Percent of non-native respondents per country

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While the majority of this year's international survey respondents reported working in their native country, a large fraction crossed borders to do science elsewhere. In countries including Canada (54.8%), Australia (55.6%) and The Netherlands (75%), the percent of non-native respondents represent the majority.

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