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Guinea-Bissau vs Lesotho

On research quality in 2022-now, Guinea-Bissau ranks #163 in the world and Lesotho #164, of 189 countries.

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Guinea-Bissau

World rank, 2022-now
#163
#131 all time
Works, 2022-now
282
fractional
Top-10% rate
11.5%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
63%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Information Systems and Management, Health, Forestry.

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?

Guinea-Bissau leads on 6 of 9 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, citations per work, open access and international co-authorship. Lesotho leads on 2 of 9 measures: output and growth. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Guinea-Bissau 61 level2 Lesotho
  1. #163Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#164
  2. 0.94×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.85×
  3. 282Outputfractional works, 2022-now516
  4. 11.5%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited7.0%
  5. 30.4Citations per workall time, per fractional work8.1
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 63%Open accessof its works free to read, all time56%
  8. 59%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time26%
  9. +10%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.

Guinea-Bissau

▲ 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. Qualitative Research35▲ 13×11 topics
  2. Public Policy32▲ 20×12 topics
  3. Teacher Training31▲ 16×8 topics
  4. Social Inequality28▲ 32×7 topics
  5. Curriculum Development24▲ 11×4 topics
  6. Epidemiology24▲ 1.83×50 topics
  7. Higher Education21▲ 12×7 topics
  8. Educational Policies20▲ 56×2 topics
  9. Pedagogical Practices20▲ 68×2 topics
  10. Social Impact20▲ 15×7 topics
  11. Distance Learning20▲ 17×3 topics
  12. Inclusive Education20▲ 17×3 topics
  13. Critical Pedagogy19▲ 71×1 topic
  14. Educational Reform19▲ 48×1 topic
  15. Healthcare19▲ 5.1×12 topics
  16. Educational Technology18▲ 4.8×11 topics
  17. Innovation18▲ 5.5×11 topics
  18. Online Learning18▲ 6.8×6 topics
  19. Globalization16▲ 2.6×36 topics
  20. Sustainability16▲ 2.1×26 topics
  21. Quality Assurance16▲ 29×6 topics
  22. Science Communication15▲ 57×2 topics
  23. Evaluation15▲ 89×1 topic
  24. SINAES15▲ 180×1 topic
  25. Public Health14▲ 2.9×28 topics
  26. COVID-1912▲ 3.0×18 topics
  27. Pandemic11▲ 3.5×10 topics
  28. Educational Policy11▲ 13×3 topics
  29. E-Learning10▲ 3.4×4 topics
  30. Inclusion10▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Legislation10▲ 19×3 topics
  32. Training10▲ 15×5 topics
  33. Distance Education10▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Research10▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Agroecology8▲ 17×4 topics
  36. Data Analysis8▲ 9.1×2 topics
  37. Brazil8▲ 25×5 topics
  38. Organizational Management8▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Research Methods8▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Remote Education7▲ 69×1 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 Guinea-Bissau every year since 2020, when it overtook it.

still counting50100150Lesotho132 in 2025Guinea-Bissau60 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 counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Lesotho0.0022% in 2025Guinea-Bissau0.0010% 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%30%Lesotho7.0% in 2025Guinea-Bissau5.9% in 2025200020102020

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.

Guinea-Bissau 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, Guinea-Bissau or Lesotho?

Lesotho publishes 1.8× as much research as Guinea-Bissau in 2022-now (516 against 282 fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Guinea-Bissau or Lesotho?

11.5% of Guinea-Bissau's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 7.0% for Lesotho.

Is Guinea-Bissau or Lesotho growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +52% against 2018-21 for Lesotho, and +10% for Guinea-Bissau.

Which has more open access research, Guinea-Bissau or Lesotho?

63% of Guinea-Bissau's research is free to read, against 56% of Lesotho's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Guinea-Bissau or Lesotho?

Guinea-Bissau 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%.

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.

Guinea-Bissau

  1. 1 Per Gustafson #77,276 worldwide 8.8k citations · 148 works
  2. 2 Peter Aaby #411,001 worldwide 37k citations · 788 works
  3. 3 Christine Stabell Benn #438,263 worldwide 20k citations · 455 works
  4. 4 Sofie Reumert Biering-Sørensen #470,096 worldwide 3.3k citations · 66 works
  5. 5 Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen #900,465 worldwide 2.7k citations · 86 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