados 3 1 +0.0%
139 CIVCôte d'Ivoire 3 1 +0.0%
140 AFGAfghanistan 2 1 +0.0%
141 BENBenin 2 1 -50.0%
142 GNBGuinea-Bissau 2 1 +0.0%
143 KGZKyrgyzstan 2 1 new
144 AIAAnguilla 1 1 new
145 DMADominica 1 1 +0.0%
146 DOMDominican Republic 1 1 new
147 FLKFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 1 1 +0.0%
148 PYFFrench Polynesia 1 1 +0.0%
149 HNDHonduras 1 1 +0.0%
150 MNGMongolia 1 1 +0.0%
151 SLESierra Leone 1 1 new
152 BHSBahamas - 1 -50.0%
153 BDIBurundi - 1 +0.0%
154 GRLGreenland - 1 +0.0%
155 HTIHaiti - 1 +0.0%
156 LAOLaos - 1 +0.0%
157 LSOLesotho - 1 +0.0%
158 MTQMartinique - 1 -50.0%
159 MRTMauritania - 1 new
160 BFABurkina Faso 6 - -
161 ALBAlbania 3 - -
162 SMRSan Marino 2 - -
163 TCDChad 1 - -
164 COGCongo 1 - -
165 CUWCuraçao 1 - -
166 PRKKorea (North) 1 - -
167 MOZMozambique 1 - -
168 MMRMyanmar 1 - -
169 NICNicaragua 1 - -
170 PNGPapua New Guinea 1 - -
171 SWZSwaziland 1 - -
172 TJKTajikistan 1 - -
173 TGOTogo 1 - -
Not on the 2022 career-long list, listed in earlier years: Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (2021), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2020)