IT OLYMPICS: Which country has the best programmers and developers?

China was ranked number one in the Hackerrank rating. The vast country is home to the fastest growing IT firms, with 4.7 million IT graduates produced each year. In comparison to Eastern Europe, only 10 million of China's 1.3 billion people know English. Statistics show that China is the world leader in data structures, functional programming, and mathematics. According to our research, the most popular programming language among Chinese programmers is JavaScript. They also prefer Windows to Linux and MacOS. In China, MySQL is the most extensively used database, while Node.JS is the most prominent code-operating environment.

According to the HackerRank study, Russia came in second, with particularly excellent performance in algorithm tasks. It's worth noting that the Python programming language is more favored among Russian developers than Java. However, JavaScript remains the most popular programming language in Russia and the globe. Russian software engineers are among the finest in the world, particularly when it comes to generating innovative solutions to complicated IT problems. This is hardly unexpected given that Russia generates over 200,000 university graduates each year in technology-related subjects. Because computer science, mathematics, and physics are popular majors in Russia (unlike in Europe and the United States), the country never runs out of IT talent.

Polish engineers won third place by excelling in Hackerrank Java tasks. In addition, Poland has won first place in Google Code Jam twice and is ranked fourth overall, after Russia at number three and China at number two. With over 300,000 developers, Poland boasts the largest developer talent pool in CEE. Polish developers offer high-value services for a fraction of the cost expected in Western Europe and North America. Based on our findings, Polish programmers are among the most talented in the world. Their accolades, expertise in a wide range of technologies, and education level provide them with a significant advantage.

Switzerland's developers were ranked fourth in the rating. Switzerland has ranked in the top five in 9 out of the 15 available domains (including algorithms, Java, C++, SQL, databases, Ruby, and security). This makes the developers from this country the most dominant across the board. Switzerland was also ranked first in the 2016 Global Innovation Index report. According to the research conducted by The State of European Tech 2019, Switzerland is on track to become a European technology leader, with over 155,700 registered software developers.

Hungary ranks fifth for producing the most skilled programmers and developers and tops other countries in completing tutorial challenges. It may be the result of Hungary's efforts to integrate computer programming into primary and secondary school curricula. Hungary is by far the first country in the European Union to do so. Hungary's growing talent pool is spurring the growth of software development across the country. The state provides quality technical education to aspiring engineers, and the suitable time zone drives the growth of the outsourcing market, which accelerates industrial expansion. Low costs also play an important role in attracting business professionals.