Top 500 Universities, Breakdown by : Region | Country | Top 500 Universities, Breakdown by : Region | Country |
North America region, more specifically the United States, commands the world academic ranking with 16 or 80% of the world top 20 universities. Europe can only claim four, of which three in the United Kingdom and one in Switzerland. North America supremacy shows itself in the first (top 20) and second (21 to 100) tiers of the ranking.
Considering the full set of top 500 institutions, Europe leads with 205 (41%) institutions, against 167 (33.4% in North America and 113 (22.6%) in Asia-Oceania. The strength of Europe manifest itself in all the secondary tiers (101-200, 201-300, 301-400, 401-500), where the region beats both North America and Australasia. Latin America and Africa count respectively 10 and 5 institutions among the top 500.
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Region | Top 20 | 21-100 | 101-200 | 201-300 | 301-400 | 401-500 | Top 500 | |||||||
| Nbr | % | Nbr | % | Nbr | % | Nbr | % | Nbr | % | Nbr | % | Nbr | % | |
| North America | 16 | 80.0% | 40 | 50.0% | 28 | 28.0% | 36 | 36.0% | 23 | 23.0% | 24 | 24.0% | 167 | 33.4% |
| Europe | 4 | 20.0% | 31 | 38.8% | 45 | 45.0% | 42 | 42.0% | 39 | 39.0% | 44 | 44.0% | 205 | 41.0% |
| Australasia | 9 | 11.3% | 25 | 25.0% | 19 | 19.0% | 34 | 34.0% | 26 | 26.0% | 113 | 22.6% | ||
| Latin America | 2 | 2.0% | 1 | 1.0% | 4 | 4.0% | 3 | 3.0% | 10 | 2.0% | ||||
| Africa | 2 | 2.0% | 0.0% | 3 | 3.0% | 5 | 1.0% | |||||||
| Total | 20 | 100.0% | 80 | 100.0% | 100 | 100.0% | 100 | 100.0% | 100 | 100.0% | 100 | 100.0% | 500 | 100.0% |
Sources: see Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai.
Top 500 Universities, Breakdown by : Region | Country |
With 52% of the top 100 universities, the United States take a commanding position in the world academic ranking. Europe, including Russia, place four institutions among the top 20, and a further thirty-one in the 21-100 tier, totaling 35% of the top 100 universities. Australia, Canada, Japan and Israel collectively place thirteen universities in the set of world best 100 universities.
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Country | Top 20 | 21-100 | 101-200 | 201-300 | 301-400 | 401-500 | Top 500 |
| United States | 16 | 36 | 25 | 27 | 21 | 21 | 146 |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 38 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Germany | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 |
| France | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Australia | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| Canada | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| Japan | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| Sweden | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Belgium | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Israel | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Denmark | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 44 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Singapore | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Czech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Serbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 20 | 80 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 500 |
Sources: see Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai.
