How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Sweden?

18 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2017.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020, published as Female share of graduates in other fields than Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics programmes, tertiary (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Latvia vs Sweden: Female share of graduates in other fields than Science, Technology

Latvia

72.0%

in 2017

Sweden

72.4%

in 2017

Latvia rank

9th

Sweden rank

7th

Female share of graduates in other fields than Science, Technology over time

Latvia
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 72.4% against 72.0% in Latvia, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 18 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Latvia ahead.

Latvia ranks 9th and Sweden ranks 7th of 92 countries.

Latvia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Latvia	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1990s	73.0%	69.9%	3.2%	Latvia
2000s	73.4%	72.4%	1.0%	Latvia
2010s	75.8%	72.1%	3.7%	Latvia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher female share of graduates in other fields than science, technology, Latvia or Sweden?: Sweden, at 72.4% against 72.0% in Latvia as of 2017.
What is the difference in female share of graduates in other fields than science, technology between Latvia and Sweden?: 0.4%, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Sweden?: 18 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2017.
How do Latvia and Sweden rank globally for female share of graduates in other fields than science, technology?: Latvia ranks 9th and Sweden ranks 7th of 92 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020, published as Female share of graduates in other fields than Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics programmes, tertiary (%). 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

Latvia vs Sweden: Female share of graduates in other fields than Science, Technology. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/female-share-of-graduates-in-other-fields-than-science-technology-engineering-and/latvia/sweden/

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 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/female-share-of-graduates-in-other-fields-than-science-technology-engineering-and/latvia/sweden/">Latvia vs Sweden: Female share of graduates in other fields than Science, Technology</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Female share of graduates in other fields than Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics programmes, tertiary (%)
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 92 places, 1,054 data points, 1998–2019
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Female share of graduates in the given field of education, tertiary is the number of female graduates expressed as a percentage of the total number of graduates in the given field of education from tertiary education.