Table 603.60.

Percentage of bachelor's and higher degrees awarded to women, by field of study and country: 2012

Country	All fields1	Education	Humanities and arts	Health and welfare	Social sciences, business, and law	Personal, transport, environmental protection, and security services	Engineering, manufactur-ing, and construction	Sciences, mathematics, and computer science					Agricul- ture
								Total	Life sciences	Physical sciences	Mathematics and statistics	Computer science
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
OECD average2	58.0	77.2	65.8	74.9	58.1	52.7	27.0	41.3	63.0	43.2	46.1	20.0	54.9
Australia3	57.6	75.4	64.2	75.0	55.6	54.9	24.2	38.1	55.4	48.4	38.9	20.3	56.8
Austria	55.3	80.4	68.4	67.8	57.7	41.7	24.9	36.3	69.1	31.9	36.9	15.7	63.7
Belgium	55.3	75.9	64.8	66.7	59.6	39.2	25.6	34.8	53.2	32.7	40.0	9.8	57.4
Canada3	59.6	75.3	63.8	82.4	57.9	59.2	23.4	48.6	61.4	43.4	41.1	19.0	58.1
Chile	56.3	70.1	60.9	69.9	51.8	48.9	27.2	30.1	54.5	39.7	34.3	11.2	47.6
Czech Republic	61.1	80.7	71.2	80.2	67.6	47.8	27.7	38.0	72.0	46.4	53.5	12.2	59.5
Denmark	59.2	73.1	66.2	80.0	54.9	28.7	32.6	39.7	65.2	42.3	47.3	26.8	69.9
Estonia	65.8	91.0	75.6	84.0	71.3	62.9	33.2	47.9	74.9	50.6	72.2	23.1	58.7
Finland	61.0	82.1	73.6	84.9	64.9	69.5	22.1	43.2	73.2	46.3	46.6	23.9	54.8
France3	55.8	78.4	70.9	62.4	60.6	46.6	31.1	38.0	63.6	39.0	36.7	16.6	58.0
Germany	54.5	73.3	72.7	69.9	54.7	52.8	22.1	43.8	66.8	41.9	59.2	16.7	55.3
Greece	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hungary	62.3	82.2	69.7	74.7	68.4	59.5	22.2	40.6	67.5	46.5	50.9	17.2	47.7
Iceland	64.8	83.8	62.6	85.9	63.6	79.8	32.6	39.2	60.2	44.3	35.0	13.1	72.7
Ireland	57.2	76.2	61.7	80.3	53.9	52.6	20.6	42.4	42.4	42.4	42.4	42.3	43.5
Israel	58.8	82.2	62.0	78.9	56.8	79.0	28.1	43.3	62.0	37.7	37.6	26.1	55.2
Italy	62.2	87.8	75.1	68.7	59.3	50.7	39.7	54.7	71.5	41.9	54.3	25.5	48.0
Japan	42.2	59.4	69.0	58.3	35.3	90.9	11.3	25.6	—	—	—	—	39.9
Korea, Republic of	47.9	70.7	67.0	65.6	45.2	37.3	24.2	40.1	48.7	44.0	55.9	24.0	39.6
Mexico	54.3	72.2	58.0	66.7	59.1	24.9	28.7	47.1	59.0	41.0	45.5	39.4	36.0
Netherlands	56.6	79.1	58.6	75.0	53.8	51.8	21.0	25.8	60.6	26.7	32.2	12.8	54.9
New Zealand	61.8	83.2	65.5	78.2	57.7	48.9	30.9	43.5	62.5	41.6	43.4	19.8	59.6
Norway	61.0	74.2	57.4	83.1	57.6	43.0	26.1	36.1	66.2	39.8	34.5	13.2	62.4
Poland	65.8	81.6	76.2	75.9	68.9	55.6	33.9	44.8	72.5	67.4	64.0	15.6	55.5
Portugal	60.5	81.4	60.0	79.0	62.8	51.1	31.1	56.2	72.3	48.7	62.8	22.4	58.7
Slovak Republic	63.9	77.8	68.7	82.7	69.3	42.1	31.3	43.1	71.6	54.7	44.2	12.8	50.8
Slovenia	63.7	84.8	74.6	80.3	69.3	56.0	31.1	43.8	75.0	41.4	61.6	15.0	62.3
Spain	57.5	72.2	62.9	74.2	58.7	49.0	31.4	42.4	62.0	49.4	50.2	17.0	49.7
Sweden	62.5	81.4	61.9	81.6	60.5	54.0	29.9	43.1	60.0	43.2	37.9	29.4	58.9
Switzerland	51.2	73.4	61.8	69.4	48.8	54.9	19.2	35.4	52.4	35.2	28.9	8.6	66.4
Turkey	48.4	57.5	58.6	60.6	45.4	35.3	31.6	53.9	71.0	50.3	58.2	29.3	37.0
United Kingdom	55.7	76.8	62.3	74.2	54.9	63.0	22.8	37.7	49.6	42.6	41.7	19.0	66.8
United States	57.6	77.5	59.0	79.5	54.4	54.4	22.2	43.1	58.1	38.7	41.6	21.1	52.0
Other reporting countries
Argentina3	61.3	77.4	70.4	72.7	61.4	45.5	36.2	50.6	71.4	55.1	70.0	26.9	43.3
Brazil	62.9	77.2	52.6	77.4	58.2	67.8	30.6	40.2	72.6	45.8	46.1	16.6	42.6
China	49.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Indonesia	47.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Russian Federation4	60.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Saudi Arabia	63.5	54.1	74.8	53.6	57.9	61.5	6.7	69.1	81.4	77.0	75.8	44.7	11.5
South Africa	58.7	72.4	61.8	72.5	58.7	82.8	28.9	49.6	64.0	48.2	39.0	36.6	46.3

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1 May contain fields not shown in this table.

2 Refers to the mean of the data values for all reporting Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, to which each country reporting data contributes equally.

3 Data are for 2011 instead of 2012.

4 Data exclude International Standard Classification of Education 1997 (ISCED:97) level 6 (corresponding to doctor's degrees in the United States).

NOTE: Data in this table refer to degrees classified as ISCED:97 level 5A (first and second award) or level 6. ISCED:97 level 5A, first award, corresponds to the bachelor's degree in the United States; ISCED:97 level 5A, second award, corresponds to master's and first-professional degrees in the United States; and ISCED:97 level 6 corresponds to doctor's degrees. Data for Luxembourg are not shown because students generally attend no more than 1 year of higher education in Luxembourg and must complete their degrees in other countries.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, 2014. (This table was prepared August 2014.)