July 2023 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 2023 edition): Exactly 32018 Higher Education Institutions from all over the world are included.
COUNTRY | TOP 100 | 101-500 | 501-1000 | 1001-5000 | 5001-10000 | TOTAL |
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USA | 53 | 97 | 89 | 536 | 1569 | 3180 |
United Kingdom | 8 | 36 | 33 | 63 | 51 | 337 |
China | 6 | 44 | 66 | 458 | 188 | 2495 |
Australia | 6 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 187 |
Canada | 6 | 16 | 9 | 38 | 80 | 383 |
Netherlands | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 129 |
Switzerland | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 103 |
Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
Belgium | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 142 |
Singapore | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 45 |
Germany | 1 | 34 | 20 | 68 | 108 | 461 |
Japan | 1 | 11 | 10 | 170 | 208 | 992 |
Brazil | 1 | 5 | 11 | 168 | 148 | 1264 |
Finland | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 42 |
Denmark | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 81 |
Norway | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 47 |
Italy | 0 | 19 | 23 | 40 | 25 | 289 |
Spain | 0 | 15 | 23 | 47 | 29 | 276 |
France | 0 | 12 | 20 | 116 | 78 | 625 |
Sweden | 0 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 46 |
South Korea | 0 | 7 | 15 | 76 | 41 | 401 |
Israel | 0 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 55 |
South africa | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 124 |
Malaysia | 0 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 21 | 351 |
Portugal | 0 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 109 |
Taiwan | 0 | 3 | 9 | 61 | 34 | 164 |
Austria | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 84 |
Saudi Arabia | 0 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 11 | 68 |
Greece | 0 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 66 |
Ireland | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 71 |
New Zealand | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 53 |
Russia | 0 | 2 | 12 | 114 | 152 | 1010 |
Iran | 0 | 2 | 9 | 118 | 31 | 440 |
Thailand | 0 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 63 | 192 |
Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 64 |
Chile | 0 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 8 | 130 |
Poland | 0 | 1 | 8 | 63 | 29 | 408 |
Hungary | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 69 |
Mexico | 0 | 1 | 4 | 56 | 48 | 1139 |
Argentina | 0 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 38 | 146 |
Serbia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 94 |
Estonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 31 |
Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 55 |
India | 0 | 0 | 18 | 285 | 377 | 5349 |
Turkey | 0 | 0 | 8 | 128 | 43 | 209 |
Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 6 | 65 | 325 | 3277 |
Egypt | 0 | 0 | 5 | 44 | 8 | 79 |
UAE | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 72 |
Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 43 | 359 |
Romania | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 102 |
Jordan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 37 |
Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 67 | 299 |
Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 45 | 186 |
Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 40 | 125 |
Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 36 |
Philippines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 59 | 366 |
Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 47 |
Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 40 |
Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 38 |
Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 46 |
Qatar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 38 |
Macau | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
Iceland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Malta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 55 | 278 |
Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 24 | 124 |
Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 29 | 170 |
Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 70 | 300 |
Algeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 25 | 108 |
Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 23 | 71 |
Morocco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 154 |
Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 56 |
Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 236 |
Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 59 |
Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 67 |
Palestine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 29 |
Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 26 | 124 |
Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 130 |
Belarus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 57 |
Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 88 |
Oman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 39 |
Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 73 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 46 |
Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 179 |
Uganda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 69 |
Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 38 |
Tanzania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 49 |
Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 68 |
Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 47 |
Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 25 |
Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 23 |
() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 64 |
Libya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 58 |
Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 55 |
Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 61 |
Albania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 44 |
Syria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 43 |
Bolivia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 55 |
Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 49 |
Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 39 |
Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 59 |
Armenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 51 |
Moldova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 25 |
Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 24 |
Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 42 |
Panama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 31 |
International | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 52 |
Cambodia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 49 |
Zambia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 42 |
Malawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
Botswana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
Trinidad & Tobago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
Brunei Darussalam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Fiji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Namibia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
El Salvador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 38 |
Krygyzstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 59 |
Senegal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 37 |
Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 49 |
Honduras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 96 |
Nicaragua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 49 |
Congo Democratic Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 43 |
Jamaica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
Mozambique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
Cte d’Ivoire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
Benin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Barbados | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
Cape Verde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Togo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Laos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Guam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Liechtenstein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Grenada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Bahamas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Lesotho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Faroe Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Greenland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Virgin Islands (US) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31 |
Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 87 |
Burkina Faso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
Belize | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 107 |
Bhutan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
Saint Kitts & Nevis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Sierra Leone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Papua New Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Guyana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Gambia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Dominica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
North Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Angola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
Haiti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
Burundi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
Timor-Leste | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Liberia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Cayman Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Aruba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Anguilla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Andorra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Antigua & Barbuda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Seychelles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Suriname | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Eswatini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Republic of Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Vatican City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Djibouti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Micronesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Monaco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
French Polynesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
San Marino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Turkmenistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
Gabon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Curaçao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Maldives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Chad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Saint Lucia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Mauritania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Niger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
International Europe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Kiribati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Montserrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Turks & Caicos Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Virgin Islands (British) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Vanuatu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Reunion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bermuda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Cook Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
French Guiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Gibraltar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Isle of Man | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Comoros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Marshall Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Martinique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
New Caledonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Niue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Palau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Solomon Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Sint Maarten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Tonga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |