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Pakistan vs Sweden

On research quality in 2022–now, Sweden ranks #21 in the world and Pakistan #25, of 192 countries. Pakistan stands higher in 14 of the 26 fields both publish in, Sweden in 12.

Pakistan

World rank, 2022–now
#25
#41 all time
Works, 2022–now
170k
fractional
Top-10% rate
15.1%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
61%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Dentistry, Leadership and Management, Modeling and Simulation.

Sweden

World rank, 2022–now
#21
#14 all time
Works, 2022–now
121k
fractional
Top-10% rate
24.7%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
41%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Public Administration, Research and Theory, Software.

Who leads in each field?

Pakistan stands higher in 14 of 26 fields, Sweden in 12. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Pakistan 1412 Sweden
  1. #14Agricultural and Biological Sciences#38
  2. #55Arts and Humanities#22
  3. #35Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#18
  4. #20Business, Management and Accounting#27
  5. #30Chemical Engineering#31
  6. #18Chemistry#34
  7. #22Computer Science#26
  8. #24Decision Sciences#25
  9. #16Dentistry#33
  10. #30Earth and Planetary Sciences#16
  11. #10Economics, Econometrics and Finance#32
  12. #10Energy#45
  13. #22Engineering#26
  14. #17Environmental Science#22
  15. #24Health Professions#23
  16. #37Immunology and Microbiology#18
  17. #22Materials Science#26
  18. #14Mathematics#29
  19. #34Medicine#18
  20. #40Neuroscience#16
  21. #34Nursing#17
  22. #22Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#30
  23. #30Physics and Astronomy#19
  24. #46Psychology#16
  25. #30Social Sciences#16
  26. —Veterinary#10

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?

20k40k60kPakistan50k in 2025Sweden31k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Pakistan or Sweden?

Pakistan publishes 1.4× as much research as Sweden in 2022–now (170k against 121k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Pakistan or Sweden?

24.7% of Sweden's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 15.1% for Pakistan.

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