UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT

Table S5: Tertiary graduates in 2008 and 2013 and graduates in science,
engineering, agriculture and health in 2013
2008 2013
Tertiary graduates Tertiary graduates Science
Post–
secondary
diploma
MF (000s)
Bachelor’s
and master’s
degrees
MF (000s)
PhDs Female PhDs
MF (000s) Females (%) MF (000s) Females (%)
MF (000s)
(%)
Oman 11.54 +1 58.7 +1 16.68 56.1 0.53 1.56 0.00 100.00
Palestine 25.28 57.7 35.28 59.5 0.48 2.35 0 a
Qatar 1.79 66.7 2.28 60.8 0.04 0.08 a a
Saudi Arabia 112.13 57.4 141.20 51.1 6.52 19.13 0.03 32.00
Sudan – – 124.49 51.2 3.46 8.76 0.13 31.25
Syrian Arab Rep. 51.32 51.5 58.69 56.2 – – – –
Tunisia – – 65.42 65.9 a 16.92 0.31 60.33
United Arab Emirates 14.32 60.8 25.68 55.6 0.59 1.50 0 a
Yemen – – – – – – – –
Central Asia
Kazakhstan – – 238.22 56.3 0.63 4.38 0.07 60.27
Kyrgyzstan 35.58 60.8 50.23 60.1 0.15 1.63 0.11 56.36
Mongolia 29.60 65.6 37.75 64.5 0.02 2.00 0.01 55.56
Tajikistan – – 46.80 37.9 0.28 – 0.07 –
Turkmenistan – – – – 0 +1 0.39 +1 – –
Uzbekistan 73.73 38.7 77.22 -2 44.3 -2 a -2 5.71 -2 0.15 -2 29.61 -2
South Asia
Afghanistan 9.27 16.7 – – – – – –
Bangladesh 184.91 – 316.02 -1 41.8 -1 0 -1 35.02 -1 0.13 -1 43.75 -1
Bhutan – – 1.63 34.2 0 – a a
India – – – – – – – –
Maldives – – – – – – – –
Nepal 44.46 – 61.52 48.3 a 2.36 0.00 25.00
Pakistan – – – – – – – –
Sri Lanka 27.91 +2 58.5 +2 34.92 57.6 0.24 -1 2.66 -1 0.05 -1 54.17 -1
South–East Asia
Brunei Darussalam 1.54 66.5 1.91 64.1 0.09 0.10 0 a
Cambodia 16.71 27.5 – – – – – –
China 7 071.05 47.9 9 366.20 50.7 – – – –
China, Hong Kong SAR – – – – – – – –
China, Macao SAR 6.79 48.6 6.07 59.9 0.00 0.20 0.02 21.05
Indonesia 799.37 +1 – – – 13.41 -4 30.81 -4 – –
Japan 1 033.77 48.5 980.90 -1 48.3 -1 0 -1 28.07 -1 2.42 -1 23.65 -1
Korea, DPR – – – – – – – –
Korea, Rep. of 605.28 49.0 618.28 50.5 5.21 37.36 1.63 29.53
Lao PDR 18.99 +1 42.3 +1 37.38 45.4 0.78 0.68 0 a
Malaysia 206.59 58.6 261.82 -1 56.6 -1 12.98 -1 11.44 -1 0.55 -1 40.44 -1
Myanmar – – 295.94 -1 64.6 -1 5.13 -1 122.78 -1 0.20 -1 89.00 -1
Philippines 481.33 +2 56.0 +2 564.77 56.8 18.83 63.86 0.21 62.15
Singapore – – – – – – – –
Thailand 541.89 55.0 – – – – – –
Timor–Leste – – – – – – – –
Viet Nam 243.52 43.1 406.07 43.0 0 0.00 0 a
Oceania
Australia 306.90 55.9 386.63 -2 57.3 -2 4.65 -2 26.36 -2 1.74 -2 44.83 -2
New Zealand 54.45 60.9 71.93 -1 59.4 -1 2.80 -1 6.36 -1 0.36 -1 47.21 -1
Cook Islands a a – – – – – –
Fiji – – – – – – – –
Kiribati a a a -1 a -1 a -1 0 -1 a -1 a -1
Marshall Islands – – – – – – – –
Micronesia – – – – – – – –
Nauru a a – – – – – –
Niue a a – – – – – –
Palau – – 0.09 57.4 a 0.00 a a
Papua New Guinea – – – – – – – –
Samoa – – – – – – – –
Solomon Islands a a – – – – – –
Tonga – – – – – – – –
Tuvalu a a – – – – – –
Vanuatu – – – – – – – –
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
N.B.: See Key To All Tables at the end of Table S10.
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