Tabulated below are the medals and overall rankings for host nations in each Summer Universiade and Winter Universiade, based on individual Games medals tables.
Ranked first
| Games | Host nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 1 | |
| 1961 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 10 | |
| 1963 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 8 | |
| 1965 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 1 | |
| 1967 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 63 | 2 | |
| 1970 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 | |
| 1973 | 69 | 37 | 31 | 137 | 1 | |
| 1975 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |
| 1977 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 3 | |
| 1979 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |
| 1981 | 30 | 17 | 20 | 67 | 2 | |
| 1983 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 3 | |
| 1985 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 6 | |
| 1987 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 6 | |
| 1989 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 8 | |
| 1991 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | |
| 1993 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 74 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 24 | 16 | 24 | 64 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 31 | 6 | |
| 1999 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 7 | |
| 2001 | 54 | 25 | 24 | 103 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 26 | 12 | 17 | 55 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 74 | 40 | 32 | 146 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 151 | 72 | 61 | 284 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 47 | 32 | 29 | 108 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 26 | 34 | 30 | 90 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 44 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 103 | 40 | 35 | 178 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 40 | 6 | |
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Ranked first
| Games | Host nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
| 1962 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1964 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1966 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
| 1968 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |
| 1970 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| 1972 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | |
| 1975 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | |
| 1978 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| 1983 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | |
| 1985 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | |
| 1987 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 1 | |
| 1989 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1991 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1997 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | |
| 1999 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 48 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | |
| 2017 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 41 | 39 | 32 | 112 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 8 |