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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
122
Highest
100.0%
Monaco
Lowest
44.9%
Burkina Faso
Median
85.3%
Years covered
28
1998–2025
Data points
1,693

What the numbers show

Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in tertiary education, female (%) is currently reported for 122 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Monaco; the lowest is 44.9% in Burkina Faso.

The median across all reporting countries is 85.3%, and the mean is 84.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 49.1%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 50.1%).

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, Kingdom of the Netherlands 98.7% 2016 down 1.3% rising
3 Eswatini, Kingdom of 97.6% 2006 up 2.1% flat
4 Cuba 96.1% 2024 up 2.6% rising
5 Bermuda 95.2% 2023 up 8.8% flat
6 Guyana 94.8% 2012 up 1.2% flat
7 Mozambique, Republic of 94.4% 2018 down 0.6% rising
8 Cyprus 94.3% 2024 up 5.2% flat
9 Dominican Republic 94.2% 2024 up 4.2% flat
10 Namibia 94.2% 2022 up 7.7% flat
11 Niger 93.8% 2019 flat
12 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 93.4% 2024 down 4.3% flat
13 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 92.4% 2008 down 0.4% flat
14 Malta 92.2% 2023 up 6.3% falling
15 Bangladesh 91.9% 2020 flat
16 Brazil 91.7% 2023 up 3.9% flat
17 Chile 91.6% 2024 down 1.9% rising
18 Tanzania, United Republic of 90.9% 2024 up 0.3% flat
19 Belgium 90.7% 2023 up 0.8% flat
20 Panama 90.5% 2023 up 2.3% flat
21 Kyrgyz Republic 90.4% 2025 down 1.0% rising
22 Latvia 90.2% 2023 down 0.8% flat
23 Spain 89.9% 2023 up 4.1% rising
24 Ecuador 89.8% 2023 down 2.5% flat
25 Argentina 89.7% 2023 down 1.3% flat
26 Hungary 89.6% 2023 down 1.6% falling
27 Türkiye 89.4% 2023 up 5.9% rising
28 Australia 89.4% 2023 down 1.5% flat
29 Georgia 89.3% 2025 up 6.3% flat
30 Iceland 89.3% 2023 down 0.5% flat
31 Costa Rica 89.3% 2023 down 4.6% flat
32 Moldova, Republic of 89.2% 2024 up 4.3% flat
33 Seychelles 89.0% 2024 down 5.2% falling
34 Mongolia 88.9% 2024 up 0.5% rising
35 Andorra, Principality of 88.9% 2024 down 11.1% rising
36 Slovak Republic 88.9% 2023 up 1.1% flat
37 Botswana 88.8% 2024 flat
38 Bulgaria 88.5% 2023 up 2.8% flat
39 Samoa 88.5% 2023 down 4.4% rising
40 Lithuania 88.5% 2023 down 1.0% flat
41 Armenia, Republic of 88.1% 2024 down 0.0% flat
42 Norway 88.0% 2023 down 3.3% flat
43 Netherlands 87.9% 2023 down 4.6% falling
44 Indonesia 87.6% 2018 flat
45 Kazakhstan, Republic of 87.2% 2025 up 4.7% flat
46 Cambodia 87.2% 2019 down 8.7% flat
47 Puerto Rico 87.1% 2023 down 3.9% flat
48 Lao People's Democratic Republic 87.0% 2019 down 8.7% flat
49 Poland 86.9% 2023 down 0.8% flat
50 South Africa 86.7% 2023 up 0.1% flat
51 Ukraine 86.4% 2024 up 5.3% flat
52 Palestine, State of 86.3% 2023 down 1.9% rising
53 Honduras 86.2% 2024 down 5.8% flat
54 Switzerland 86.1% 2023 down 3.3% falling
55 United States 86.0% 2023 down 6.2% flat
56 Bahrain, Kingdom of 86.0% 2024 up 2.2% rising
