Countries arranged by Number of Universities in Top Ranks

January 2020 edition

        Most of the papers analysing ranking results only use the data from the top 500 universities, a sample that is clearly not very representative for most of the countries. For example, although there are countries where the whole set of their universities are in the upper category, others as important as the USA, that has a lot of universities in the elite, also shows over 2000 of its HEIs beyond the 5000th mark.

        As we believe the experts should go beyond the Top 500 biased analysis, we provide here the tabla with the data by country that can be useful for economic-related analysis (January 2020 edition): Exactly 29429 universities from all over the world are included.

COUNTRY Top100 101-200 201-500 501-1000 1001-5000 5001-10000 ALL
UNITED STATES 59 36 66 105 739 1418 3228
UNITED KINGDOM 7 11 23 40 58 54 276
AUSTRALIA 6 2 15 10 8 26 192
CANADA 5 8 11 8 46 80 367
CHINA 4 5 30 61 396 913 2596
GERMANY 3 6 28 23 67 143 455
NETHERLANDS 3 3 5 2 20 25 129
SWITZERLAND 2 3 2 2 14 20 103
BELGIUM 2 0 3 3 9 15 80
SINGAPORE 2 0 0 1 10 10 43
SWEDEN 1 5 3 2 20 6 47
HONG KONG 1 3 2 0 6 3 22
JAPAN 1 2 10 12 211 191 992
DENMARK 1 2 2 1 2 10 74
NORWAY 1 2 0 2 16 7 45
BRAZIL 1 0 6 15 166 109 1335
FINLAND 1 0 4 4 10 12 43
ITALY 0 5 12 23 38 33 238
SPAIN 0 2 14 24 46 23 260
ISRAEL 0 2 3 2 10 13 43
SOUTH KOREA 0 1 6 12 79 30 375
TAIWAN 0 1 3 12 68 42 165
AUSTRIA 0 1 3 6 17 20 80
NEW ZEALAND 0 1 2 3 8 7 58
MEXICO 0 1 0 5 65 37 1205
FRANCE 0 0 10 26 123 100 608
PORTUGAL 0 0 5 2 32 15 113
SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 4 4 14 1 121
GREECE 0 0 3 4 23 10 75
IRELAND 0 0 3 3 11 10 63
CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 3 2 16 10 71
SAUDI ARABIA 0 0 3 1 19 15 64
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 2 9 120 146 1091
POLAND 0 0 2 8 63 35 398
CHILE 0 0 2 1 37 7 139
TURKEY 0 0 1 9 86 66 211
IRAN 0 0 1 8 138 52 653
MALAYSIA 0 0 1 5 33 19 384
HUNGARY 0 0 1 3 11 11 67
ARGENTINA 0 0 1 1 41 34 119
ESTONIA 0 0 1 1 3 3 30
SERBIA 0 0 1 0 7 3 69
SLOVENIA 0 0 1 0 4 1 45
INDIA 0 0 0 9 253 274 4354
THAILAND 0 0 0 5 36 45 183
INDONESIA 0 0 0 3 61 192 2304
COLOMBIA 0 0 0 1 60 50 290
ROMANIA 0 0 0 1 34 20 101
EGYPT 0 0 0 1 32 5 64
BULGARIA 0 0 0 1 19 14 54
SLOVAKIA 0 0 0 1 15 3 35
BELARUS 0 0 0 1 9 22 57
LITHUANIA 0 0 0 1 8 5 41
LEBANON 0 0 0 1 8 2 47
COSTA RICA 0 0 0 1 6 6 60
CYPRUS 0 0 0 1 6 3 26
PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 1 5 10 41
CROATIA 0 0 0 1 5 4 47
MACAO 0 0 0 1 4 2 10
ICELAND 0 0 0 1 3 2 8
QATAR 0 0 0 1 2 1 13
JAMAICA 0 0 0 1 0 3 23
MALTA 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
LUXEMBOURG 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
PAKISTAN 0 0 0 0 50 41 343
ALGERIA 0 0 0 0 34 11 101
UKRAINE 0 0 0 0 33 77 315
BANGLADESH 0 0 0 0 33 17 166
ECUADOR 0 0 0 0 30 14 63
NIGERIA 0 0 0 0 27 33 249
VIET NAM 0 0 0 0 21 34 171
PERU 0 0 0 0 19 21 140
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0 0 0 0 19 6 65
JORDAN 0 0 0 0 17 7 36
IRAQ 0 0 0 0 15 13 105
MOROCCO 0 0 0 0 14 3 147
PHILIPPINES 0 0 0 0 10 16 277
SRI LANKA 0 0 0 0 10 7 61
VENEZUELA 0 0 0 0 9 7 61
KENYA 0 0 0 0 8 17 127
TUNISIA 0 0 0 0 8 11 196
CUBA 0 0 0 0 7 10 28
PALESTINA 0 0 0 0 7 7 25
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 0 0 0 0 7 6 47
ETHIOPIA 0 0 0 0 6 1 68
URUGUAY 0 0 0 0 5 11 41
TANZANIA 0 0 0 0 5 7 51
GHANA 0 0 0 0 5 6 63
LATVIA 0 0 0 0 5 6 52
UGANDA 0 0 0 0 5 5 65
ZIMBABWE 0 0 0 0 5 4 15
KUWAIT 0 0 0 0 5 2 12
OTHER 0 0 0 0 5 1 11
GUATEMALA 0 0 0 0 5 0 20
BOLIVIA 0 0 0 0 4 5 55
GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 4 4 67
NORTH MACEDONIA 0 0 0 0 4 1 21
KAZAKHSTAN 0 0 0 0 3 18 121
SUDAN 0 0 0 0 3 8 52
ALBANIA 0 0 0 0 3 4 40
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 0 0 0 0 3 3 37
ARMENIA 0 0 0 0 3 3 35
LIBYA 0 0 0 0 3 3 30
NEPAL 0 0 0 0 3 3 29
OMAN 0 0 0 0 3 2 38
CAMEROON 0 0 0 0 3 1 16
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 0 0 0 0 2 7 39
EL SALVADOR 0 0 0 0 2 5 38
MOLDOVA 0 0 0 0 2 4 25
MONGOLIA 0 0 0 0 2 3 47
NICARAGUA 0 0 0 0 2 3 45
YEMEN 0 0 0 0 2 3 45
KYRGYZSTAN 0 0 0 0 2 2 39
BAHRAIN 0 0 0 0 2 2 12
PANAMA 0 0 0 0 2 1 28
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 0 0 0 0 2 1 6
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 0 0 0 0 2 0 13
NAMIBIA 0 0 0 0 2 0 5
