Top 2% Scientists by Country 2026, Career-Long List

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

Scientists per country

Career-long list2026

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Fastest growing

Career-long list2026 vs 2025

Biggest percentage gain on 2025, among countries with 50 or more scientists.

Oman83 scientists+31.7%

Vietnam121 scientists+28.7%

Morocco63 scientists+28.6%

Puerto Rico56 scientists+27.3%

Iraq100 scientists+26.6%

Biggest movers in rank

Career-long list2026 vs 2025

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

Vietnam121 scientists▲ 5#53 in the world

Jordan128 scientists▲ 3#52 in the world

Oman83 scientists▲ 3#64 in the world

India3,898 scientists▲ 2#12 in the world

Hong Kong1,619 scientists▲ 2#20 in the world

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184 countries on either 2026 list, sorted by the career-long count. Every row opens that country's page.

#	Country	Single Year	Career Data	vs 2025
1	United States	73,638	90,922	+3.5%
2	United Kingdom	18,300	21,350	+3.8%
3	China	37,203	14,583	+17.8%
4	Germany	10,938	12,809	+5.3%
5	Canada	8,528	10,063	+4.9%
6	Japan	5,739	9,097	+4.2%
7	Australia	8,971	8,551	+6.6%
8	France	5,914	7,613	+4.5%
9	Italy	8,537	7,363	+7.7%
10	Netherlands	4,889	5,001	+5.2%
11	Spain	4,408	4,103	+7.5%
12	India	6,953	3,898	+15.6%
13	Switzerland	3,595	3,759	+2.7%
14	Sweden	2,728	3,661	+5.5%
15	South Korea	4,001	2,889	+10.3%
16	Denmark	2,138	2,309	+4.6%
17	Belgium	2,182	2,294	+4.8%
18	Israel	1,637	2,293	+4.0%
19	Taiwan	1,509	2,025	+6.7%
20	Hong Kong	2,108	1,619	+9.2%
21	Finland	1,274	1,612	+5.2%
22	Poland	1,616	1,581	+12.0%
23	Austria	1,502	1,566	+6.4%
24	Norway	1,307	1,557	+4.3%
25	Turkey	1,775	1,479	+13.1%
26	Iran	2,678	1,380	+14.9%
27	Brazil	1,510	1,304	+9.1%
28	Greece	1,184	1,243	+7.1%
29	New Zealand	971	1,224	+4.9%
30	Singapore	1,458	1,154	+5.9%
31	Russia	989	1,133	+6.0%
32	Saudi Arabia	2,686	1,071	+26.0%
33	South Africa	1,033	963	+7.5%
34	Ireland	995	963	+9.3%
35	Portugal	1,060	787	+10.7%
36	Egypt	1,307	676	+16.8%
37	Czech Republic	572	622	+5.8%
38	Malaysia	941	515	+12.0%
39	United Arab Emirates	805	470	+20.8%
40	Mexico	468	461	+9.8%
41	Hungary	371	441	+4.0%
42	Thailand	508	343	+13.6%
43	Pakistan	1,034	321	+19.8%
44	Argentina	217	279	+6.1%
45	Romania	340	253	+15.0%
46	Chile	288	251	+9.1%
47	Slovenia	240	242	+11.5%
48	Qatar	311	197	+11.9%
49	Nigeria	305	164	+15.5%
50	Ukraine	136	144	+16.1%
51	Macau	234	135	+21.6%
52	Jordan	312	128	+21.9%
53	Vietnam	280	121	+28.7%
54	Slovakia	124	120	+12.1%
55	Cyprus	154	119	+5.3%
56	Serbia	163	117	+1.7%
57	Croatia	149	109	+13.5%
58	Bangladesh	347	105	+5.0%
59	Bulgaria	80	102	+12.1%
60	Iraq	348	100	+26.6%
61	Lebanon	97	93	+1.1%
62	Estonia	116	92	+8.2%
63	Kuwait	88	89	+12.7%
64	Oman	154	83	+31.7%
65	Colombia	135	81	+3.8%
66	Iceland	63	81	+3.8%
67	Luxembourg	98	74	+13.8%
68	Indonesia	272	70	+22.8%
69	Lithuania	84	65	+18.2%
70	Morocco	185	63	+28.6%
