Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics programmes, male (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
119
Highest
58.7%
Burkina Faso
Lowest
0.0%
Eswatini
Median
4.4%
Years covered
28
1998–2025
Data points
1,678

What the numbers show

Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics programmes, male (%) is currently reported for 119 countries. The highest value is 58.7% in Burkina Faso; the lowest is 0.0% in Eswatini.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.4%, and the mean is 5.5%.

Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 605.0%), 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 Burkina Faso 58.7% 2024 up 386.9% volatile
2 Belize 15.8% 2024 down 4.2% falling
3 Cameroon 14.7% 2024 down 15.7% falling
4 Benin 13.1% 2022 up 605.0% volatile
5 Samoa 12.7% 2023 up 60.3% rising
6 India 12.7% 2023 down 5.5% rising
7 Zimbabwe 12.0% 2024 up 190.2% volatile
8 Puerto Rico 11.8% 2023 up 125.4% rising
9 Madagascar 10.8% 2023 down 4.3% falling
10 British Virgin Islands 10.8% 2023 up 87.1% volatile
11 United Kingdom 9.7% 2023 down 29.2% rising
12 Greece 9.6% 2022 up 14.0% falling
13 Kenya 9.6% 2024 up 21.1% falling
14 France 9.6% 2023 up 40.3% falling
15 Bangladesh 9.5% 2020 flat
16 Argentina 9.1% 2023 down 23.1% rising
17 United States 8.7% 2023 up 36.0% rising
18 Ireland 8.4% 2022 down 27.8% flat
19 Germany 8.2% 2024 down 21.7% flat
20 Niger 8.1% 2019 falling
21 Luxembourg 8.0% 2023 up 49.6% rising
22 New Zealand 7.9% 2024 up 15.5% rising
23 Canada 7.9% 2023 down 10.7% flat
24 Italy 7.8% 2023 up 11.6% rising
25 South Africa 7.8% 2023 down 9.7% falling
26 Sri Lanka 7.6% 2023 down 13.2% falling
27 Netherlands 7.5% 2023 up 136.0% rising
28 Switzerland 7.5% 2023 up 14.9% rising
29 Rwanda 7.5% 2024 up 23.9% flat
30 Trinidad and Tobago 7.3% 2024 down 9.8% falling
31 Uzbekistan 7.3% 2025 up 31.3% rising
32 Czechia 7.0% 2023 up 15.1% rising
33 Lebanon 6.4% 2011 up 19.7% rising
34 Bermuda 6.4% 2023 down 34.6% volatile
35 Austria 6.3% 2024 up 16.1% rising
36 Slovenia 6.3% 2024 up 6.0% rising
37 Estonia 6.3% 2024 down 6.9% rising
38 Brunei 6.2% 2023 up 38.8% volatile
39 Portugal 6.0% 2023 down 0.5% rising
40 Denmark 6.0% 2023 up 28.1% falling
41 Iceland 5.9% 2023 up 0.6% falling
42 Belgium 5.9% 2023 up 16.6% flat
43 Eritrea 5.9% 2016 down 43.4% falling
44 Morocco 5.8% 2024 down 51.6% falling
45 Norway 5.6% 2023 up 29.9% rising
46 Australia 5.5% 2023 up 6.8% falling
47 Israel 5.5% 2023 falling
48 Spain 5.5% 2023 up 13.5% rising
49 Algeria 5.2% 2024 down 29.7% rising
50 Croatia 5.1% 2023 up 31.8% rising
51 Georgia 5.0% 2025 down 21.9% rising
52 South Korea 5.0% 2024 down 14.2% rising
53 Ecuador 5.0% 2023 up 118.1% volatile
54 Cambodia 4.7% 2019 up 54.7% rising
55 Lithuania 4.7% 2023 up 27.2% rising
