Top 2% Scientists by Country 2025

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

Scientists per country

Single-year list2025

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Fastest growing

Single-year list2025 vs 2024

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

Macau197 scientists+80.7%

Oman135 scientists+48.4%

Kazakhstan59 scientists+40.5%

Bangladesh286 scientists+39.5%

Indonesia209 scientists+39.3%

Biggest movers in rank

Single-year list2025 vs 2024

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

Oman135 scientists▲ 6#59 in the world

Macau197 scientists▲ 4#55 in the world

Portugal984 scientists▲ 3#32 in the world

Bangladesh286 scientists▲ 3#46 in the world

Jordan241 scientists▲ 3#50 in the world

All countries

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

#	Country	Single Year	Career Data	vs 2024
1	United States	73,020	87,861	+2.2%
2	China	31,697	12,375	+16.7%
3	United Kingdom	18,125	20,571	+3.3%
4	Germany	10,666	12,166	+2.3%
5	Australia	8,555	8,025	+6.5%
6	Canada	8,303	9,589	+1.4%
7	Italy	7,991	6,839	+4.9%
8	India	6,236	3,371	+16.5%
9	France	5,886	7,284	+1.8%
10	Japan	5,713	8,730	+1.9%
11	Netherlands	4,727	4,755	+4.3%
12	Spain	4,267	3,816	+6.5%
13	South Korea	3,695	2,620	+5.6%
14	Switzerland	3,549	3,659	+4.3%
15	Sweden	2,666	3,471	+0.8%
16	Iran	2,534	1,201	+9.0%
17	Belgium	2,124	2,188	+5.8%
18	Saudi Arabia	2,110	850	+25.3%
19	Denmark	2,061	2,207	+2.4%
20	Hong Kong	1,818	1,482	+18.4%
21	Israel	1,637	2,204	+0.9%
22	Turkey	1,564	1,308	+3.0%
23	Taiwan	1,470	1,898	+4.4%
24	Brazil	1,461	1,195	+9.0%
25	Poland	1,434	1,412	+9.8%
26	Austria	1,433	1,472	+3.8%
27	Singapore	1,362	1,090	+8.2%
28	Norway	1,333	1,493	+6.6%
29	Finland	1,208	1,532	+2.5%
30	Egypt	1,106	579	+10.6%
31	Greece	1,074	1,161	+5.4%
32	Portugal	984	711	+10.7%
33	South Africa	975	896	+8.2%
34	Russia	962	1,069	-0.6%
35	New Zealand	954	1,167	+0.7%
36	Pakistan	946	268	+12.4%
37	Ireland	925	881	+10.0%
38	Malaysia	879	460	+14.3%
39	United Arab Emirates	663	389	+25.1%
40	Czech Republic	538	588	+7.6%
41	Thailand	454	302	+15.8%
42	Mexico	415	420	+9.5%
43	Hungary	345	424	+14.6%
44	Romania	294	220	+14.4%
45	Nigeria	291	142	+24.9%
46	Bangladesh	286	100	+39.5%
47	Qatar	277	176	+10.4%
48	Iraq	276	79	+32.7%
49	Chile	264	230	+3.9%
50	Jordan	241	106	+33.9%
51	Vietnam	239	94	+18.9%
52	Argentina	217	263	+6.4%
53	Indonesia	209	57	+39.3%
54	Slovenia	204	217	+3.6%
55	Macau	197	111	+80.7%
56	Ethiopia	194	26	+30.2%
57	Serbia	152	115	+13.4%
58	Cyprus	142	113	+31.5%
59	Oman	135	62	+48.4%
60	Morocco	134	49	+38.1%
61	Croatia	129	96	+11.2%
62	Colombia	128	78	+25.5%
63	Ukraine	122	124	+29.8%
64	Slovakia	122	107	+9.9%
65	Estonia	108	85	+30.1%
66	Lebanon	98	92	-6.7%
67	Luxembourg	90	65	+21.6%
68	Tunisia	81	46	+3.8%
69	Algeria	80	38	+17.6%
70	Lithuania	74	55	+13.8%
