Top 2% Scientists by Country 2022

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

Data Type
Year

Scientists per country

Single-year list2022
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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 list2022 vs 2021

Biggest percentage gain on 2021, among countries with 50 or more scientists.

Ethiopia105 scientists+54.4% Bangladesh147 scientists+51.5% Indonesia85 scientists+46.6% Macau85 scientists+44.1% Morocco61 scientists+35.6%

Biggest movers in rank

Single-year list2022 vs 2021

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

Ethiopia105 scientists▲ 5#55 in the world Indonesia85 scientists▲ 5#60 in the world Morocco61 scientists▲ 5#67 in the world Macau85 scientists▲ 4#60 in the world Iran1,943 scientists▲ 2#16 in the world

All countries

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

# Country Single Year Career Data vs 2021
1 USAUnited States 68,565 78,907 +3.5%
2 CHNChina 19,310 7,693 +16.2%
3 GBRUnited Kingdom 16,445 17,986 +3.8%
4 DEUGermany 9,961 10,562 +5.6%
5 CANCanada 7,737 8,473 +3.4%
6 AUSAustralia 7,349 6,623 +3.0%
7 ITAItaly 6,839 5,302 +11.6%
8 FRAFrance 5,509 6,284 +4.5%
9 JPNJapan 5,496 7,630 +1.5%
10 NLDNetherlands 4,214 4,063 +6.8%
11 INDIndia 3,761 2,206 +12.2%
12 ESPSpain 3,712 3,030 +9.1%
13 CHESwitzerland 3,233 3,141 +7.2%
14 KORSouth Korea 2,980 1,901 +9.8%
15 SWESweden 2,472 3,108 +1.4%
16 IRNIran 1,943 742 +14.2%
17 DNKDenmark 1,890 1,955 +5.3%
18 BELBelgium 1,872 1,769 +5.2%
19 ISRIsrael 1,537 1,958 +1.5%
20 TWNTaiwan 1,340 1,601 -1.3%
21 HKGHong Kong 1,270 1,099 +3.5%
22 BRABrazil 1,263 892 +11.6%
23 AUTAustria 1,261 1,246 +3.4%
24 TURTurkey 1,231 906 +7.0%
25 NORNorway 1,189 1,253 +8.1%
26 SGPSingapore 1,188 934 +5.1%
27 FINFinland 1,063 1,304 +4.6%
28 POLPoland 1,046 1,006 +1.9%
29 SAUSaudi Arabia 1,021 466 +17.4%
30 RUSRussia 960 887 +0.1%
31 NZLNew Zealand 905 1,029 +0.4%
32 GRCGreece 885 879 +4.6%
33 ZAFSouth Africa 803 713 +6.8%
34 PRTPortugal 770 515 +9.5%
35 IRLIreland 758 721 +6.8%
36 EGYEgypt 678 361 +12.1%
37 MYSMalaysia 622 274 +13.3%
38 PAKPakistan 509 137 +33.9%
39 CZECzech Republic 463 461 +1.1%
40 MEXMexico 365 330 +0.3%
41 AREUnited Arab Emirates 311 205 +13.5%
42 THAThailand 300 209 +14.1%
43 HUNHungary 289 350 +1.4%
44 CHLChile 253 171 +14.0%
45 ROURomania 209 148 +10.0%
46 ARGArgentina 201 217 +12.9%
47 QATQatar 197 110 +20.9%
48 SVNSlovenia 173 160 +4.8%
49 NGANigeria 150 87 +24.0%
50 VNMVietnam 149 54 +2.1%
51 BGDBangladesh 147 49 +51.5%
52 UKRUkraine 111 96 +16.8%
53 JORJordan 110 60 +14.6%
54 SRBSerbia 109 73 +21.1%
55 ETHEthiopia 105 16 +54.4%
56 IRQIraq 103 23 +21.2%
57 SVKSlovakia 96 72 +11.6%
58 CYPCyprus 92 71 +8.2%
59 HRVCroatia 89 65 +15.6%
60 MACMacau 85 48 +44.1%
61 IDNIndonesia 85 22 +46.6%
62 COLColombia 81 46 +9.5%
63 ESTEstonia 80 56 +27.0%
64 OMNOman 77 41 +22.2%
65 LUXLuxembourg 72 46 +24.1%
66 LBNLebanon 71 62 +6.0%
67 MARMorocco 61 21 +35.6%
68 BGRBulgaria 55 76 +14.6%
69 TUNTunisia 53 27 +1.9%
70 DZAAlgeria 53 24 +12.8%