56 Sweden 4.6% 2023 down 18.9% falling
57 Finland 4.5% 2023 up 0.3% flat
58 Ghana 4.5% 2024 down 45.5% falling
59 Singapore 4.5% 2023 down 5.8% flat
60 Mauritius 4.4% 2023 up 23.3% rising
61 Saudi Arabia 4.3% 2024 down 18.4% falling
62 Botswana 4.3% 2024 down 39.6% volatile
63 Tanzania 4.3% 2024 up 258.0% rising
64 Slovakia 4.1% 2023 down 14.7% rising
65 Serbia 3.9% 2024 up 25.7% rising
66 Ethiopia 3.9% 2008 down 24.0% falling
67 Malta 3.9% 2023 down 28.4% rising
68 Malaysia 3.8% 2024 down 23.2% falling
69 Romania 3.6% 2023 down 6.5% falling
70 Hungary 3.6% 2023 down 21.4% rising
71 Armenia 3.4% 2024 down 50.8% falling
72 Tunisia 3.3% 2023 down 62.8% falling
73 Belarus 3.2% 2024 up 23.5% rising
74 Guyana 3.0% 2012 up 18.4% rising
75 Iran 3.0% 2021 down 5.2% falling
76 Poland 3.0% 2023 down 0.5% falling
77 Mongolia 3.0% 2024 up 26.9% falling
78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.9% 2023 down 5.2% falling
79 Latvia 2.9% 2023 up 1.2% rising
80 Mexico 2.7% 2023 down 5.9% falling
81 Jordan 2.7% 2024 up 131.8% volatile
82 Ukraine 2.7% 2024 up 50.4% rising
83 Macao 2.6% 2024 up 61.7% volatile
84 Egypt 2.6% 2025 down 7.9% flat
85 Kyrgyzstan 2.6% 2025 up 21.6% volatile
86 Chile 2.5% 2024 up 66.4% volatile
87 Costa Rica 2.5% 2023 up 112.2% rising
88 Uruguay 2.5% 2023 down 47.5% falling
89 Turkey 2.3% 2023 down 46.0% falling
90 Bulgaria 2.3% 2023 up 26.3% falling
91 Honduras 2.3% 2024 up 170.2% rising
92 United Arab Emirates 2.3% 2024 up 14.2% rising
93 El Salvador 2.2% 2023 up 123.6% rising
94 Cyprus 2.2% 2024 up 22.2% flat
95 Panama 2.2% 2023 down 18.4% falling
96 Brazil 2.1% 2023 up 9.9% falling
97 Namibia 2.0% 2022 down 75.7% volatile
98 Indonesia 2.0% 2023 up 44.1% rising
99 Laos 2.0% 2019 down 5.5% volatile
100 Thailand 1.9% 2025 down 40.8% falling
101 Colombia 1.9% 2023 up 19.0% falling
102 Moldova 1.8% 2024 down 24.9% falling
103 Oman 1.8% 2024 down 36.8% falling
104 North Macedonia 1.8% 2023 down 46.3% falling
105 Cuba 1.7% 2024 up 210.0% volatile
106 Seychelles 1.6% 2024 down 75.2% volatile
107 Palestine 1.6% 2023 down 31.3% volatile
108 Albania 1.6% 2024 down 60.0% rising
109 Bahrain 1.6% 2024 up 94.7% volatile
110 Philippines 1.5% 2024 up 10.8% flat
111 Qatar 1.5% 2024 down 32.9% volatile
112 Kazakhstan 1.4% 2025 down 25.0% falling
113 Azerbaijan 1.4% 2024 down 56.6% volatile
114 Dominican Republic 1.3% 2024 up 11.8% falling
115 Mozambique 1.1% 2018 down 82.3% volatile
116 Vietnam 0.7% 2016 volatile
117 Burundi 0.6% 2025 down 90.9% volatile
118 Andorra 0.5% 2024 volatile
119 Eswatini 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics programmes, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
121 places, 1,678 data points, 1998–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release