71	Puerto Rico	46	56	+27.3%
72	Kenya	82	55	+7.8%
73	Tunisia	91	52	+13.0%
74	Philippines	74	51	+15.9%
75	Liberia	43	48	+9.1%
76	Algeria	101	45	+18.4%
77	Ghana	90	42	+31.2%
78	Kazakhstan	73	40	+8.1%
79	Sri Lanka	68	39	+18.2%
80	Peru	45	34	+6.2%
81	Ethiopia	236	32	+23.1%
82	Ecuador	44	30	+25.0%
83	Latvia	41	28	+33.3%
84	Palestine, State of	50	27	+28.6%
85	Uruguay	23	27	+17.4%
86	Belarus	15	24	+0.0%
87	Bahrain	40	22	+10.0%
88	Zimbabwe	14	22	+37.5%
89	Venezuela	10	22	+0.0%
90	Azerbaijan	45	21	+0.0%
91	Brunei	39	21	+5.0%
92	Costa Rica	20	20	+33.3%
93	Jamaica	14	20	-9.1%
94	Tanzania	34	19	+46.2%
95	Cameroon	33	17	+30.8%
96	Uganda	27	16	-15.8%
97	Georgia	21	15	-11.8%
98	Botswana	20	15	+7.1%
99	Malta	18	15	+7.1%
100	North Macedonia	11	15	+50.0%
101	Trinidad and Tobago	10	15	+25.0%
102	Armenia	14	14	+27.3%
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14	14	+27.3%
104	Uzbekistan	38	13	+8.3%
105	Malawi	11	10	+25.0%
106	Zambia	9	9	+28.6%
107	Nepal	31	8	+0.0%
108	Liechtenstein	3	7	+0.0%
109	Rwanda	15	6	+100.0%
110	Libya	14	6	+200.0%
111	Senegal	9	6	+20.0%
112	Cuba	8	6	-68.4%
113	Montenegro	5	6	-40.0%
114	Yemen	33	5	+25.0%
115	Syria	10	5	+0.0%
116	Mauritius	8	5	-16.7%
117	Monaco	8	5	+0.0%
118	Panama	8	5	+66.7%
119	Mozambique	5	5	+0.0%
120	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	5	+0.0%
121	Madagascar	2	5	+0.0%
122	Benin	6	4	+100.0%
123	Cambodia	6	4	-20.0%
124	Côte d'Ivoire	6	4	+100.0%
125	Kyrgyzstan	6	4	-20.0%
126	Namibia	6	4	+100.0%
127	Sudan	10	3	-40.0%
128	Fiji	8	3	+0.0%
129	Mali	6	3	+200.0%
130	Moldova	4	3	+0.0%
131	Barbados	3	3	+200.0%
132	Greenland	3	3	+0.0%
133	Laos	3	3	+50.0%
134	Papua New Guinea	3	3	+200.0%
135	Sierra Leone	3	3	+200.0%
136	Bahamas	1	3	+200.0%
137	Guatemala	1	3	+0.0%
138	Burkina Faso	10	2	+100.0%
139	New Caledonia	3	2	+0.0%
140	San Marino	3	2	+0.0%
141	Faroe Islands	2	2	+0.0%
142	Gambia	2	2	+0.0%
143	Niger	2	2	+100.0%
144	Grenada	1	2	-50.0%
145	Mongolia	1	2	-50.0%
146	Paraguay	1	2	+0.0%
147	Central African Republic	-	2	+100.0%
148	El Salvador	-	2	+100.0%
149	Haiti	-	2	+100.0%
150	Samoa	-	2	+100.0%
151	Albania	2	1	+0.0%
152	Andorra	2	1	+0.0%
153	Curaçao	2	1	+0.0%
154	Korea (North)	2	1	+0.0%
155	American Samoa	1	1	new
156	Antigua and Barbuda	1	1	new
157	Bermuda	1	1	+0.0%
158	Chad	1	1	new
159	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1	1	new
160	French Guiana	1	1	+0.0%
161	Guinea-Bissau	1	1	new
162	Myanmar	1	1	+0.0%
163	Nicaragua	1	1	+0.0%
164	Swaziland	1	1	+0.0%
165	Burundi	-	1	+0.0%
166	French Polynesia	-	1	+0.0%
167	Kiribati	-	1	+0.0%
168	Lesotho	-	1	+0.0%
169	Martinique	-	1	+0.0%
170	Mauritania	-	1	+0.0%
171	Solomon Islands	-	1	new
172	South Sudan	-	1	+0.0%
173	Timor-Leste	-	1	+0.0%
174	Vanuatu	-	1	-50.0%
175	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4	-	-
176	Somalia	4	-	-
177	Afghanistan	2	-	-
178	Congo	1	-	-
179	Guam	1	-	-
180	Guinea	1	-	-
181	Maldives	1	-	-
182	Seychelles	1	-	-
183	Togo	1	-	-
184	United States Minor Outlying Islands	1	-	-