Subfield · Accounting
Top Countries in Accounting Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 66 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 | 35.7% | 9.4k | 59k | #3 |
| 2 | United States | 83.5 | 21.5% | 12k | 57k | #1 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 73.8 | 28.8% | 3.2k | 20k | #2 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 66.9 | 5.4% | 47k | 46k | #8 |
| 5 | India | 61.6 | 16.5% | 5.2k | 14k | #13 |
| 6 | Italy | 57.2 | 31.5% | 1.5k | 9k | #7 |
| 7 | Malaysia | 53.6 | 14.8% | 4.4k | 11k | #12 |
| 8 | Jordan | 50.4 | 37.9% | 707 | 4.9k | #18 |
| 9 | Australia | 47.6 | 28.1% | 1.8k | 9.8k | #6 |
| 10 | Germany | 45.0 | 20.6% | 1.9k | 8.2k | #4 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 42.8 | 31.2% | 1k | 5.1k | #20 |
| 12 | Spain | 40.7 | 19.6% | 1.6k | 5.5k | #9 |
| 13 | France | 38.8 | 18.0% | 1.5k | 5.5k | #11 |
| 14 | Canada | 37.0 | 24.7% | 1.2k | 6.1k | #5 |
| 15 | Pakistan | 35.4 | 15.6% | 1.6k | 4.7k | #22 |
| 16 | Vietnam | 33.8 | 28.8% | 956 | 4.3k | #27 |
| 17 | South Africa | 32.4 | 24.2% | 950 | 3.2k | #30 |
| 18 | Türkiye | 31.0 | 10.9% | 2.8k | 4.8k | #24 |
| 19 | Egypt | 29.7 | 20.8% | 636 | 2.7k | #39 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 28.5 | 33.3% | 481 | 3.1k | #33 |
| 21 | ?? | 27.3 | 9.0% | 2.2k | 3.5k | #41 |
| 22 | South Korea | 26.2 | 25.9% | 831 | 3.6k | #21 |
| 23 | Hong Kong | 25.2 | 30.6% | 548 | 3.6k | #14 |
| 24 | Ghana | 24.1 | 31.5% | 497 | 2.6k | #44 |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 23.2 | 16.7% | 836 | 2.6k | #43 |
| 26 | Netherlands | 22.2 | 23.0% | 727 | 3.2k | #10 |
| 27 | Tunisia | 21.3 | 35.4% | 444 | 2.6k | #37 |
| 28 | Portugal | 20.5 | 25.7% | 608 | 2.7k | #32 |
| 29 | Greece | 19.6 | 26.8% | 419 | 1.7k | #35 |
| 30 | Nigeria | 18.8 | 7.9% | 2.6k | 3.5k | #45 |
| 31 | New Zealand | 18.0 | 36.5% | 325 | 2.4k | #25 |
| 32 | Japan | 17.3 | 16.3% | 769 | 2k | #28 |
| 33 | Morocco | 16.5 | 20.3% | 450 | 1.1k | #57 |
| 34 | Iraq | 15.8 | 6.5% | 1.1k | 1.3k | #54 |
| 35 | Iran | 15.1 | 11.3% | 797 | 1.8k | #47 |
| 36 | Poland | 14.5 | 10.4% | 1.1k | 2.1k | #38 |
| 37 | Singapore | 13.8 | 22.3% | 301 | 1.7k | #19 |
| 38 | Taiwan | 13.2 | 24.7% | 558 | 2.4k | #26 |
| 39 | Switzerland | 12.6 | 21.4% | 436 | 2.4k | #17 |
| 40 | Sweden | 12.0 | 28.3% | 320 | 1.8k | #15 |
| 41 | Brazil | 11.4 | 7.6% | 1.4k | 1.9k | #40 |
| 42 | Denmark | 10.8 | 20.2% | 310 | 1.6k | #23 |
| 43 | Romania | 10.2 | 13.7% | 550 | 1.1k | #51 |
| 44 | Thailand | 9.7 | 19.7% | 486 | 1.4k | #55 |
| 45 | Belgium | 9.1 | 18.4% | 447 | 1.9k | #16 |
| 46 | Finland | 8.6 | 30.8% | 234 | 1.5k | #31 |
| 47 | Norway | 8.1 | 26.3% | 262 | 1.3k | #29 |
| 48 | Colombia | 7.6 | 8.8% | 937 | 1.3k | #53 |
| 49 | Hungary | 7.1 | 18.0% | 290 | 911 | #56 |
| 50 | Russia | 6.6 | 9.7% | 1k | 1.2k | #36 |
| 51 | Mexico | 6.2 | 6.7% | 988 | 1.1k | #48 |
| 52 | Ecuador | 5.7 | 8.7% | 1.4k | 1.5k | #69 |
| 53 | Austria | 5.2 | 18.0% | 366 | 1.1k | #34 |
| 54 | Peru | 4.8 | 9.4% | 710 | 846 | #72 |
| 55 | Serbia | 4.4 | 20.6% | 239 | 649 | #68 |
| 56 | Czechia | 3.9 | 15.4% | 391 | 1k | #46 |
| 57 | Kenya | 3.5 | 6.0% | 849 | 996 | #66 |
| 58 | Chile | 3.1 | 14.2% | 305 | 619 | #61 |
| 59 | Tanzania | 2.7 | 11.1% | 313 | 505 | #77 |
| 60 | Philippines | 2.3 | 8.3% | 364 | 421 | #67 |
| 61 | Ukraine | 1.9 | 10.5% | 342 | 434 | #78 |
| 62 | Nepal | 149.2 | 9.3% | 333 | 421 | #81 |
| 63 | Croatia | 111.0 | 10.2% | 223 | 391 | #70 |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 73.4 | 9.9% | 232 | 378 | #71 |
| 65 | Argentina | 36.4 | 4.7% | 247 | 229 | #74 |
| 66 | Cuba | 0.0 | 1.2% | 212 | 80 | #79 |
countries ranked worldwide in Accounting (66). 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.