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Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction programmes, both sexes (%) by country

Share of all tertiary graduates who completed engineering, manufacturing and construction programmes in the reference year.

Countries reporting
97
Highest
28.6%
Malaysia
Lowest
0.0%
Aruba
Median
12.7%
Years covered
23
1998–2020
Data points
1,159

What the numbers show

Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction programmes, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 28.6% in Malaysia; the lowest is 0.0% in Aruba.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.7%, and the mean is 12.8%.

Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea (up 259.9%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malaysia 28.6% 2019 up 20.2% rising
2 Iran 28.3% 2018 down 9.8% rising
3 Oman 28.3% 2019 up 71.5% rising
4 Belarus 25.9% 2017 up 7.6% rising
5 Eritrea 23.5% 2016 up 259.9% volatile
6 Russia 23.1% 2018 up 1.2% flat
7 Bermuda 22.5% 2018 up 44.7% volatile
8 Algeria 22.0% 2018 up 65.5% rising
9 Germany 21.4% 2018 — rising
10 Portugal 20.9% 2017 up 14.1% rising
11 Austria 20.6% 2018 up 2.8% flat
12 South Korea 20.3% 2017 down 24.3% falling
13 Vietnam 19.9% 2016 down 6.2% flat
14 United Arab Emirates 19.7% 2017 up 33.6% rising
15 Liechtenstein 19.6% 2018 down 10.7% falling
16 Lithuania 19.4% 2018 up 15.3% falling
17 Mongolia 19.2% 2018 up 63.1% rising
18 Sweden 18.3% 2018 up 8.0% falling
19 Romania 18.1% 2016 up 14.7% flat
20 Brunei 18.1% 2019 up 131.3% rising
21 Azerbaijan 18.1% 2019 up 179.3% rising
22 Serbia 17.6% 2019 up 20.0% flat
23 Mexico 17.4% 2017 up 6.6% rising
24 Slovenia 17.2% 2018 up 15.0% flat
25 Colombia 16.9% 2018 down 6.3% falling
26 Chile 16.8% 2018 up 4.9% falling
27 Finland 16.5% 2018 down 21.6% falling
28 Croatia 16.4% 2017 up 19.1% falling
29 Qatar 16.2% 2019 up 43.5% rising
30 Greece 16.1% 2018 up 14.7% rising
31 Ukraine 15.8% 2019 down 28.9% falling
32 Switzerland 15.7% 2018 up 24.1% rising
33 Czechia 15.5% 2018 down 7.2% flat
34 Italy 15.4% 2018 up 12.2% falling
35 Turkey 15.3% 2018 up 8.5% falling
36 Estonia 14.8% 2018 up 9.4% rising
37 Burkina Faso 14.7% 2019 up 251.6% rising
38 Poland 14.5% 2018 up 28.8% rising
39 Hungary 14.0% 2018 up 55.3% rising
40 France 13.9% 2018 down 16.8% falling
41 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.8% 2019 — rising
42 Norway 13.6% 2017 up 66.9% rising
43 North Macedonia 13.3% 2018 up 37.7% falling
44 Spain 13.1% 2018 down 24.8% falling
45 Brazil 13.0% 2018 up 134.0% rising
46 Kyrgyzstan 13.0% 2019 up 12.1% rising
47 Canada 12.9% 2018 up 23.3% flat
48 Latvia 12.7% 2018 up 45.4% rising
49 Laos 12.7% 2018 up 42.9% falling
50 Slovakia 12.4% 2018 down 10.2% falling
51 Lebanon 12.4% 2011 down 13.7% falling
52 Bulgaria 12.4% 2018 down 19.1% falling
53 Denmark 12.0% 2018 down 3.5% flat
54 El Salvador 11.4% 2018 up 5.5% falling
55 Uruguay 11.2% 2017 up 79.6% rising
56 Belgium 11.2% 2018 up 6.3% flat
57 Andorra 11.1% 2019 — volatile
58 India 11.1% 2019 up 12.2% rising
59 Honduras 10.5% 2018 up 3.9% falling
60 Ireland 10.3% 2016 down 20.0% falling
61 Cyprus 10.1% 2018 up 214.4% rising
62 Bahrain 9.7% 2019 down 5.3% falling
63 Georgia 9.6% 2019 up 19.4% falling
64 Albania 9.4% 2019 up 33.2% rising
65 Lesotho 9.2% 2018 down 22.5% volatile
66 United Kingdom 9.1% 2016 up 9.4% flat
67 Ecuador 9.0% 2016 up 30.0% rising
68 Panama 9.0% 2016 down 23.5% falling
69 Cambodia 9.0% 2019 up 186.1% volatile
70 Palestine 8.8% 2019 up 19.2% rising
71 Malta 8.8% 2017 up 81.6% rising
72 Iceland 8.6% 2018 up 20.6% rising
73 New Zealand 8.5% 2018 up 55.7% rising
74 Guyana 8.3% 2012 down 8.0% rising
75 Netherlands 8.2% 2018 down 1.7% falling
76 South Africa 8.0% 2018 — falling
77 Australia 7.8% 2018 down 8.8% falling
78 Ghana 7.6% 2019 — rising
79 Costa Rica 7.5% 2019 up 31.1% flat
80 Mozambique 7.3% 2018 up 59.3% rising
81 Luxembourg 7.2% 2018 up 64.8% rising
82 Puerto Rico 7.1% 2018 down 46.8% falling
83 Saudi Arabia 7.1% 2019 up 64.5% volatile
84 United States 6.9% 2016 down 8.1% falling
85 Argentina 6.7% 2011 up 15.7% rising
86 Madagascar 6.1% 2018 down 9.3% rising
87 Armenia 5.7% 2019 down 34.8% falling
88 Morocco 5.3% 2019 down 58.3% falling
89 Ethiopia 4.8% 2008 down 38.1% falling
90 Namibia 4.1% 2017 — volatile
91 Seychelles 2.8% 2019 down 83.3% volatile
92 Niger 2.7% 2019 — falling
93 Macao 2.6% 2019 up 90.6% rising
94 Samoa 2.3% 2018 — volatile
95 Burundi 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
95 Eswatini 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% volatile
95 Aruba 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction programmes, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
98 places, 1,159 data points, 1998–2020
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Share of all tertiary graduates who completed engineering, manufacturing and construction programmes in the reference year.