Best Universities for Statistics in Africa

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Statistics. A graph of 4.17M citations received by 365K academic papers made by 338 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 Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Statistics

#1 in South Africa

#346 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Statistics

#2 in South Africa

#416 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

3. Cairo University

For Statistics

#1 in Egypt

#448 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 257,200
Founded: 1908

4. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Statistics

#3 in South Africa

#478 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

5. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Statistics

#4 in South Africa

#497 in the World

Founded: 1918

6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Statistics

#5 in South Africa

#505 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

7. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Statistics

#2 in Egypt

#764 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

8. Ain Shams University

For Statistics

#3 in Egypt

#774 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

9. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Statistics

#4 in Egypt

#814 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 197,278
Founded: 1942

10. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Statistics

#6 in South Africa

#817 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Male:Female: 36:64
Founded: 1873

11. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Statistics

#7 in South Africa

#818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Enrollment: 26,439
Male:Female: 42:58
Founded: 2004

12. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Statistics

#8 in South Africa

#845 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

13. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Statistics

#1 in Uganda

#853 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1922

14. University of Sfax

For Statistics

#884 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

15. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Statistics

#887 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 49,103
Male:Female: 58:42
Founded: 1954

16. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Statistics

#908 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

17. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Statistics

#943 in the World

Founded: 1950

18. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Statistics

#1043 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

19. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Statistics

#5 in Egypt

#1060 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

20. University of Ghana

For Statistics

#1 in Ghana

#1073 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 67,914
Male:Female: 51:49
Founded: 1948

21. Assiut University

For Statistics

#6 in Egypt

#1102 in the World

Founded: 1957

22. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Statistics

#9 in South Africa

#1132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 37,000
Founded: 1904

23. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Statistics

#1 in Kenya

#1142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1970

24. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Statistics

#7 in Egypt

#1155 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

25. Tanta University

For Statistics

#8 in Egypt

#1167 in the World

Founded: 1972

26. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Statistics

#1176 in the World

27. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Statistics

#1178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

28. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Statistics

#1192 in the World

29. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Statistics

#1234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

30. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Statistics

#1310 in the World

31. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Statistics

#2 in Ghana

#1360 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Enrollment: 85,000
Founded: 1951

32. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Statistics

#1362 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

33. Al-Azhar University

For Statistics

#9 in Egypt

#1378 in the World

Founded: 1961

34. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Statistics

#1424 in the World

35. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Statistics

#1432 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

36. Benha University

For Statistics

#10 in Egypt

#1441 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 88,016
Founded: 1976

37. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Statistics

#1486 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

38. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Statistics

#10 in South Africa

#1495 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 24,754
Founded: 1959

39. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Statistics

#1497 in the World

40. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Statistics

#1500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 18,040
Founded: 1955

41. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Statistics

#11 in Egypt

#1520 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

42. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Statistics

#1567 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 57,852
Founded: 2001

43. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Statistics

#1579 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

44. Helwan University

For Statistics

#12 in Egypt

#1590 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

45. University of Malawi

For Statistics

#1 in Malawi

#1610 in the World

Founded: 1964

46. Covenant University

For Statistics

#1656 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

47. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Statistics

#1705 in the World

Enrollment: 98,720
Male:Female: 54:46

48. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Statistics

#3 in Ghana

#1722 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

49. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Statistics

#1754 in the World

Founded: 1964

50. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Statistics

#11 in South Africa

#1761 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

51. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Statistics

#12 in South Africa

#1773 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

52. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Statistics

#1781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

53. Minia University

For Statistics

#13 in Egypt

#1784 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

54. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Statistics

#1787 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

55. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Statistics

#1829 in the World

Enrollment: 30,414
Male:Female: 75:25
Founded: 1976

56. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Statistics

#1867 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

57. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Statistics

#1877 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Enrollment: 17,672
Founded: 1981

58. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Statistics

#1909 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

59. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Statistics

#14 in Egypt

#1937 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

60. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Statistics

#1 in Zambia

#1975 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

61. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Statistics

#1985 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 49,436
Founded: 1962

62. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Statistics

#2 in Kenya

#2000 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

63. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Statistics

#15 in Egypt

#2007 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 6,857
Founded: 1919

64. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Statistics

#2014 in the World

Enrollment: 16,315

65. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Statistics

#13 in South Africa

#2035 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

66. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Statistics

#2056 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

67. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Statistics

#2076 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

68. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Statistics

#2112 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

69. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Statistics

#10 in Nigeria

#2138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

70. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Statistics

#3 in Kenya

#2145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

71. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Statistics

#14 in South Africa

#2152 in the World

Founded: 1916

72. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Statistics

#1 in Sudan

#2172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 41,030
Founded: 1956

73. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Statistics

#2182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

74. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Statistics

#2191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 36,000

75. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Statistics

#1 in Mauritius

#2197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

76. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Statistics

#16 in Egypt

#2201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

77. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Statistics

#11 in Nigeria

#2211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

78. University for Development Studies

For Statistics

#4 in Ghana

#2243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

79. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Statistics

#2251 in the World

Founded: 1918

80. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Statistics

#4 in Kenya

#2293 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

81. Fayoum University

For Statistics

#17 in Egypt

#2295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

82. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Statistics

#12 in Nigeria

#2305 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

83. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Statistics

#13 in Nigeria

#2329 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

84. National Polytechnic School, Algeria

Algeria | Algiers

For Statistics

#2333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

85. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Statistics

#15 in South Africa

#2336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

86. Gabes University

Tunisia | Gabes

For Statistics

#2343 in the World

87. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Statistics

#2347 in the World

Enrollment: 22,270
Male:Female: 52:48

88. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Statistics

#2355 in the World

89. Bayero University Kano

For Statistics

#14 in Nigeria

#2368 in the World

Founded: 1975

90. Debre Markos University

Ethiopia | Debre Markos

For Statistics

#2407 in the World

Founded: 2005

91. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

Algeria | Setif

For Statistics

#2414 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

92. Nile University

Egypt | Sheikh Zayed City

For Statistics

#18 in Egypt

#2416 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 500
Founded: 2006

93. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Statistics

#2436 in the World

94. Aswan University

For Statistics

#19 in Egypt

#2438 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

95. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Statistics

#16 in South Africa

#2456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 10,213
Founded: 2002

96. Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Uganda | Mbarara

For Statistics

#2 in Uganda

#2470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1989

97. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Statistics

#2490 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 24,000
Founded: 1970

98. Arba Minch University

Ethiopia | Arba Minch

For Statistics

#2509 in the World

Enrollment: 37,433
Founded: 1986

99. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Statistics

#20 in Egypt

#2514 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

100. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Statistics

#21 in Egypt

#2529 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

Mathematics subfields in Africa

Actuarial Science27

Applied Mathematics127

Blockchain and Cryptography88

Econometrics and Mathematical Economics183

Math Teachers168

Operations Research57