🎓 Most AI Research Papers per Person
AI research papers per million inhabitants. Small, research-heavy countries lead.
1
🇸🇬Singapore
765
2
🇱🇺Luxembourg
467
3
🇱🇨Saint Lucia
434
4
🇨🇭Switzerland
371
5
🇩🇰Denmark
368
6
🇨🇾Cyprus
322
7
🇳🇴Norway
318
8
🇱🇮Liechtenstein
301
9
🇦🇺Australia
285
10
🇮🇪Ireland
272
11
🇫🇮Finland
269
12
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
246
13
🇸🇪Sweden
237
14
🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis
235
15
🇧🇳Brunei
229
16
🇬🇧United Kingdom
224
17
🇮🇸Iceland
224
18
🇳🇱Netherlands
218
19
🇨🇦Canada
212
20
🇶🇦Qatar
208
21
🇬🇷Greece
200
22
🇰🇷South Korea
198
23
🇦🇹Austria
197
24
🇪🇪Estonia
191
25
🇸🇮Slovenia
188
26
🇵🇹Portugal
185
27
🇳🇿New Zealand
174
28
🇹🇼Taiwan
173
29
🇧🇭Bahrain
169
30
🇲🇹Malta
165
31
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
162
32
🇮🇱Israel
156
33
🇧🇪Belgium
155
34
🇮🇹Italy
154
35
🇩🇪Germany
151
36
🇺🇸United States
147
37
🇲🇾Malaysia
119
38
🇪🇸Spain
116
39
🇫🇷France
115
40
🇴🇲Oman
113
41
🇭🇷Croatia
112
42
🇱🇹Lithuania
104
43
🇬🇩Grenada
102
44
🇯🇴Jordan
102
45
🇭🇺Hungary
95
46
🇯🇵Japan
88
47
🇨🇳China
82
48
🇨🇿Czechia
81
49
🇷🇸Serbia
80
50
🇹🇳Tunisia
76
Source: OECD.AI, via Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data) · fetched Oct 14, 2026 — Vatican City is left out: a handful of papers over fewer than a thousand residents is not a meaningful rate.