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

Share of all tertiary graduates who completed Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics programmes in the reference year.

Countries reporting
94
Highest
16.0%
India
Lowest
0.0%
Eswatini
Median
4.6%
Years covered
23
1998–2020
Data points
1,141

What the numbers show

Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics programmes, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 16.0% in India; the lowest is 0.0% in Eswatini.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.6%, and the mean is 5.0%.

Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Macao (up 2,540.7%), 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 India 16.0% 2019 up 17.9% rising
2 United Kingdom 13.6% 2016 up 67.3% rising
3 Burundi 13.4% 2018 up 258.2% volatile
4 Georgia 10.3% 2019 up 155.4% rising
5 Morocco 9.8% 2019 up 29.7% rising
6 Algeria 9.6% 2018 up 20.1% rising
7 Bermuda 9.2% 2018 up 409.6% volatile
8 Greece 9.1% 2018 up 36.9% falling
9 Germany 9.0% 2018 — rising
10 Lebanon 8.9% 2011 up 77.1% rising
11 Brunei 8.4% 2019 up 388.2% volatile
12 Madagascar 8.2% 2018 down 20.8% falling
13 Saudi Arabia 8.1% 2019 down 41.9% falling
14 Ireland 8.0% 2016 up 18.2% falling
15 France 8.0% 2018 up 23.7% falling
16 Puerto Rico 7.9% 2018 up 85.1% rising
17 Italy 7.6% 2018 up 51.1% flat
18 South Africa 7.3% 2018 — falling
19 United States 7.2% 2016 up 37.8% rising
20 Samoa 7.0% 2018 — rising
21 Switzerland 6.9% 2018 up 37.4% rising
22 Armenia 6.6% 2019 up 7.9% flat
23 Slovenia 6.6% 2018 up 191.2% rising
24 Seychelles 6.5% 2019 down 2.6% volatile
25 Niger 6.4% 2019 — falling
26 Netherlands 6.4% 2018 up 207.2% rising
27 New Zealand 6.3% 2018 up 4.1% flat
28 Estonia 6.3% 2018 up 20.5% rising
29 Portugal 6.3% 2017 up 11.7% rising
30 Canada 6.2% 2018 down 21.8% flat
31 Austria 6.1% 2018 up 42.8% rising
32 Luxembourg 5.8% 2018 up 33.4% rising
33 Czechia 5.7% 2018 up 9.2% rising
34 Romania 5.7% 2016 up 26.2% falling
35 Slovakia 5.7% 2018 up 18.0% rising
36 Burkina Faso 5.5% 2019 down 67.9% falling
37 Denmark 5.4% 2018 up 37.3% rising
38 Spain 5.2% 2018 up 29.6% falling
39 Eritrea 5.2% 2016 down 48.2% falling
40 Croatia 5.1% 2017 up 25.9% flat
41 Australia 5.0% 2018 up 4.0% falling
42 Iceland 5.0% 2018 up 20.2% falling
43 Ghana 4.9% 2019 — falling
44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.8% 2019 — flat
45 Norway 4.8% 2017 up 52.1% rising
46 Iran 4.8% 2018 down 47.3% falling
47 Qatar 4.6% 2019 down 4.8% volatile
48 Finland 4.6% 2018 up 4.6% rising
49 South Korea 4.5% 2017 up 15.7% rising
50 Cambodia 4.5% 2019 up 70.9% falling
51 Serbia 4.5% 2019 up 73.2% rising
52 Lithuania 4.3% 2018 up 59.2% rising
53 Azerbaijan 4.2% 2019 down 48.5% falling
54 Sweden 4.1% 2018 down 4.9% falling
55 Albania 4.1% 2019 down 9.4% volatile
56 North Macedonia 4.0% 2018 down 1.8% falling
57 Hungary 3.9% 2018 up 139.0% rising
58 Oman 3.8% 2019 up 5.5% rising
59 Ukraine 3.8% 2019 up 108.1% rising
60 Belgium 3.7% 2018 up 20.0% falling
61 Malaysia 3.7% 2019 down 31.9% falling
62 Malta 3.6% 2017 up 102.1% rising
63 Argentina 3.6% 2011 up 17.4% rising
64 Ethiopia 3.5% 2008 down 28.4% falling
65 Poland 3.3% 2018 down 6.4% flat
66 Namibia 3.2% 2017 up 2.1% rising
67 Bulgaria 3.1% 2018 up 77.9% rising
68 Mongolia 2.9% 2018 down 2.2% falling
69 Belarus 2.8% 2017 up 28.6% rising
70 Russia 2.8% 2018 up 104.3% rising
71 Latvia 2.7% 2018 up 51.2% rising
72 Uruguay 2.7% 2017 down 12.9% falling
73 Palestine 2.6% 2019 down 23.7% falling
74 Cyprus 2.5% 2018 down 32.1% rising
75 Turkey 2.4% 2018 down 51.3% falling
76 Mexico 2.4% 2017 down 21.5% flat
77 Ecuador 2.3% 2016 up 1,340.1% volatile
78 Kyrgyzstan 2.3% 2019 up 36.2% volatile
79 Costa Rica 2.2% 2019 up 195.0% rising
80 Brazil 2.0% 2018 down 35.0% falling
81 United Arab Emirates 1.6% 2017 up 127.6% rising
82 Guyana 1.6% 2012 down 46.1% falling
83 Laos 1.6% 2018 down 21.4% volatile
84 Bahrain 1.6% 2019 down 68.6% volatile
85 Honduras 1.6% 2018 up 223.2% volatile
86 Panama 1.5% 2016 down 48.6% rising
87 Macao 1.5% 2019 up 2,540.7% volatile
88 Colombia 1.4% 2018 down 31.8% falling
89 Lesotho 1.3% 2018 — volatile
90 Chile 1.2% 2018 down 34.2% volatile
91 Mozambique 1.0% 2018 down 78.4% volatile
92 El Salvador 0.9% 2018 down 33.3% falling
93 Vietnam 0.7% 2016 — volatile
94 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, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
97 places, 1,141 data points, 1998–2020
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Share of all tertiary graduates who completed Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics programmes in the reference year.