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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release