57 United Kingdom 85.8% 2023 up 3.8% flat
58 Mexico 85.6% 2023 up 2.5% flat
59 Thailand 85.6% 2025 up 15.3% rising
60 Colombia 85.5% 2023 down 0.3% flat
61 Czechia 85.4% 2023 down 0.8% flat
62 Mauritius 85.2% 2023 up 0.0% flat
63 France 85.0% 2023 down 1.1% flat
64 Luxembourg 85.0% 2023 down 6.1% flat
65 Kenya 85.0% 2024 down 2.6% flat
66 Israel 84.8% 2023 rising
67 Burundi 84.8% 2025 down 4.6% falling
68 Egypt, Arab Republic of 84.6% 2025 down 8.3% falling
69 Slovenia 84.5% 2024 down 1.7% falling
70 Vietnam 84.5% 2016 down 3.2% falling
71 Albania 84.2% 2024 down 1.0% falling
72 Finland 84.2% 2023 down 3.2% flat
73 Denmark 84.1% 2023 down 3.8% flat
74 Uzbekistan, Republic of 84.1% 2025 up 7.0% rising
75 Austria 83.9% 2024 down 1.7% flat
76 Philippines 83.9% 2024 up 6.4% rising
77 Jordan 83.8% 2024 up 12.7% flat
78 Qatar 83.6% 2024 up 1.1% flat
79 Madagascar, Republic of 83.4% 2023 down 1.3% flat
80 Sri Lanka 83.4% 2023 down 4.9% flat
81 Azerbaijan, Republic of 83.4% 2024 down 2.3% falling
82 Belarus, Republic of 83.3% 2024 down 1.6% flat
83 Korea 83.3% 2024 down 1.9% rising
84 Benin 83.3% 2022 up 4.1% flat
85 Italy 83.1% 2023 up 4.5% flat
86 Zimbabwe 83.0% 2024 up 9.2% falling
87 New Zealand 82.9% 2024 down 4.8% falling
88 Portugal 82.8% 2023 up 2.0% falling
89 Ghana 82.8% 2024 down 9.1% flat
90 Estonia 82.5% 2024 down 1.3% falling
91 Sweden 82.4% 2023 down 4.7% flat
92 Greece 82.2% 2022 up 1.6% flat
93 Lebanon 82.0% 2011 down 4.3% falling
94 Croatia 81.8% 2023 down 4.7% flat
95 Uruguay 81.8% 2023 down 8.4% falling
96 Trinidad and Tobago 81.5% 2024 down 0.3% flat
97 Bosnia and Herzegovina 81.5% 2023 down 5.9% falling
98 North Macedonia 81.3% 2023 down 4.1% flat
99 Ireland 81.2% 2022 down 6.1% rising
100 Belize 81.2% 2024 down 4.2% falling
101 Cameroon 81.0% 2024 down 0.4% flat
102 Canada 80.6% 2023 down 5.3% falling
103 Germany 80.0% 2024 down 0.3% falling
104 Romania 79.5% 2023 down 2.6% falling
105 Singapore 78.3% 2023 up 0.8% flat
106 Eritrea, The State of 78.2% 2016 down 12.6% flat
107 Rwanda 77.2% 2024 down 14.9% falling
108 India 76.9% 2023 up 2.5% flat
109 Morocco 76.7% 2024 up 49.1% falling
110 Iran, Islamic Republic of 75.0% 2021 up 12.9% flat
111 Malaysia 74.7% 2024 down 1.4% rising
112 Serbia 74.6% 2024 down 9.3% falling
113 Oman 74.2% 2024 up 16.5% flat
114 Saudi Arabia 73.7% 2024 down 10.0% flat
115 Algeria 73.3% 2024 up 0.3% falling
116 El Salvador 71.3% 2023 down 20.1% falling
117 Brunei Darussalam 70.8% 2023 down 1.4% falling
118 Tunisia 69.3% 2023 up 3.9% rising
119 United Arab Emirates 68.0% 2024 down 12.6% falling
120 British Virgin Islands 58.2% 2023 down 14.1% volatile
121 Liechtenstein, Principality of 55.4% 2020 down 20.1% falling
122 Burkina Faso 44.9% 2024 down 50.1% falling

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Indicator
Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in tertiary education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
122 places, 1,693 data points, 1998–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release