Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in tertiary education, both sexes (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
124
Highest
100.0%
Monaco
Lowest
38.6%
Burkina Faso
Median
76.5%
Years covered
28
1998–2025
Data points
1,751

What the numbers show

Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in tertiary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 124 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Monaco; the lowest is 38.6% in Burkina Faso.

The median across all reporting countries is 76.5%, and the mean is 76.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 42.0%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 54.1%).

Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
2 Aruba 97.8% 2016 up 11.9% rising
3 Eswatini 95.9% 2006 up 0.7% flat
4 Cuba 92.7% 2024 up 0.7% flat
5 Mozambique 90.4% 2018 up 1.3% rising
6 Namibia 89.7% 2022 up 9.3% flat
7 Cyprus 89.2% 2024 up 7.5% flat
8 Botswana 89.1% 2024 flat
9 Bangladesh 88.9% 2020 flat
10 Ethiopia 88.8% 2008 up 2.3% flat
11 Macau, China 88.0% 2024 down 5.3% falling
12 Niger 87.7% 2019 rising
13 Dominican Republic 87.4% 2024 up 2.1% flat
14 Tanzania, United Republic of 86.3% 2024 down 4.6% falling
15 Samoa 86.1% 2023 down 5.1% rising
16 Guyana 85.8% 2012 up 8.9% rising
17 Malta 85.8% 2023 up 15.0% falling
18 Panama 85.2% 2023 up 2.1% rising
19 Argentina 85.1% 2023 down 1.4% flat
20 Georgia 84.6% 2025 up 8.1% rising
21 Lesotho 84.6% 2018 down 3.2% flat
22 Brazil 83.8% 2023 up 2.8% flat
23 Iceland 83.0% 2023 down 1.5% flat
24 Costa Rica 82.9% 2023 down 5.4% flat
25 South Africa 82.6% 2023 up 2.8% flat
26 Türkiye 82.6% 2023 up 4.8% rising
27 Palestine, State of 81.8% 2023 down 2.6% rising
28 Egypt 81.5% 2025 down 8.2% falling
29 Seychelles 81.5% 2024 down 3.5% falling
30 Kyrgyzstan 81.2% 2025 down 4.3% flat
31 Australia 81.1% 2023 down 2.1% flat
32 Indonesia 80.6% 2018 flat
33 Latvia 80.6% 2023 down 0.5% falling
34 Belgium 80.6% 2023 up 1.0% flat
35 Burundi 80.5% 2025 down 4.1% falling
36 Bahrain 80.2% 2024 up 1.7% rising
37 Bulgaria 80.1% 2023 up 1.6% flat
38 Netherlands 79.7% 2023 down 4.8% flat
39 Slovak Republic 79.5% 2023 up 0.6% rising
40 Puerto Rico 79.2% 2023 down 5.5% flat
41 Ecuador 79.2% 2023 down 6.1% falling
42 Poland 79.1% 2023 down 1.9% flat
43 Armenia 79.0% 2024 down 4.7% flat
44 Mongolia 78.9% 2024 down 1.3% flat
45 Kenya 78.9% 2024 down 3.9% rising
46 Spain 78.7% 2023 up 6.1% rising
47 Benin 78.2% 2022 down 0.8% flat
48 United States 78.2% 2023 down 7.6% flat
49 Mauritius 78.1% 2023 up 1.9% flat
50 Hungary 78.0% 2023 down 3.8% falling
51 Jordan 77.9% 2024 up 5.8% flat
52 Qatar 77.9% 2024 up 17.2% flat
53 Chile 77.4% 2024 down 3.3% flat
54 Norway 77.2% 2023 down 3.4% flat
55 Honduras 77.2% 2024 down 9.5% falling
56 Republic of Moldova 77.1% 2024 up 3.3% flat
57 North Macedonia 77.0% 2023 down 1.0% rising
58 Viet Nam 76.9% 2016 up 1.5% flat
59 Lao People's Democratic Republic 76.9% 2019 down 12.7% flat
60 Cambodia 76.8% 2019 down 12.2% falling
61 United Kingdom 76.7% 2023 up 3.6% flat
62 Colombia 76.7% 2023 down 1.2% flat
63 Lithuania 76.3% 2023 down 0.1% flat
64 Mexico 76.2% 2023 up 5.1% flat
65 Albania 75.9% 2024 down 7.2% falling
