Top 2% Scientists by Country 2023, Career-Long List

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

Data Type
Year

Scientists per country

Career-long list2023
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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 list2023 vs 2022

Biggest percentage gain on 2022, among countries with 50 or more scientists.

Pakistan187 scientists+36.5% United Arab Emirates262 scientists+27.8% Saudi Arabia576 scientists+23.6% Estonia67 scientists+19.6% Vietnam64 scientists+18.5%

Biggest movers in rank

Career-long list2023 vs 2022

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

South Korea2,120 scientists▲ 2#15 in the world Greece971 scientists▲ 2#28 in the world United Arab Emirates262 scientists▲ 2#41 in the world Pakistan187 scientists▲ 2#45 in the world Slovakia83 scientists▲ 2#51 in the world

All countries

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

# Country Single Year Career Data vs 2022
1 USAUnited States 69,386 81,159 +2.9%
2 GBRUnited Kingdom 16,795 18,692 +3.9%
3 DEUGermany 10,088 10,990 +4.1%
4 CHNChina 23,487 9,013 +17.2%
5 CANCanada 7,889 8,815 +4.0%
6 JPNJapan 5,694 8,126 +6.5%
7 AUSAustralia 7,600 7,002 +5.7%
8 FRAFrance 5,588 6,522 +3.8%
9 ITAItaly 7,099 5,723 +7.9%
10 NLDNetherlands 4,291 4,259 +4.8%
11 CHESwitzerland 3,311 3,261 +3.8%
12 ESPSpain 3,736 3,230 +6.6%
13 SWESweden 2,548 3,200 +3.0%
14 INDIndia 4,635 2,578 +16.9%
15 KORSouth Korea 3,240 2,120 +11.5%
16 ISRIsrael 1,617 2,037 +4.0%
17 DNKDenmark 1,958 2,034 +4.0%
18 BELBelgium 1,935 1,861 +5.2%
19 TWNTaiwan 1,420 1,669 +4.2%
20 FINFinland 1,109 1,364 +4.6%
21 NORNorway 1,188 1,315 +4.9%
22 AUTAustria 1,300 1,311 +5.2%
23 HKGHong Kong 1,452 1,176 +7.0%
24 POLPoland 1,143 1,119 +11.2%
25 NZLNew Zealand 932 1,076 +4.6%
26 TURTurkey 1,395 1,040 +14.8%
27 BRABrazil 1,294 979 +9.8%
28 GRCGreece 926 971 +10.5%
29 SGPSingapore 1,222 956 +2.4%
30 RUSRussia 909 906 +2.1%
31 IRNIran 2,141 871 +17.4%
32 ZAFSouth Africa 855 775 +8.7%
33 IRLIreland 777 769 +6.7%
34 SAUSaudi Arabia 1,321 576 +23.6%
35 PRTPortugal 791 572 +11.1%
36 CZECzech Republic 472 513 +11.3%
37 EGYEgypt 814 416 +15.2%
38 HUNHungary 286 367 +4.9%
39 MEXMexico 355 352 +6.7%
40 MYSMalaysia 716 320 +16.8%
41 AREUnited Arab Emirates 408 262 +27.8%
42 THAThailand 341 230 +10.0%
43 ARGArgentina 196 226 +4.1%
44 CHLChile 252 192 +12.3%
45 PAKPakistan 709 187 +36.5%
46 SVNSlovenia 191 172 +7.5%
47 ROURomania 238 169 +14.2%
48 QATQatar 211 124 +12.7%
49 NGANigeria 186 99 +13.8%
50 UKRUkraine 98 95 -1.0%
51 SRBSerbia 117 83 +13.7%
52 SVKSlovakia 99 83 +15.3%
53 CYPCyprus 96 81 +14.1%
54 BGRBulgaria 58 79 +3.9%
55 HRVCroatia 108 75 +15.4%
56 KWTKuwait 64 71 +4.4%
57 JORJordan 142 69 +15.0%
58 ESTEstonia 77 67 +19.6%
59 VNMVietnam 171 64 +18.5%
60 ISLIceland 57 64 +16.4%
61 LBNLebanon 72 62 +0.0%
62 BGDBangladesh 177 58 +18.4%
63 MACMacau 105 54 +12.5%
64 COLColombia 96 54 +17.4%
65 LUXLuxembourg 68 50 +8.7%
66 OMNOman 85 46 +12.2%
67 LTULithuania 63 38 +8.6%
68 KENKenya 52 38 +8.6%
69 IRQIraq 150 34 +47.8%
70 MARMorocco 83 33 +57.1%
