The United States place 53 universities among the 2013 world top 100 universities in life and agriculture sciences. With Canada's 4, North America dominates the field , while Europe as a whole takes 35 slots. Australia and Japan fill in the remaining 8 slots.
Switzerland commands the per capita ranking with 3 universities and an index of 39.2, twice the average (red line), being followed by the Netherlands, Australia and some Scandinavian countries.
World top 100 universities in life and agriculture sciences | |||
Country | Number | Population | Per capita |
| Million | (Nbr/Millionx100) | ||
| Australia | 5 | 22.0 | 22.7 |
| Belgium | 2 | 10.6 | 18.9 |
| Canada | 4 | 34.6 | 11.6 |
| Denmark | 1 | 5.5 | 18.2 |
| Finland | 1 | 5.4 | 18.7 |
| France | 2 | 63.3 | 3.2 |
| Germany | 7 | 82.1 | 8.5 |
| Japan | 3 | 127.2 | 2.4 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 16.6 | 30.2 |
| Norway | 1 | 4.9 | 20.5 |
| Sweden | 2 | 9.4 | 21.4 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 7.6 | 39.2 |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 62.3 | 17.7 |
| United States | 53 | 323.4 | 16.4 |
| Median | 3.0 | 18.4 | |
| Average | 7.1 | 17.8 | |
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Sources: Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai and UN Population Division
