Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in PAN

Name: Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in PAN
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

PAN: Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and Math was 15.4% in 2016. ▼ Falling

Latest (2016)

15.4%

Change on year

down 10.5%

World rank

81st

of 98 countries

All-time high

22.3%

in 2011

All-time low

14.3%

in 2004

Years of data

2002–2016

Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in PAN, 2002–2016

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

PAN recorded 15.4% for percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and math in 2016.

That represents a change of down 10.5% on the previous year and down 24.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and math in PAN peaked at 22.3% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 14.3%, in 2004.

PAN ranks 81st of 98 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	19.0%	14.3%	20.7%	8
2010s	18.3%	15.4%	22.3%	5

Countries ranked near PAN

78 GHA 16.4%
79 ECU 15.8% compare
80 Bahrain 15.6% compare
82 LSO 15.4% compare
83 HND 15.2% compare
84 Cyprus 15.1% compare

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More reference data data for PAN

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Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.6179 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.9793 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0285 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.9793 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4849 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2267 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.44 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 5.08 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1553 (2050)

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Frequently asked questions

What is percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and math in PAN?: Percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and math in PAN was 15.4% in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and math recorded in PAN?: The highest recorded value was 22.3% in 2011.
What is the lowest percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and math recorded in PAN?: The lowest recorded value was 14.3% in 2004.
How does PAN rank for percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and math?: PAN ranks 81st out of 98 countries with data for 2016.
Is percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and math rising or falling in PAN?: Over the last ten years it is down 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this PAN data come from?: The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics programmes in tertiary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics programmes in tertiary education, both sexes (%)
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 98 places, 1,157 data points, 1998–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of all tertiary graduates who completed Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in the reference year.