July 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 (July 2020 edition): Exactly 30586 universities from all over the world are included.
COUNTRY | 1-100 | 101-200 | 201-500 | 501-1000 | 1001-5000 | 5001-10000 | ALL |
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United States of America | 58 | 37 | 65 | 106 | 620 | 1526 | 3254 |
United Kingdom | 8 | 10 | 23 | 40 | 63 | 53 | 282 |
Canada | 6 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 41 | 85 | 370 |
Australia | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 26 | 193 |
PR China | 4 | 5 | 30 | 64 | 467 | 883 | 2595 |
Germany | 3 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 72 | 129 | 464 |
Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 26 | 131 |
Japan | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 208 | 201 | 1014 |
Belgium | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 83 |
Singapore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 45 |
Sweden | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 48 |
Hong Kong | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
Denmark | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 76 |
Norway | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 45 |
Brazil | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 165 | 105 | 1349 |
Finland | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 42 |
Italy | 0 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 37 | 32 | 240 |
Swizterland | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 105 |
Spain | 0 | 2 | 15 | 22 | 43 | 24 | 263 |
Korea | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 86 | 29 | 377 |
Portugal | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 114 |
Israel | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 43 |
Taiwan | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 76 | 36 | 165 |
Austria | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 84 |
New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 57 |
Czechia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 73 |
Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 59 | 40 | 1253 |
France | 0 | 0 | 10 | 27 | 111 | 71 | 631 |
South Africa | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 123 |
Greece | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 71 |
Ireland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 65 |
Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 70 |
Russian Federation | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 126 | 157 | 1096 |
Poland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 61 | 34 | 398 |
Chile | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 142 |
Argentina | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 36 | 144 |
Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 138 | 57 | 730 |
Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 125 | 29 | 217 |
Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 12 | 381 |
Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 69 |
Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 31 |
Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 50 |
India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 258 | 254 | 4381 |
Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 69 |
Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 44 | 189 |
Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 177 | 2694 |
Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 7 | 70 |
Colombia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 50 | 294 |
Perú | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 26 | 136 |
Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 54 |
Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 36 |
Belarus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 58 |
Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 129 |
Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 46 |
Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 41 |
Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 36 |
Croatia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 47 |
Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 37 |
Macao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
Qatar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
Iceland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
Jamaica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
Malta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 39 | 347 |
Romania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 18 | 102 |
Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 77 | 317 |
Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 19 | 168 |
Algeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 104 |
Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 30 | 262 |
Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 14 | 65 |
Viet Nam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 30 | 176 |
Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 113 |
United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 70 |
Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 36 |
Morocco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 153 |
Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 60 |
Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 297 |
Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 125 |
Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 204 |
Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 65 |
Palestine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 28 |
Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 66 |
Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 73 |
Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 31 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 48 |
Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 70 |
Uganda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 69 |
Tanzania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 52 |
Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 43 |
Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 51 |
Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 67 |
Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 48 |
North Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 22 |
Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 65 |
Bolivia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 58 |
Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 58 |
Libya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 40 |
Syria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 37 |
Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
Armenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 40 |
Oman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 39 |
Albania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 41 |
Moldova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 25 |
Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 61 |
Nicaragua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 49 |
Panamá | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 |
Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
Brunei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
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 |
Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 87 |
El Salvador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 39 |
Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 47 |
Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 47 |
Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 40 |
Honduras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
Zambia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 44 |
Senegal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 34 |
Malawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23 |
Mozambique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
Benin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
Botswana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
Barbados | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Dominica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Guam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Laos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Liechtenstein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Grenada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Swaziland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Faroe Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Greenland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
French Polynesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
San Marino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Virgin Islands United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Cambodia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 52 |
Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 101 |
Burkina Faso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 83 |
Papua New Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Sierra Leone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 |
Angola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
Haiti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
Burundi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
Bhutan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Cabo Verde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Guyana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Liberia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Togo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Belize | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Gambia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Seychelles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Suriname | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Andorra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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 |
Lesotho | 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 |
Djibouti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Federated States of Micronesia | 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 | 29 |
Gabon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Curaçao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Timor Leste | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
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 |
Aruba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Mauritania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Maldives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
North Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Kiribati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Montserrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Chad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Virgin Islands UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Bermuda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Guyane | 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 |
Comoros | 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 |
Martinique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Palau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Réunion | 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 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 26 |