Subfield · Development
Top Countries in Development Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 22 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 | United States | 100.0 | 19.0% | 1.9k | 4.7k | #1 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 77.6 | 30.7% | 734 | 2.8k | #2 |
| 3 | China | 64.5 | 23.8% | 959 | 3k | #6 |
| 4 | Russia | 55.2 | 9.3% | 5.8k | 6.8k | #3 |
| 5 | Germany | 47.9 | 21.9% | 625 | 1.7k | #4 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 42.0 | 12.1% | 755 | 967 | #20 |
| 7 | Australia | 37.0 | 26.4% | 240 | 791 | #7 |
| 8 | Canada | 32.7 | 24.6% | 240 | 725 | #5 |
| 9 | Brazil | 28.9 | 8.6% | 891 | 618 | #14 |
| 10 | South Africa | 25.5 | 18.1% | 374 | 594 | #9 |
| 11 | India | 22.4 | 16.8% | 419 | 637 | #13 |
| 12 | Mexico | 19.6 | 7.5% | 865 | 635 | #21 |
| 13 | Spain | 17.0 | 12.8% | 556 | 584 | #15 |
| 14 | Türkiye | 14.6 | 21.0% | 231 | 371 | #24 |
| 15 | Indonesia | 12.4 | 11.2% | 338 | 416 | #31 |
| 16 | Colombia | 10.3 | 8.0% | 465 | 413 | #25 |
| 17 | France | 8.3 | 11.2% | 268 | 423 | #16 |
| 18 | Japan | 6.5 | 16.1% | 208 | 317 | #22 |
| 19 | Ecuador | 4.7 | 10.2% | 355 | 312 | #34 |
| 20 | Kazakhstan | 3.1 | 10.6% | 244 | 307 | #29 |
| 21 | Argentina | 1.5 | 5.1% | 455 | 300 | #26 |
| 22 | Peru | 0.0 | 6.6% | 216 | 153 | #35 |
countries ranked worldwide in Development (22). 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.