Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Compare · Countries

Cape Verde vs Lesotho

On research quality in 2022-now, Lesotho ranks #164 in the world and Cape Verde #177, of 189 countries.

Research profiles alike: 0.80very similar shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

Compare other countries
vs

Cape Verde

World rank, 2022-now
#177
#165 all time
Works, 2022-now
240
fractional
Top-10% rate
6.8%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
79%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Development, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Lesotho

World rank, 2022-now
#164
#158 all time
Works, 2022-now
516
fractional
Top-10% rate
7.0%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
56%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Archeology, Equine, Linguistics and Language.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Lesotho leads on 4 of 9 measures: research quality, output, citations per work and growth. Cape Verde leads on 3 of 9 measures: excellence for its fields, open access and international co-authorship. The two are level on top-10% rate and institutions in the world top 100.

Cape Verde 32 level4 Lesotho
  1. #177Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#164
  2. 0.93×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.85×
  3. 240Outputfractional works, 2022-now516
  4. 6.8%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited7.0%
  5. 4.6Citations per workall time, per fractional work8.1
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 79%Open accessof its works free to read, all time56%
  8. 47%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time26%
  9. +39%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+52%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

Cape Verde

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change23▲ 3.1×45 topics
  2. Sustainability19▲ 2.9×37 topics
  3. Globalization19▲ 3.6×41 topics
  4. Epidemiology15▲ 1.42×43 topics
  5. Sustainable Development15▲ 3.5×32 topics
  6. Public Health13▲ 3.3×26 topics
  7. Public Policy11▲ 8.9×16 topics
  8. Education10▲ 2.2×27 topics
  9. Colonialism9▲ 7.2×11 topics
  10. Rural Development9▲ 9.4×12 topics
  11. Governance8▲ 9.5×9 topics
  12. Mental Health8▲ 2.1×17 topics
  13. Qualitative Research8▲ 3.5×11 topics
  14. COVID-198▲ 2.2×16 topics
  15. Urban Development8▲ 7.9×8 topics
  16. Community Participation7▲ 7.8×8 topics
  17. Social Impact7▲ 7.0×9 topics
  18. Population Dynamics7▲ 10×9 topics
  19. Biodiversity7▲ 3.5×17 topics
  20. Economic Growth7▲ 3.0×12 topics
  21. Sustainable Development Goals7▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Healthcare Access6▲ 8.9×8 topics
  23. Teacher Training6▲ 3.9×10 topics
  24. Conservation6▲ 5.5×11 topics
  25. Cultural Studies6▲ 6.3×7 topics
  26. Biodiversity Conservation6▲ 5.6×11 topics
  27. Food Security6▲ 3.9×11 topics
  28. Economic Impact6▲ 3.8×5 topics
  29. Vulnerability5▲ 8.6×6 topics
  30. Social Inequality5▲ 6.9×7 topics
  31. Imperialism5▲ 24×3 topics
  32. Community Development5▲ 9.6×4 topics
  33. Ecosystem Health5▲ 36×2 topics
  34. Stakeholder Engagement5▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Ecosystem-Based Management4▲ 51×1 topic
  36. Marine Spatial Planning4▲ 51×1 topic
  37. Environmental Education4▲ 10×5 topics
  38. Gender Dynamics4▲ 14×2 topics
  39. African History4▲ 65×1 topic
  40. Post-Colonial Africa4▲ 65×1 topic

