Best Universities for Agricultural Economics in Africa

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Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Agricultural Economics. A graph of 138K citations received by 16.2K academic papers made by 89 universities in Africa was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Pretoria

For Agricultural Economics

#29 in the World
Enrollment
48,174
Founded
1908

2. University of Ibadan

For Agricultural Economics

#1 in Nigeria
#82 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

3. University for Development Studies

For Agricultural Economics

#1 in Ghana
#121 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1992

4. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Agricultural Economics

#2 in Nigeria
#123 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Founded
1962

5. University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Agricultural Economics

#124 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Founded
2004

7. University of Nairobi

For Agricultural Economics

#1 in Kenya
#138 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1970

8. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Agricultural Economics

#2 in Ghana
#140 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Enrollment
85,000
Founded
1951

9. University of Ghana

For Agricultural Economics

#3 in Ghana
#149 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
67,914
Male:Female
51:49
Founded
1948

12. University of Nigeria

For Agricultural Economics

#3 in Nigeria
#168 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1960

13. Haramaya University

For Agricultural Economics

#2 in Ethiopia
#184 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Founded
1954

14. Makerere University

For Agricultural Economics

#1 in Uganda
#194 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1922

15. Egerton University

For Agricultural Economics

#2 in Kenya
#201 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Founded
1987

16. University of the Free State

For Agricultural Economics

#225 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1904

17. University of Zimbabwe

For Agricultural Economics

#1 in Zimbabwe
#233 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
18,040
Founded
1955

18. University of the Witwatersrand

For Agricultural Economics

#275 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1922

19. North-West University

For Agricultural Economics

#279 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Enrollment
26,439
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
2004

20. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

For Agricultural Economics

#4 in Nigeria
#289 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Founded
1988

21. Mekelle University

For Agricultural Economics

#3 in Ethiopia
#293 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Founded
1991

22. Federal University of Technology, Akure

For Agricultural Economics

#5 in Nigeria
#311 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Enrollment
17,672
Founded
1981

23. Ahmadu Bello University

For Agricultural Economics

#6 in Nigeria
#331 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
49,436
Founded
1962

25. Sokoine University of Agriculture

For Agricultural Economics

#1 in Tanzania
#362 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Founded
1984

26. University of Ilorin

For Agricultural Economics

#8 in Nigeria
#365 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
1975

28. Rhodes University

For Agricultural Economics

#398 in the World
Enrollment
8,200
Founded
1904

29. Jimma University

For Agricultural Economics

#4 in Ethiopia
#404 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Founded
1983

30. University of South Africa

For Agricultural Economics

#406 in the World
Enrollment
420,000
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1873

31. University of Johannesburg

For Agricultural Economics

#417 in the World
Enrollment
49,910
Founded
2005

32. Hawassa University

For Agricultural Economics

#5 in Ethiopia
#420 in the World
Enrollment
30,414
Male:Female
75:25
Founded
1976

33. Bahir Dar University

For Agricultural Economics

#6 in Ethiopia
#436 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
57,852
Founded
2001

34. University of Dar es Salaam

For Agricultural Economics

#2 in Tanzania
#442 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
24,000
Founded
1970

35. University of Malawi

For Agricultural Economics

#1 in Malawi
#447 in the World
Founded
1964

36. Kenyatta University

For Agricultural Economics

#3 in Kenya
#465 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1985

37. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

For Agricultural Economics

#9 in Nigeria
#468 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1990

38. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

For Agricultural Economics

#10 in Nigeria
#475 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1980

39. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

For Agricultural Economics

#11 in Nigeria
#506 in the World
Enrollment
20,000
Founded
1992

40. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

For Agricultural Economics

#4 in Kenya
#519 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1994

41. University of Cape Coast

For Agricultural Economics

#4 in Ghana
#527 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1962

42. Assiut University

For Agricultural Economics

#1 in Egypt
#528 in the World
Founded
1957

43. Ain Shams University

For Agricultural Economics

#2 in Egypt
#545 in the World
Enrollment
220,000
Founded
1950

44. Alexandria University

For Agricultural Economics

#3 in Egypt
#548 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
197,278
Founded
1942

