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New Zealand vs Nigeria

On research quality in 2022–now, Nigeria ranks #44 in the world and New Zealand #47, of 192 countries. New Zealand stands higher in 10 of the 26 fields both publish in, Nigeria in 16.

New Zealand

World rank, 2022–now
#47
#38 all time
Works, 2022–now
48k
fractional
Top-10% rate
22.0%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
37%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Public Administration, Equine, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management.

Nigeria

World rank, 2022–now
#44
#51 all time
Works, 2022–now
134k
fractional
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
70%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Library and Information Sciences, Drug Discovery, Forestry.

Who leads in each field?

New Zealand stands higher in 10 of 26 fields, Nigeria in 16. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

New Zealand 1016 Nigeria
  1. #44Agricultural and Biological Sciences#18
  2. #36Arts and Humanities#33
  3. #42Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#43
  4. #41Business, Management and Accounting#50
  5. —Chemical Engineering#43
  6. #44Chemistry#37
  7. #51Computer Science#54
  8. #46Decision Sciences#51
  9. #46Dentistry#58
  10. #33Earth and Planetary Sciences#44
  11. #47Economics, Econometrics and Finance#28
  12. #60Energy#32
  13. #55Engineering#46
  14. #44Environmental Science#30
  15. #51Health Professions#40
  16. #47Immunology and Microbiology#40
  17. #54Materials Science#39
  18. #66Mathematics#23
  19. #44Medicine#49
  20. #39Neuroscience#48
  21. #43Nursing#42
  22. —Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#21
  23. #54Physics and Astronomy#67
  24. #36Psychology#58
  25. #45Social Sciences#25
  26. —Veterinary#29

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?

20k40kNigeria40k in 2025New Zealand12k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, New Zealand or Nigeria?

Nigeria publishes 2.8× as much research as New Zealand in 2022–now (134k against 48k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, New Zealand or Nigeria?

22.0% of New Zealand's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 9.7% for Nigeria.

Where does their research happen?