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Ethiopia vs Vietnam

On research quality in 2022–now, Vietnam ranks #53 in the world and Ethiopia #54, of 192 countries. Ethiopia stands higher in 7 of the 25 fields both publish in, Vietnam in 18.

Ethiopia

World rank, 2022–now
#54
#63 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.

Vietnam

World rank, 2022–now
#53
#53 all time
Works, 2022–now
82k
fractional
Top-10% rate
13.9%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
55%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Ecology, Civil and Structural Engineering, Numerical Analysis.

Who leads in each field?

Ethiopia stands higher in 7 of 25 fields, Vietnam in 18. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Ethiopia 718 Vietnam
  1. #11Agricultural and Biological Sciences#59
  2. #75Arts and Humanities#52
  3. #52Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#61
  4. #69Business, Management and Accounting#23
  5. —Chemical Engineering#44
  6. #52Chemistry#48
  7. #67Computer Science#46
  8. #70Decision Sciences#40
  9. —Dentistry#57
  10. #53Earth and Planetary Sciences#49
  11. #57Economics, Econometrics and Finance#18
  12. #68Energy#31
  13. #57Engineering#42
  14. #46Environmental Science#47
  15. #38Health Professions#60
  16. #42Immunology and Microbiology#54
  17. #55Materials Science#53
  18. #59Mathematics#39
  19. #45Medicine#60
  20. —Neuroscience#66
  21. #30Nursing#54
  22. —Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#41
  23. #75Physics and Astronomy#65
  24. #59Psychology#57
  25. #60Social Sciences#48

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?

10k20k30kVietnam26k in 2025Ethiopia12k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Ethiopia or Vietnam?

Vietnam publishes 1.9× as much research as Ethiopia in 2022–now (82k against 43k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Ethiopia or Vietnam?

23.4% of Ethiopia's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 13.9% for Vietnam.

Where does their research happen?