Field · Engineering
Top Countries in Engineering Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 134 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 | 20.0% | 1.1M | 10.2M | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 85.8 | 14.2% | 301k | 2M | #1 |
| 3 | India | 77.6 | 12.9% | 261k | 1.4M | #6 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 71.7 | 19.4% | 77k | 669k | #3 |
| 5 | Australia | 67.1 | 24.3% | 37k | 429k | #11 |
| 6 | South Korea | 63.4 | 17.4% | 78k | 683k | #10 |
| 7 | Germany | 60.3 | 12.5% | 107k | 601k | #4 |
| 8 | Italy | 57.5 | 17.7% | 67k | 466k | #9 |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 55.1 | 31.9% | 18k | 262k | #18 |
| 10 | Canada | 53.0 | 17.6% | 49k | 399k | #8 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 51.0 | 23.8% | 26k | 292k | #27 |
| 12 | Iran | 49.3 | 17.5% | 49k | 429k | #15 |
| 13 | France | 47.6 | 12.0% | 65k | 360k | #7 |
| 14 | Singapore | 46.1 | 27.8% | 14k | 196k | #16 |
| 15 | ?? | 44.7 | 14.3% | 36k | 252k | #23 |
| 16 | Japan | 43.4 | 7.5% | 94k | 365k | #5 |
| 17 | Türkiye | 42.2 | 13.3% | 49k | 287k | #22 |
| 18 | Spain | 41.0 | 16.0% | 39k | 284k | #12 |
| 19 | Egypt | 39.9 | 18.1% | 24k | 199k | #34 |
| 20 | Malaysia | 38.8 | 13.0% | 29k | 175k | #25 |
| 21 | Netherlands | 37.8 | 18.9% | 20k | 158k | #13 |
| 22 | Pakistan | 36.9 | 19.7% | 18k | 177k | #36 |
| 23 | Poland | 36.0 | 11.9% | 32k | 191k | #26 |
| 24 | Taiwan | 35.1 | 12.7% | 28k | 197k | #14 |
| 25 | Switzerland | 34.3 | 18.4% | 15k | 126k | #17 |
| 26 | Sweden | 33.5 | 18.9% | 16k | 137k | #19 |
| 27 | Russia | 32.7 | 4.6% | 97k | 219k | #20 |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 32.0 | 17.6% | 11k | 80k | #45 |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | 31.2 | 20.3% | 9.5k | 85k | #46 |
| 30 | Portugal | 30.6 | 17.0% | 16k | 123k | #30 |
| 31 | Denmark | 29.9 | 18.2% | 11k | 93k | #24 |
| 32 | Brazil | 29.2 | 8.0% | 46k | 187k | #28 |
| 33 | Greece | 28.6 | 17.4% | 12k | 91k | #31 |
| 34 | Finland | 28.0 | 18.8% | 9.1k | 75k | #35 |
| 35 | Belgium | 27.4 | 15.1% | 14k | 99k | #21 |
| 36 | Iraq | 26.8 | 9.0% | 22k | 101k | #49 |
| 37 | Norway | 26.3 | 17.2% | 11k | 81k | #32 |
| 38 | South Africa | 25.7 | 14.7% | 11k | 76k | #39 |
| 39 | Indonesia | 25.2 | 3.2% | 75k | 101k | #44 |
| 40 | Austria | 24.7 | 12.3% | 13k | 73k | #33 |
| 41 | Morocco | 24.2 | 17.2% | 9.9k | 59k | #53 |
| 42 | Vietnam | 23.7 | 11.3% | 16k | 72k | #48 |
| 43 | Ireland | 23.2 | 19.3% | 5.6k | 48k | #38 |
| 44 | Ukraine | 22.7 | 6.4% | 26k | 41k | #40 |
| 45 | Macau | 22.3 | 25.8% | 3.3k | 36k | #52 |
| 46 | Nigeria | 21.8 | 7.9% | 14k | 53k | #58 |
| 47 | Thailand | 21.4 | 12.7% | 13k | 78k | #47 |
| 48 | Romania | 21.0 | 9.7% | 13k | 56k | #43 |
| 49 | Jordan | 20.5 | 19.0% | 4.1k | 32k | #61 |
| 50 | Czechia | 20.1 | 10.0% | 14k | 65k | #37 |
| 51 | Israel | 19.7 | 13.7% | 6.7k | 44k | #29 |
| 52 | Mexico | 19.3 | 8.0% | 15k | 62k | #41 |
| 53 | Qatar | 18.9 | 23.6% | 2.7k | 32k | #54 |