71 GEOGeorgia 34 33 -5.7%
72 IDNIndonesia 92 29 +31.8%
73 PHLPhilippines 50 29 +16.0%
74 TUNTunisia 62 28 +3.7%
75 PRIPuerto Rico 17 27 -6.9%
76 DZAAlgeria 56 25 +4.2%
77 VENVenezuela 13 25 +4.2%
78 KAZKazakhstan 44 24 -4.0%
79 LKASri Lanka 42 24 +14.3%
80 LBRLiberia 25 22 +214.3%
81 URYUruguay 15 20 +17.6%
82 PERPeru 44 19 +0.0%
83 CRICosta Rica 15 18 +38.5%
84 PANPanama 14 18 +5.9%
85 BLRBelarus 9 18 -5.3%
86 ETHEthiopia 134 17 +6.2%
87 GHAGhana 46 17 +0.0%
88 ECUEcuador 21 16 +14.3%
89 LVALatvia 20 16 +6.7%
90 JAMJamaica 12 15 +0.0%
91 PSEPalestine, State of 35 14 +40.0%
92 BRNBrunei 22 14 +40.0%
93 BHRBahrain 21 12 +50.0%
94 UGAUganda 17 12 +50.0%
95 MLTMalta 20 11 +0.0%
96 TZATanzania 18 11 +22.2%
97 ZWEZimbabwe 10 11 -21.4%
98 TTOTrinidad and Tobago 9 11 -15.4%
99 CMRCameroon 20 10 +11.1%
100 NPLNepal 22 9 +0.0%
101 MKDNorth Macedonia 11 8 +33.3%
102 MWIMalawi 8 8 +0.0%
103 GRDGrenada 5 7 +40.0%
104 KNASaint Kitts and Nevis 4 7 +40.0%
105 LIELiechtenstein 3 7 +40.0%
106 UZBUzbekistan 18 6 +20.0%
107 AZEAzerbaijan 13 6 +200.0%
108 MUSMauritius 9 6 +20.0%
109 ARMArmenia 8 6 +0.0%
110 MCOMonaco 8 6 +0.0%
111 BWABotswana 7 6 -33.3%
112 CUBCuba 4 6 +0.0%
113 BIHBosnia and Herzegovina 10 5 +0.0%
114 FJIFiji 6 5 +0.0%
115 ZMBZambia 6 5 +25.0%
116 SDNSudan 5 5 +0.0%
117 NCLNew Caledonia 3 5 -28.6%
118 SENSenegal 8 4 +0.0%
119 KHMCambodia 5 4 +0.0%
120 GMBGambia 4 4 +33.3%
121 MNEMontenegro 4 4 +0.0%
122 NAMNamibia 4 4 +33.3%
123 SYRSyria 2 4 +100.0%
124 YEMYemen 7 3 +200.0%
125 MOZMozambique 4 3 new
126 RWARwanda 4 3 +0.0%
127 GUFFrench Guiana 2 3 +0.0%
128 MDAMoldova 2 3 +0.0%
129 KIRKiribati 1 3 +0.0%
130 MDGMadagascar 1 3 +0.0%
131 CIVCôte d'Ivoire 3 2 +100.0%
132 KGZKyrgyzstan 3 2 +100.0%
133 LBYLibya 3 2 +0.0%
134 CODDemocratic Republic of the Congo 2 2 +0.0%
135 FROFaroe Islands 2 2 +0.0%
136 PYFFrench Polynesia 2 2 +100.0%
137 GTMGuatemala 2 2 +0.0%
138 LAOLaos 2 2 +100.0%
139 PRYParaguay 2 2 +0.0%
140 BRBBarbados 1 2 +100.0%
141 VUTVanuatu 1 2 +0.0%
142 GRLGreenland - 2 +100.0%
143 ALBAlbania 3 1 new
144 BENBenin 3 1 +0.0%
145 SMRSan Marino 3 1 new
146 GNBGuinea-Bissau 2 1 +0.0%
147 MLIMali 2 1 +0.0%
148 SLESierra Leone 2 1 +0.0%
149 SWZSwaziland 2 1 new
150 AFGAfghanistan 1 1 +0.0%
151 DMADominica 1 1 +0.0%
152 FLKFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 1 1 +0.0%
153 HNDHonduras 1 1 +0.0%
154 MNGMongolia 1 1 +0.0%
155 MMRMyanmar 1 1 new
156 ANDAndorra - 1 new
157 BHSBahamas - 1 +0.0%
158 BMUBermuda - 1 -50.0%
159 BDIBurundi - 1 +0.0%
160 HTIHaiti - 1 +0.0%
161 LSOLesotho - 1 +0.0%
162 MRTMauritania - 1 +0.0%
163 REURéunion - 1 new
164 TLSTimor-Leste - 1 new
165 BFABurkina Faso 8 - -
166 COGCongo 4 - -
167 PRKKorea (North) 2 - -
168 BTNBhutan 1 - -
169 TCDChad 1 - -
170 CUWCuraçao 1 - -
171 GABGabon 1 - -
172 PNGPapua New Guinea 1 - -
173 SSDSouth Sudan 1 - -
174 TJKTajikistan 1 - -
175 TGOTogo 1 - -
Not on the 2023 career-long list, listed in earlier years: Anguilla (2022), Dominican Republic (2022), Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (2021), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2020)