Table 8.

Country positions after sorting out the data according to the ratios of ‘Number of publications/Million habitants (left); and the ‘Number of publications/GDP (GDP in 10¹² USD) (right).

Position	Country	NP/106 Habitants		Country	NP/GDP (1012 USD)
1	Belgium	1.4874	1	Hong Kong	92.9501
2	United Kingdom	1.2692	2	Serbia	52.2195
3	Portugal	0.5809	3	Taiwan	45.1201
4	Finland	0.5432	4	Belgium	36.3283
5	Australia	0.4908	5	United Kingdom	31.7233
6	United States	0.4684	6	Portugal	29.2916
7	Germany	0.4506	7	Iran	18.2353
8	Ireland	0.4200	8	Hungary	15.8961
9	Singapore	0.3503	9	Egypt	14.8069
10	Canada	0.3003	10	Malaysia	13.4893
11	Spain	0.2804	11	Poland	12.7280
12	Hong Kong	0.2716	12	Finland	12.5785
13	Switzerland	0.2360	13	Germany	10.6389
14	Austria	0.2290	14	Spain	10.5071
15	Serbia	0.2275	15	Greece	10.3793
16	Iran	0.2095	16	Czech Republic	10.2404
17	Hungary	0.2057	17	Morocco	9.6519
18	Czech Republic	0.1884	18	Australia	9.1992
19	Italy	0.1853	19	Argentina	7.3278
20	Greece	0.1792	20	Canada	7.1907
21	Poland	0.1572	21	Singapore	6.7352
22	Malaysia	0.1265	22	Ireland	6.5613
23	France	0.1077	23	Italy	5.9174
24	Argentina	0.0904	24	China	5.1701
25	South Korea	0.0785	25	Austria	5.1177
26	Netherlands	0.0587	26	India	3.9829
27	Taiwan	0.0423	27	Colombia	3.5403
28	China	0.0411	28	Pakistan	3.5397
29	Egypt	0.0410	29	Turkey	3.4734
30	Turkey	0.0372	30	Brazil	3.3409
31	Japan	0.0314	31	Switzerland	2.9902
32	Brazil	0.0287	32	France	2.8392
33	Morocco	0.0280	33	Mexico	2.7857
34	Mexico	0.0232	34	United States	1.6645
35	Colombia	0.0204	35	Netherlands	1.2866
36	Russian Federation	0.0069	36	South Korea	1.1195
37	India	0.0067	37	Japan	0.8103
38	Pakistan	0.0051	38	Russian Federation	0.8026