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[Pyrpolizer]

I agree with you this looks simple and I wonder where on earth the OP found the 1:1000 ratio.

It is just cheap trick to get your attention and then make you feel smart because you solved such a "difficult" problem.

For a moment I thought you meant me personally LOL.
You are probably right the guy scored 3 million comments!!!

[GreekIslandGirl]

Yes, voted - it's a simple arithmetical pattern such as those given in primary schools.

For the person who claimed he could crunch the number in his head ........

[CrookedRiverGuy]

Out of the top 500, the USA would have a lot more than 30 universities.

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/wo ... cols/stats

You can count them yourself. 26 of the top 50 universities are American alone.

Of course leaving out the crucial point that a lot of their "universities" are rubbish. What is more interesting (based on your link) is how their 'average' university is ranked.

Nothing splendid about that:

Meta rank / Country / Average rank
1 Singapore 37,0
2 Netherlands 106,2
3 Hong Kong 148,8
4 Luxembourg 179,0
5 Switzerland 179,1
6 Sweden 204,3
7 Germany 220,3
8 Denmark 220,9
9 Belgium 222,9
10 United States 302,2
11 Norway 309,2
12 Australia 316,2
13 Finland 336,7
14 Iceland 337,5
15 Canada 340,5
16 Austria 351,9
17 Ireland 368,6
18 Macao 375,0
19 New Zealand 383,4
20 United Kingdom 394,7
21 Cyprus 412,5
22 Italy 422,2
23 France 429,6
24 Israel 437,5
25 Qatar 450,0
25 Uganda 450,0
27 Estonia 512,5
28 South Korea 523,8
29 South Africa 533,9
30 Lebanon 550,0
31 Saudi Arabia 555,0
32 Greece 567,9
33 Spain 610,8
34 Portugal 616,7
35 United Arab Emirates 618,8
36 China 658,2
37 Kuwait 700,0
37 Northern Cyprus 700,0
37 Peru 700,0
37 Philippines 700,0
37 Slovenia 700,0
42 Malaysia 708,3
43 Croatia 725,0
44 Russian Federation 745,1
45 Hungary 750,0
46 Taiwan 774,9
47 Colombia 790,0
48 Jordan 800,0
49 Chile 803,8
49 Czech Republic 803,8
51 Turkey 804,5
52 Iran 812,5
53 Japan 815,7
54 Thailand 820,0
55 India 829,8
56 Slovakia 833,3
57 Egypt 855,6
58 Poland 858,3
59 Romania 860,0
60 Brazil 863,3
61 Lithuania 875,0
62 Algeria 900,0
62 Argentina 900,0
62 Belarus 900,0
62 Costa Rica 900,0
62 Ghana 900,0
62 Kenya 900,0
62 Latvia 900,0
62 Nigeria 900,0
62 Oman 900,0
62 Sri Lanka 900,0
72 Pakistan 905,0
73 Indonesia 937,5
74 Morocco 950,0
74 Venezuela 950,0
76 Mexico 972,7
77 Ukraine 1020,0
78 Bangladesh 1050,0
78 Bulgaria 1050,0
78 Georgia 1050,0
78 Tunisia 1050,0

[CrookedRiverGuy]

If you weigh the rank of each university with the number of students, the US sinks even lower

Rank / Country / Score
1 Singapore 35,6
2 Netherlands 94,7
3 Switzerland 139,8
4 Hong Kong 141,9
5 Belgium 146,0
6 Sweden 151,5
7 Luxembourg 179,0
8 Denmark 190,9
9 Germany 196,0
10 Finland 246,1
11 Australia 264,5
12 United States 277,5
13 Iceland 285,6
14 Canada 294,5
15 Austria 312,8
16 Norway 315,2
17 New Zealand 344,8
18 Ireland 352,7
19 United Kingdom 358,9
20 Macao 375,0
21 France 411,0
22 Cyprus 427,1
23 Italy 427,3
24 Israel 428,2
25 Qatar 450,0
25 Uganda 450,0
27 Saudi Arabia 524,5
28 Estonia 532,3
29 Lebanon 550,0
30 South Korea 556,2
31 United Arab Emirates 562,6
32 Greece 572,6
33 Portugal 585,7
34 Spain 603,3
35 China 631,9
36 South Africa 698,9
37 Kuwait 700,0
37 Northern Cyprus 700,0
37 Peru 700,0
37 Philippines 700,0
37 Slovenia 700,0
42 Czech Republic 703,3
43 Malaysia 722,7
44 Taiwan 743,8
45 Russian Federation 753,3
46 Japan 786,5
47 Chile 791,4
48 Iran 797,3
49 Hungary 797,5
50 Slovakia 805,4
51 Brazil 807,4
52 Colombia 808,7
53 Jordan 816,1
54 Croatia 822,7
55 Thailand 822,9
56 Romania 829,2
57 Lithuania 831,4
58 Poland 832,3
59 Egypt 872,2
60 Pakistan 880,7
61 India 885,7
62 Algeria 900,0
62 Argentina 900,0
62 Belarus 900,0
62 Costa Rica 900,0
62 Ghana 900,0
62 Kenya 900,0
62 Latvia 900,0
62 Nigeria 900,0
62 Oman 900,0
62 Sri Lanka 900,0
72 Indonesia 927,3
73 Mexico 970,4
74 Venezuela 971,5
75 Morocco 976,7
76 Turkey 1011,3
77 Ukraine 1019,0
78 Bangladesh 1050,0
78 Bulgaria 1050,0
78 Georgia 1050,0
78 Tunisia 1050,0

[Paphitis]

Yes, voted - it's a simple arithmetical pattern such as those given in primary schools.

