Portugal vs United Kingdom: Share of women graduating from STEM programs in tertiary education

Portugal
37.76
in 2017
United Kingdom
38.1
in 2016
Portugal rank
32nd
United Kingdom rank
30th

Share of women graduating from STEM programs in tertiary education over time

  • Portugal
  • United Kingdom
010203040200020082017

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 38.1 against 37.76 in Portugal, a difference of 0.34.

Across all 16 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.

Portugal ranks 32nd and United Kingdom ranks 30th of 96 countries.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Portugal United Kingdom Difference Ahead
2000s 40.34 31.81 8.53 Portugal
2010s 39.72 34.63 5.09 Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of women graduating from stem programs in tertiary education, Portugal or United Kingdom?
United Kingdom, at 38.1 against 37.76 in Portugal as of 2016.
What is the difference in share of women graduating from stem programs in tertiary education between Portugal and United Kingdom?
0.34, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and United Kingdom?
16 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2016.
How do Portugal and United Kingdom rank globally for share of women graduating from stem programs in tertiary education?
Portugal ranks 32nd and United Kingdom ranks 30th of 96 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO via World Bank – processed by Our World in Data, published as Share of women graduating from STEM programs in tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Portugal vs United Kingdom: Share of women graduating from STEM programs in tertiary education. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO via World Bank – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 29 August 2026, from https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/share-graduates-stem-female/portugal/united-kingdom/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/share-graduates-stem-female/portugal/united-kingdom/">Portugal vs United Kingdom: Share of women graduating from STEM programs in tertiary education</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share of women graduating from STEM programs in tertiary education
Source
UNESCO via World Bank – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
96 places, 1,089 data points, 1998–2019
Last refreshed

Proportion of female graduates in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields at the tertiary level of education.