Top 2% Scientists by Country 2024, Career-Long List
Scientists on the list in each country, and how that number has changed.
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Scientists per country
Career-long list2024
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Career-long list2024 vs 2023
Biggest percentage gain on 2023, among countries with 50 or more scientists.
Biggest movers in rank
Career-long list2024 vs 2023
Most places climbed in the world ranking by number of listed scientists.
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178 countries on either 2024 list, sorted by the career-long count. Every row opens that country's page.
| # | Country | Single Year | Career Data | vs 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
71,460 | 84,209 | +3.8% |
| 2 |  United Kingdom |
17,554 | 19,646 | +5.1% |
| 3 |  Germany |
10,422 | 11,573 | +5.3% |
| 4 |  China |
27,166 | 10,689 | +18.6% |
| 5 |  Canada |
8,185 | 9,265 | +5.1% |
| 6 |  Japan |
5,609 | 8,261 | +1.7% |
| 7 |  Australia |
8,032 | 7,447 | +6.4% |
| 8 |  France |
5,781 | 6,921 | +6.1% |
| 9 |  Italy |
7,620 | 6,272 | +9.6% |
| 10 |  Netherlands |
4,534 | 4,515 | +6.0% |
| 11 |  Spain |
4,008 | 3,508 | +8.6% |
| 12 |  Switzerland |
3,404 | 3,431 | +5.2% |
| 13 |  Sweden |
2,644 | 3,353 | +4.8% |
| 14 |  India |
5,351 | 2,939 | +14.0% |
| 15 |  South Korea |
3,498 | 2,366 | +11.6% |
| 16 |  Denmark |
2,013 | 2,114 | +3.9% |
| 17 |  Israel |
1,622 | 2,093 | +2.7% |
| 18 |  Belgium |
2,007 | 1,997 | +7.3% |
| 19 |  Taiwan |
1,408 | 1,759 | +5.4% |
| 20 |  Finland |
1,179 | 1,445 | +5.9% |
| 21 |  Austria |
1,381 | 1,403 | +7.0% |
| 22 |  Norway |
1,250 | 1,397 | +6.2% |
| 23 |  Hong Kong |
1,535 | 1,270 | +8.0% |
| 24 |  Poland |
1,306 | 1,244 | +11.2% |
| 25 |  Turkey |
1,518 | 1,172 | +12.7% |
| 26 |  New Zealand |
947 | 1,132 | +5.2% |
| 27 |  Brazil |
1,340 | 1,077 | +10.0% |
| 28 |  Greece |
1,019 | 1,065 | +9.7% |
| 29 |  Singapore |
1,259 | 1,023 | +7.0% |
| 30 |  Iran |
2,325 | 1,020 | +17.1% |
| 31 |  Russia |
968 | 980 | +8.2% |
| 32 |  Ireland |
841 | 836 | +8.7% |
| 33 |  South Africa |
901 | 826 | +6.6% |
| 34 |  Saudi Arabia |
1,684 | 676 | +17.4% |
| 35 |  Portugal |
889 | 633 | +10.7% |
| 36 |  Czech Republic |
500 | 555 | +8.2% |
| 37 |  Egypt |
1,000 | 495 | +19.0% |
| 38 |  Hungary |
301 | 385 | +4.9% |
| 39 |  Mexico |
379 | 384 | +9.1% |
| 40 |  Malaysia |
769 | 368 | +15.0% |
| 41 |  United Arab Emirates |
530 | 303 | +15.6% |
| 42 |  Thailand |
392 | 250 | +8.7% |
| 43 |  Argentina |
204 | 240 | +6.2% |
| 44 |  Pakistan |
842 | 223 | +19.3% |
| 45 |  Chile |
254 | 214 | +11.5% |
| 46 |  Slovenia |
197 | 192 | +11.6% |
| 47 |  Romania |
257 | 188 | +11.2% |
| 48 |  Qatar |
251 | 147 | +18.5% |
| 49 |  Nigeria |
233 | 117 | +18.2% |
| 50 |  Ukraine |
94 | 103 | +8.4% |
| 51 |  Slovakia |
111 | 97 | +16.9% |
| 52 |  Cyprus |
108 | 92 | +13.6% |
| 53 |  Serbia |
134 | 90 | +8.4% |
| 54 |  Jordan |
180 | 87 | +26.1% |
| 55 |  Bulgaria |
