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Brazil has the most PhD graduates per million inhabitants in Latin America<br />

PhD graduates per million inhabitants, 2012<br />

Countries outside Latin America are given for comparison<br />

333 299<br />

277<br />

255<br />

240<br />

201<br />

176<br />

Latin America<br />

23 556<br />

Number of doctorates awarded<br />

in Latin America and the<br />

Caribbean in 2012<br />

Germany<br />

Australia<br />

The share of PhD graduates in natural sciences has not recovered since this indicator plunged<br />

a decade ago<br />

Distribution of PhDs in Latin America by field of study,1996–2012 (%)<br />

50<br />

Portugal<br />

Czech Rep.<br />

39 36<br />

Korea, Rep.<br />

Israel<br />

Canada<br />

China<br />

South Africa<br />

70<br />

60<br />

44 42<br />

Brazil<br />

Cuba<br />

Argentina<br />

Mexico<br />

31<br />

Chile<br />

Peru<br />

25 25<br />

Paraguay<br />

Costa Rica<br />

Uruguay<br />

16 16 13 8 5 4 2 1 1<br />

Panama<br />

El Salvador<br />

Colombia<br />

Guatemala<br />

Honduras<br />

Ecuador<br />

Venezuela<br />

48.06<br />

40<br />

38.07<br />

Social sciences & humanities<br />

Natural & exact sciences<br />

30<br />

33.86<br />

Engineering & technology<br />

Medical sciences<br />

Agricultural sciences<br />

Unassigned<br />

20<br />

14.75<br />

11.86<br />

13.34<br />

10<br />

10.95<br />

10.20<br />

5.87<br />

10.19<br />

0<br />

0.00<br />

3.80<br />

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012<br />

Students head for Western Europe and North America more than other Latin American countries,<br />

with the exception of those from Bolivia, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Uruguay<br />

Number of Latin American university students living abroad, 2013<br />

27 793<br />

19 621<br />

Destination: Latin America<br />

Destination: North America & Western Europe<br />

24 632<br />

132 814<br />

Number of Latin American university<br />

students heading to Western Europe<br />

or North America in 2013<br />

Chapter 7<br />

1 674<br />

Argentina<br />

5 221<br />

5 812<br />

3 236<br />

Bolivia<br />

2 170<br />

Brazil<br />

1 596<br />

Chile<br />

6 493<br />

4 152<br />

Colombia<br />

Costa Rica<br />

290<br />

1 749<br />

347<br />

1 395<br />

380<br />

3 930<br />

2 717<br />

Cuba<br />

Dominican<br />

Republic<br />

Ecuador<br />

7 934<br />

El Salvador<br />

1 084<br />

1 915<br />

Guatemala<br />

954<br />

1 755<br />

Honduras<br />

1 241<br />

2 060<br />

1 278<br />

Mexico<br />

Nicaragua<br />

Source: For higher education spending and students living abroad: <strong>UNESCO</strong> Institute for Statistics: for graduates; RICYT database, July 2015; for PhD students per<br />

million inhabitants, estimations based on data from the <strong>UNESCO</strong> Institute for Statistics and United Nations Statistics Division<br />

1 733<br />

750<br />

Panama<br />

812<br />

1 612<br />

Paraguay<br />

1 774<br />

1 052<br />

3 158<br />

Peru<br />

10 288<br />

Uruguay<br />

1 321<br />

998<br />

1 053<br />

Venezuela<br />

10 380<br />

183

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