It should not come as a surprise that 55 US universities rank amongst the top 100 worldwide. But one would not likely expect finding a bunch of small European countries in the 5 top ranks in per capita terms, thus outperforming the heavyweights. Switzerland and the Scandinavian countries put forward a remarkable performance, well above the median position occupied by Australia. Germany, France or Japan have a comparatively modest standing.
100 World Top Ranked Universities per Capita | |||
Nation |
Number of 100 Top Ranked Universities |
Population |
Per Capita Index |
| Switzerland | 3 | 7.54 | 39.8 |
| Denmark | 2 | 5.46 | 36.6 |
| Sweden | 3 | 9.20 | 32.6 |
| Norway | 1 | 4.76 | 21.0 |
| Finland | 1 | 5.31 | 18.8 |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 61.27 | 18.0 |
| United States | 55 | 311.75 | 17.6 |
| Australia | 3 | 21.16 | 14.2 |
| Israel | 1 | 7.16 | 14.0 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 16.48 | 12.1 |
| Canada | 4 | 33.46 | 12.0 |
| Germany | 5 | 82.45 | 6.1 |
| France | 3 | 62.23 | 4.8 |
| Japan | 5 | 127.87 | 3.9 |
| Russia | 1 | 141.06 | 0.7 |
| Median | 3 | 14.2 | |
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Sources: see Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai and UN Population Division