FIJI 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
OTHER 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
UZBEKISTAN 0 0 0 0 1 7 85
AZERBAIJAN 0 0 0 0 1 5 46
INTERNATIONAL 0 0 0 0 1 5 10
PARAGUAY 0 0 0 0 1 3 40
HONDURAS 0 0 0 0 1 3 16
MALAWI 0 0 0 0 1 2 13
MAURITIUS 0 0 0 0 1 2 9
MOZAMBIQUE 0 0 0 0 1 2 9
SENEGAL 0 0 0 0 1 1 28
ZAMBIA 0 0 0 0 1 1 22
BOTSWANA 0 0 0 0 1 1 7
LAOS 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
RWANDA 0 0 0 0 1 0 18
MADAGASCAR 0 0 0 0 1 0 12
BARBADOS 0 0 0 0 1 0 9
BENIN 0 0 0 0 1 0 8
TOGO 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
DOMINICA 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
GUAM 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
LIECHTENSTEIN 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
MONTENEGRO 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
GRENADA 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
LESOTHO 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
SWAZILAND 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
FAROE ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
FRENCH POLYNESIA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
SAN MARINO 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
VIRGIN ISLANDS US 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
AFGHANISTAN 0 0 0 0 0 3 88
CAMBODIA 0 0 0 0 0 2 51
MYANMAR 0 0 0 0 0 2 44
BURKINA FASO 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 0 0 0 0 0 1 44
ANGOLA 0 0 0 0 0 1 20
HAITI 0 0 0 0 0 1 17
BHUTAN 0 0 0 0 0 1 10
GUYANA 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
CAPE VERDE 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
SIERRA LEONE 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
BURUNDI 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
BELIZE 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
SEYCHELLES 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
BAHAMAS 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
CONGO 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
SURINAME 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
ANGUILLA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
AMERICAN SAMOA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
MICRONESIA FSM 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
GREENLAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
MONACO 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
NIGER 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
SOMALIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 60
TAJIKISTAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 27
CÔTE D'IVOIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
MALI 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
CURAÇAO 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
GABON 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
CAYMAN ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
SAINT LUCIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
TIMOR-LESTE 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
LIBERIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
MAURITANIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
MALDIVES 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
ARUBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
GAMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
GUINEA 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
NORTH KOREA 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
MONTSERRAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
SOUTH SUDAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
VIRGIN ISLANDS BRITISH 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
SAMOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ANDORRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BERMUDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
DJIBOUTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
FRENCH GUIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ISLE OF MAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MARSHALL ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PALAU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SOLOMON ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TONGA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
VANUATU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 100 102 298 500 4000 5001 29429