Top 2% Scientists by Country 2020

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

Data Type
Year

Scientists per country

Single-year list2020
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164 countries, sorted by the single-year count. Every row opens that country's page.

# Country Single Year Career Data Change
1 USAUnited States 59,785 68,018 -
2 GBRUnited Kingdom 13,805 14,999 -
3 CHNChina 12,955 5,273 -
4 DEUGermany 8,177 8,792 -
5 CANCanada 6,602 7,225 -
6 AUSAustralia 6,100 5,441 -
7 ITAItaly 4,746 4,008 -
8 FRAFrance 4,502 5,048 -
9 JPNJapan 4,484 6,316 -
10 NLDNetherlands 3,480 3,350 -
11 ESPSpain 2,767 2,290 -
12 CHESwitzerland 2,622 2,546 -
13 INDIndia 2,313 1,491 -
14 KORSouth Korea 2,139 1,350 -
15 SWESweden 2,132 2,546 -
16 DNKDenmark 1,515 1,495 -
17 BELBelgium 1,503 1,413 -
18 ISRIsrael 1,290 1,630 -
19 IRNIran 1,154 433 -
20 TWNTaiwan 1,097 1,151 -
21 HKGHong Kong 1,033 878 -
22 AUTAustria 984 962 -
23 SGPSingapore 968 757 -
24 NORNorway 922 947 -
25 TURTurkey 857 614 -
26 BRABrazil 853 600 -
27 FINFinland 845 1,037 -
28 POLPoland 774 726 -
29 NZLNew Zealand 756 803 -
30 RUSRussia 751 709 -
31 GRCGreece 666 648 -
32 ZAFSouth Africa 589 536 -
33 IRLIreland 586 547 -
34 SAUSaudi Arabia 557 321 -
35 PRTPortugal 552 385 -
36 EGYEgypt 397 219 -
37 MYSMalaysia 387 163 -
38 CZECzech Republic 359 335 -
39 MEXMexico 303 291 -
40 HUNHungary 247 282 -
41 PAKPakistan 243 81 -
42 THAThailand 187 136 -
43 AREUnited Arab Emirates 178 114 -
44 CHLChile 166 127 -
45 ROURomania 147 100 -
46 ARGArgentina 146 171 -
47 QATQatar 129 75 -
48 SVNSlovenia 124 114 -
49 VNMVietnam 113 34 -
50 NGANigeria 71 42 -
51 UKRUkraine 67 55 -
52 JORJordan 66 34 -
53 SVKSlovakia 65 46 -
54 CYPCyprus 64 56 -
55 SRBSerbia 63 49 -
56 ESTEstonia 58 42 -
57 LBNLebanon 56 48 -
58 BGDBangladesh 56 26 -
59 MACMacau 50 22 -
60 LUXLuxembourg 48 34 -
61 COLColombia 48 33 -
62 HRVCroatia 47 47 -
63 GEOGeorgia 45 43 -
64 KWTKuwait 43 45 -
65 OMNOman 43 21 -
66 ISLIceland 42 43 -
67 IDNIndonesia 42 18 -
68 TUNTunisia 39 15 -
69 BGRBulgaria 35 50 -
70 KENKenya 34 34 -
71 IRQIraq 34 10 -
72 LTULithuania 30 28 -
73 DZAAlgeria 30 15 -
74 ETHEthiopia 28 10 -
75 PHLPhilippines 26 16 -
76 MARMorocco 23 9 -
77 KAZKazakhstan 21 11 -
78 GHAGhana 17 12 -
79 PERPeru 16 10 -
80 LKASri Lanka 15 15 -
81 URYUruguay 14 13 -
82 ECUEcuador 14 7 -
83 JAMJamaica 13 18 -
84 PANPanama 13 14 -
85 PRIPuerto Rico 12 21 -
86 VENVenezuela 12 18 -
87 PSEPalestine, State of 12 6 -
88 TZATanzania 12 4 -
89 CRICosta Rica 11 9 -
90 MLTMalta 11 7 -
91 BRNBrunei 10 7 -
92 UGAUganda 10 6 -
93 BLRBelarus 9 15 -
94 NPLNepal 9 2 -
95 LVALatvia 8 8 -
96 MKDNorth Macedonia 8 6 -
97 CMRCameroon 8 3 -
98 BHRBahrain 7 5 -
99 MUSMauritius 7 3 -
100 ARMArmenia 6 5 -
101 FJIFiji 6 4 -
102 MWIMalawi 6 4 -
103 SENSenegal 6 2 -
104 MDAMoldova 5 4 -
105 LIELiechtenstein 5 3 -
106 AZEAzerbaijan 5 2 -
107 TTOTrinidad and Tobago 4 7 -
108 AFGAfghanistan 4 5 -
109 BWABotswana 4 4 -
110 LAOLaos 4 4 -
111 MNEMontenegro 4 4 -
112 BIHBosnia and Herzegovina 4 3 -
113 MCOMonaco 4 3 -
114 NAMNamibia 4 2 -
115 MLIMali 4 1 -
116 YEMYemen 4 1 -
117 CIVCôte d'Ivoire 4 - -
118 CUBCuba 3 5 -
119 GMBGambia 3 4 -
120 BENBenin 3 3 -
121 RWARwanda 3 3 -
122 ZWEZimbabwe 3 3 -
123 BFABurkina Faso 3 1 -
124 GUFFrench Guiana 2 3 -
125 GRDGrenada 2 3 -
126 NCLNew Caledonia 2 3 -
127 UZBUzbekistan 2 3 -
128 SDNSudan 2 2 -
129 BMUBermuda 2 1 -
130 MDGMadagascar 2 1 -
131 PNGPapua New Guinea 2 - -
132 ZMBZambia 2 - -
133 KNASaint Kitts and Nevis 1 4 -
134 KHMCambodia 1 2 -
135 GTMGuatemala 1 2 -
136 CUWCuraçao 1 1 -
137 ERIEritrea 1 1 -
138 FLKFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 1 1 -
139 GNBGuinea-Bissau 1 1 -
140 LBYLibya 1 1 -
141 LCASaint Lucia 1 1 -
142 VCTSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 1 -
143 TJKTajikistan 1 1 -
144 BRBBarbados 1 - -
145 FROFaroe Islands 1 - -
146 PYFFrench Polynesia 1 - -
147 GABGabon 1 - -
148 HTIHaiti 1 - -
149 HNDHonduras 1 - -
150 KGZKyrgyzstan 1 - -
151 MNGMongolia 1 - -
152 NICNicaragua 1 - -
153 PRYParaguay 1 - -
154 REURéunion 1 - -
155 SLESierra Leone 1 - -
156 SYRSyria 1 - -
157 BHSBahamas - 1 -
158 BDIBurundi - 1 -
159 COGCongo - 1 -
160 DMADominica - 1 -
161 GRLGreenland - 1 -
162 LSOLesotho - 1 -
163 TLSTimor-Leste - 1 -
164 VUTVanuatu - 1 -