Top 2% Scientists by Country 2021

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

Data Type
Year

Scientists per country

Single-year list2021
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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

Single-year list2021 vs 2020

Biggest percentage gain on 2020, among countries with 50 or more scientists.

Iraq85 scientists+150.0% Ethiopia68 scientists+142.9% Bangladesh97 scientists+73.2% Nigeria121 scientists+70.4% Croatia77 scientists+63.8%

Biggest movers in rank

Single-year list2021 vs 2020

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

Iraq85 scientists▲ 14#56 in the world Ethiopia68 scientists▲ 14#60 in the world Bangladesh97 scientists▲ 6#51 in the world Croatia77 scientists▲ 4#58 in the world Saudi Arabia870 scientists▲ 3#31 in the world

All countries

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

# Country Single Year Career Data vs 2020
1 USAUnited States 66,247 75,908 +10.8%
2 CHNChina 16,611 6,943 +28.2%
3 GBRUnited Kingdom 15,844 17,237 +14.8%
4 DEUGermany 9,436 9,986 +15.4%
5 CANCanada 7,479 8,127 +13.3%
6 AUSAustralia 7,138 6,369 +17.0%
7 ITAItaly 6,126 4,956 +29.1%
8 JPNJapan 5,416 7,362 +20.8%
9 FRAFrance 5,274 5,912 +17.1%
10 NLDNetherlands 3,945 3,857 +13.4%
11 ESPSpain 3,402 2,813 +22.9%
12 INDIndia 3,352 2,042 +44.9%
13 CHESwitzerland 3,016 2,974 +15.0%
14 KORSouth Korea 2,715 1,751 +26.9%
15 SWESweden 2,438 2,889 +14.4%
16 DNKDenmark 1,795 1,808 +18.5%
17 BELBelgium 1,780 1,666 +18.4%
18 IRNIran 1,701 654 +47.4%
19 ISRIsrael 1,514 1,870 +17.4%
20 TWNTaiwan 1,358 1,479 +23.8%
21 HKGHong Kong 1,227 1,018 +18.8%
22 AUTAustria 1,219 1,162 +23.9%
23 TURTurkey 1,150 828 +34.2%
24 BRABrazil 1,132 812 +32.7%
25 SGPSingapore 1,130 876 +16.7%
26 NORNorway 1,100 1,152 +19.3%
27 POLPoland 1,027 957 +32.7%
28 FINFinland 1,016 1,217 +20.2%
29 RUSRussia 959 847 +27.7%
30 NZLNew Zealand 901 974 +19.2%
31 SAUSaudi Arabia 870 443 +56.2%
32 GRCGreece 846 829 +27.0%
33 ZAFSouth Africa 752 669 +27.7%
34 IRLIreland 710 661 +21.2%
35 PRTPortugal 703 481 +27.4%
36 EGYEgypt 605 327 +52.4%
37 MYSMalaysia 549 234 +41.9%
38 CZECzech Republic 458 428 +27.6%
39 PAKPakistan 380 127 +56.4%
40 MEXMexico 364 342 +20.1%
41 HUNHungary 285 331 +15.4%
42 AREUnited Arab Emirates 274 177 +53.9%
43 THAThailand 263 191 +40.6%
44 CHLChile 222 156 +33.7%
45 ROURomania 190 133 +29.3%
46 ARGArgentina 178 204 +21.9%
47 SVNSlovenia 165 147 +33.1%
48 QATQatar 163 100 +26.4%
49 VNMVietnam 146 53 +29.2%
50 NGANigeria 121 73 +70.4%
51 BGDBangladesh 97 40 +73.2%
52 JORJordan 96 53 +45.5%
53 UKRUkraine 95 86 +41.8%
54 SRBSerbia 90 69 +42.9%
55 SVKSlovakia 86 70 +32.3%
56 CYPCyprus 85 64 +32.8%
57 IRQIraq 85 16 +150.0%
58 HRVCroatia 77 60 +63.8%
59 COLColombia 74 42 +54.2%
60 ETHEthiopia 68 13 +142.9%
61 LBNLebanon 67 59 +19.6%
62 ESTEstonia 63 52 +8.6%
63 OMNOman 63 36 +46.5%
64 MACMacau 59 31 +18.0%
65 LUXLuxembourg 58 42 +20.8%
66 IDNIndonesia 58 18 +38.1%
67 TUNTunisia 52 23 +33.3%
