The United States place 56 universities, 1 less than in 2011, in the world top 100 universities in life and agriculture sciences. With Canada's 4, North America dominates the field , while Europe as a whole takes 32 slots. Australia and Japan fill in the remaining 8 slots.
Switzerland with 3 universities gets an index of 39.4, twice the median of 18.2, and neatly commands the per capita ranking. It is followed by other small European countries and Australia. The USA have a per capita index of 17.5 just below the the median and close to the average (red line).
World top 100 universities in life and agriculture sciences | |||
Country | Number | Population | Per capita |
Million | (Nbr/Millionx100) | ||
Australia | 5 | 21.8 | 23.0 |
Belgium | 3 | 10.6 | 28.4 |
Canada | 4 | 34.3 | 11.7 |
Denmark | 1 | 5.5 | 18.2 |
Finland | 1 | 5.3 | 18.7 |
France | 1 | 63.0 | 1.6 |
Germany | 7 | 82.2 | 8.5 |
Japan | 3 | 127.4 | 2.4 |
Netherlands | 4 | 16.6 | 24.2 |
Sweden | 2 | 9.3 | 21.5 |
Switzerland | 3 | 7.6 | 39.4 |
United Kingdom | 10 | 62.0 | 16.1 |
United States | 56 | 320.5 | 17.5 |
Median | 3.0 | 18.2 | |
Average | 7.7 | 17.8 | |
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Sources: Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai and UN Population Division