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

Share of all tertiary graduates who completed health and welfare programmes in the reference year.

Countries reporting
98
Highest
37.1%
Puerto Rico
Lowest
0.0%
Aruba
Median
11.7%
Years covered
23
1998–2020
Data points
1,158

What the numbers show

Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Health and Welfare programmes, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 98 countries. The highest value is 37.1% in Puerto Rico; the lowest is 0.0% in Aruba.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.7%, and the mean is 12.3%.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 768.0%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Puerto Rico 37.1% 2018 up 86.2% rising
2 Andorra 33.3% 2019 down 6.7% falling
3 Belgium 28.8% 2018 up 40.0% rising
4 Burundi 26.8% 2018 up 188.7% volatile
5 Sweden 23.2% 2018 down 5.2% flat
6 Chile 22.4% 2018 up 55.0% rising
7 Finland 21.9% 2018 up 10.6% falling
8 Seychelles 21.7% 2019 up 160.5% volatile
9 Denmark 20.9% 2018 down 7.2% falling
10 Norway 19.3% 2017 down 21.2% falling
11 Kyrgyzstan 19.0% 2019 up 72.5% volatile
12 Uruguay 18.4% 2017 down 7.6% falling
13 Lithuania 18.0% 2018 up 75.0% rising
14 Niger 17.9% 2019 — rising
15 Argentina 17.8% 2011 up 10.5% rising
16 Latvia 17.5% 2018 up 120.4% volatile
17 Australia 17.5% 2018 up 17.5% rising
18 Portugal 17.4% 2017 down 7.8% rising
19 Eritrea 17.4% 2016 up 159.1% volatile
20 Ireland 17.1% 2016 up 31.8% rising
21 Netherlands 17.1% 2018 down 9.5% falling
22 United States of America 17.0% 2016 up 25.6% rising
23 Malta 16.9% 2017 up 30.3% flat
24 Spain 16.8% 2018 up 9.5% rising
25 Iceland 16.6% 2018 up 21.3% rising
26 Slovakia 16.5% 2018 down 3.6% rising
27 Madagascar 16.4% 2018 up 435.8% volatile
28 Brazil 16.3% 2018 up 16.5% rising
29 El Salvador 16.1% 2018 down 14.6% falling
30 Samoa 15.6% 2018 — volatile
31 Republic of Korea 15.5% 2017 up 25.8% rising
32 Albania 15.4% 2019 down 19.4% rising
33 Switzerland 15.4% 2018 up 11.6% rising
34 France 14.5% 2018 down 2.8% rising
35 Italy 14.5% 2018 up 1.8% falling
36 Canada 14.5% 2018 up 0.4% rising
37 Costa Rica 14.1% 2019 up 1.2% rising
38 New Zealand 13.9% 2018 up 5.3% rising
39 Palestine, State of 13.8% 2019 up 51.2% rising
40 Guyana 13.7% 2012 up 184.0% rising
41 North Macedonia 13.4% 2018 up 23.5% falling
42 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13.4% 2016 down 26.6% falling
43 Honduras 13.3% 2018 up 145.9% rising
44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.1% 2019 — flat
45 Türkiye 12.8% 2018 up 119.4% rising
46 Ecuador 12.7% 2016 up 26.3% rising
47 Estonia 12.5% 2018 up 23.1% rising
48 Czechia 12.2% 2018 up 36.1% falling
49 Slovenia 12.1% 2018 up 56.2% flat
50 Mongolia 11.2% 2018 up 51.6% rising
51 Lebanon 11.2% 2011 up 11.7% rising
52 Greece 11.1% 2018 down 4.0% rising
53 Mexico 11.0% 2017 up 26.9% rising
54 Mozambique 10.9% 2018 up 116.4% volatile
55 Serbia 10.5% 2019 up 20.3% flat
56 Croatia 10.4% 2017 up 9.4% flat
57 Romania 10.3% 2016 up 7.1% rising
58 Lesotho 10.3% 2018 down 3.6% volatile
59 Georgia 10.1% 2019 down 36.2% flat
60 Armenia 9.5% 2019 down 28.4% falling
61 Bulgaria 9.4% 2018 up 39.5% falling
62 Ukraine 9.2% 2019 up 74.9% rising
63 Poland 8.9% 2018 down 18.4% flat
64 Hungary 8.6% 2018 down 15.6% rising
65 Bahrain 8.6% 2019 down 8.3% falling
66 Austria 8.4% 2018 up 8.3% flat
67 Qatar 8.2% 2019 down 55.2% volatile
68 Panama 7.9% 2016 down 7.8% rising
69 Russian Federation 7.6% 2018 up 42.1% rising
70 Germany 7.4% 2018 — volatile
71 Azerbaijan 7.2% 2019 down 9.4% falling
72 Monaco 7.1% 2020 — flat
73 Bermuda 7.0% 2018 down 70.6% volatile
74 Namibia 7.0% 2017 up 72.2% rising
75 United Arab Emirates 7.0% 2017 up 35.4% rising
76 Saudi Arabia 6.8% 2019 down 23.2% falling
77 Belarus 6.8% 2017 up 63.4% flat
78 Luxembourg 6.8% 2018 — volatile
79 Malaysia 6.8% 2019 down 12.3% rising
80 Ghana 6.7% 2019 — rising
81 Iran, Islamic Republic of 6.4% 2018 down 15.9% falling
82 Colombia 6.4% 2018 down 25.2% falling
83 Cyprus 6.2% 2018 down 17.5% falling
84 South Africa 6.1% 2018 — falling
85 Viet Nam 6.0% 2016 up 119.9% rising
86 Ethiopia 5.6% 2008 down 50.0% falling
87 Macau, China 5.2% 2019 down 7.0% falling
88 Oman 4.9% 2019 down 40.8% falling
89 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.7% 2018 up 348.7% falling
90 Burkina Faso 4.6% 2019 up 768.0% volatile
91 Cambodia 4.2% 2019 up 34.7% volatile
92 India 4.0% 2019 down 5.1% flat
93 Liechtenstein 3.7% 2018 — volatile
94 Algeria 3.6% 2018 down 30.1% falling
95 Morocco 3.2% 2019 down 51.1% falling
96 Brunei Darussalam 3.0% 2019 down 73.0% volatile
97 Eswatini 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% volatile
97 Aruba 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Health and Welfare programmes, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
98 places, 1,158 data points, 1998–2020
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Share of all tertiary graduates who completed health and welfare programmes in the reference year.