| 54 | Algeria | 18.6 | 9.5% | 11k | 48k | #51 |
| 55 | New Zealand | 18.2 | 18.1% | 4.4k | 36k | #42 |
| 56 | Hungary | 17.8 | 10.9% | 7.8k | 37k | #50 |
| 57 | Ethiopia | 17.5 | 17.7% | 3.4k | 30k | #69 |
| 58 | Serbia | 17.1 | 9.6% | 5.4k | 23k | #59 |
| 59 | Chile | 16.7 | 13.5% | 5k | 32k | #57 |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 16.4 | 7.8% | 7.1k | 22k | #71 |
| 61 | Luxembourg | 16.1 | 25.1% | 1.3k | 12k | #66 |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 15.7 | 6.8% | 6.6k | 17k | #72 |
| 63 | Tunisia | 15.4 | 10.5% | 5.7k | 26k | #63 |
| 64 | Slovenia | 15.1 | 12.6% | 3.8k | 23k | #56 |
| 65 | Lebanon | 14.8 | 17.7% | 1.6k | 13k | #70 |
| 66 | Cyprus | 14.5 | 18.2% | 2.2k | 17k | #67 |
| 67 | Colombia | 14.2 | 9.5% | 6.6k | 28k | #64 |
| 68 | Oman | 13.8 | 15.7% | 1.8k | 11k | #76 |
| 69 | Slovakia | 13.6 | 8.8% | 6.1k | 25k | #55 |
| 70 | Ecuador | 13.3 | 10.1% | 3.6k | 12k | #82 |
| 71 | Croatia | 13.0 | 9.3% | 4.3k | 20k | #62 |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 12.7 | 4.8% | 6.2k | 13k | #65 |
| 73 | Nepal | 12.4 | 6.5% | 3.1k | 9k | #78 |
| 74 | Philippines | 12.1 | 6.3% | 4.3k | 10k | #79 |
| 75 | Lithuania | 11.8 | 11.3% | 2.7k | 15k | #68 |
| 76 | Kuwait | 11.6 | 14.6% | 2k | 13k | #75 |
| 77 | Sri Lanka | 11.3 | 10.9% | 2.3k | 11k | #81 |
| 78 | Estonia | 11.0 | 14.2% | 1.6k | 10k | #73 |
| 79 | Ghana | 10.8 | 13.5% | 1.7k | 9k | #87 |
| 80 | Argentina | 10.5 | 7.2% | 4.1k | 17k | #60 |
| 81 | Yemen | 10.3 | 14.6% | 889 | 5.8k | #91 |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 10.0 | 7.0% | 2.6k | 5k | #88 |
| 83 | Latvia | 9.8 | 8.6% | 1.9k | 8.2k | #85 |
| 84 | Palestine | 9.5 | 17.9% | 603 | 5.8k | #92 |
| 85 | Peru | 9.3 | 6.9% | 3k | 7.1k | #97 |
| 86 | Brunei | 9.1 | 19.2% | 480 | 4.5k | #100 |
| 87 | Kenya | 8.8 | 8.7% | 1.4k | 6.2k | #89 |
| 88 | Belarus | 8.6 | 4.3% | 2.8k | 5.1k | #83 |
| 89 | Sudan | 8.4 | 14.2% | 686 | 4.6k | #93 |
| 90 | Cameroon | 8.1 | 8.8% | 1.3k | 6.8k | #96 |
| 91 | Uganda | 7.9 | 16.3% | 529 | 2.9k | — |
| 92 | Puerto Rico | 7.7 | 11.7% | 560 | 2.9k | #84 |
| 93 | Bahrain | 7.5 | 12.6% | 602 | 2.7k | — |
| 94 | Iceland | 7.2 | 18.4% | 443 | 2.9k | #74 |
| 95 | Botswana | 7.0 | 18.4% | 360 | 2.6k | — |
| 96 | North Macedonia | 6.8 | 8.4% | 864 | 2.8k | #90 |
| 97 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.6 | 7.3% | 1.4k | 3.3k | #95 |
| 98 | Tanzania | 6.4 | 11.2% | 964 | 4.1k | #99 |
| 99 | Libya | 6.2 | 6.4% | 1.1k | 2.8k | — |
| 100 | Montenegro | 6.0 | 11.7% | 465 | 2k | #94 |
countries ranked worldwide in Engineering (134). 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.
Ranked by volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.1M works
- 2 United States 301k works
- 3 India 261k works
- 4 Germany 107k works
- 5 Russia 97k works
- 6 Japan 94k works
- 7 South Korea 78k works
- 8 United Kingdom 77k works
- 9 Indonesia 75k works
- 10 Italy 67k works
- 11 France 65k works
- 12 Canada 49k works