Top 2% Scientists by Country 2025, Career-Long List

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

Scientists per country

Career-long list2025

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Fastest growing

Career-long list2025 vs 2024

Biggest percentage gain on 2024, among countries with 50 or more scientists.

Macau111 scientists+63.2%

Iraq79 scientists+61.2%

Bangladesh100 scientists+47.1%

Indonesia57 scientists+42.5%

Colombia78 scientists+41.8%

Biggest movers in rank

Career-long list2025 vs 2024

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

Macau111 scientists▲ 8#53 in the world

Bangladesh100 scientists▲ 5#56 in the world

Iraq79 scientists▲ 5#62 in the world

Iran1,201 scientists▲ 4#26 in the world

Malaysia460 scientists▲ 2#38 in the world

All countries

182 countries on either 2025 list, sorted by the career-long count. Every row opens that country's page.

#	Country	Single Year	Career Data	vs 2024
1	United States	73,020	87,861	+4.3%
2	United Kingdom	18,124	20,571	+4.7%
3	China	31,697	12,375	+15.8%
4	Germany	10,666	12,166	+5.1%
5	Canada	8,303	9,589	+3.5%
6	Japan	5,713	8,730	+5.7%
7	Australia	8,555	8,025	+7.8%
8	France	5,886	7,284	+5.2%
9	Italy	7,991	6,839	+9.0%
10	Netherlands	4,727	4,755	+5.3%
11	Spain	4,267	3,816	+8.8%
12	Switzerland	3,549	3,659	+6.6%
13	Sweden	2,666	3,471	+3.5%
14	India	6,235	3,371	+14.7%
15	South Korea	3,695	2,620	+10.7%
16	Denmark	2,061	2,207	+4.4%
17	Israel	1,637	2,204	+5.3%
18	Belgium	2,124	2,188	+9.6%
19	Taiwan	1,470	1,898	+7.9%
20	Finland	1,208	1,532	+6.0%
21	Norway	1,333	1,493	+6.9%
22	Hong Kong	1,818	1,482	+16.7%
23	Austria	1,433	1,472	+4.9%
24	Poland	1,434	1,412	+13.5%
25	Turkey	1,564	1,308	+11.6%
26	Iran	2,534	1,201	+17.7%
27	Brazil	1,461	1,195	+11.0%
28	New Zealand	954	1,167	+3.1%
29	Greece	1,074	1,161	+9.0%
30	Singapore	1,363	1,090	+6.5%
31	Russia	962	1,069	+9.1%
32	South Africa	975	896	+8.5%
33	Ireland	925	881	+5.4%
34	Saudi Arabia	2,110	850	+25.7%
35	Portugal	984	711	+12.3%
36	Czech Republic	538	588	+5.9%
37	Egypt	1,106	579	+17.0%
38	Malaysia	880	460	+25.0%
39	Hungary	345	424	+10.1%
40	Mexico	415	420	+9.4%
41	United Arab Emirates	663	389	+28.4%
42	Thailand	454	302	+20.8%
43	Pakistan	946	268	+20.2%
44	Argentina	217	263	+9.6%
45	Chile	264	230	+7.5%
46	Romania	294	220	+17.0%
47	Slovenia	204	217	+13.0%
48	Qatar	277	176	+19.7%
49	Nigeria	291	142	+21.4%
50	Ukraine	122	124	+20.4%
51	Serbia	152	115	+27.8%
52	Cyprus	142	113	+22.8%
53	Macau	197	111	+63.2%
54	Slovakia	122	107	+10.3%
55	Jordan	240	105	+20.7%
56	Bangladesh	286	100	+47.1%
57	Croatia	129	96	+17.1%
58	Vietnam	239	94	+27.0%
59	Lebanon	98	92	+17.9%
60	Bulgaria	63	91	+4.6%
61	Estonia	108	85	+21.4%
62	Iraq	276	79	+61.2%
63	Kuwait	73	79	+8.2%
64	Colombia	128	78	+41.8%
65	Iceland	66	78	+23.8%
66	Luxembourg	90	65	+22.6%
67	Oman	136	63	+26.0%
68	Indonesia	209	57	+42.5%
69	Lithuania	74	55	+22.2%
