The share of works among the world's most-cited tenth for their field and year. Institutions with fewer than 300 scored works in the window are left out, and so is one where one person accounts for more than half of those top-10% works.
Top 10%, 2021–2025 · under 300 scored works excluded
| # | Institution | Country | Works | FWCI | Top 10% | Open access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Université de NouakchottCollege | Mauritania | 639 | 1.42 | 13.5% | 68% |
| # | Country | Region | Works | FWCI | Top 10% | Open access | Institutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seychelles | East Africa | 486 | 2.51 | 28.4% | 89% | 7 |
| 2 | Gambia | West Africa | 2,625 | 2.74 | 26.4% | 89% | 22 |
| 3 |
| Malawi |
| East Africa |
| 8,139 | 2.29 | 24.4% | 80% |
| 56 |
| 4 | South Africa | Southern Africa | 216,307 | 2.66 | 24.3% | 72% | 586 |
| 5 | Ghana | West Africa | 51,855 | 2.47 | 23.9% | 75% | 229 |
| 6 | Ethiopia | East Africa | 79,202 | 2.31 | 22.8% | 81% | 162 |
| 7 | Lesotho | Southern Africa | 1,089 | 2.39 | 22.7% | 75% | 6 |
| 8 | Botswana | Southern Africa | 7,380 | 2.51 | 22.1% | 66% | 49 |
| 9 | Namibia | Southern Africa | 5,098 | 2.28 | 21.8% | 70% | 33 |
| 10 | Rwanda | East Africa | 11,377 | 2.16 | 21.7% | 75% | 60 |
| 11 | Uganda | East Africa | 32,621 | 2.31 | 21.2% | 86% | 238 |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | West Africa | 2,538 | 2.06 | 20.0% | 89% | 15 |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | Southern Africa | 14,679 | 1.99 | 19.6% | 68% | 89 |
| 14 | Mauritius | East Africa | 2,979 | 2.06 | 19.1% | 48% | 24 |
| 15 | Tanzania | East Africa | 32,175 | 1.82 | 18.4% | 83% | 177 |
| 16 | Liberia | West Africa | 988 | 1.80 | 18.4% | 79% | 18 |
| 17 | Kenya | East Africa | 61,225 | 2.01 | 18.4% | 86% | 320 |
| 18 | Eswatini | Southern Africa | 1,201 | 1.86 | 17.8% | 74% | 7 |
| 19 | Eritrea | East Africa | 447 | 1.67 | 17.2% | 81% | 1 |
| 20 | Djibouti | East Africa | 330 | 1.71 | 16.5% | 76% | 8 |
| 21 | Mali | West Africa | 5,147 | 1.60 | 16.2% | 88% | 31 |
| 22 | Burundi | East Africa | 1,946 | 1.78 | 16.1% | 88% | 27 |
| 23 | Morocco | North Africa | 106,576 | 1.58 | 15.9% | 59% | 206 |
| 24 | Zambia | Southern Africa | 14,070 | 1.59 | 15.1% | 85% | 80 |
| 25 | Madagascar | East Africa | 4,251 | 1.67 | 15.1% | 82% | 35 |
| 26 | Somalia | East Africa | 5,155 | 1.66 | 14.9% | 88% | 73 |
| 27 | Republic of the Congo | Central Africa | 4,327 | 1.55 | 14.9% | 86% | 11 |
| 28 | Cape Verde | West Africa | 737 | 1.39 | 14.6% | 87% | 20 |
| 29 | Gabon | Central Africa | 2,246 | 1.66 | 14.5% | 84% | 11 |
| 30 | Sudan | North Africa | 18,396 | 1.39 | 14.2% | 79% | 77 |
| 31 | Egypt | North Africa | 368,164 | 1.38 | 14.2% | 72% | 290 |
| 32 | Mauritania | West Africa | 831 | 1.50 | 13.8% | 71% | 10 |
| 33 | Benin | West Africa | 9,684 | 1.59 | 13.7% | 81% | 43 |
| 34 | South Sudan | East Africa | 1,244 | 1.50 | 13.6% | 91% | 14 |
| 35 | Tunisia | North Africa | 79,335 | 1.36 | 13.3% | 54% | 167 |
| 36 | Cameroon | Central Africa | 27,146 | 1.44 | 13.3% | 75% | 105 |
| 37 | Central African Republic | Central Africa | 772 | 1.47 | 13.2% | 85% | 4 |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | West Africa | 9,993 | 1.28 | 13.0% | 84% | 55 |
| 39 | Guinea-Bissau | West Africa | 632 | 1.41 | 12.9% | 89% | 8 |
| 40 | DR Congo | Central Africa | 10,448 | 1.34 | 12.2% | 88% | 88 |
| 41 | Nigeria | West Africa | 230,438 | 1.28 | 11.9% | 81% | 563 |
| 42 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Central Africa | 1,409 | 1.24 | 11.5% | 98% | 3 |
| 43 | Senegal | West Africa | 11,663 | 1.20 | 11.1% | 78% | 80 |
| 44 | Mozambique | East Africa | 12,090 | 1.16 | 11.0% | 89% | 53 |
| 45 | Algeria | North Africa | 91,809 | 1.05 | 10.1% | 50% | 179 |
| 46 | Comoros | East Africa | 300 | 0.79 | 10.0% | 86% | 1 |
| 47 | Togo | West Africa | 4,707 | 0.98 | 9.9% | 83% | 14 |
| 48 | Guinea | West Africa | 2,409 | 1.03 | 9.0% | 88% | 19 |
| 49 | Niger | West Africa | 3,398 | 0.93 | 8.9% | 86% | 21 |
| 50 | Côte d'Ivoire | West Africa | 13,644 | 0.91 | 8.6% | 87% | 49 |
| 51 | Libya | North Africa | 17,524 | 0.84 | 8.4% | 83% | 66 |
| 52 | Chad | Central Africa | 1,583 | 1.00 | 8.3% | 85% | 17 |
| 53 | Angola | Central Africa | 3,571 | 0.79 | 7.3% | 87% | 49 |