XY scatter chart showing the position of each represented nation by number of top 100 world-class clinical medicine and pharmacy universities per capita in 2010. Sweden comes first with 3 universities and a per capita index of 32.28. Switzerland is second with 2 and 26.33. The Netherlands are third with 4 and 24.02. Finland is fourth with 1 and 18.71, and Belgium is fifth with 2 and 18.70. The United States are seventh with 56 universities and an index of 17.63. The median of universities is 2, and the median of per capita index is 14.75, corresponding to the index of Canada.

Sweden and Switzerland command the per capita ranking. However, most of the countries are placed above the average (red line) suggesting a strong emphasis placed on this scientific field by a sizable group of countries.

 

100 Top Universities per Capita
Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy – 2010

Country

Number

Population

Per capita

Million(Nbr/Millionx100)
Australia321.5113.95
Belgium210.7018.70
Brazil1195.420.51
Canada533.8914.75
Denmark15.4818.24
Finland15.3518.71
France262.643.19
Germany582.066.09
Italy160.101.66
Japan2127.001.57
Netherlands416.6524.02
Spain145.322.21
Sweden39.2932.28
Switzerland27.5926.33
Taiwan123.024.34
United Kingdom1061.9016.16
United States56317.6417.63
median2 14.75

 

Sources: see Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai and UN Population Division

 

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