Top Countries in Education Research
United States ranks first in 2022-now, followed by China and United Kingdom, out of 112 ranked countries.
Quality score: the square root of excellence (the share of works in the world top 10% against what the place's own topics predict, on English-language articles and reviews) times the square root of the journal factor (its papers in the Nature Index's selective journals against what its topics predict), times output to the power 0.3 times breadth (how much of the selected area it works in) to the power 0.25. Floor: 100 fractional works in this field.
Ranked by research quality, 2022-now
| # | Country | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
100.0 | 9.9% | 55k | 148k | #1 |
| 2 |  China |
85.3 | 15.5% | 22k | 76k | #3 |
| 3 |  United Kingdom |
76.7 | 14.1% | 12k | 45k | #2 |
| 4 |  Germany |
70.6 | 12.6% | 8.7k | 23k | #6 |
| 5 |  Spain |
65.9 | 14.9% | 11k | 30k | #5 |
| 6 |  Australia |
62.0 | 19.0% | 7.8k | 37k | #4 |
| 7 |  Netherlands |
58.8 | 18.1% | 2.9k | 12k | #7 |
| 8 |  Sweden |
55.9 | 14.4% | 3.3k | 9.6k | #11 |
| 9 |  Finland |
53.4 | 11.2% | 4.2k | 8.9k | #10 |
| 10 |  Switzerland |
51.2 | 13.3% | 1.6k | 5k | #12 |
| 11 |  Canada |
49.2 | 10.0% | 6.2k | 18k | #8 |
| 12 |  Brazil |
47.3 | 8.8% | 54k | 35k | #9 |
| 13 |  Israel |
45.6 | 17.3% | 1.5k | 5.4k | #16 |
| 14 |  Norway |
44.1 | 15.0% | 2.5k | 8.9k | #18 |
| 15 |  France |
42.6 | 7.0% | 4.1k | 4.5k | #14 |
| 16 |  Singapore |
41.2 | 13.4% | 1.4k | 4.2k | #15 |
| 17 |  Denmark |
40.0 | 7.8% | 2.3k | 4.3k | #13 |
| 18 |  South Africa |
38.7 | 13.2% | 6k | 16k | #21 |
| 19 |  Austria |
37.6 | 11.7% | 1.2k | 3.1k | #20 |
| 20 |  Belgium |
36.5 | 12.7% | 1.3k | 3.8k | #19 |
| 21 |  Italy |
35.5 | 11.3% | 4.2k | 10k | #25 |
| 22 |  Chile |
34.5 | 13.1% | 3.8k | 7.3k | #17 |
| 23 |  Indonesia |
33.5 | 8.9% | 266k | 304k | #23 |
| 24 |  Portugal |
32.6 | 12.0% | 3.5k | 6.8k | #22 |
| 25 |  South Korea |
31.8 | 14.3% | 1.6k | 5.4k | #26 |
| 26 |  Taiwan |
31.0 | 19.6% | 1.3k | 7.1k | #27 |
| 27 |  New Zealand |
30.2 | 13.3% | 1.3k | 4.9k | #24 |
| 28 |  Japan |
29.4 | 8.5% | 2.9k | 5.7k | #39 |
| 29 |  Ireland |
28.6 | 16.6% | 1.2k | 5.4k | #30 |
| 30 |  Czechia |
27.9 | 10.5% | 1.6k | 2.1k | #29 |
| 31 |  India |
27.2 | 7.8% | 9.4k | 16k | #35 |
| 32 |  Poland |
26.6 | 9.1% | 5k | 3.6k | #32 |
| 33 |  Türkiye |
25.9 | 9.3% | 19k | 34k | #28 |
| 34 |  Philippines |
25.3 | 8.6% | 7.1k | 10k | #34 |
| 35 |  Peru |
24.7 | 10.9% | 4.2k | 6k | #31 |
| 36 |  Hungary |
24.1 | 10.9% | 1.3k | 2.8k | #49 |
| 37 |  Ecuador |
23.5 | 11.6% | 5.3k | 6.5k | #36 |
| 38 |  Saudi Arabia |
22.9 | 16.8% | 2.6k | 10k | #33 |
| 39 |  Argentina |
22.4 | 5.3% | 2.5k | 1.9k | #42 |
| 40 |  Malaysia |
21.8 | 10.6% | 12k | 23k | #40 |
| 41 |  Thailand |
21.3 | 11.4% | 2.7k | 6k | #46 |
| 42 |  Mexico |
20.8 | 7.3% | 7.7k | 7.6k | #38 |
| 43 |  Ukraine |
20.3 | 10.0% | 6k | 5.2k | #50 |
| 44 |  Greece |
19.8 | 14.0% | 1.5k | 5.7k | #48 |
| 45 |  United Arab Emirates |
19.3 | 20.4% | 1k | 5k | #45 |
| 46 |  Panama |
18.9 | 9.5% | 757 | 694 | #57 |
| 47 |  Colombia |
18.4 | 9.8% | 4.6k | 5.9k | #37 |
| 48 |  Uganda |
18.0 | 7.6% | 654 | 1k | #55 |