71 LTULithuania 52 35 +23.8%
72 ISLIceland 51 55 +0.0%
73 KWTKuwait 50 68 +0.0%
74 KAZKazakhstan 43 25 +59.3%
75 GEOGeorgia 41 35 +24.2%
76 KENKenya 40 35 +2.6%
77 PHLPhilippines 39 25 +11.4%
78 PERPeru 36 19 +33.3%
79 LKASri Lanka 32 21 +33.3%
80 GHAGhana 32 17 +14.3%
81 PSEPalestine, State of 26 10 +13.0%
82 CMRCameroon 21 9 +23.5%
83 NPLNepal 21 9 +50.0%
84 BRNBrunei 20 10 +33.3%
85 PRIPuerto Rico 19 29 +11.8%
86 MLTMalta 19 11 +72.7%
87 LVALatvia 18 15 +20.0%
88 BHRBahrain 18 8 +0.0%
89 PANPanama 17 17 -5.6%
90 ECUEcuador 17 14 -10.5%
91 TZATanzania 16 9 +33.3%
92 UGAUganda 16 8 +0.0%
93 URYUruguay 15 17 -21.1%
94 CRICosta Rica 15 13 +7.1%
95 UZBUzbekistan 15 5 +36.4%
96 AZEAzerbaijan 14 2 +75.0%
97 VENVenezuela 13 24 +8.3%
98 ZWEZimbabwe 13 14 +62.5%
99 JAMJamaica 12 15 -47.8%
100 BLRBelarus 11 19 +10.0%
101 FJIFiji 10 5 +42.9%
102 MWIMalawi 9 8 +12.5%
103 BIHBosnia and Herzegovina 9 5 +50.0%
104 SENSenegal 9 4 +12.5%
105 TTOTrinidad and Tobago 8 13 +14.3%
106 LBRLiberia 8 7 +700.0%
107 MCOMonaco 8 6 +100.0%
108 MKDNorth Macedonia 8 6 +14.3%
109 MUSMauritius 8 5 -11.1%
110 YEMYemen 7 1 -12.5%
111 BWABotswana 6 9 +0.0%
112 NCLNew Caledonia 6 7 +200.0%
113 ARMArmenia 6 6 +0.0%
114 ZMBZambia 6 4 +0.0%
115 BFABurkina Faso 6 - +50.0%
116 CUBCuba 5 6 +25.0%
117 LIELiechtenstein 5 5 +25.0%
118 KHMCambodia 5 4 -16.7%
119 MNEMontenegro 5 4 -16.7%
120 GRDGrenada 4 5 +33.3%
121 NAMNamibia 4 3 -20.0%
122 SYRSyria 4 2 +300.0%
123 MLIMali 4 1 +0.0%
124 KNASaint Kitts and Nevis 3 5 +0.0%
125 SDNSudan 3 5 +200.0%
126 MDAMoldova 3 3 +0.0%
127 FROFaroe Islands 3 2 +50.0%
128 LBYLibya 3 2 +200.0%
129 BRBBarbados 3 1 +200.0%
130 CIVCôte d'Ivoire 3 1 -25.0%
131 ALBAlbania 3 - +200.0%
132 GUFFrench Guiana 2 3 +0.0%
133 GMBGambia 2 3 +0.0%
134 RWARwanda 2 3 -33.3%
135 BMUBermuda 2 2 -33.3%
136 CODDemocratic Republic of the Congo 2 2 new
137 PRYParaguay 2 2 +0.0%
138 AFGAfghanistan 2 1 +100.0%
139 BENBenin 2 1 -33.3%
140 GNBGuinea-Bissau 2 1 +100.0%
141 KGZKyrgyzstan 2 1 +0.0%
142 SMRSan Marino 2 - +0.0%
143 KIRKiribati 1 3 +0.0%
144 MDGMadagascar 1 3 +0.0%
145 GTMGuatemala 1 2 -50.0%
146 AIAAnguilla 1 1 new
147 DMADominica 1 1 +0.0%
148 DOMDominican Republic 1 1 new
149 FLKFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 1 1 +0.0%
150 PYFFrench Polynesia 1 1 +0.0%
151 HNDHonduras 1 1 +0.0%
152 MNGMongolia 1 1 +0.0%
153 SLESierra Leone 1 1 +0.0%
154 TCDChad 1 - +0.0%
155 COGCongo 1 - +0.0%
156 CUWCuraçao 1 - new
157 PRKKorea (North) 1 - +0.0%
158 MOZMozambique 1 - +0.0%
159 MMRMyanmar 1 - +0.0%
160 NICNicaragua 1 - +0.0%
161 PNGPapua New Guinea 1 - +0.0%
162 SWZSwaziland 1 - new
163 TJKTajikistan 1 - -50.0%
164 TGOTogo 1 - +0.0%
165 VUTVanuatu - 2 -
166 BHSBahamas - 1 -
167 BDIBurundi - 1 -
168 GRLGreenland - 1 -
169 HTIHaiti - 1 -
170 LAOLaos - 1 -
171 LSOLesotho - 1 -
172 MTQMartinique - 1 -
173 MRTMauritania - 1 -
Not on the 2022 single-year list, listed in earlier years: Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (2021), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2020)