71	Kuwait	73	79	+5.8%
72	Ghana	70	32	+12.9%
73	Kenya	69	51	+21.1%
74	Philippines	69	44	+19.0%
75	Iceland	66	78	+11.9%
76	Bulgaria	63	91	-10.0%
77	Kazakhstan	59	37	+40.5%
78	Sri Lanka	53	33	+23.3%
79	Peru	51	32	+6.2%
80	Liberia	44	44	+340.0%
81	Azerbaijan	41	21	+127.8%
82	Palestine, State of	40	21	+0.0%
83	Cuba	37	19	+516.7%
84	Bahrain	35	20	+40.0%
85	Brunei	35	20	+20.7%
86	Cameroon	35	13	+20.7%
87	Uzbekistan	35	12	+52.2%
88	Puerto Rico	30	44	+25.0%
89	Ecuador	30	24	+20.0%
90	Nepal	30	8	+15.4%
91	Latvia	26	21	+36.8%
92	Uganda	24	19	+20.0%
93	Tanzania	23	13	+4.5%
94	Yemen	23	4	+91.7%
95	Uruguay	21	23	+31.2%
96	Malta	21	14	+10.5%
97	Georgia	18	17	-57.1%
98	Belarus	15	24	+0.0%
99	Botswana	15	14	+66.7%
100	Zimbabwe	14	16	+40.0%
101	Rwanda	14	3	+366.7%
102	Armenia	13	11	+44.4%
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13	11	+8.3%
104	Jamaica	12	22	+33.3%
105	Venezuela	12	22	-14.3%
106	Senegal	12	5	+0.0%
107	Costa Rica	11	15	-15.4%
108	Malawi	11	8	+37.5%
109	Monaco	10	5	+150.0%
110	Sudan	10	5	+42.9%
111	North Macedonia	9	10	-18.2%
112	Cambodia	9	5	+50.0%
113	Fiji	9	3	+50.0%
114	Burkina Faso	9	1	+12.5%
115	Trinidad and Tobago	8	12	-11.1%
116	Montenegro	8	10	+60.0%
117	Zambia	8	7	+33.3%
118	Mauritius	8	6	-20.0%
119	Mozambique	8	5	+166.7%
120	Syria	8	5	+60.0%
121	Democratic Republic of the Congo	7	1	+75.0%
122	Liechtenstein	6	7	+100.0%
123	Panama	6	3	-70.0%
124	Libya	6	2	+20.0%
125	Mali	6	1	+100.0%
126	Benin	5	2	+25.0%
127	Côte d'Ivoire	5	2	+150.0%
128	Kyrgyzstan	4	5	+100.0%
129	Moldova	4	3	+100.0%
130	Albania	4	1	-33.3%
131	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	5	+50.0%
132	Mongolia	3	4	+200.0%
133	Laos	3	2	+200.0%
134	San Marino	3	2	+0.0%
135	Niger	3	1	new
136	Sierra Leone	3	1	+50.0%
137	Madagascar	2	5	+0.0%
138	Grenada	2	4	-50.0%
139	Greenland	2	3	+100.0%
140	Guatemala	2	3	+0.0%
141	Faroe Islands	2	2	+100.0%
142	Gambia	2	2	-60.0%
143	Namibia	2	2	-50.0%
144	Paraguay	2	2	+0.0%
145	Bolivia	2	1	new
146	Curaçao	2	1	+100.0%
147	Korea (North)	2	1	+0.0%
148	Papua New Guinea	2	1	+100.0%
149	Gabon	2	-	+100.0%
150	Togo	2	-	+100.0%
151	New Caledonia	1	2	-50.0%
152	Vanuatu	1	2	new
153	Barbados	1	1	-66.7%
154	Bermuda	1	1	+0.0%
155	Cayman Islands	1	1	new
156	French Guiana	1	1	+0.0%
157	Guadeloupe	1	1	new
158	Myanmar	1	1	new
159	South Sudan	1	1	new
160	Swaziland	1	1	new
161	United States Minor Outlying Islands	1	1	new
162	Congo	1	-	-87.5%
163	Guinea	1	-	+0.0%
164	Maldives	1	-	new
165	Somalia	1	-	new
166	Tajikistan	1	-	-50.0%
167	Turkmenistan	1	-	new
168	Andorra	-	1	-
169	Bahamas	-	1	-
170	Burundi	-	1	-
171	Central African Republic	-	1	-
172	El Salvador	-	1	-
173	French Polynesia	-	1	-
174	Haiti	-	1	-
175	Kiribati	-	1	-
176	Lesotho	-	1	-
177	Martinique	-	1	-
178	Mauritania	-	1	-
179	Nicaragua	-	1	-
180	Saint Lucia	-	1	-
181	Samoa	-	1	-
182	Timor-Leste	-	1	-