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Top Countries in Finance Research

China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 54 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

#CountryScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1China 100.0 26.1% 8.4k 46k#3
2United States 82.6 17.5% 10k 50k#1
3United Kingdom 72.5 22.6% 4.4k 23k#2
4India 65.2 16.1% 3.9k 11k#11
5Italy 59.7 22.5% 1.9k 8.8k#6
6Germany 55.1 17.1% 2.7k 10k#4
7Australia 51.2 23.4% 1.8k 8.4k#8
8France 47.9 15.5% 2k 8.1k#5
9Canada 44.9 18.7% 1.5k 6.5k#7
10Netherlands 42.3 19.8% 975 4.2k#9
11Switzerland 39.9 20.6% 760 4.5k#10
12Spain 37.7 21.5% 924 4.2k#12
13Malaysia 35.7 21.3% 568 2.1k#26
14Türkiye 33.8 12.5% 1.5k 3.3k#25
15South Africa 32.1 24.7% 756 2.7k#20
16Vietnam 30.5 23.3% 523 2.4k#35
17South Korea 29.0 19.9% 822 3.1k#18
18Hong Kong 27.5 22.0% 532 3.1k#14
19Pakistan 26.2 16.4% 751 2.3k#33
20Portugal 24.9 23.2% 450 2.2k#27
21Japan 23.7 12.1% 1.1k 2.6k#17
22Saudi Arabia 22.5 26.0% 440 1.9k#39
23Indonesia 21.4 8.8% 1.7k 2.4k#38
24Greece 20.3 20.2% 495 2.2k#22
25Belgium 19.3 17.9% 530 2.2k#13
26Denmark 18.3 21.7% 390 1.9k#15
27?? 17.4 16.1% 468 1.5k#37
28Ethiopia 16.5 40.5% 207 1.5k#48
29Poland 15.6 11.5% 919 2k#30
30Russia 14.7 10.4% 1k 1.8k#19
31Sweden 13.9 24.1% 404 1.9k#16
32Nigeria 13.1 12.8% 704 1.6k#41
33Bangladesh 12.3 21.3% 337 1.3k#45
34Singapore 11.6 23.1% 277 1.6k#24
35United Arab Emirates 10.9 33.3% 211 1.3k#43
36Ireland 10.2 22.4% 271 1.3k#28
37Brazil 9.5 12.2% 896 2.2k#21
38Taiwan 8.8 19.0% 470 2k#31
39Ghana 8.2 29.9% 249 1.3k#46
40Tunisia 7.5 29.3% 251 1.1k#42
41New Zealand 6.9 23.8% 269 1.3k#36
42Norway 6.3 22.4% 293 1.3k#29
43Iran 5.7 12.1% 658 1.6k#47
44Romania 5.1 16.6% 354 990#51
45Finland 4.6 21.8% 246 1.4k#32
46Austria 4.0 16.3% 338 1.1k#23
47Egypt 3.5 19.1% 229 847#55
48Thailand 3.0 17.4% 281 889#50
49Czechia 2.4 16.7% 277 917#40
50Hungary 1.9 17.4% 240 691#44
51Morocco 143.3 12.7% 353 613#58
52Mexico 94.6 12.4% 361 849#49
53Ukraine 46.9 9.6% 297 572#63
54Kenya 0.0 8.7% 303 478#60

countries ranked worldwide in Finance (54). 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.

0 – 5: 10 places5 – 10: 8 places10 – 15: 7 places15 – 20: 5 places20 – 25: 5 places25 – 30: 3 places30 – 35: 3 places35 – 40: 3 places40 – 45: 2 places45 – 50: 1 places50 – 55: 1 places55 – 60: 2 places60 – 65: 0 places65 – 70: 1 places70 – 75: 1 places75 – 80: 0 places80 – 85: 1 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 10k works
  2. 2 China 8.4k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 4.4k works
  4. 4 India 3.9k works
  5. 5 Germany 2.7k works
  6. 6 France 2k works
  7. 7 Italy 1.9k works
  8. 8 Australia 1.8k works
  9. 9 Indonesia 1.7k works
  10. 10 Türkiye 1.5k works
  11. 11 Canada 1.5k works
  12. 12 Japan 1.1k works