Per capita Index
Country | Number in the top 100 | Population (million) | Index * |
Australia | 6 | 24.8 | 24.2 |
Belgium | 2 | 11.3 | 17.7 |
Canada | 4 | 36.9 | 10.8 |
China | 3 | 1,422.1 | 0.2 |
Denmark | 2 | 5.7 | 34.9 |
Finland | 1 | 5.5 | 18.1 |
France | 3 | 66.0 | 4.5 |
Germany | 4 | 82.2 | 4.9 |
Israel | 2 | 8.3 | 24.2 |
Japan | 3 | 126.1 | 2.4 |
Netherlands | 4 | 17.0 | 23.6 |
Norway | 1 | 5.3 | 18.9 |
Russia | 1 | 140.9 | 0.7 |
Singapore | 2 | 5.9 | 33.9 |
Sweden | 3 | 9.9 | 30.3 |
Switzerland | 5 | 8.5 | 58.9 |
United Kingdom | 8 | 64.9 | 12.3 |
United States | 46 | 332.8 | 13.8 |
Total | 100 | | |
Average | | | 18.6 |
Median | | | 17.9 |
* Per capita ratio of number of universities divided by the population in millions, multiplied by 100. |
Academic Ranking of World Universities 2018
Breakdown by Country
Country | Top 20 | Top 100 | Top 200 | Top 300 | Top 400 | Top 500 | 501-1,000 |
United States | 16 | 46 | 69 | 95 | 117 | 139 | 78 |
United Kingdom | 3 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 34 | 39 | 21 |
Switzerland | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
Australia | - | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 23 | 8 |
Germany | - | 4 | 14 | 20 | 28 | 36 | 14 |
Canada | - | 4 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 9 |
Netherlands | - | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 |
China | - | 3 | 15 | 30 | 43 | 62 | 84 |
China-Mainland | - | 3 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 51 | 72 |
China-Hong Kong | - | - | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
China-Taiwan | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
China-Macau | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
France | - | 3 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 15 |
Japan | - | 3 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 29 |
Sweden | - | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 2 |
Belgium | - | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
Denmark | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
Israel | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
Singapore | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Norway | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Finland | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Russia | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Italy | - | - | 1 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 32 |
South Korea | - | - | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 24 |
Spain | - | - | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
Austria | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
Saudi Arabia | - | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - |
Brazil | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
New Zealand | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
South Africa | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Portugal | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Ireland | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Czech | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Argentina | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Mexico | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Greece | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Iran | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 11 |
Poland | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 10 |
Malaysia | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Chile | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Serbia | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Estonia | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
India | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 15 |
Turkey | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 13 |
Egypt | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
Slovenia | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Hungary | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
Pakistan | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Thailand | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Colombia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Romania | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Slovakia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Tunisia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Bulgaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Croatia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Cyprus | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Iceland | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Lebanon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Lithuania | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Luxembourg | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Qatar | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Uganda | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Uruguay | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Total | 20 | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 500 |
Breakdown by Region
Region | Top 20 | Top 100 | Top 200 | Top 300 | Top 400 | Top 500 | 501-1000 |
Americas | 16 | 50 | 79 | 110 | 142 | 167 | 113 |
Europe | 4 | 34 | 80 | 120 | 157 | 195 | 171 |
Asia/Oceania | - | 16 | 41 | 69 | 99 | 133 | 205 |
Africas | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
Total | 20 | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 500 |
Sources: Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai.