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Share of women graduating from STEM programs in tertiary education by country

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

Countries reporting
92
Highest
58.17
Algeria
Lowest
0
Andorra
Median
34.03
Years covered
22
1998–2019
Data points
1,089

What the numbers show

Share of women graduating from STEM programs in tertiary education is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 58.17 in Algeria; the lowest is 0 in Andorra.

The median across all reporting countries is 34.03, and the mean is 31.96.

Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea (up 248.3%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 100.0%).

Share of women graduating from STEM programs in tertiary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Algeria 58.17 2018 up 25.3% rising
2 Oman 55.73 2018 up 26.5% rising
3 Brunei 54.34 2018 up 10.6% rising
4 Qatar 47.58 2018 down 11.7% falling
5 North Macedonia 47.38 2017 up 18.0% flat
6 Albania 46.65 2018 down 2.9% rising
7 Morocco 45.32 2017 up 121.2% rising
8 Palestine 44.27 2018 up 3.9% flat
9 Uruguay 43.96 2017 down 11.1% falling
10 Argentina 43.46 2010 — falling
11 Poland 43.36 2017 up 10.7% rising
12 Lebanon 43.26 2011 up 32.9% rising
13 Panama 43.22 2016 up 3.4% rising
14 India 42.73 2018 up 1.6% flat
15 Serbia 42.56 2018 down 0.5% flat
16 Namibia 42.5 2017 up 4.0% rising
17 United Arab Emirates 41.49 2017 up 0.2% flat
18 Romania 41.22 2016 up 6.7% rising
19 Bahrain 41.21 2018 down 10.3% falling
21 Greece 40.09 2017 down 11.0% falling
22 Aruba 40 2016 — volatile
23 Armenia 39.81 2018 up 4.7% flat
24 Italy 39.52 2016 up 3.5% rising
25 Croatia 38.91 2017 up 22.1% rising
26 Georgia 38.68 2019 down 4.6% rising
27 Puerto Rico 38.5 2016 up 34.8% rising
28 Estonia 38.38 2017 down 9.9% flat
29 Cyprus 38.26 2017 up 21.4% rising
30 United Kingdom 38.1 2016 up 23.4% rising
31 Honduras 37.79 2018 down 4.2% falling
32 Portugal 37.76 2017 up 1.6% falling
33 Indonesia 37.43 2018 — flat
34 Bulgaria 36.87 2017 down 13.3% falling
35 Saudi Arabia 36.82 2018 down 35.9% falling
36 Brazil 36.64 2017 up 11.4% falling
37 Vietnam 36.51 2016 up 82.6% rising
38 Czechia 35.57 2017 up 16.0% rising
39 Sweden 35.48 2017 up 5.9% flat
40 Iceland 35.23 2012 up 5.7% rising
41 Slovakia 35.22 2017 down 2.0% rising
42 Azerbaijan 35.1 2018 down 13.3% falling
43 New Zealand 34.96 2017 up 3.8% flat
44 Turkey 34.69 2014 up 12.7% rising
45 Denmark 34.25 2017 down 4.9% rising
46 Malaysia 34.17 2018 down 18.3% falling
47 Mongolia 34.08 2018 down 30.5% falling
48 United States 33.99 2016 up 8.0% rising
49 Colombia 33.41 2018 down 4.2% falling
50 Slovenia 33.32 2017 up 33.4% rising
51 Costa Rica 32.2 2018 down 0.3% rising
52 Australia 32.08 2017 up 1.2% falling
53 France 31.81 2016 up 11.8% rising
54 Hungary 31.68 2017 up 2.8% rising
55 Seychelles 31.58 2018 — volatile
56 Canada 31.43 2016 — flat
57 Kyrgyzstan 31.28 2018 down 25.8% falling
58 Iran 31.16 2017 down 16.3% falling
59 Latvia 31.13 2017 down 11.4% falling
60 Madagascar 31.02 2018 up 1.4% falling
61 Mexico 30.63 2017 down 9.6% falling
62 Lithuania 29.59 2017 down 12.6% falling
63 Spain 29.56 2017 down 3.7% falling
64 Netherlands 29.29 2017 up 39.4% rising
65 Mozambique 29.26 2018 up 38.6% rising
66 Ecuador 29.23 2016 down 18.0% falling
68 Laos 28.95 2018 up 74.7% rising
69 Ukraine 28.79 2018 down 4.8% falling
70 Norway 28.46 2017 down 5.2% rising
72 Eritrea 27.81 2016 up 248.3% volatile
74 Germany 27.56 2017 up 19.1% rising
75 Finland 27.4 2017 down 7.0% flat
76 Guyana 27.2 2012 down 0.9% falling
77 Belgium 25.83 2017 down 3.6% flat
78 Macao 25.37 2018 up 132.7% rising
79 South Korea 25.22 2017 down 3.6% falling
80 El Salvador 23.14 2018 down 32.4% falling
81 Switzerland 22.32 2017 up 18.8% rising
82 Burkina Faso 20.59 2018 up 32.8% flat
83 Bangladesh 20.55 2018 down 13.5% falling
84 Bermuda 20.37 2018 up 7.7% falling
85 Chile 18.83 2017 down 20.3% falling
86 Burundi 18.17 2017 up 83.3% volatile
87 Niger 18.03 2018 — volatile
88 Ethiopia 17.32 2010 up 121.6% rising
89 Cambodia 16.68 2015 up 38.4% falling
90 Maldives 10.56 2017 — volatile
91 Eswatini 0 2015 down 100.0% falling
91 Nauru 0 2008 — flat
91 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2008 — flat
91 Tuvalu 0 2008 — flat
91 Gibraltar 0 2010 — flat
91 Andorra 0 2018 down 100.0% volatile

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.