Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and in Finland
Finland: Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and was 0.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and in Finland, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Finland stood at 0.3%. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Finland peaked at 0.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1998.
Finland ranks 96th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and in Finland, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.2% | — |
| 1999 | 0.2% | +12.5% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | +10.4% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +10.7% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 0.3% | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More education data for Finland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 30,824 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.87 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 98.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Finland?
- Percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Finland was 0.3% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1998.
- How does Finland rank for percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and?
- Finland ranks 96th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release