Top Countries in Agricultural and Biological Sciences Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 126 ranked countries.
Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 100 fractional works in this field.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Country | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 100.0 | 37.0% | 156k | 1.7M | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 85.7 | 21.7% | 82k | 537k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 77.3 | 14.9% | 108k | 450k | #7 |
| 4 | Brazil | 71.3 | 10.8% | 53k | 174k | #6 |
| 5 | Germany | 66.7 | 28.8% | 18k | 143k | #4 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 63.0 | 27.2% | 16k | 131k | #3 |
| 7 | France | 59.8 | 18.0% | 22k | 115k | #8 |
| 8 | Australia | 57.0 | 30.5% | 12k | 113k | #5 |
| 9 | Italy | 54.6 | 30.6% | 17k | 155k | #11 |
| 10 | Indonesia | 52.4 | 3.3% | 125k | 114k | #16 |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 50.4 | 22.4% | 7.3k | 41k | #22 |
| 12 | Spain | 48.6 | 26.0% | 17k | 129k | #12 |
| 13 | Türkiye | 47.0 | 12.5% | 24k | 86k | #19 |
| 14 | Pakistan | 45.4 | 21.1% | 12k | 79k | #23 |
| 15 | Canada | 44.0 | 25.1% | 12k | 92k | #9 |
| 16 | South Africa | 42.7 | 24.5% | 6.9k | 45k | #17 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 41.4 | 33.6% | 5.4k | 56k | #10 |
| 18 | Nigeria | 40.2 | 7.6% | 14k | 33k | #27 |
| 19 | Ghana | 39.1 | 24.2% | 2.3k | 13k | #28 |
| 20 | Switzerland | 38.1 | 31.7% | 4k | 38k | #14 |
| 21 | Egypt | 37.0 | 17.3% | 16k | 93k | #34 |
| 22 | Iran | 36.1 | 20.5% | 15k | 97k | #24 |
| 23 | ?? | 35.2 | 15.2% | 10k | 48k | #29 |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 34.3 | 32.8% | 5.9k | 62k | #40 |
| 25 | Poland | 33.4 | 21.7% | 12k | 81k | #32 |
| 26 | Mexico | 32.6 | 10.9% | 17k | 55k | #21 |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 31.9 | 19.3% | 7.3k | 39k | #43 |
| 28 | Portugal | 31.1 | 27.2% | 5.4k | 47k | #30 |
| 29 | South Korea | 30.4 | 20.9% | 13k | 90k | #31 |
| 30 | Belgium | 29.7 | 22.7% | 5.1k | 34k | #15 |
| 31 | Japan | 29.0 | 15.4% | 16k | 77k | #13 |
| 32 | Kenya | 28.3 | 21.0% | 3.1k | 16k | #20 |
| 33 | Morocco | 27.7 | 25.3% | 3.8k | 25k | #46 |
| 34 | Malaysia | 27.1 | 15.8% | 7.3k | 41k | #39 |
| 35 | Colombia | 26.5 | 11.1% | 6.4k | 19k | #38 |
| 36 | Cameroon | 25.9 | 11.8% | 2k | 5.3k | #48 |
| 37 | Denmark | 25.3 | 30.6% | 3.1k | 28k | #26 |
| 38 | Sweden | 24.8 | 34.1% | 3.3k | 30k | #18 |
| 39 | Russia | 24.2 | 5.5% | 31k | 59k | #35 |
| 40 | Greece | 23.7 | 28.9% | 3.6k | 31k | #49 |
| 41 | Czechia | 23.2 | 21.1% | 5.2k | 31k | #41 |
| 42 | Ireland | 22.7 | 30.7% | 2k | 20k | #42 |
| 43 | Austria | 22.2 | 28.4% | 2.4k | 19k | #33 |
| 44 | New Zealand | 21.8 | 25.5% | 2.8k | 24k | #25 |
| 45 | Romania | 21.3 | 19.8% | 3.8k | 24k | #60 |
| 46 | Hungary | 20.8 | 18.5% | 4.1k | 21k | #47 |
| 47 | Thailand | 20.4 | 19.9% | 6.8k | 41k | #53 |
| 48 | Ecuador | 20.0 | 8.9% | 4.2k | 8.1k | #61 |
| 49 | Peru | 19.5 | 9.1% | 3.8k | 8.3k | #54 |
