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Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts and Humanities programmes, both sexes (%) by country

Share of all tertiary graduates who completed humanities and arts programmes in the reference year.

Countries reporting
97
Highest
20.8%
Algeria
Lowest
0.0%
Liechtenstein
Median
8.3%
Years covered
23
1998–2020
Data points
1,141

What the numbers show

Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts and Humanities programmes, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 20.8% in Algeria; the lowest is 0.0% in Liechtenstein.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.3%, and the mean is 8.5%.

Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 510.5%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 72.3%).

Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Algeria 20.8% 2018 up 14.1% rising
2 United States of America 19.7% 2016 up 49.4% rising
3 Armenia 19.3% 2019 down 25.8% falling
4 Saudi Arabia 19.2% 2019 down 53.1% falling
5 Bermuda 19.0% 2018 up 217.5% rising
6 Italy 16.8% 2018 up 16.2% rising
7 Republic of Korea 16.0% 2017 down 12.3% flat
8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15.4% 2016 down 0.4% rising
9 Qatar 14.7% 2019 down 6.8% flat
10 Morocco 14.5% 2019 up 9.8% falling
11 Ireland 13.8% 2016 up 17.6% falling
12 North Macedonia 13.7% 2018 up 3.1% flat
13 Macau, China 13.6% 2019 up 100.8% rising
14 Estonia 13.1% 2018 up 18.7% rising
15 Brunei Darussalam 12.7% 2019 up 103.2% rising
16 Lebanon 12.6% 2011 down 32.8% falling
17 Australia 12.1% 2018 up 17.1% falling
18 Burkina Faso 11.9% 2019 up 83.5% rising
19 Malta 11.7% 2017 down 24.5% rising
20 Denmark 11.5% 2018 down 11.3% flat
21 Germany 11.4% 2018 — rising
22 New Zealand 11.4% 2018 down 22.0% falling
23 Greece 11.2% 2018 down 13.3% falling
24 Türkiye 11.1% 2018 up 82.3% rising
25 Albania 10.7% 2019 up 33.4% falling
26 Finland 10.5% 2018 down 25.8% rising
27 Portugal 10.0% 2017 up 18.9% rising
28 Luxembourg 10.0% 2018 down 41.7% falling
29 Argentina 9.9% 2011 down 4.7% falling
30 Iceland 9.9% 2018 down 7.7% falling
31 Serbia 9.8% 2019 up 11.6% flat
32 Romania 9.8% 2016 down 17.7% falling
33 Georgia 9.5% 2019 down 45.8% falling
34 Canada 9.5% 2018 down 14.9% falling
35 Bahrain 9.3% 2019 up 3.0% falling
36 Belgium 9.3% 2018 down 16.8% falling
37 Croatia 9.1% 2017 up 12.9% flat
38 Hungary 9.0% 2018 up 9.1% rising
39 Slovenia 9.0% 2018 up 57.2% rising
40 Spain 8.9% 2018 down 0.9% flat
41 Niger 8.7% 2019 — flat
42 Czechia 8.7% 2018 up 21.0% flat
43 Netherlands 8.7% 2018 down 4.4% rising
44 France 8.6% 2018 down 16.6% falling
45 Lithuania 8.5% 2018 up 29.1% rising
46 Oman 8.5% 2019 down 33.3% falling
47 Palestine, State of 8.5% 2019 down 19.9% falling
48 Cambodia 8.5% 2019 down 39.2% falling
49 Burundi 8.3% 2018 up 510.5% volatile
50 Azerbaijan 8.2% 2019 down 58.5% falling
51 Austria 8.1% 2018 up 7.8% rising
52 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.0% 2019 — flat
53 Norway 7.7% 2017 down 21.7% rising
54 Slovakia 7.6% 2018 up 19.2% rising
55 El Salvador 7.5% 2018 up 222.7% volatile
56 Malaysia 7.4% 2019 up 107.9% falling
57 Switzerland 7.4% 2018 down 10.9% rising
58 Ukraine 7.4% 2019 up 56.8% rising
59 Iran, Islamic Republic of 7.3% 2018 down 46.7% falling
60 Latvia 7.1% 2018 down 0.9% rising
61 Seychelles 7.1% 2019 up 5.8% volatile
62 Poland 7.0% 2018 down 8.4% falling
63 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7.0% 2018 down 39.3% volatile
64 Cyprus 7.0% 2018 down 30.6% rising
65 Monaco 6.6% 2020 — rising
66 Bulgaria 6.5% 2018 up 8.5% falling
67 Panama 6.5% 2016 up 119.2% rising
68 Ghana 6.4% 2019 — falling
69 Madagascar 6.3% 2018 down 39.7% falling
70 United Arab Emirates 6.2% 2017 down 4.7% falling
71 Eswatini 6.1% 2006 down 68.7% falling
72 Mongolia 6.1% 2018 down 38.3% falling
73 India 5.9% 2019 down 8.7% falling
74 Sweden 5.6% 2018 down 3.5% flat
75 Belarus 5.2% 2017 up 0.7% flat
76 South Africa 5.1% 2018 — flat
77 Lesotho 4.7% 2018 down 44.4% falling
78 Kyrgyzstan 4.7% 2019 down 22.3% falling
79 Russian Federation 4.4% 2018 up 23.4% rising
80 Viet Nam 4.0% 2016 down 9.0% flat
81 Uruguay 3.8% 2017 up 50.5% rising
82 Puerto Rico 3.7% 2018 down 9.7% falling
83 Colombia 3.7% 2018 up 24.5% rising
84 Mexico 3.4% 2017 down 12.9% rising
85 Brazil 3.1% 2018 down 1.5% falling
86 Chile 3.1% 2018 down 40.8% falling
87 Costa Rica 3.1% 2019 up 24.4% rising
88 Ecuador 3.0% 2016 up 79.1% rising
89 Eritrea 2.5% 2016 up 37.6% volatile
90 Andorra 2.5% 2019 — volatile
91 Namibia 2.0% 2017 down 45.9% rising
92 Ethiopia 1.9% 2008 down 16.6% falling
93 Honduras 1.9% 2018 up 87.2% rising
94 Guyana 1.6% 2012 down 72.3% falling
95 Samoa 1.5% 2018 — volatile
96 Mozambique 1.2% 2018 down 62.6% volatile
97 Liechtenstein 0.0% 2018 — volatile

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Indicator
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts and Humanities programmes, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
97 places, 1,141 data points, 1998–2020
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Share of all tertiary graduates who completed humanities and arts programmes in the reference year.