Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
121
Highest
1.5%
Belarus, Republic of
Lowest
0.7%
Liechtenstein, Principality of
Median
1.2%
Years covered
28
1998–2025
Data points
1,686

What the numbers show

Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 1.5% in Belarus, Republic of; the lowest is 0.7% in Liechtenstein, Principality of.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.2%, and the mean is 1.2%.

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

Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Andorra, Principality of (up 30.3%), and the largest decrease in Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands (down 27.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belarus, Republic of 1.5% 2024 down 0.8% rising
2 Bermuda 1.4% 2023 down 8.9% falling
3 Thailand 1.4% 2025 up 1.8% flat
4 Finland 1.4% 2023 down 1.8% flat
5 Germany 1.4% 2024 down 1.5% rising
6 Trinidad and Tobago 1.4% 2024 up 4.8% rising
7 Austria 1.4% 2024 down 2.5% flat
8 Singapore 1.4% 2023 up 3.9% flat
9 Slovenia 1.4% 2024 up 0.8% rising
10 Guyana 1.4% 2012 up 7.4% rising
11 Andorra, Principality of 1.4% 2024 up 30.3% falling
12 Israel 1.4% 2023 falling
13 Lithuania 1.4% 2023 down 2.4% flat
14 Korea 1.4% 2024 up 0.6% flat
15 Chile 1.4% 2024 up 2.7% flat
16 Sweden 1.4% 2023 down 1.1% flat
17 Malaysia 1.4% 2024 up 5.0% flat
18 Kazakhstan, Republic of 1.3% 2025 up 4.6% flat
19 Moldova 1.3% 2024 up 2.1% flat
20 Ukraine 1.3% 2024 down 0.2% flat
21 Croatia 1.3% 2023 up 2.8% rising
22 Estonia 1.3% 2024 down 2.4% rising
23 Latvia 1.3% 2023 down 2.8% rising
24 Hungary 1.3% 2023 up 1.1% rising
25 Tunisia 1.3% 2023 down 1.5% flat
26 Portugal 1.3% 2023 up 2.5% flat
27 Sri Lanka 1.3% 2023 up 6.1% rising
28 Canada 1.3% 2023 up 3.2% flat
29 Mongolia 1.3% 2024 up 4.6% rising
30 Norway 1.3% 2023 down 0.4% flat
31 Czechia 1.3% 2023 down 4.0% flat
32 Spain 1.3% 2023 down 2.2% falling
33 Serbia 1.3% 2024 up 4.1% rising
34 Albania 1.3% 2024 up 16.4% rising
35 Switzerland 1.3% 2023 up 0.8% flat
36 Slovak Republic 1.3% 2023 down 0.1% flat
37 Oman 1.3% 2024 up 4.7% flat
38 Belgium 1.3% 2023 up 0.0% flat
39 Uzbekistan, Republic of 1.3% 2025 down 1.6% flat
40 Ecuador 1.3% 2023 up 5.2% rising
41 France 1.3% 2023 down 2.5% falling
42 Ireland 1.3% 2022 down 2.4% flat
43 Denmark 1.3% 2023 up 4.0% flat
43 Romania 1.3% 2023 up 0.5% flat
45 Azerbaijan, Republic of 1.3% 2024 up 1.2% rising
46 Poland 1.3% 2023 up 1.8% flat
47 Greece 1.3% 2022 down 4.5% flat
48 Honduras 1.3% 2024 up 5.3% rising
49 Armenia, Republic of 1.3% 2024 up 8.8% rising
50 Mexico 1.3% 2023 down 2.2% flat
51 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.3% 2021 down 6.7% flat
52 Bulgaria 1.3% 2023 up 2.9% rising
53 Kyrgyz Republic 1.2% 2025 up 8.7% rising
54 United Kingdom 1.2% 2023 up 0.5% flat
55 Philippines 1.2% 2024 down 1.9% flat
56 Brunei Darussalam 1.2% 2023 up 10.6% rising
57 New Zealand 1.2% 2024 down 1.0% flat