68 ISLIceland 51 50 +21.4%
69 KWTKuwait 50 61 +16.3%
70 BGRBulgaria 48 73 +37.1%
71 DZAAlgeria 47 21 +56.7%
72 MARMorocco 45 19 +95.7%
73 LTULithuania 42 31 +40.0%
74 KENKenya 39 35 +14.7%
75 PHLPhilippines 35 26 +34.6%
76 GEOGeorgia 33 38 -26.7%
77 GHAGhana 28 14 +64.7%
78 KAZKazakhstan 27 21 +28.6%
79 PERPeru 27 17 +68.8%
80 LKASri Lanka 24 18 +60.0%
81 JAMJamaica 23 22 +76.9%
82 PSEPalestine, State of 23 7 +91.7%
83 URYUruguay 19 15 +35.7%
84 ECUEcuador 19 13 +35.7%
85 PANPanama 18 18 +38.5%
86 BHRBahrain 18 10 +157.1%
87 PRIPuerto Rico 17 20 +41.7%
88 CMRCameroon 17 6 +112.5%
89 UGAUganda 16 9 +60.0%
90 LVALatvia 15 13 +87.5%
91 BRNBrunei 15 9 +50.0%
92 CRICosta Rica 14 13 +27.3%
93 NPLNepal 14 6 +55.6%
94 VENVenezuela 12 24 +0.0%
95 TZATanzania 12 7 +0.0%
96 MLTMalta 11 7 +0.0%
97 UZBUzbekistan 11 5 +450.0%
98 BLRBelarus 10 19 +11.1%
99 MUSMauritius 9 6 +28.6%
100 ZWEZimbabwe 8 13 +166.7%
101 MWIMalawi 8 7 +33.3%
102 AZEAzerbaijan 8 3 +60.0%
103 SENSenegal 8 1 +33.3%
104 YEMYemen 8 1 +100.0%
105 TTOTrinidad and Tobago 7 10 +75.0%
106 MKDNorth Macedonia 7 6 -12.5%
107 FJIFiji 7 4 +16.7%
108 ARMArmenia 6 5 +0.0%
109 BWABotswana 6 5 +50.0%
110 KHMCambodia 6 5 +500.0%
111 MNEMontenegro 6 5 +50.0%
112 BIHBosnia and Herzegovina 6 4 +50.0%
113 ZMBZambia 6 4 +200.0%
114 NAMNamibia 5 3 +25.0%
115 CUBCuba 4 6 +33.3%
116 MCOMonaco 4 6 +0.0%
117 LIELiechtenstein 4 5 -20.0%
118 CIVCôte d'Ivoire 4 1 +0.0%
119 MLIMali 4 1 +0.0%
120 BFABurkina Faso 4 - +33.3%
121 KNASaint Kitts and Nevis 3 7 +200.0%
122 GRDGrenada 3 4 +50.0%
123 MDAMoldova 3 3 -40.0%
124 RWARwanda 3 3 +0.0%
125 BENBenin 3 2 +0.0%
126 BMUBermuda 3 2 +50.0%
127 GUFFrench Guiana 2 3 +0.0%
128 GMBGambia 2 3 -33.3%
129 NCLNew Caledonia 2 3 +0.0%
130 GTMGuatemala 2 2 +100.0%
131 PRYParaguay 2 2 +100.0%
132 SYCSeychelles 2 2 new
133 FROFaroe Islands 2 1 +100.0%
134 TJKTajikistan 2 1 +100.0%
135 KGZKyrgyzstan 2 - +100.0%
136 SMRSan Marino 2 - new
137 SDNSudan 1 4 -50.0%
138 MDGMadagascar 1 3 -50.0%
139 KIRKiribati 1 2 new
140 LBYLibya 1 2 +0.0%
141 MTQMartinique 1 2 new
142 VUTVanuatu 1 2 new
143 AFGAfghanistan 1 1 -75.0%
144 BRBBarbados 1 1 +0.0%
145 COGCongo 1 1 new
146 DMADominica 1 1 new
147 FLKFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 1 1 +0.0%
148 PYFFrench Polynesia 1 1 +0.0%
149 GRLGreenland 1 1 new
150 GNBGuinea-Bissau 1 1 +0.0%
151 HNDHonduras 1 1 +0.0%
152 LAOLaos 1 1 -75.0%
153 LBRLiberia 1 1 new
154 MNGMongolia 1 1 +0.0%
155 SYRSyria 1 1 +0.0%
156 ALBAlbania 1 - new
157 TCDChad 1 - new
158 PRKKorea (North) 1 - new
159 MOZMozambique 1 - new
160 MMRMyanmar 1 - new
161 NICNicaragua 1 - +0.0%
162 PNGPapua New Guinea 1 - -50.0%
163 SLESierra Leone 1 - +0.0%
164 TGOTogo 1 - new
165 BHSBahamas - 2 -
166 BDIBurundi - 1 -
167 HTIHaiti - 1 -
168 LSOLesotho - 1 -
169 SHNSaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha - 1 -
170 TLSTimor-Leste - 1 -
Not on the 2021 single-year list, listed in earlier years: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2020)