Top 2% Scientists by Country 2024

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

Scientists per country

Single-year list2024

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Fastest growing

Single-year list2024 vs 2023

Biggest percentage gain on 2023, among countries with 50 or more scientists.

Indonesia150 scientists+63.0%

Lebanon105 scientists+45.8%

Iraq208 scientists+38.7%

Ghana62 scientists+34.8%

United Arab Emirates530 scientists+29.9%

Biggest movers in rank

Single-year list2024 vs 2023

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

Indonesia150 scientists▲ 8#54 in the world

Lebanon105 scientists▲ 5#61 in the world

Saudi Arabia1,684 scientists▲ 4#19 in the world

Iraq208 scientists▲ 4#48 in the world

Egypt1,000 scientists▲ 3#31 in the world

All countries

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

#	Country	Single Year	Career Data	vs 2023
1	United States	71,460	84,209	+3.0%
2	China	27,166	10,689	+15.7%
3	United Kingdom	17,554	19,646	+4.5%
4	Germany	10,422	11,573	+3.3%
5	Canada	8,185	9,265	+3.8%
6	Australia	8,032	7,447	+5.7%
7	Italy	7,620	6,272	+7.3%
8	France	5,781	6,921	+3.5%
9	Japan	5,609	8,261	-1.5%
10	India	5,351	2,939	+15.4%
11	Netherlands	4,534	4,515	+5.7%
12	Spain	4,008	3,508	+7.3%
13	South Korea	3,498	2,366	+8.0%
14	Switzerland	3,404	3,431	+2.8%
15	Sweden	2,644	3,353	+3.8%
16	Iran	2,325	1,020	+8.6%
17	Denmark	2,013	2,114	+2.8%
18	Belgium	2,007	1,997	+3.7%
19	Saudi Arabia	1,684	676	+27.5%
20	Israel	1,622	2,093	+0.3%
21	Hong Kong	1,535	1,270	+5.7%
22	Turkey	1,518	1,172	+8.8%
23	Taiwan	1,408	1,759	-0.8%
24	Austria	1,381	1,403	+6.2%
25	Brazil	1,340	1,077	+3.6%
26	Poland	1,306	1,244	+14.3%
27	Singapore	1,259	1,023	+3.0%
28	Norway	1,250	1,397	+5.2%
29	Finland	1,179	1,445	+6.3%
30	Greece	1,019	1,065	+10.0%
31	Egypt	1,000	495	+22.9%
32	Russia	968	980	+6.5%
33	New Zealand	947	1,132	+1.6%
34	South Africa	901	826	+5.4%
35	Portugal	889	633	+12.4%
36	Pakistan	842	223	+18.8%
37	Ireland	841	836	+8.2%
38	Malaysia	769	368	+7.4%
39	United Arab Emirates	530	303	+29.9%
40	Czech Republic	500	555	+5.9%
41	Thailand	392	250	+15.0%
42	Mexico	379	384	+6.8%
43	Hungary	301	385	+5.2%
44	Romania	257	188	+8.0%
45	Chile	254	214	+0.8%
46	Qatar	251	147	+19.0%
47	Nigeria	233	117	+25.3%
48	Iraq	208	49	+38.7%
49	Bangladesh	205	68	+15.8%
50	Argentina	204	240	+4.1%
51	Vietnam	201	74	+17.5%
52	Slovenia	197	192	+3.1%
53	Jordan	180	87	+26.8%
54	Indonesia	150	40	+63.0%
55	Ethiopia	149	24	+11.2%
56	Serbia	134	90	+14.5%
57	Croatia	116	82	+7.4%
58	Slovakia	111	97	+12.1%
59	Macau	109	68	+3.8%
60	Cyprus	108	92	+12.5%
61	Lebanon	105	78	+45.8%
62	Colombia	102	55	+6.2%
63	Morocco	97	37	+16.9%
64	Ukraine	94	103	-4.1%
65	Oman	91	50	+7.1%
66	Estonia	83	70	+7.8%
67	Tunisia	78	40	+25.8%
68	Luxembourg	74	53	+8.8%
