11. Malawi
What brings Malawi to number 11 in our list is its poor performance in both quality of math and science education and higher education enrollment rate.
Quality of math and science education: 3
Rank based on quality of math and science education: 27
Tertiary education enrollment %: 0.8
Rank based on tertiary education enrollment: 1
Patent applications/million: 0.0051
Rank based on patent applications: 22
Percent of individuals using internet: 5.4
Rank based on internet access: 16
Average ranking score: 16.5
