The United States place 54 universities among the 2014 world top 100 universities in life and agriculture sciences. With Canada's 5, North America dominates the field , while Europe as a whole takes 34 slots. Australia and Japan fill in the remaining 7 slots.
Switzerland commands the per capita ranking with 4 universities and an index of 49, almost threefold the average (red line), being followed by Sweden, Belgium, UK and Finland.
World top 100 universities | |||
Country | Number | Population | Per capita |
| Million | (Nbr/Millionx100) | ||
| Australia | 4 | 23.6 | 16.9 |
| Belgium | 3 | 11.1 | 26.9 |
| Canada | 5 | 35.5 | 14.1 |
| Denmark | 1 | 5.6 | 17.7 |
| Finland | 1 | 5.4 | 18.4 |
| France | 1 | 64.6 | 1.5 |
| Germany | 6 | 82.7 | 7.3 |
| Japan | 3 | 127 | 2.4 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 16.8 | 17.9 |
| Sweden | 3 | 9.6 | 31.1 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 8.2 | 49 |
| United Kingdom | 12 | 63.5 | 18.9 |
| United States | 54 | 322.6 | 16.7 |
| Total | 100 | ||
| Median | 17.7 | ||
| Average | 18.4 | ||
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Sources: Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai and UN Population Division
