Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology … Science adjusted in Madagascar
Madagascar: Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology … Science adjusted was 0.5% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and in Madagascar, 2005–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Madagascar stood at 0.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.3% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Madagascar peaked at 0.6% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2017.
Madagascar ranks 29th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology … Science adjusted in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.5% | — |
| 2006 | 0.6% | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | -8.6% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +26.3% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | -12.8% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | -11.2% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +9.9% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | +8.3% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 0.5% is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.6%, 91% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 0.5% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5%, 1.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
More education data for Madagascar
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 95.77 (2020)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 96.6 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 78,148 (2019)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 507,363 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 544,966 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.62 million (2021)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 5.29 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 3.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Madagascar?
- Percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Madagascar was 0.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2006.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2017.
- How does Madagascar rank for percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and?
- Madagascar ranks 29th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar 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