70 | 87 | +10.1% |
| 56 |  Croatia |
116 | 82 | +9.3% |
| 57 |  Lebanon |
105 | 78 | +25.8% |
| 58 |  Vietnam |
201 | 74 | +15.6% |
| 59 |  Kuwait |
69 | 73 | +2.8% |
| 60 |  Estonia |
83 | 70 | +4.5% |
| 61 |  Bangladesh |
205 | 68 | +17.2% |
| 62 |  Macau |
109 | 68 | +25.9% |
| 63 |  Iceland |
59 | 63 | -1.6% |
| 64 |  Colombia |
102 | 55 | +1.9% |
| 65 |  Luxembourg |
74 | 53 | +6.0% |
| 66 |  Oman |
91 | 50 | +8.7% |
| 67 |  Iraq |
208 | 49 | +44.1% |
| 68 |  Lithuania |
65 | 45 | +18.4% |
| 69 |  Georgia |
42 | 41 | +24.2% |
| 70 |  Indonesia |
150 | 40 | +37.9% |
| 71 |  Tunisia |
78 | 40 | +42.9% |
| 72 |  Kenya |
57 | 38 | +0.0% |
| 73 |  Morocco |
97 | 37 | +12.1% |
| 74 |  Philippines |
58 | 37 | +27.6% |
| 75 |  Puerto Rico |
24 | 35 | +29.6% |
| 76 |  Algeria |
68 | 32 | +28.0% |
| 77 |  Kazakhstan |
42 | 29 | +20.8% |
| 78 |  Peru |
48 | 25 | +31.6% |
| 79 |  Sri Lanka |
43 | 25 | +4.2% |
| 80 |  Ethiopia |
149 | 24 | +41.2% |
| 81 |  Belarus |
15 | 23 | +27.8% |
| 82 |  Venezuela |
14 | 23 | -8.0% |
| 83 |  Ghana |
62 | 22 | +29.4% |
| 84 |  Ecuador |
25 | 21 | +31.2% |
| 85 |  Uruguay |
16 | 20 | +0.0% |
| 86 |  Palestine, State of |
40 | 19 | +35.7% |
| 87 |  Panama |
20 | 19 | +5.6% |
| 88 |  Brunei |
29 | 18 | +28.6% |
| 89 |  Costa Rica |
13 | 16 | -11.1% |
| 90 |  Zimbabwe |
10 | 15 | +36.4% |
| 91 |  Jamaica |
9 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 92 |  Tanzania |
22 | 14 | +27.3% |
| 93 |  Uganda |
20 | 14 | +16.7% |
| 94 |  Latvia |
19 | 14 | -12.5% |
| 95 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
9 | 13 | +18.2% |
| 96 |  Cameroon |
29 | 12 | +20.0% |
| 97 |  Bahrain |
25 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 98 |  Malta |
19 | 12 | +9.1% |
| 99 |  Azerbaijan |
18 | 9 | +50.0% |
| 100 |  North Macedonia |
11 | 9 | +12.5% |
| 101 |  Botswana |
9 | 9 | +50.0% |
| 102 |  Nepal |
26 | 8 | -11.1% |
| 103 |  Armenia |
9 | 7 | +16.7% |
| 104 |  Malawi |
8 | 7 | -12.5% |
| 105 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
12 | 6 | +20.0% |
| 106 |  Senegal |
12 | 6 | +50.0% |
| 107 |  Mauritius |
10 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 108 |  Cuba |
6 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 109 |  Zambia |
6 | 6 | +20.0% |
| 110 |  Grenada |
4 | 6 | -14.3% |
| 111 |  Liechtenstein |
3 | 6 | -14.3% |
| 112 |  Uzbekistan |
23 | 5 | -16.7% |
| 113 |  Sudan |
7 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 114 |  Fiji |
6 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 115 |  Montenegro |
5 | 5 | +25.0% |
| 116 |  Rwanda |
3 | 5 | +66.7% |
| 117 |  Liberia |
10 | 4 | -81.8% |
| 118 |  Cambodia |
6 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 119 |  Syria |
5 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 120 |  Yemen |
12 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 121 |  Gambia |
5 | 3 | -25.0% |
| 122 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
4 | 3 | +50.0% |
| 123 |  Namibia |
