XY scatter chart showing the position of each represented nation by number of top 100 social sciences universities per capita. Israel comes first with 2 universities and a per capita index of 27.9, followed by the Netherlands with 4 universities and a per capita of 24.3; Canada with 8 universities and an index of 23.9, and the USA with 70 universities and an index of 22.5. The median of universities is 1.5, and the median per capita index is 19.7.

The domineering position of the USA in the field of social sciences, with 70 world-class universities and a 23 per capita index (the median index is 19.7) is a possible explanation of the planet-wide diffusion of US ideology in the social and economic spheres in the second half of the 20th and early 21st centuries.

 

Top 100 World-class Universities per Capita
Social Sciences

Country

Number
2009

Population
2009

Per capita

Million(Nbr/Millionx100)
Israel27.1627.9
Netherlands416.4824.3
Canada833.4623.9
USA70311.7522.5
Norway14.7621.0
Denmark15.4618.3
UK1161.2718.0
Belgium110.509.5
Australia121.164.7
China11,343.930.1
Median1.5 19.7

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

 

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