58 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.2% 2019 up 9.8% rising
59 Cambodia 1.2% 2019 up 11.1% rising
60 Dominican Republic 1.2% 2024 up 8.0% rising
61 Puerto Rico 1.2% 2023 up 1.4% flat
62 Colombia 1.2% 2023 up 2.5% flat
63 Zimbabwe 1.2% 2024 up 1.7% flat
64 Uruguay 1.2% 2023 up 7.1% rising
65 Burkina Faso 1.2% 2024 up 12.0% rising
66 Cameroon 1.2% 2024 down 6.9% flat
67 Iceland 1.2% 2023 up 3.7% flat
68 United States 1.2% 2023 up 3.4% flat
69 Luxembourg 1.2% 2023 up 5.6% flat
70 Australia 1.2% 2023 up 1.2% flat
71 Mauritius 1.2% 2023 down 0.9% flat
72 Netherlands 1.2% 2023 up 0.6% flat
73 Qatar 1.2% 2024 down 18.7% flat
74 Belize 1.2% 2024 down 1.0% flat
75 Brazil 1.2% 2023 up 1.5% flat
76 Italy 1.2% 2023 down 0.5% flat
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.2% 2023 up 5.0% flat
78 Vietnam 1.2% 2016 down 2.7% flat
79 Indonesia 1.2% 2018 flat
80 Saudi Arabia 1.2% 2024 up 4.5% rising
81 Seychelles 1.2% 2024 down 13.6% rising
82 Morocco 1.2% 2024 up 10.5% falling
83 Madagascar, Republic of 1.2% 2023 up 3.0% rising
84 Malta 1.2% 2023 down 10.8% rising
85 Türkiye 1.2% 2023 up 4.3% falling
86 Jordan 1.2% 2024 down 4.6% flat
87 El Salvador 1.2% 2023 down 9.4% flat
88 Ghana 1.2% 2024 up 0.9% flat
89 Bahrain, Kingdom of 1.2% 2024 up 0.9% flat
90 Panama 1.2% 2023 up 0.4% falling
91 Costa Rica 1.2% 2023 down 1.3% flat
92 Rwanda 1.2% 2024 up 5.7% rising
93 Argentina 1.2% 2023 up 1.3% flat
94 Cyprus 1.2% 2024 down 3.9% flat
95 Namibia 1.2% 2022 down 2.4% rising
96 Lebanon 1.1% 2011 down 6.3% flat
97 Eritrea, The State of 1.1% 2016 up 3.3% rising
98 North Macedonia 1.1% 2023 down 3.8% falling
99 Algeria 1.1% 2024 down 7.5% falling
100 Palestine, State of 1.1% 2023 up 3.0% rising
101 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 1.1% 2024 up 1.9% rising
102 United Arab Emirates 1.1% 2024 down 2.9% flat
103 Georgia 1.1% 2025 down 3.4% flat
104 Kenya 1.1% 2024 up 2.1% falling
105 South Africa 1.1% 2023 down 4.3% flat
106 India 1.1% 2023 down 0.0% flat
107 Cuba 1.1% 2024 up 6.2% rising
108 Benin 1.1% 2022 up 7.8% rising
109 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.1% 2024 up 9.5% rising
110 Niger 1.1% 2019 falling
111 Samoa 1.1% 2023 up 3.5% falling
112 Burundi 1.1% 2025 up 1.3% rising
113 Mozambique, Republic of 1.1% 2018 down 2.2% flat
114 Egypt, Arab Republic of 1.1% 2025 down 0.4% flat
115 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 1.1% 2008 down 2.8% flat
116 Bangladesh 1.0% 2020 flat
117 Eswatini, Kingdom of 1.0% 2006 up 3.0% rising
118 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 1.0% 2016 down 27.4% falling
119 Monaco 1.0% 2024 unchanged flat
120 Botswana 1.0% 2024 falling
121 Liechtenstein, Principality of 0.7% 2020 down 10.5% falling

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Indicator
Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
121 places, 1,686 data points, 1998–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release