The United States, with 45 institutions, sits at the top of the 2013 ranking of the world top 100 universities in physics. European countries are well represented in the list with 38% of the slots.
The score per capita ranking places Switzerland at the top, followed by Israel, the Netherlands, Finland, and Denmark, all with scores well above the median and the average (red line).
World top 100 universities in Physics | |||
Country | Number | Population | Per capita |
| Million | (Nbr/Millionx100) | ||
| Australia | 2 | 22.0 | 9.1 |
| Austria | 1 | 8.5 | 11.8 |
| Canada | 5 | 34.6 | 14.4 |
| Denmark | 1 | 5.5 | 18.2 |
| Finland | 1 | 5.4 | 18.7 |
| France | 4 | 63.3 | 6.3 |
| Germany | 7 | 82.1 | 8.5 |
| Israel | 3 | 7.6 | 39.5 |
| Italy | 5 | 59.1 | 8.5 |
| Japan | 6 | 127.2 | 4.7 |
| Korea, Rep. of | 1 | 49.0 | 2.0 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 16.6 | 24.1 |
| Spain | 1 | 45.7 | 2.2 |
| Sweden | 1 | 9.4 | 10.7 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 7.6 | 52.3 |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 62.3 | 14.5 |
| United States | 45 | 323.4 | 13.9 |
| Median | 4 | 11.8 | |
| Average | 6 | 15.3 | |
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Sources: Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai and UN Population Division
