Country ranking extracted from top 100 of 2017 Academic Ranking of World Universities [ARWU]
CC = country code / Theta_100* = Theta score for countries in top 100 [ARWU]
/ NC = Number of country universities in top 100 ARWU
Countries are ranked by Theta_100 score (descending order) then by the number of universities in top 100 ARWU (descending order)
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| Rank |
CC |
Theta_100 |
NC |
| 1 | US | 2922 | 48 |
| 2 | UK | 598 | 9 |
| 3 | CA | 225 | 4 |
| 4 | CH | 207 | 5 |
| 5 | AU | 174 | 6 |
| 6 | DE | 167 | 4 |
| 7 | JP | 165 | 3 |
| 8 | FR | 159 | 3 |
| 9 | NL | 145 | 4 |
| 10 | SE | 127 | 3 |
| 11 | DK | 111 | 2 |
| 12 | CN | 85 | 2 |
| 13 | FI | 47 | 1 |
| 14 | BE | 46 | 2 |
| 15 | NO | 41 | 1 |
| 16 | SG | 12 | 1 |
| 17 | RU | 10 | 1 |
| 18 | IL | 9 | 1 |