70	Kenya	69	51	+34.2%
71	Morocco	134	49	+32.4%
72	Tunisia	81	46	+15.0%
73	Philippines	69	44	+18.9%
74	Liberia	44	44	+1000.0%
75	Puerto Rico	30	44	+25.7%
76	Algeria	80	38	+18.8%
77	Kazakhstan	59	37	+27.6%
78	Sri Lanka	53	33	+32.0%
79	Ghana	70	32	+45.5%
80	Peru	51	32	+28.0%
81	Ethiopia	194	26	+8.3%
82	Ecuador	30	24	+14.3%
83	Belarus	15	24	+4.3%
84	Uruguay	21	23	+15.0%
85	Jamaica	12	22	+46.7%
86	Venezuela	12	22	-4.3%
87	Azerbaijan	41	21	+133.3%
88	Palestine, State of	40	21	+10.5%
89	Latvia	26	21	+50.0%
90	Bahrain	35	20	+66.7%
91	Brunei	35	20	+11.1%
92	Cuba	37	19	+216.7%
93	Uganda	24	19	+35.7%
94	Georgia	18	17	-58.5%
95	Zimbabwe	14	16	+6.7%
96	Costa Rica	11	15	-6.2%
97	Malta	21	14	+16.7%
98	Botswana	15	14	+55.6%
99	Cameroon	35	13	+8.3%
100	Tanzania	23	13	-7.1%
101	Uzbekistan	35	12	+140.0%
102	Trinidad and Tobago	8	12	-7.7%
103	Armenia	13	11	+57.1%
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13	11	+83.3%
105	North Macedonia	9	10	+11.1%
106	Montenegro	8	10	+100.0%
107	Nepal	30	8	+0.0%
108	Malawi	11	8	+14.3%
109	Zambia	8	7	+16.7%
110	Liechtenstein	6	7	+16.7%
111	Mauritius	8	6	+0.0%
112	Senegal	12	5	-16.7%
113	Monaco	10	5	+150.0%
114	Sudan	10	5	+0.0%
115	Cambodia	9	5	+25.0%
116	Mozambique	8	5	+400.0%
117	Syria	8	5	+25.0%
118	Kyrgyzstan	4	5	+150.0%
119	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	5	+150.0%
120	Madagascar	2	5	+150.0%
121	Yemen	23	4	+33.3%
122	Mongolia	3	4	+300.0%
123	Grenada	2	4	-33.3%
124	Rwanda	14	3	-40.0%
125	Fiji	9	3	-40.0%
126	Panama	6	3	-84.2%
127	Moldova	4	3	+0.0%
128	Greenland	2	3	+50.0%
129	Guatemala	2	3	+0.0%
130	Libya	6	2	+100.0%
131	Benin	5	2	+100.0%
132	Côte d'Ivoire	5	2	+100.0%
133	Laos	3	2	-33.3%
134	San Marino	3	2	+0.0%
135	Faroe Islands	2	2	+100.0%
136	Gambia	2	2	-33.3%
137	Namibia	2	2	-33.3%
138	Paraguay	2	2	+0.0%
139	New Caledonia	1	2	-33.3%
140	Vanuatu	1	2	+0.0%
141	Burkina Faso	9	1	new
142	Democratic Republic of the Congo	7	1	-66.7%
143	Mali	6	1	+0.0%
144	Albania	4	1	new
145	Niger	3	1	new
146	Sierra Leone	3	1	+0.0%
147	Bolivia	2	1	+0.0%
148	Curaçao	2	1	new
149	Korea (North)	2	1	new
150	Papua New Guinea	2	1	new
151	Barbados	1	1	-66.7%
152	Bermuda	1	1	new
153	Cayman Islands	1	1	+0.0%
154	French Guiana	1	1	-66.7%
155	Guadeloupe	1	1	new
156	Myanmar	1	1	+0.0%
157	South Sudan	1	1	new
158	Swaziland	1	1	new
159	United States Minor Outlying Islands	1	1	new
160	Andorra	-	1	+0.0%
161	Bahamas	-	1	+0.0%
162	Burundi	-	1	+0.0%
163	Central African Republic	-	1	new
164	El Salvador	-	1	new
165	French Polynesia	-	1	+0.0%
166	Haiti	-	1	+0.0%
167	Kiribati	-	1	-66.7%
168	Lesotho	-	1	+0.0%
169	Martinique	-	1	new
170	Mauritania	-	1	+0.0%
171	Nicaragua	-	1	new
172	Saint Lucia	-	1	+0.0%
173	Samoa	-	1	new
174	Timor-Leste	-	1	+0.0%
175	Gabon	2	-	-
176	Togo	2	-	-
177	Congo	1	-	-
178	Guinea	1	-	-
179	Maldives	1	-	-
180	Somalia	1	-	-
181	Tajikistan	1	-	-
182	Turkmenistan	1	-	-