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Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Social Sciences, Journalism and Information programmes, both sexes (%) by country

Share of all tertiary graduates who completed Social Sciences, Journalism and Information programmes in the reference year.

Countries reporting
95
Highest
28.3%
India
Lowest
0.0%
Andorra
Median
8.5%
Years covered
23
1998–2020
Data points
1,144

What the numbers show

Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Social Sciences, Journalism and Information programmes, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 95 countries. The highest value is 28.3% in India; the lowest is 0.0% in Andorra.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.5%, and the mean is 8.6%.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 2,158.2%), 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 28.3% 2019 down 12.2% falling
2 Samoa 21.1% 2018 — volatile
3 Burkina Faso 16.3% 2019 down 62.4% falling
4 Armenia 16.2% 2019 up 2,158.2% rising
5 South Africa 16.0% 2018 — flat
6 Iceland 15.5% 2018 up 28.0% rising
7 Algeria 14.9% 2018 down 18.9% falling
8 Canada 14.6% 2018 up 13.7% flat
9 Italy 14.3% 2018 up 12.4% rising
10 Greece 13.9% 2018 up 14.8% rising
11 Qatar 13.9% 2019 up 7.2% rising
12 Cambodia 13.5% 2019 down 52.9% volatile
13 Netherlands 13.4% 2018 up 15.3% rising
14 Bulgaria 13.1% 2018 down 18.6% rising
15 United States 12.0% 2016 down 13.5% falling
16 Georgia 12.0% 2019 up 65.4% volatile
17 United Kingdom 11.9% 2016 up 3.7% rising
18 Sweden 11.8% 2018 up 21.8% rising
19 Slovakia 11.8% 2018 up 55.0% rising
20 Russia 11.4% 2018 up 152.1% rising
21 Argentina 11.2% 2011 up 0.4% falling
22 Czechia 11.0% 2018 up 83.7% rising
23 Portugal 10.9% 2017 up 5.9% rising
24 Luxembourg 10.7% 2018 down 44.9% falling
25 Uruguay 10.7% 2017 up 7.4% falling
26 Albania 10.5% 2019 up 58.8% rising
27 Norway 10.4% 2017 down 22.1% falling
28 Macao 10.4% 2019 up 174.0% volatile
29 Hungary 10.2% 2018 up 50.8% rising
30 Belgium 10.2% 2018 up 9.1% rising
31 Denmark 10.0% 2018 up 22.2% rising
32 Lebanon 9.5% 2011 down 8.4% falling
33 Malta 9.5% 2017 up 51.3% rising
34 Serbia 9.4% 2019 up 85.0% rising
35 Puerto Rico 9.4% 2018 up 22.7% rising
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.3% 2019 — falling
37 Slovenia 9.3% 2018 up 26.9% rising
38 Morocco 9.2% 2019 up 12.3% falling
39 El Salvador 9.1% 2018 up 139.1% rising
40 Romania 9.1% 2016 down 15.7% rising
41 Mexico 9.1% 2017 down 15.1% rising
42 Lithuania 9.0% 2018 up 23.7% rising
43 Poland 8.9% 2018 down 24.8% falling
44 Madagascar 8.9% 2018 down 47.5% falling
45 Latvia 8.9% 2018 down 14.8% falling
46 Niger 8.8% 2019 — rising
47 Mozambique 8.6% 2018 down 27.4% volatile
48 New Zealand 8.5% 2018 down 17.0% falling
49 Ecuador 8.2% 2016 up 522.7% rising
50 Guyana 8.1% 2012 down 31.0% volatile
51 Bahrain 8.0% 2019 down 16.8% flat
52 Estonia 8.0% 2018 down 15.0% rising
53 Turkey 7.8% 2018 down 44.6% falling
54 Germany 7.5% 2018 — rising
55 France 7.4% 2018 down 3.5% falling
56 Colombia 7.3% 2018 up 9.7% rising
57 Austria 7.2% 2018 up 3.9% rising
58 Cyprus 7.2% 2018 up 17.2% rising
59 Croatia 7.2% 2017 up 72.3% rising
60 Kyrgyzstan 7.2% 2019 down 18.2% falling
61 United Arab Emirates 7.2% 2017 up 57.6% rising
62 Finland 7.1% 2018 up 2.6% rising
63 Ukraine 7.1% 2019 down 15.2% volatile
64 Spain 7.0% 2018 up 7.6% falling
65 Saudi Arabia 6.8% 2019 down 24.7% rising
66 Brunei 6.7% 2019 up 47.4% volatile
67 Switzerland 6.6% 2018 up 1.9% rising
68 Palestine 6.4% 2019 down 47.0% rising
69 North Macedonia 6.3% 2018 up 11.8% volatile
70 Ireland 6.3% 2016 up 33.2% rising
71 Ghana 6.3% 2019 — falling
72 Panama 6.1% 2016 up 85.2% flat
73 Australia 6.0% 2018 down 0.1% flat
74 Honduras 5.9% 2018 up 88.9% rising
75 Iran 5.7% 2018 down 13.2% falling
76 South Korea 5.6% 2017 up 37.5% rising
77 Costa Rica 5.5% 2019 down 39.5% falling
78 Eritrea 5.2% 2016 down 64.7% volatile
79 Brazil 5.0% 2018 down 19.1% falling
80 Azerbaijan 4.6% 2019 down 27.9% falling
81 Namibia 4.6% 2017 up 71.3% volatile
82 Malaysia 4.3% 2019 down 48.0% falling
83 Chile 4.0% 2018 down 43.2% falling
84 Mongolia 4.0% 2018 down 64.6% falling
85 Vietnam 3.8% 2016 up 71.6% rising
86 Lesotho 3.5% 2018 up 505.3% volatile
87 Belarus 3.4% 2017 — volatile
88 Burundi 3.4% 2018 down 76.4% volatile
89 Ethiopia 2.9% 2008 down 50.3% falling
90 Seychelles 2.0% 2019 down 82.5% volatile
91 Laos 1.8% 2018 up 102.8% volatile
92 Oman 1.4% 2019 up 36.7% volatile
93 Eswatini 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% volatile
93 Bermuda 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
93 Andorra 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Social Sciences, Journalism and Information programmes, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
97 places, 1,144 data points, 1998–2020
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Share of all tertiary graduates who completed Social Sciences, Journalism and Information programmes in the reference year.