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Bangladesh vs Norway

On research quality in 2022–now, Norway ranks #35 in the world and Bangladesh #39, of 192 countries. Bangladesh stands higher in 12 of the 25 fields both publish in, Norway in 13.

Bangladesh

World rank, 2022–now
#39
#48 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: Aquatic Science, Drug Discovery, Modeling and Simulation.

Norway

World rank, 2022–now
#35
#29 all time
Works, 2022–now
81k
fractional
Top-10% rate
23.8%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
47%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Public Administration, Research and Theory, Ocean Engineering.

Who leads in each field?

Bangladesh stands higher in 12 of 25 fields, Norway in 13. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Bangladesh 1213 Norway
  1. #27Agricultural and Biological Sciences#61
  2. #59Arts and Humanities#20
  3. #44Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#36
  4. #29Business, Management and Accounting#38
  5. —Chemical Engineering#34
  6. #32Chemistry#58
  7. #35Computer Science#37
  8. #42Decision Sciences#26
  9. #48Dentistry#40
  10. #38Earth and Planetary Sciences#14
  11. #21Economics, Econometrics and Finance#38
  12. #24Energy#35
  13. #28Engineering#37
  14. #31Environmental Science#29
  15. #29Health Professions#32
  16. #43Immunology and Microbiology#36
  17. #27Materials Science#44
  18. #35Mathematics#44
  19. #47Medicine#31
  20. #46Neuroscience#30
  21. #53Nursing#21
  22. #25Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics—
  23. #33Physics and Astronomy#35
  24. #41Psychology#23
  25. #40Social Sciences#18

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022–now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

How has their output grown?

10k20k30kBangladesh24k in 2025Norway20k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Bangladesh or Norway?

Norway publishes 1.0× as much research as Bangladesh in 2022–now (81k against 78k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Bangladesh or Norway?

23.8% of Norway's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 18.5% for Bangladesh.

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