Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and in Portugal
Portugal: Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and was 0.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and in Portugal, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Portugal stood at 0.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Portugal peaked at 0.5% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2000.
That places Portugal 59th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and in Portugal, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.4% | — |
| 2002 | 0.4% | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | -6.2% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 4 |
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More education data for Portugal
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 52,131 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Portugal?
- Percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Portugal was 0.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2014.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2000.
- How does Portugal rank for percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and?
- Portugal ranks 59th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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