| 50 | Sri Lanka | 19.1 | 13.2% | 1.7k | 7.1k | #67 |
| 51 | Finland | 18.7 | 29.7% | 2.1k | 18k | #37 |
| 52 | Iraq | 18.3 | 6.4% | 8.3k | 16k | #70 |
| 53 | Côte d'Ivoire | 17.9 | 5.8% | 1.7k | 2.1k | #51 |
| 54 | Argentina | 17.5 | 14.4% | 6.7k | 27k | #44 |
| 55 | Benin | 17.1 | 17.5% | 1k | 3.2k | #52 |
| 56 | Burkina Faso | 16.8 | 13.2% | 964 | 2.3k | #55 |
| 57 | Israel | 16.4 | 28.1% | 2k | 17k | #36 |
| 58 | Chile | 16.0 | 19.7% | 3.2k | 16k | #56 |
| 59 | Vietnam | 15.7 | 11.6% | 4.7k | 16k | #62 |
| 60 | Taiwan | 15.3 | 21.0% | 3.6k | 25k | #50 |
| 61 | Norway | 15.0 | 24.9% | 2.2k | 15k | #45 |
| 62 | United Arab Emirates | 14.7 | 31.8% | 1.1k | 11k | #79 |
| 63 | Singapore | 14.3 | 30.8% | 1.1k | 11k | #58 |
| 64 | Tanzania | 14.0 | 20.2% | 1.8k | 7.3k | #63 |
| 65 | Philippines | 13.7 | 8.6% | 3.8k | 8.3k | #57 |
| 66 | Hong Kong | 13.4 | 35.5% | 829 | 9.8k | #65 |
| 67 | Algeria | 13.1 | 10.4% | 2.8k | 9.6k | #68 |
| 68 | Nepal | 12.8 | 10.4% | 2.8k | 8k | #78 |
| 69 | Uganda | 12.5 | 21.5% | 1k | 5.6k | #64 |
| 70 | Tunisia | 12.2 | 19.8% | 2.3k | 15k | #69 |
| 71 | Serbia | 11.9 | 17.9% | 2.9k | 15k | #73 |
| 72 | Zimbabwe | 11.6 | 19.8% | 623 | 2.5k | #72 |
| 73 | Uzbekistan | 11.3 | 8.3% | 3.9k | 7.2k | #77 |
| 74 | Slovakia | 11.0 | 15.9% | 1.9k | 8.9k | #66 |
| 75 | Ukraine | 10.7 | 7.9% | 8.7k | 14k | #81 |
| 76 | Senegal | 10.5 | 10.4% | 657 | 1.6k | #76 |
| 77 | Togo | 10.2 | 10.7% | 395 | 968 | #80 |
| 78 | Estonia | 9.9 | 30.4% | 664 | 5.1k | #71 |
| 79 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9.7 | 10.2% | 602 | 1.4k | #85 |
| 80 | Malawi | 9.4 | 22.9% | 336 | 1.4k | #83 |
| 81 | Costa Rica | 9.1 | 8.6% | 1.2k | 2.4k | #59 |
| 82 | Sudan | 8.9 | 10.1% | 782 | 2.3k | #82 |
| 83 | Rwanda | 8.6 | 24.1% | 263 | 1.7k | — |
| 84 | Lithuania | 8.4 | 23.4% | 1.1k | 7.3k | #97 |
| 85 | Croatia | 8.1 | 17.7% | 1.8k | 9.8k | #86 |
| 86 | Kazakhstan | 7.9 | 8.5% | 2.8k | 6.7k | #92 |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 7.7 | 10.8% | 2.5k | 8.3k | #84 |
| 88 | Oman | 7.4 | 29.2% | 471 | 3.5k | #89 |
| 89 | Qatar | 7.2 | 31.2% | 370 | 4k | — |
| 90 | Jordan | 7.0 | 21.1% | 834 | 5.3k | — |
| 91 | Uruguay | 6.7 | 12.3% | 914 | 3.1k | #96 |
| 92 | Slovenia | 6.5 | 19.4% | 1.1k | 5.8k | #88 |
| 93 | Mali | 6.3 | 15.0% | 260 | 829 | #75 |
| 94 | Zambia | 6.1 | 7.3% | 1.1k | 1.9k | #91 |
| 95 | Botswana | 5.8 | 22.9% | 308 | 1.6k | #93 |
| 96 | Niger | 5.6 | 7.3% | 345 | 1.2k | #90 |
| 97 | Cyprus | 5.4 | 24.1% | 463 | 3.4k | #99 |
| 98 | Bolivia | 5.2 | 5.6% | 478 | 576 | #95 |
| 99 | Mozambique | 5.0 | 12.0% | 288 | 817 | — |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 4.8 | 5.1% | 1.1k | 1.3k | — |
countries ranked worldwide in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (126). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.
How spread out this pool is
Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.
One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.