July 2021 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 like the USA has a lot of 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 2021 edition): Exactly 31097 universities from all over the world are included.
COUNTRY | 100 | 101-200 | 201-500 | 501-1000 | 1001-5000 | 5001-10000 | ALL |
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United States of America | 56 | 36 | 60 | 101 | 569 | 1538 | 3216 |
United Kingdom | 8 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 63 | 51 | 280 |
Australia | 7 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 22 | 190 |
Canada | 6 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 39 | 85 | 387 |
China | 4 | 7 | 29 | 60 | 473 | 572 | 2565 |
Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 129 |
Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 102 |
Germany | 2 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 73 | 104 | 459 |
Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
Belgium | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 81 |
Singapore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 44 |
Denmark | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 73 |
Norway | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 44 |
Japan | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 180 | 206 | 1003 |
Brazil | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 168 | 122 | 1297 |
Finland | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 42 |
Sweden | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 47 |
Italy | 0 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 36 | 22 | 239 |
Spain | 0 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 43 | 27 | 266 |
South Korea | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 81 | 29 | 375 |
Israel | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 44 |
Portugal | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 109 |
New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 55 |
Taiwan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 70 | 34 | 165 |
Austria | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 85 |
Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 52 | 41 | 1173 |
France | 0 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 117 | 75 | 617 |
South Africa | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 121 |
Ireland | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 66 |
Russian Federation | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 128 | 141 | 1058 |
Greece | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 59 |
Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 68 |
Poland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 63 | 24 | 379 |
Iran | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 141 | 60 | 704 |
Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 374 |
Czechia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 70 |
Chile | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 131 |
Argentina | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 33 | 145 |
Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 123 | 47 | 213 |
Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 70 |
Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 70 |
Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 31 |
Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 49 |
India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 264 | 435 | 5288 |
Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 46 | 194 |
Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 8 | 73 |
Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 197 | 2595 |
Romania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 99 |
Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 37 |
United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 69 |
Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 45 | 358 |
Colombia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 59 | 293 |
Viet Nam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 32 | 180 |
Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 54 |
Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 36 |
Belarus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 57 |
Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 134 |
Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 46 |
Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 40 |
Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 36 |
Croatia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 46 |
Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 37 |
Qatar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
Macao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
Iceland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
Malta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 70 | 315 |
Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 26 | 170 |
Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 54 | 279 |
Algeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 23 | 102 |
Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 19 | 65 |
Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 115 |
Peru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 28 | 133 |
Morocco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 148 |
Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 61 |
Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 123 |
Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 32 |
Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 70 |
Palestina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 29 |
Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 290 |
Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 66 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 48 |
Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 203 |
Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 66 |
Uganda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 67 |
Tanzania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 51 |
Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 66 |
Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50 |
Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 63 |
Libya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 58 |
Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 25 |
Oman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 38 |
Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 41 |
Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 48 |
North Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
Syria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 41 |
Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 59 |
Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 48 |
Albania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 41 |
Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 32 |
Armenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 40 |
Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 23 |
Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
Bolivia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 56 |
Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 56 |
Panama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 29 |
Moldova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
Cambodia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50 |
Zambia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 44 |
Brunei Darussalam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
Namibia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Fiji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 83 |
Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 62 |
El Salvador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 39 |
Malawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 28 |
Nicaragua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 50 |
Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 46 |
Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 40 |
Jamaica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
Honduras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
Botswana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
Senegal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 34 |
Mozambique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
D R of the Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
Benin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
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 |
Cape Verde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Dominica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Guam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Liechtenstein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Grenada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Lesotho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
French Polynesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Greenland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Virgin Islands US | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 95 |
Burkina Faso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
Papua New Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Laos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 89 |
Bhutan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Sierra Leone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Gambia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
Angola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
Haiti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
Burundi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
Guyana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Togo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Belize | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Liberia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
North Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Seychelles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Suriname | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Bahamas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Republic of the Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Niger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Swaziland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Anguilla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Djibouti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Faroe Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Micronesia FSM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Monaco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Réunion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
San Marino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
Gabon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Curaçao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Timor-Leste | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
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 |
Chad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Maldives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Mauritania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Andorra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
British Virgin Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Kiribati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Montserrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Saint Vincent and Grenadines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 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 |
Comoros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
French Guiana | 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 |
Martinique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Niue | 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 |
Tonga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Turkmenistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Vanuatu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |