Analysis

Percentage Distribution of Top Universities by Country with
Their Share of Global Population and GDP


Country% of Top 100% of Top 500% of GDP% of Population
United States54.0%31.6%27.2%4.6%
United Kingdom11.0%8.3%4.9%0.9%
Germany6.0%8.0%6.0%1.3%
Japan4.0%6.2%9.0%2.0%
Canada4.0%4.2%2.6%0.5%
Sweden4.0%2.2%0.8%0.1%
France3.0%4.6%4.6%0.9%
Australia3.0%3.0%1.6%0.3%
Switzerland3.0%1.6%0.8%0.1%
Netherlands2.0%2.4%1.4%0.2%
Denmark2.0%0.8%0.6%0.1%
Finland1.0%1.2%0.4%0.1%
Israel1.0%1.2%0.3%0.1%
Norway1.0%0.8%0.7%0.1%
Russia1.0%0.4%2.0%2.2%
China0.0%6.0%6.6%20.5%
Italy0.0%4.4%3.8%0.9%
Spain0.0%1.8%2.5%0.7%
South Korea0.0%1.6%1.8%0.7%
Austria0.0%1.4%0.7%0.1%
Belgium0.0%1.4%0.8%0.2%
Brazil0.0%1.2%2.2%2.9%
New Zealand0.0%1.0%0.2%0.1%
Ireland0.0%0.6%0.5%0.1%
South Africa0.0%0.6%0.5%0.7%
Chile0.0%0.4%0.3%0.3%
Greece0.0%0.4%0.6%0.2%
Hungary0.0%0.4%0.2%0.2%
India0.0%0.4%1.9%17.0%
Poland0.0%0.4%0.7%0.6%
Portugal0.0%0.4%0.4%0.2%
Singapore0.0%0.4%0.3%0.1%
Argentina0.0%0.2%0.4%0.6%
Czech0.0%0.2%0.3%0.2%
Mexico0.0%0.2%1.7%1.6%
Slovenia0.0%0.2%0.1%0.0%
Turkey0.0%0.2%0.8%1.1%
Source: World Bank. GDP (2007) and Population (2007).
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