Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in tertiary education, both sexes (%) by country
Share of all tertiary graduates who completed Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in the reference year.
Countries reporting
96
Highest
100.0%
Monaco
Lowest
53.2%
Morocco
Median
77.6%
Years covered
23
1998–2020
Data points
1,156
What the numbers show
Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in tertiary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 96 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Monaco; the lowest is 53.2% in Morocco.
The median across all reporting countries is 77.6%, and the mean is 77.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 17.7%), and the largest decrease in Brunei (down 27.2%).
Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science, Technology: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2020 | — | flat |
| 2 | Aruba | 97.8% | 2016 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 3 | Eswatini | 95.9% | 2006 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 4 | Macao | 92.4% | 2019 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 5 | Samoa | 90.7% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 6 | Mozambique | 90.4% | 2018 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 88.8% | 2008 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 8 | Namibia | 87.9% | 2017 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 9 | Niger | 87.7% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 10 | Andorra | 86.4% | 2019 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 11 | Argentina | 86.4% | 2011 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 12 | Guyana | 85.8% | 2012 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 13 | Palestine | 85.3% | 2019 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 84.9% | 2019 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 15 | Cyprus | 84.9% | 2018 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 16 | Honduras | 84.8% | 2018 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 17 | Lesotho | 84.6% | 2018 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 19 | Ecuador | 84.1% | 2016 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 20 | Ghana | 83.6% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 21 | Bahrain | 82.7% | 2019 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 22 | Australia | 82.6% | 2018 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 23 | Uruguay | 82.5% | 2017 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 24 | Netherlands | 82.5% | 2018 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 25 | United States | 82.1% | 2016 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 26 | Puerto Rico | 81.9% | 2018 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 27 | Brazil | 81.6% | 2018 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 28 | South Africa | 81.6% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 29 | Iceland | 81.4% | 2018 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 30 | Albania | 81.2% | 2019 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 31 | Luxembourg | 81.2% | 2018 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 80.7% | 2018 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 33 | Turkey | 80.6% | 2018 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 34 | Liechtenstein | 80.4% | 2018 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 35 | Burundi | 80.3% | 2018 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 36 | Seychelles | 80.1% | 2019 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 37 | Latvia | 79.8% | 2018 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 38 | Belgium | 79.8% | 2018 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 79.7% | 2019 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 40 | Malta | 79.7% | 2017 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 41 | Chile | 79.1% | 2018 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 42 | Armenia | 78.9% | 2019 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 43 | El Salvador | 78.6% | 2018 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 44 | Poland | 78.1% | 2018 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 45 | Slovakia | 77.9% | 2018 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 46 | Norway | 77.7% | 2017 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 77.7% | 2019 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 48 | Spain | 77.6% | 2018 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 49 | Denmark | 77.6% | 2018 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 50 | Kyrgyzstan | 77.6% | 2019 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 51 | Laos | 77.5% | 2018 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 52 | Colombia | 76.9% | 2018 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 53 | Vietnam | 76.9% | 2016 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 54 | Cambodia | 76.8% | 2019 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 55 | Lebanon | 76.6% | 2011 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 56 | North Macedonia | 76.4% | 2018 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 57 | Hungary | 76.2% | 2018 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 58 | Madagascar | 76.2% | 2018 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 59 | Canada | 75.9% | 2018 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 60 | Qatar | 75.8% | 2019 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 61 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 75.7% | 2019 | — | falling |
| 62 | Georgia | 75.4% | 2019 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 63 | Italy | 75.3% | 2018 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 65 | Ireland | 74.5% | 2016 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 66 | France | 74.4% | 2018 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 67 | Switzerland | 74.1% | 2018 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 68 | Czechia | 73.8% | 2018 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 69 | Sweden | 73.3% | 2018 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 70 | Lithuania | 73.1% | 2018 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 71 | United Kingdom | 73.0% | 2016 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 72 | Croatia | 73.0% | 2017 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 73 | Mongolia | 72.9% | 2018 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 72.8% | 2019 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 75 | Slovenia | 72.8% | 2018 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 76 | Ukraine | 72.7% | 2019 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 77 | Estonia | 72.3% | 2018 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 78 | New Zealand | 72.2% | 2018 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 79 | United Arab Emirates | 72.1% | 2017 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 80 | Finland | 71.9% | 2018 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 81 | Greece | 71.7% | 2018 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 82 | Serbia | 71.6% | 2019 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 83 | Romania | 71.2% | 2016 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 84 | Eritrea | 71.0% | 2016 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 85 | Portugal | 70.9% | 2017 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 86 | South Korea | 70.6% | 2017 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 87 | Russia | 68.9% | 2018 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 88 | Austria | 68.8% | 2018 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 89 | India | 67.8% | 2019 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 90 | Belarus | 66.8% | 2017 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 91 | Germany | 64.5% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 92 | Algeria | 63.4% | 2018 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 93 | Bermuda | 62.0% | 2018 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 94 | Malaysia | 60.8% | 2019 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 95 | Brunei | 59.9% | 2019 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 96 | Iran | 59.8% | 2018 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 97 | Oman | 55.5% | 2019 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 98 | Morocco | 53.2% | 2019 | down 16.9% | falling |
About this data
Share of all tertiary graduates who completed Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in the reference year.