Ranking of national higher education systems in the world
The U21 Ranking of National Higher Education Systems is a global study and its accompanying ranking, which measures the achievements of countries around the world in the field of higher education according to the international network of Universitas 21 universities. The research has been conducted annually since 2012. The main purpose of the project is to find out which countries provide the best higher education. In contrast to the ranking of higher education institutions, which takes into account the performance of individual educational institutions, the Universitas 21 ranking evaluates higher education systems among a relatively large number of countries at different stages of economic and social development.
| № | Country | Index |
| 1 | USA | 100 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 88.6 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 84.5 |
| 4 | Sweden | 82.9 |
| 5 | Denmark | 82.5 |
| 6 | Canada | 81.9 |
| 7 | Singapore | 81.3 |
| 8 | Australia | 80.9 |
| 9 | Finland | 80.4 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 80.2 |
| 11 | Norway | 77.8 |
| 12 | Austria | 77.2 |
| 13 | Belgium | 73.6 |
| 14 | New Zealand | 71.5 |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 70.2 |
| 16 | Germany | 69.6 |
| 17 | France | 67.6 |
| 18 | Israel | 67.3 |
| 19 | Ireland | 64.7 |
| 20 | Japan | 61.7 |
| 21 | Taiwan | 60.5 |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 59.3 |
| 23 | South Korea | 57.4 |
| 24 | Spain | 57.3 |
| 25 | Portugal | 56.8 |
| 26 | Czech Republic | 55.2 |
| 27 | China | 54.7 |
| 28 | Malaysia | 54.5 |
| 29 | Slovenia | 53.6 |
| 30 | Italy | 53.4 |
| 31 | Poland | 52.2 |
| 32 | Chile | 51.3 |
| 33 | Slovakia | 49.6 |
| 34 | SOUTH AFRICA | 48.7 |
| 35 | Hungary | 48.5 |
| 35 | Russia | 48.5 |
| 37 | Greece | 47 |
| 38 | Argentina | 45.1 |
| 38 | Ukraine | 45.1 |
| 40 | Brazil | 44.1 |
| 41 | Serbia | 43.4 |
| 42 | Turkey | 43.3 |
| 43 | Croatia | 42.1 |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 41.8 |
| 45 | Romania | 41.7 |
| 46 | Thailand | 41.2 |
| 47 | Mexico | 41.1 |
| 48 | Iran | 39.2 |
| 49 | India | 38.8 |
| 50 | Indonesia | 33.5 |