69	Bulgaria	70	87	+20.7%
70	Kuwait	69	73	+7.8%
71	Algeria	68	32	+21.4%
72	Lithuania	65	45	+3.2%
73	Ghana	62	22	+34.8%
74	Iceland	59	63	+3.5%
75	Philippines	58	37	+16.0%
76	Kenya	57	38	+9.6%
77	Peru	48	25	+9.1%
78	Sri Lanka	43	25	+2.4%
79	Georgia	42	41	+23.5%
80	Kazakhstan	42	29	-4.5%
81	Palestine, State of	40	19	+14.3%
82	Brunei	29	18	+31.8%
83	Cameroon	29	12	+45.0%
84	Nepal	26	8	+18.2%
85	Ecuador	25	21	+19.0%
86	Bahrain	25	12	+19.0%
87	Puerto Rico	24	35	+41.2%
88	Uzbekistan	23	5	+27.8%
89	Tanzania	22	14	+22.2%
90	Panama	20	19	+42.9%
91	Uganda	20	14	+17.6%
92	Latvia	19	14	-5.0%
93	Malta	19	12	-5.0%
94	Azerbaijan	18	9	+38.5%
95	Uruguay	16	20	+6.7%
96	Belarus	15	23	+66.7%
97	Venezuela	14	23	+7.7%
98	Costa Rica	13	16	-13.3%
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12	6	+20.0%
100	Senegal	12	6	+50.0%
101	Yemen	12	3	+71.4%
102	North Macedonia	11	9	+0.0%
103	Zimbabwe	10	15	+0.0%
104	Mauritius	10	6	+11.1%
105	Liberia	10	4	-60.0%
106	Jamaica	9	15	-25.0%
107	Trinidad and Tobago	9	13	+0.0%
108	Botswana	9	9	+28.6%
109	Armenia	9	7	+12.5%
110	Malawi	8	7	+0.0%
111	Congo	8	1	+100.0%
112	Burkina Faso	8	-	+0.0%
113	Sudan	7	5	+40.0%
114	Cuba	6	6	+50.0%
115	Zambia	6	6	+0.0%
116	Fiji	6	5	+0.0%
117	Cambodia	6	4	+20.0%
118	Albania	6	-	+100.0%
119	Montenegro	5	5	+25.0%
120	Syria	5	4	+150.0%
121	Gambia	5	3	+25.0%
122	Libya	5	1	+66.7%
123	Grenada	4	6	-20.0%
124	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4	3	+100.0%
125	Namibia	4	3	+0.0%
126	Monaco	4	2	-50.0%
127	Benin	4	1	+33.3%
128	Liechtenstein	3	6	+0.0%
129	Rwanda	3	5	-25.0%
130	Barbados	3	3	+200.0%
131	San Marino	3	2	+0.0%
132	Mali	3	1	+50.0%
133	Mozambique	3	1	-25.0%
134	Guatemala	2	3	+0.0%
135	Moldova	2	3	+0.0%
136	New Caledonia	2	3	-33.3%
137	Kyrgyzstan	2	2	-33.3%
138	Madagascar	2	2	+100.0%
139	Paraguay	2	2	+0.0%
140	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2	2	-50.0%
141	Côte d'Ivoire	2	1	-33.3%
142	Sierra Leone	2	1	+0.0%
143	Tajikistan	2	1	+100.0%
144	Korea (North)	2	-	+0.0%
145	French Guiana	1	3	-50.0%
146	Laos	1	3	-50.0%
147	Greenland	1	2	new
148	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1	1	+0.0%
149	Faroe Islands	1	1	-50.0%
150	French Polynesia	1	1	-50.0%
151	Gibraltar	1	1	new
152	Honduras	1	1	+0.0%
153	Mongolia	1	1	+0.0%
154	Saint Lucia	1	1	new
155	Seychelles	1	1	new
156	Afghanistan	1	-	+0.0%
157	Bermuda	1	-	new
158	Bhutan	1	-	+0.0%
159	Curaçao	1	-	+0.0%
160	Eritrea	1	-	new
161	Gabon	1	-	+0.0%
162	Guinea	1	-	new
163	Nicaragua	1	-	new
164	Papua New Guinea	1	-	+0.0%
165	Samoa	1	-	new
166	Togo	1	-	+0.0%
167	Kiribati	-	3	-
168	Vanuatu	-	2	-
169	Andorra	-	1	-
170	Bahamas	-	1	-
171	Bolivia	-	1	-
172	Burundi	-	1	-
173	Cayman Islands	-	1	-
174	Haiti	-	1	-
175	Lesotho	-	1	-
176	Mauritania	-	1	-
177	Myanmar	-	1	-
178	Timor-Leste	-	1	-