For the person who claimed he could crunch the number in his head ........

Duh.

I wouldn't call this an IQ test at all, but a bit of a joke, and you just degraded yourself by grandstanding on such a pathetic question.

It's a pattern alright, and it should be obvious to a little kid from Primary School.

[Paphitis]

I agree with you this looks simple and I wonder where on earth the OP found the 1:1000 ratio.

It is just cheap trick to get your attention and then make you feel smart because you solved such a "difficult" problem.

Exactly.

This isn't really an IQ test unless its pitched at 10 year olds, in which case it probably has some validity.

Some internet sites also market products like fairly dubious IQ Tests by using this trick and then sell you a bogus test after a short trial. It's just nonsense.

A real IQ test includes geometry, ratios, spatial orientation, and reasoning, verbal and vocabulary testing and reasoning, comprehension and perhaps also some form of personality questionnaire to compare with the rest of society.

Questions like the above are meaningless.

But it seems to stimulkate Miltiades and "g"IG

[Paphitis]

Out of the top 500, the USA would have a lot more than 30 universities.

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/wo ... cols/stats

You can count them yourself. 26 of the top 50 universities are American alone.

Of course leaving out the crucial point that a lot of their "universities" are rubbish. What is more interesting (based on your link) is how their 'average' university is ranked.

Nothing splendid about that:

Meta rank / Country / Average rank
1 Singapore 37,0
2 Netherlands 106,2
3 Hong Kong 148,8
4 Luxembourg 179,0
5 Switzerland 179,1
6 Sweden 204,3
7 Germany 220,3
8 Denmark 220,9
9 Belgium 222,9
10 United States 302,2
11 Norway 309,2
12 Australia 316,2
13 Finland 336,7
14 Iceland 337,5
15 Canada 340,5
16 Austria 351,9
17 Ireland 368,6
18 Macao 375,0
19 New Zealand 383,4
20 United Kingdom 394,7
21 Cyprus 412,5
22 Italy 422,2
23 France 429,6
24 Israel 437,5
25 Qatar 450,0
25 Uganda 450,0
27 Estonia 512,5
28 South Korea 523,8
29 South Africa 533,9
30 Lebanon 550,0
31 Saudi Arabia 555,0
32 Greece 567,9
33 Spain 610,8
34 Portugal 616,7
35 United Arab Emirates 618,8
36 China 658,2
37 Kuwait 700,0
37 Northern Cyprus 700,0
37 Peru 700,0
37 Philippines 700,0
37 Slovenia 700,0
42 Malaysia 708,3
43 Croatia 725,0
44 Russian Federation 745,1
45 Hungary 750,0
46 Taiwan 774,9
47 Colombia 790,0
48 Jordan 800,0
49 Chile 803,8
49 Czech Republic 803,8
51 Turkey 804,5
52 Iran 812,5
53 Japan 815,7
54 Thailand 820,0
55 India 829,8
56 Slovakia 833,3
57 Egypt 855,6
58 Poland 858,3
59 Romania 860,0
60 Brazil 863,3
61 Lithuania 875,0
62 Algeria 900,0
62 Argentina 900,0
62 Belarus 900,0
62 Costa Rica 900,0
62 Ghana 900,0
62 Kenya 900,0
62 Latvia 900,0
62 Nigeria 900,0
62 Oman 900,0
62 Sri Lanka 900,0
72 Pakistan 905,0
73 Indonesia 937,5
74 Morocco 950,0
74 Venezuela 950,0
76 Mexico 972,7
77 Ukraine 1020,0
78 Bangladesh 1050,0
78 Bulgaria 1050,0
78 Georgia 1050,0
78 Tunisia 1050,0

That's because they probably have a couple of thousand universities and a lot of those would not be highly ranked at all.

But, from the top 100 universities on the planet, 42 are American. That is nearly half and for a population of 320 million people, I find that extraordinary.

42 universities out of the first 100 is just ridiculously good. I wonder how many EU universities there are in the top 100 for 550 million people. I would suspect less for their population ratio.

And forgive me, but an overall ranking of 12 (at its lowest in this matrix) is actually quite good. They are just behind Australia, Germany and Finland, and actually ranked 1 higher than the UK. The USA isn't the dumb country some here are trying to portray. It's actually quite highly ranked and with some of the best universities on the planet.