Employees in STEM occupations by country
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What the numbers show
Employees in STEM occupations is currently reported for 55 countries. The highest value is 29,894 in United States; the lowest is 1.57 in Grenada.
The median across all reporting countries is 176.26, and the mean is 1,437.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19,005.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Seychelles (up 913.8%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 4.9%).
Employees in STEM occupations: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 29,894 | 2025 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 2 | Brazil | 7,735 | 2025 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 3 | Japan | 6,976 | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 5,196 | 2025 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 5 | France | 4,573 | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 6 | Mexico | 3,088 | 2026 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 7 | Turkey | 2,458 | 2025 | up 74.6% | rising |
| 8 | Pakistan | 1,925 | 2025 | up 113.2% | rising |
| 9 | Egypt | 1,893 | 2024 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 10 | Philippines | 1,821 | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 11 | Viet Nam | 1,794 | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 12 | Thailand | 1,347 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 13 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1,225 | 2024 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 14 | Colombia | 1,039 | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 15 | Switzerland | 995.79 | 2025 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 16 | Argentina | 907.86 | 2025 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 17 | Austria | 714.44 | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 18 | Singapore | 455.63 | 2025 | — | rising |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 384.89 | 2024 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 20 | Slovakia | 354.01 | 2023 | up 83.7% | rising |
| 21 | Angola | 341.56 | 2025 | up 163.1% | rising |
| 22 | Serbia | 293.81 | 2019 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 23 | Greece | 284.28 | 2020 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 24 | Ecuador | 251.22 | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 217.95 | 2025 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 26 | Guatemala | 187.66 | 2024 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 27 | Uganda | 181.81 | 2021 | up 147.4% | rising |
| 28 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 176.26 | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 157.93 | 2025 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 153.75 | 2023 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 31 | Jordan | 148.1 | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 32 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 142.07 | 2024 | up 105.8% | rising |
| 33 | Zambia | 133.22 | 2024 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 34 | El Salvador | 130.92 | 2025 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 35 | Mongolia | 124.78 | 2025 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 36 | Uruguay | 123.42 | 2025 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 37 | Cambodia | 120.63 | 2023 | up 144.0% | rising |
| 38 | Myanmar | 119.1 | 2020 | up 21.1% | flat |
| 39 | Georgia | 115.59 | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 40 | Honduras | 114.08 | 2025 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 41 | Panama | 106.17 | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 42 | North Macedonia | 84 | 2025 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 43 | Zimbabwe | 83.62 | 2024 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 44 | Rwanda | 82.61 | 2025 | up 68.1% | rising |
| 45 | Senegal | 76.29 | 2024 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 46 | Albania | 63.21 | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 47 | Mauritius | 46.72 | 2024 | up 26.4% | falling |
| 48 | Kosovo | 38.48 | 2024 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 49 | Palestine | 37.02 | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 50 | Botswana | 35.14 | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 51 | Brunei Darussalam | 31.26 | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 52 | Bhutan | 18.95 | 2024 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 53 | Seychelles | 16.91 | 2025 | up 913.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Barbados | 9.21 | 2024 | up 102.4% | rising |
| 55 | Grenada | 1.57 | 2023 | up 9.3% | volatile |
About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. Employees are all those workers who hold paid employment jobs, which are those where the incumbents hold employment contracts which give them a basic remuneration not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work. For more information, refer to the Worker and Sector Profiles (PROF) database description.