Charted: The World’s Top 100 Universities, by Country

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We breakdown which countries host the most top 100 universities in the world, as per the World University Rankings 2024, sourced from Times Higher Education.

The ranking measures 1,906 universities across 108 countries on 18 performance indicators across broad pillars like teaching, research environment, research quality, industry, and international outlook.

The U.S. Dominates in Higher Education

Not only does the U.S. have the most top 100 universities (36), it is also the most represented country (169 universities) in the entire ranking catalog of nearly 2,000 schools.

Adding the U.S. number to that of Canada’s (3) gives a regional total for North America (39) that compares similarly to Europe’s (36) regional total.

Country Region Top 100 Universities Highest Ranked University
🇺🇸 U.S. North America 36 Stanford University, #2
🇨🇳 China & 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Asia & Oceania 12 Tsinghua University, #12
🇬🇧 UK Europe 11 Oxford University, #1
🇩🇪 Germany Europe 8 Technical University of Munich, #30
🇦🇺 Australia Asia & Oceania 6 University of Melbourne, #37
🇳🇱 Netherlands Europe 6 Delft University of Technology, #48
🇫🇷 France Europe 4 Paris Sciences et Lettres, #71
🇨🇭 Switzerland Europe 3 ETH Zurich, #11
🇨🇦 Canada North America 3 University of Toronto, #21
🇰🇷 South Korea Asia & Oceania 3 Seoul National University, #62
🇸🇬 Singapore Asia & Oceania 2 NUS, #19
🇯🇵 Japan Asia & Oceania 2 University of Tokyo, #29
🇸🇪 Sweden Europe 2 Karolinska Institute, #50
🇧🇪 Belgium Europe 1 KU Leuven, #45
🇷🇺 Russia Europe 1 Moscow State University, #95

When looking at the top 10 specifically, the U.S. (7), and UK (3) split the pot for the very top of the ranking, which contains the world’s best universities.

Oxford University ranks first overall while Stanford University (#2) is first for teaching, and MIT (#3) is first in research quality.

Looking at top-ranking schools on a per capita basis, Singapore boasts two top 100 universities while having just over 5.5 million people. Switzerland, with nearly 9 million people, has three of the world’s best.

Notably South America and Africa do not host a single top 100 university, at least according to this ranking framework and the criteria within.

Source: Visual Capitalist

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