Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology … Science adjusted in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan: Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology … Science adjusted was 0.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and in Azerbaijan, 2008–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Azerbaijan recorded 0.5% for percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in 2024.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Azerbaijan peaked at 0.7% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2015.
That places Azerbaijan 40th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology … Science adjusted in Azerbaijan, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.6% | — |
| 2009 | 0.6% | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | +13.0% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 0.7% | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | -39.4% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +13.3% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | -15.1% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +10.7% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | -8.8% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | +1.8% |
Azerbaijan compared with similar countries
- Azerbaijan's 0.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.4%, 1.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Azerbaijan's 0.5% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.4%, 1.3× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology … Science adjusted in Azerbaijan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | -39.4% | 0.7% | 0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Azerbaijan
More education data for Azerbaijan
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.97 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.97 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 116,398 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1,610 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 107,195 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 94,762 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.06 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 603,966 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -3.68 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Azerbaijan?
- Percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Azerbaijan was 0.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and recorded in Azerbaijan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2011.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and recorded in Azerbaijan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2015.
- How does Azerbaijan rank for percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and?
- Azerbaijan ranks 40th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and rising or falling in Azerbaijan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Azerbaijan data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics programmes in tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release