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2019 Think Tank Statistics
from 2019 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report
by FOSDEH Foro Social de la Deuda Externa y Desarrollo de Honduras
2018-2019 Think Tank Statistics
Global Distribution of Think Tanks by Region and Number of Think Tanks in the World 2018-2019
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This chart reflects the number of think tanks in 2018-2019 based on data collected as of December 2018 (NOTE: FOR THIS REASON, THESE NUMBERS ARE THE SAME AS THE 2018 GLOBAL GO TO THINK TANK INDEX).
25.0%
12.4% 6.1%
7.4% 26.9%
22.2%
REGION
EUROPE NORTH AMERICA ASIA SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
TOTAL NUMBER OF THINK TANKS
2219 2058 1829 1023 612 507 8,248
Countries with the Largest Number of Think Tanks
RACK
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10
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25 COUNTRY
United States India China United Kingdom Argentina Germany Russia France Japan Italy Brazil Canada South Africa Sweden Mexico Netherlands Switzerland Austria Israel Bolivia Spain Chile Colombia Iran Taiwan
NUMBER OF THINK TANKS
1871
509
507
321
227
218
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128
114
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Global Distribution of Think Tanks by Country
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Angola 4 Democratic Republic of Congo 8 Benin 17 Eritrea 5 Madagascar 4 Seychelles 4 Malawi 15 Sierra Leone 2
Botswana 13 Ethiopia 26 Burkina Faso 16 Gabon 2 Mali 11 Somalia 6 Mauritania 8 South Africa 92
Burundi 4 Gambia 6 Cameroon 22 Ghana 38 Cape Verde 2 Guinea 2 Central African Republic 2 Guinea-Bissau 1 Chad 3 Kenya 56 Congo 3 Lesotho 4 Côte d’Ivoire 13 Liberia 4 Mauritius 10 Sudan 8 Mozambique 5 Swaziland 5 Namibia 16 Tanzania 18 Niger 4 Togo 5
Nigeria 51 Uganda 32 Rwanda 8 Zambia 14 Senegal 17 Zimbabwe 26
ASIA
Afghanistan 22 Georgia 35 Mongolia 10 Sri Lanka 32 Armenia 30 Hong Kong 42 Nepal 13 Taiwan 61 Australia 42 India 509 New Zealand 11 Tajikistan 7 Azerbaijan 16 Indonesia 31 North Korea 2 Thailand 15 Bangladesh 36 Japan 128 Pakistan 25 Timor Leste 1 Bhutan 3 Kazakhstan 31 Papua New Guinea 2 Uzbekistan 12 Brunei 8 Kyrgyzstan 28 Philippines 21 Vanuatu 1 Cambodia 14 Laos 4 Samoa 1 Vietnam 11 China 507 Malaysia 23 Singapore 18 Fiji 4 Maldives 6 South Korea 60
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
Albania 15 Estonia 20 Macedonia 21
Belarus 22 Finland 18 Moldova 9
Bosnia and Herzegovina 13
Hungary 46 Bulgaria 44 Kosovo 4 Croatia 11 Latvia 11 Czech Republic 27 Lithuania 22 Montenegro 4 Poland 60 Romania 54 Russia 215 Serbia 14 Slovakia 27 Slovenia 6
Ukraine 39
WESTERN EUROPE
Andorra 2 Germany 218 Luxembourg 8 Spain 66 Austria 74 Greece 46 Malta 4 Sweden 90 Belgium 60 Iceland 8 Monaco 2 Switzerland 78 Denmark 51 Ireland 16 Netherlands 83 United Kingdom 321 Finland 29 Italy 114 Norway 22 Vatican City 1 France 203 Liechtenstein 2 Portugal 25
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
Antigua & Barbuda 6 Costa Rica 42 Haiti 3
Argentina 227 Cuba 25 Honduras 12 St. Kitts-Nevis 1
St. Lucia 3
Bahamas 3
Barbados 10
Belize 5
Bermuda 3 Dominica 3 Jamaica 7
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2 Dominican Martinique 2 Suriname 3 Republic 40 Ecuador 29 Montserrat 1
El Salvador 14 Nicaragua 15 Trinidad and Tobago 13 Uruguay 25
Bolivia 66 Grenada 1 Panama 14 Venezuela 22
Brazil 103 Chile 64 Guadeloupe 5 Paraguay 33 Guatemala 22 Peru 43
Colombia 64 Guyana 4 Puerto Rico 5
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
Algeria 9 Israel 69 Oman 3 Bahrain 13 Jordan 28 Palestine 36
Cyprus 6 Kuwait 16 Qatar 15 Egypt 39 Lebanon 28 Saudi Arabia 10 Iran 64 Libya 3 Syria 10 Iraq 32 Morocco 15 Tunisia 21 Turkey 48 United Arab Emirates 15 Yemen 27
NORTH AMERICA
Canada 100 Mexico 86 United States 1872
U.S. Think Tanks by State