4 | 3 | -25.0% |
| 124 |  Barbados |
3 | 3 | +50.0% |
| 125 |  Guatemala |
2 | 3 | +50.0% |
| 126 |  Moldova |
2 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 127 |  New Caledonia |
2 | 3 | -40.0% |
| 128 |  French Guiana |
1 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 129 |  Laos |
1 | 3 | +50.0% |
| 130 |  Kiribati |
- | 3 | +0.0% |
| 131 |  Monaco |
4 | 2 | -66.7% |
| 132 |  San Marino |
3 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 133 |  Kyrgyzstan |
2 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 134 |  Madagascar |
2 | 2 | -33.3% |
| 135 |  Paraguay |
2 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 136 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
2 | 2 | -71.4% |
| 137 |  Greenland |
1 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 138 |  Vanuatu |
- | 2 | +0.0% |
| 139 |  Congo |
8 | 1 | new |
| 140 |  Libya |
5 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 141 |  Benin |
4 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 142 |  Mali |
3 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 143 |  Mozambique |
3 | 1 | -66.7% |
| 144 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
2 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 145 |  Sierra Leone |
2 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 146 |  Tajikistan |
2 | 1 | new |
| 147 |  Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
1 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 148 |  Faroe Islands |
1 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 149 |  French Polynesia |
1 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 150 |  Gibraltar |
1 | 1 | new |
| 151 |  Honduras |
1 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 152 |  Mongolia |
1 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 153 |  Saint Lucia |
1 | 1 | new |
| 154 |  Seychelles |
1 | 1 | new |
| 155 |  Andorra |
- | 1 | +0.0% |
| 156 |  Bahamas |
- | 1 | +0.0% |
| 157 |  Bolivia |
- | 1 | new |
| 158 |  Burundi |
- | 1 | +0.0% |
| 159 |  Cayman Islands |
- | 1 | new |
| 160 |  Haiti |
- | 1 | +0.0% |
| 161 |  Lesotho |
- | 1 | +0.0% |
| 162 |  Mauritania |
- | 1 | +0.0% |
| 163 |  Myanmar |
- | 1 | +0.0% |
| 164 |  Timor-Leste |
- | 1 | +0.0% |
| 165 |  Burkina Faso |
8 | - | - |
| 166 |  Albania |
6 | - | - |
| 167 |  Korea (North) |
2 | - | - |
| 168 |  Afghanistan |
1 | - | - |
| 169 |  Bermuda |
1 | - | - |
| 170 |  Bhutan |
1 | - | - |
| 171 |  Curaçao |
1 | - | - |
| 172 |  Eritrea |
1 | - | - |
| 173 |  Gabon |
1 | - | - |
| 174 |  Guinea |
1 | - | - |
| 175 |  Nicaragua |
1 | - | - |
| 176 |  Papua New Guinea |
1 | - | - |
| 177 |  Samoa |
1 | - | - |
| 178 |  Togo |
1 | - | - |
Not on the 2024 career-long list, listed in earlier years:
Anguilla (2022), Chad (2023), Dominica (2023), Dominican Republic (2022), Guinea-Bissau (2023), Réunion (2023), Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (2021), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2020)