Countries arranged by Number of Universities in Top Ranks

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
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