45. Covenant University

For Agricultural Economics

#12 in Nigeria
#571 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2002

46. Zagazig University

For Agricultural Economics

#4 in Egypt
#575 in the World
Enrollment
117,299
Founded
1974

47. University of Lagos

For Agricultural Economics

#13 in Nigeria
#597 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1962

48. Cairo University

For Agricultural Economics

#5 in Egypt
#629 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
257,200
Founded
1908

49. University of Zambia

For Agricultural Economics

#1 in Zambia
#644 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1965

50. University of Swaziland

For Agricultural Economics

#1 in Eswatini
#661 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1976

52. University of Limpopo

For Agricultural Economics

#673 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1959

53. University of Gondar

For Agricultural Economics

#7 in Ethiopia
#678 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Enrollment
49,103
Male:Female
58:42
Founded
1954

54. University of the Western Cape

For Agricultural Economics

#721 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
24,754
Founded
1959

55. University of Ouagadougou

For Agricultural Economics

#1 in Burkina Faso
#725 in the World
Founded
1974

58. Tshwane University of Technology

For Agricultural Economics

#786 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2003

59. Eduardo Mondlane University

For Agricultural Economics

#793 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1962

60. Bayero University Kano

For Agricultural Economics

#15 in Nigeria
#804 in the World
Founded
1975

61. University of Venda

For Agricultural Economics

#809 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1982

63. University of Buea

For Agricultural Economics

#1 in Cameroon
#818 in the World
Founded
1992

65. Federal University of Technology, Minna

For Agricultural Economics

#16 in Nigeria
#822 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1982

66. University of Abuja

For Agricultural Economics

#17 in Nigeria
#831 in the World
Enrollment
4,680
Founded
1988

67. Moi University

For Agricultural Economics

#5 in Kenya
#832 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Founded
1984

68. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

For Agricultural Economics

#18 in Nigeria
#842 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1982

69. University of Port Harcourt

For Agricultural Economics

#19 in Nigeria
#844 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Founded
1975

70. Akwa Ibom State University

For Agricultural Economics

#20 in Nigeria
#848 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
2009

71. University of Khartoum

For Agricultural Economics

#1 in Sudan
#857 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
41,030
Founded
1956

72. Gulu University

For Agricultural Economics

#2 in Uganda
#868 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
2002

73. Arba Minch University

For Agricultural Economics

#9 in Ethiopia
#871 in the World
Enrollment
37,433
Founded
1986

74. University of Calabar

For Agricultural Economics

#21 in Nigeria
#872 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1975

75. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Agricultural Economics

#22 in Nigeria
#883 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1991

76. Nasarawa State University

For Agricultural Economics

#23 in Nigeria
#898 in the World
Founded
2002

77. Nelson Mandela University

For Agricultural Economics

#900 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Founded
2005

78. Landmark University

For Agricultural Economics

#24 in Nigeria
#905 in the World
Acceptance Rate
100%
Founded
2011

79. University of Lome

For Agricultural Economics

#1 in Togo
#915 in the World
Founded
1970

80. Olabisi Onabanjo University

For Agricultural Economics

#25 in Nigeria
#920 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Founded
1982

81. Cheikh Anta Diop University

For Agricultural Economics

#1 in Senegal
#923 in the World
Founded
1918

82. Adekunle Ajasin University

For Agricultural Economics

#26 in Nigeria
#926 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Founded
1982

83. Kogi State University

For Agricultural Economics

#27 in Nigeria
#931 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1999

85. Al-Azhar University

For Agricultural Economics

#6 in Egypt
#933 in the World
Founded
1961

86. University of Uyo

For Agricultural Economics

#28 in Nigeria
#940 in the World
Founded
1991

88. Kafrelsheikh University

For Agricultural Economics

#7 in Egypt
#945 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Founded
2006

89. Rivers State University

For Agricultural Economics

#30 in Nigeria
#949 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1980