UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT

UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT
Table 3.2: Share of female tertiary graduates in four selected fields, 2013 or closest year (%)
a = not applicable Note: Engineering includes manufacturing and construction. The oldest data are for 2012.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, August 2015
Year Science Engineering Agriculture Health & welfare
Albania 2013 66.1 38.8 41.5 72.7
Algeria 2013 65.4 32.4 56.5 64.6
Angola 2013 36.2 19.3 21.7 63.3
Argentina 2012 45.1 31.0 43.9 73.8
Austria 2013 33.3 21.2 55.9 70.8
Bahrain 2014 66.3 27.6 a 76.8
Bangladesh 2012 44.4 16.6 31.1 33.3
Belarus 2013 54.4 30.0 29.2 83.8
Bhutan 2013 25.0 24.9 15.5 52.6
Bosnia & Herzegovina 2013 46.8 37.5 46.9 74.2
Brazil 2012 33.1 29.5 42.3 77.1
Brunei Darussalam 2013 65.8 41.8 a 85.7
Burkina Faso 2013 18.8 20.6 16.8 45.9
Colombia 2013 41.8 32.1 40.9 72.0
Costa Rica 2013 30.5 33.7 37.4 76.9
Cuba 2013 44.9 28.3 30.0 68.2
Denmark 2013 35.4 35.3 67.4 80.0
Egypt 2013 49.6 25.3 46.6 54.4
El Salvador 2013 59.0 26.6 24.6 78.0
Eritrea 2014 35.0 15.8 29.8 26.3
Finland 2013 42.5 21.7 57.6 85.1
France 2013 37.8 25.6 50.1 74.4
Georgia 2013 47.7 23.1 27.5 74.4
Ghana 2013 27.1 18.4 17.2 57.6
Honduras 2013 35.9 37.4 28.3 74.7
Iran 2013 66.2 24.7 41.1 65.1
Kazakhstan 2013 61.5 31.0 43.0 79.8
Kuwait 2013 72.2 25.0 a 44.5
Kyrgyzstan 2013 61.3 25.8 27.9 77.1
Lao PDR 2013 39.1 10.6 30.7 59.8
Latvia 2013 38.7 26.8 48.7 92.3
Lesotho 2013 54.5 27.5 45.7 78.8
Lithuania 2013 41.8 21.8 50.9 84.3
Macedonia, FYR 2013 37.6 39.1 48.5 75.3
Madagascar 2013 32.1 24.2 51.9 74.1
Malaysia 2012 62.0 38.7 54.4 62.9
Mongolia 2013 46.6 37.9 63.0 83.9
Mozambique 2013 35.6 34.4 40.6 47.4
Myanmar 2012 64.9 64.6 51.5 80.7
Nepal 2013 28.4 14.0 33.3 57.0
Netherlands 2012 25.8 20.9 54.5 75.1
New Zealand 2012 39.1 27.4 69.3 78.1
Norway 2013 35.9 19.6 58.9 83.6
Oman 2013 75.1 52.7 6.0 37.8
Palestine 2013 58.5 31.3 37.1 56.7
Panama 2012 50.5 35.9 54.0 75.6
Philippines 2013 52.1 29.5 50.7 72.1
Poland 2012 46.1 36.1 56.4 71.5
Portugal 2013 55.7 32.5 59.9 78.9
Qatar 2013 64.7 27.4 a 72.9
Korea, Rep. 2013 39.0 24.0 41.1 71.4
Moldova 2013 48.9 30.5 28.3 77.6
Rwanda 2012 40.3 19.6 27.3 61.9
Saudi Arabia 2013 57.2 3.4 29.6 52.0
Serbia 2013 46.2 35.0 46.5 73.3
Slovakia 2013 45.6 30.9 50.9 81.9
Slovenia 2012 39.9 24.4 59.1 81.8
South Africa 2012 49.1 28.5 48.6 73.7
Spain 2012 38.4 26.8 45.4 75.0
Sri Lanka 2013 47.4 22.4 57.4 58.1
Sudan 2013 41.8 31.8 64.3 66.4
Swaziland 2013 31.6 15.2 42.8 60.4
Sweden 2012 40.6 28.9 63.1 82.0
Switzerland 2013 31.8 14.0 30.1 74.4
Syria 2013 50.9 36.0 45.0 49.5
Tunisia 2013 63.8 41.1 69.9 77.5
Turkey 2012 48.2 24.8 45.0 63.4
Ukraine 2013 49.6 26.2 34.1 80.6
United Arab Emirates 2013 60.2 31.1 54.1 84.6
UK 2013 45.7 22.2 64.1 77.3
USA 2012 40.1 18.5 48.3 81.5
Viet Nam 2013 a 31.0 36.7 42.3
Zimbabwe 2013 47.7 21.4 40.3 50.0
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