Lesotho

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization35▲ 3.1×43 topics
  2. Human Rights27▲ 4.5×33 topics
  3. Colonialism25▲ 9.1×11 topics
  4. Education23▲ 2.3×29 topics
  5. Mental Health21▲ 2.6×19 topics
  6. Higher Education20▲ 6.5×12 topics
  7. Economic Growth18▲ 3.9×16 topics
  8. Poverty Reduction18▲ 24×5 topics
  9. Nationalism18▲ 6.9×6 topics
  10. Social Justice16▲ 4.5×19 topics
  11. Technology Integration14▲ 7.9×6 topics
  12. Social Capital14▲ 4.7×12 topics
  13. Development14▲ 6.6×13 topics
  14. Teacher Training14▲ 3.8×10 topics
  15. Gender Equality13▲ 8.0×10 topics
  16. Political Economy13▲ 8.6×9 topics
  17. Social Impact12▲ 5.5×6 topics
  18. Gender Inequality12▲ 15×5 topics
  19. Multilingualism12▲ 12×3 topics
  20. Bilingual Education11▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Language Policy11▲ 14×2 topics
  22. Reflective Practice11▲ 10×5 topics
  23. Professional Development11▲ 9.2×8 topics
  24. Teacher Professional Development11▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Student Perceptions11▲ 10×7 topics
  26. Governance10▲ 5.3×8 topics
  27. Conditional Cash Transfers10▲ 48×1 topic
  28. School Subsidies10▲ 48×1 topic
  29. Sociolinguistics10▲ 9.3×3 topics
  30. Lifelong Learning10▲ 7.9×7 topics
  31. South Africa9▲ 56×4 topics
  32. Judicial Review9▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Inequality9▲ 6.6×4 topics
  34. Antiretroviral Therapy8▲ 8.9×6 topics
  35. Environmental Governance8▲ 21×4 topics
  36. Land Reform8▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Equality8▲ 24×4 topics
  38. Legal Research8▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Consumer Protection8▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Public Participation8▲ 61×2 topics

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

Lesotho has out-published Cape Verde every year since 1982.

still counting50100150Lesotho132 in 2025Cape Verde63 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Lesotho0.0022% in 2025Cape Verde0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting10%20%Cape Verde8.9% in 2025Lesotho7.0% in 202520102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Who holds more of the world's best institutions?

A country's average quality and the number of institutions it holds at the very top can disagree, and both are worth knowing. The counts are nested: an institution in the top 50 is also in the top 100.

Cape Verde 05 level0 Lesotho
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 0In the top 5000
  4. 0In the top 1,0000
  5. #51Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#51

Institutions ranked on research quality, 2022-now. Elite capacity counts a country's institutions by their worldwide rank, weighted so a place at #1 counts for more than one at #480.

Which publishes more research, Cape Verde or Lesotho?

Lesotho publishes 2.1× as much research as Cape Verde in 2022-now (516 against 240 fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Cape Verde or Lesotho?

7.0% of Lesotho's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 6.8% for Cape Verde.

Is Cape Verde or Lesotho growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +52% against 2018-21 for Lesotho, and +39% for Cape Verde.

Which has more open access research, Cape Verde or Lesotho?

79% of Cape Verde's research is free to read, against 56% of Lesotho's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Cape Verde or Lesotho?

Cape Verde holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Lesotho 0; in the top 1,000 it is 0 against 0.

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%.

Cape Verde

  1. 1University of Cape Verde8.1% top 10% · 129 works

Lesotho

  1. 1National University of Lesotho6.7% top 10% · 482 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, 10.0% (how it is set): 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.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

Cape Verde

  1. 1 Herculano Andrade Dinis #1,168,953 worldwide 683 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Adilson José DePina #1,241,128 worldwide 397 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Rui Freitas #1,733,975 worldwide 817 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Silvânia da Veiga Leal #1,796,476 worldwide 356 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Lara Ferrero Gómez #2,279,391 worldwide 406 citations · 30 works

Lesotho

  1. 1 Rethabile Rosemary Molefi #560,261 worldwide 518 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 John Batani #1,060,934 worldwide 1.2k citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Lucy Nthabiseng Makoae #1,254,679 worldwide 1.6k citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Makhulu Alice Makumane #1,641,636 worldwide 171 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Ramaele Moshoeshoe #2,029,182 worldwide 69 citations · 18 works