| 49 |  Cyprus |
17.5 | 16.4% | 645 | 2.4k | #41 |
| 50 |  Rwanda |
17.1 | 15.8% | 295 | 1.1k | #52 |
| 51 |  Russia |
16.7 | 8.3% | 9k | 7.2k | #43 |
| 52 |  Slovenia |
16.3 | 10.5% | 568 | 986 | #47 |
| 53 |  Estonia |
15.9 | 13.5% | 291 | 847 | #53 |
| 54 |  Ghana |
15.5 | 12.9% | 1.3k | 3.6k | #61 |
| 55 |  Bangladesh |
15.1 | 12.1% | 1.6k | 3.6k | #58 |
| 56 |  Bolivia |
14.7 | 6.7% | 426 | 324 | #60 |
| 57 |  Dominican Republic |
14.3 | 8.6% | 258 | 212 | #62 |
| 58 |  Tanzania |
13.9 | 7.0% | 1.1k | 1.8k | #79 |
| 59 |  Qatar |
13.6 | 22.3% | 352 | 2k | #56 |
| 60 |  Slovakia |
13.2 | 10.2% | 781 | 1.1k | #54 |
| 61 |  Nicaragua |
12.9 | 6.5% | 239 | 134 | #64 |
| 62 |  Brunei |
12.5 | 17.5% | 257 | 688 | #65 |
| 63 |  Vietnam |
12.2 | 10.2% | 1.9k | 4.8k | #59 |
| 64 |  Kenya |
11.9 | 5.0% | 1.5k | 1.5k | #63 |
| 65 |  Ethiopia |
11.5 | 16.9% | 856 | 2.8k | #69 |
| 66 |  Cambodia |
11.2 | 10.9% | 273 | 397 | #77 |
| 67 |  Puerto Rico |
10.9 | 9.1% | 244 | 301 | #68 |
| 68 |  Uzbekistan |
10.6 | 7.6% | 5.9k | 2k | #73 |
| 69 |  Costa Rica |
10.3 | 6.7% | 819 | 685 | #67 |
| 70 |  Zimbabwe |
10.0 | 6.2% | 431 | 619 | #71 |
| 71 |  Turkmenistan |
9.7 | 3.8% | 338 | 14 | #96 |
| 72 |  Guatemala |
9.4 | 5.9% | 314 | 215 | #91 |
| 73 |  Latvia |
9.1 | 9.8% | 320 | 685 | #90 |
| 74 |  Mozambique |
8.8 | 5.5% | 519 | 227 | #86 |
| 75 |  Croatia |
8.5 | 6.7% | 741 | 996 | #75 |
| 76 |  Uruguay |
8.2 | 7.8% | 467 | 402 | #70 |
| 77 |  Kazakhstan |
7.9 | 11.3% | 1.7k | 2.3k | #66 |
| 78 |  Lithuania |
7.7 | 7.3% | 693 | 987 | #76 |
| 79 |  Iran |
7.4 | 10.7% | 2.9k | 7.8k | #72 |
| 80 |  Romania |
7.1 | 7.4% | 1.3k | 2.5k | #80 |
| 81 |  Venezuela |
6.9 | 7.2% | 780 | 797 | - |
| 82 |  Kyrgyzstan |
6.6 | 5.6% | 642 | 232 | #94 |
| 83 |  El Salvador |
6.4 | 3.8% | 228 | 98 | #85 |
| 84 |  Oman |
6.1 | 12.1% | 456 | 1.3k | #88 |
| 85 |  Pakistan |
5.8 | 7.3% | 5k | 6.3k | #74 |
| 86 |  Palestine |
5.6 | 10.6% | 313 | 630 | #93 |
| 87 |  Albania |
5.4 | 11.9% | 208 | 446 | - |
| 88 |  Afghanistan |
5.1 | 11.5% | 235 | 398 | - |
| 89 |  Sudan |
4.9 | 8.0% | 568 | 664 | #99 |
| 90 |  Nepal |
4.6 | 7.5% | 1k | 1.8k | #84 |
| 91 |  Kuwait |
4.4 | 11.9% | 405 | 1k | - |
| 92 |  Cuba |
4.2 | 4.7% | 715 | 464 | - |
| 93 |  Serbia |
3.9 | 10.5% | 539 | 1.1k | #92 |
| 94 |  Zambia |
3.7 | 6.7% | 243 | 299 | #78 |
| 95 |  Paraguay |
3.5 | 5.8% | 579 | 313 | #98 |
| 96 |  Lebanon |
3.3 | 16.1% | 228 | 778 | #82 |
| 97 |  Jordan |
3.0 | 11.8% | 1.2k | 2.8k | #97 |
| 98 |  Nigeria |
2.8 | 6.0% | 5.8k | 5.7k | #87 |
| 99 |  Mongolia |
2.6 | 8.1% | 261 | 164 | #100 |
| 100 |  Bahrain |
2.4 | 10.7% | 239 | 687 | - |
countries ranked worldwide in Education (112). rank on the quality score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (about 6% in Dentistry, 21% in Economics).
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Ranked by volume, 2022-now
- 1
Indonesia
290k works
- 2
United States
64k works
- 3
Brazil
60k works
- 4
China
24k works
- 5
Türkiye
21k works
- 6 ?? 15k works
- 7
United Kingdom
14k works
- 8
Malaysia
14k works
- 9
Spain
13k works
- 10
India
12k works
- 11
Russia
11k works
- 12
Philippines
10k works