66 Madagascar 75.8% 2023 down 2.1% falling
67 Italy 75.8% 2023 up 4.4% flat
68 Luxembourg 75.8% 2023 down 9.5% flat
69 Czechia 75.6% 2023 up 1.1% flat
70 Ghana 75.3% 2024 down 8.4% falling
71 New Zealand 75.3% 2024 down 3.0% falling
72 France 75.2% 2023 up 0.9% rising
73 Bosnia and Herzegovina 75.2% 2023 down 7.7% falling
74 Uruguay 75.1% 2023 down 11.0% falling
75 Philippines 75.0% 2024 up 7.7% flat
76 Belize 74.8% 2024 down 4.0% falling
77 Zimbabwe 74.8% 2024 up 12.5% flat
78 Sri Lanka 74.6% 2023 down 7.4% flat
79 Denmark 74.5% 2023 down 6.3% falling
80 Switzerland 74.0% 2023 down 3.1% flat
81 Kazakhstan 74.0% 2025 up 1.3% flat
82 Greece 73.8% 2022 up 4.6% flat
83 Azerbaijan 73.6% 2024 down 3.0% falling
84 Uzbekistan 73.4% 2025 up 8.1% rising
85 Israel 73.1% 2023 rising
86 Bermuda 73.0% 2023 up 5.8% falling
87 Estonia 73.0% 2024 down 0.8% falling
88 India 72.9% 2023 up 2.9% flat
89 Ukraine 72.7% 2024 up 4.6% rising
90 Portugal 72.6% 2023 up 0.1% falling
91 Ireland 71.9% 2022 down 4.0% rising
92 Cameroon 71.8% 2024 down 13.8% falling
93 Slovenia 71.7% 2024 down 2.0% falling
94 Croatia 71.6% 2023 down 5.6% falling
95 Sweden 71.2% 2023 down 3.9% flat
96 Romania 71.0% 2023 down 3.0% falling
97 Liechtenstein 71.0% 2020 down 12.8% rising
98 Eritrea, The State of 71.0% 2016 down 12.4% flat
99 Finland 70.8% 2023 down 1.3% flat
100 Canada 70.6% 2023 down 7.3% falling
101 Rwanda 70.5% 2024 down 18.3% falling
102 Morocco 70.3% 2024 up 42.0% falling
103 Thailand 69.5% 2025 up 13.4% rising
104 Austria 69.3% 2024 up 0.5% flat
105 Algeria 69.0% 2024 up 3.5% falling
106 Korea 68.9% 2024 down 2.2% rising
107 Russian Federation 68.6% 2019 down 1.0% flat
108 Trinidad and Tobago 68.6% 2024 down 4.1% falling
109 Lebanon 68.2% 2023 down 10.9% falling
110 Andorra 67.8% 2024 down 30.8% rising
111 Saudi Arabia 66.9% 2024 down 12.1% flat
112 Oman 66.7% 2024 up 16.0% flat
113 Serbia 66.2% 2024 down 10.6% falling
114 El Salvador 65.6% 2023 down 16.2% falling
115 Iran, Islamic Republic of 65.0% 2021 up 22.8% flat
116 Belarus 64.6% 2024 down 2.9% falling
117 Germany 64.2% 2024 up 1.7% falling
118 Singapore 64.2% 2023 down 1.9% flat
119 United Arab Emirates 63.5% 2024 down 9.0% falling
120 Malaysia 63.3% 2024 down 5.0% rising
121 Brunei Darussalam 63.2% 2023 down 7.9% falling
122 Tunisia 62.1% 2023 up 9.1% rising
123 British Virgin Islands 48.7% 2023 down 24.1% volatile
124 Burkina Faso 38.6% 2024 down 54.1% falling

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science by country. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 19 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/percentage-of-graduates-from-programmes-other-than-science-technology-engineering-and-2/

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-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/percentage-of-graduates-from-programmes-other-than-science-technology-engineering-and-2/">Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science by country</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in tertiary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
124 places, 1,751 data points, 1998–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release