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Bangladesh vs Ethiopia

On research quality in 2022-now, Ethiopia ranks #36 in the world and Bangladesh #39, of 189 countries. Bangladesh stands higher in 17 of the 24 fields both publish in, Ethiopia in 7.

Bangladesh

World rank, 2022-now
#39
#50 all time
Works, 2022-now
78k
fractional
Top-10% rate
18.5%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
62%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Drug Discovery, Aquatic Science, Health Information Management.

Ethiopia

World rank, 2022-now
#36
#44 all time
Works, 2022-now
43k
fractional
Top-10% rate
23.4%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
80%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Agronomy and Crop Science, Soil Science, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

Who leads in each field?

Bangladesh stands higher in 17 of 24 fields, Ethiopia in 7. Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

How has their output grown?

10k20k30kBangladesh24k in 2025Ethiopia12k in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year. The latest, partial year is left off.

Which publishes more research, Bangladesh or Ethiopia?

Bangladesh publishes 1.8× as much research as Ethiopia in 2022-now (78k against 43k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Bangladesh or Ethiopia?

23.4% of Ethiopia's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 18.5% for Bangladesh.

Which institutions lead in each country?

The highest-ranked institutions on each side on research quality, 2022-now. The percentage is each institution's own top-10% rate: the share of its works that are among the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. Every figure stands alone, so they do not add up to 100%.

Bangladesh

  1. 1University of Dhaka20.1% top 10% · 4.7k works
  2. 2Daffodil International University28.0% top 10% · 1.9k works
  3. 3University of Rajshahi19.6% top 10% · 2.4k works
  4. 4Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology18.5% top 10% · 2.9k works
  5. 5Islamic University13.2% top 10% · 3.4k works
  6. 6Southeast University17.9% top 10% · 2.2k works

Ethiopia

  1. 1University of Gondar29.6% top 10% · 3k works
  2. 2Bahir Dar University26.8% top 10% · 3k works
  3. 3Addis Ababa University22.5% top 10% · 4.8k works
  4. 4Jimma University23.7% top 10% · 2.5k works
  5. 5Wollo University27.5% top 10% · 1.2k works
  6. 6Arba Minch University24.6% top 10% · 1.4k works

The number is the rank inside the country. The track on each row is the top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 16.5% (why not 10%): teal above it, red below. The ranking is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each institution's own topics predict and adds a small reward for size, so the rates do not fall in order.

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