Percentage … adjusted Engineering Manufacturing Construction in Canada
Canada: Percentage … adjusted Engineering Manufacturing Construction was 0.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Canada, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Canada recorded 0.2% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2023. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Canada peaked at 0.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2014.
Canada ranks 89th of 121 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Percentage … adjusted Engineering Manufacturing Construction in Canada, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.2% | — |
| 2013 | 0.2% | -10.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | -8.5% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | +18.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | +1.4% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 0.2% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.3%, 88% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More education data for Canada
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 95.11 (2023)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 95.01 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 133,275 (1996)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (2011)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 291,075 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 273,465 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.70 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.43 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.83 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Canada?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Canada was 0.2% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2014.
- How does Canada rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Canada ranks 89th out of 121 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release