New Zealand has the best universities money can buy

Yesterday I concluded that Switzerland has the best universities in the world, after tweaking the results of the Times Higher Education university league table by accounting for population. I also claimed I would not get carried away and analyse the data any further, but @TheJamesGlover requested a ranking adjusting for the wealth of each country, as measured in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). I relented and this chart is the result and it has New Zealand pushing Switzerland down into second place. Make of that what you will.


