Subfield · General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Top Countries in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 43 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 | 29.4% | 5k | 24k | #3 |
| 2 | United States | 81.6 | 18.5% | 6.3k | 26k | #1 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 70.8 | 22.6% | 1.9k | 9.1k | #2 |
| 4 | Russia | 63.1 | 8.8% | 6.5k | 6.9k | #8 |
| 5 | Italy | 57.2 | 26.6% | 962 | 4.2k | #5 |
| 6 | Germany | 52.4 | 21.4% | 1.3k | 5.5k | #4 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 48.3 | 10.8% | 6.2k | 9.4k | #13 |
| 8 | India | 44.7 | 16.3% | 1.9k | 4k | #15 |
| 9 | Türkiye | 41.6 | 15.8% | 1.6k | 3.4k | #18 |
| 10 | France | 38.8 | 16.8% | 1.1k | 2.9k | #7 |
| 11 | Spain | 36.2 | 21.5% | 800 | 2.7k | #10 |
| 12 | Australia | 33.9 | 20.6% | 735 | 3k | #9 |
| 13 | Canada | 31.8 | 21.0% | 626 | 2.5k | #6 |
| 14 | South Korea | 29.8 | 21.4% | 536 | 1.7k | #23 |
| 15 | Greece | 28.0 | 29.0% | 306 | 1.5k | #25 |
| 16 | Poland | 26.3 | 16.8% | 677 | 2k | #29 |
| 17 | Switzerland | 24.7 | 22.4% | 383 | 1.8k | #12 |
| 18 | Netherlands | 23.2 | 25.2% | 364 | 1.8k | #11 |
| 19 | South Africa | 21.7 | 23.9% | 478 | 1.5k | #27 |
| 20 | Pakistan | 20.4 | 18.4% | 491 | 1.5k | #33 |
| 21 | Indonesia | 19.1 | 8.1% | 1.5k | 1.7k | #43 |
| 22 | Hong Kong | 17.8 | 28.6% | 209 | 1.1k | #20 |
| 23 | Brazil | 16.6 | 6.1% | 1.7k | 1.7k | #19 |
| 24 | Japan | 15.5 | 16.0% | 731 | 1.7k | #17 |
| 25 | Nigeria | 14.4 | 11.3% | 942 | 1.7k | #34 |
| 26 | Malaysia | 13.4 | 18.3% | 390 | 1.1k | #28 |
| 27 | Vietnam | 12.4 | 17.3% | 449 | 1.1k | #42 |
| 28 | ?? | 11.4 | 15.2% | 500 | 1.2k | #36 |
| 29 | Portugal | 10.5 | 24.5% | 274 | 921 | #31 |
| 30 | Belgium | 9.6 | 20.7% | 251 | 1k | #14 |
| 31 | Bangladesh | 8.7 | 22.0% | 211 | 697 | #55 |
| 32 | Hungary | 7.9 | 16.3% | 285 | 556 | #44 |
| 33 | Taiwan | 7.0 | 21.8% | 204 | 679 | #30 |
| 34 | Czechia | 6.2 | 16.5% | 270 | 706 | #38 |
| 35 | Uzbekistan | 5.5 | 7.5% | 407 | 450 | #58 |
| 36 | Romania | 4.7 | 13.7% | 307 | 526 | #50 |
| 37 | Thailand | 4.0 | 17.7% | 215 | 492 | #48 |
| 38 | Kazakhstan | 3.3 | 9.1% | 371 | 457 | #54 |
| 39 | Iran | 2.6 | 11.2% | 291 | 482 | #52 |
| 40 | Mexico | 1.9 | 6.3% | 451 | 447 | #41 |
| 41 | Colombia | 126.6 | 10.0% | 211 | 336 | #53 |
| 42 | Iraq | 62.6 | 6.9% | 244 | 170 | #65 |
| 43 | Argentina | 0.0 | 7.2% | 222 | 237 | #46 |
countries ranked worldwide in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (43). 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.