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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
USA
54.0%
31.6%
27.2%
4.6%
UK
11.0%
8.3%
4.9%
0.9%
Germany
6.0%
8.0%
6.0%
1.3%
Japan
4.0%
6.2%
9.0%
2.0%
Canada
4.0%
4.2%
2.6%
0.5%
Sweden
4.0%
2.2%
0.8%
0.1%
France
3.0%
4.6%
4.6%
0.9%
Australia
3.0%
3.0%
1.6%
0.3%
Switzerland
3.0%
1.6%
0.8%
0.1%
Netherlands
2.0%
2.4%
1.4%
0.2%
Denmark
2.0%
0.8%
0.6%
0.1%
Finland
1.0%
1.2%
0.4%
0.1%
Israel
1.0%
1.2%
0.3%
0.1%
Norway
1.0%
0.8%
0.7%
0.1%
Russia
1.0%
0.4%
2.0%
2.2%
China
0
6.0%
6.6%
20.5%
Italy
0
4.4%
3.8%
0.9%
Spain
0
1.8%
2.5%
0.7%
South Korea
0
1.6%
1.8%
0.7%
Austria
0
1.4%
0.7%
0.1%
Belgium
0
1.4%
0.8%
0.2%
Brazil
0
1.2%
2.2%
2.9%
New Zealand
0
1.0%
0.2%
0.1%
Ireland
0
0.6%
0.5%
0.1%
South Africa
0
0.6%
0.5%
0.7%
Chile
0
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
Greece
0
0.4%
0.6%
0.2%
Hungary
0
0.4%
0.2%
0.2%
India
0
0.4%
1.9%
17.0%
Poland
0
0.4%
0.7%
0.6%
Portugal
0
0.4%
0.4%
0.2%
Singapore
0
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
Argentina
0
0.2%
0.4%
0.6%
Czech
0
0.2%
0.3%
0.2%
Mexico
0
0.2%
1.7%
1.6%
Slovenia
0
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
Turkey
0
0.2%
0.8%
1.1%
Source: World Bank. GDP (2006) and Population (2006). Available at http://go.worldbank.org/8IFX7L0860
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