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Table 603.70. Percentage of bachelor's or equivalent degrees awarded in mathematics, science, and engineering, by field of study and country: 2013
Country All mathematics, science, and engineering fields1 Natural sciences Mathematics and computer science Engineering, manufacturing, and construction
Total Life science Physical science Total Mathematics and statistics Computer science
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
OECD average2  21.9 4.5 2.7   1.8   4.2 1.0   3.2   13.3
Australia 16.4 5.9 3.9 3 2.0 3 3.5 0.4 3 3.1 3 7.0
Austria 25.5 6.1 3.5   2.6   5.6 0.7   4.9   13.8
Belgium 15.3 2.1 0.7   1.4   2.2 0.2   2.0   11.0
Canada 21.4 10.0 7.1   2.9   3.4 1.4   2.0   8.1
Chile 22.4 1.0 0.6   0.4   4.1 3.9   0.2   17.3
                         
Czech Republic 22.0 4.3 2.1   2.2   5.8 0.9   4.9   11.9
Denmark 16.4 2.7 1.5   1.2   3.7 0.4   3.3   9.9
Estonia 21.7 4.1 2.1   2.0   6.1 0.9   5.2   11.5
Finland 27.4 1.8 0.8   1.0   3.4 0.4   3.0   22.0
France 19.8 6.3 3.8   2.5   4.9 1.5   3.4   7.5
                         
Germany 35.8 5.4 2.2   3.2   6.0 1.2   4.8   24.4
Greece 30.1 3.8 1.1   2.7   7.2 2.6   4.6   19.2
Hungary 17.6 2.7 0.9   1.8   2.5 0.5   2.0   12.4
Iceland        
Ireland 22.9 6.1 4.1   2.0   4.4 0.6   3.8   12.3
                         
Israel 20.8 3.8 2.5   1.3   4.5 0.9   3.6   12.6
Italy 22.5 5.4 3.5   1.9   2.2 1.0   1.2   14.8
Japan 20.4         16.9
Korea, Republic of 33.4 4.8 3.0   1.8   5.1 1.3   3.8   23.5
Mexico 27.9 2.4 1.9   0.5   3.2 0.4   2.8   22.3
                         
Netherlands 13.9 1.7 1.0   0.7   4.1 0.2   3.9   8.1
New Zealand 18.1 6.5 4.5   2.0   5.1 1.0   4.1   6.4
Norway 13.1 1.9 0.9   1.0   3.4 0.3   3.1   7.6
Poland 17.3 2.4 1.3   1.1   4.0 0.8   3.2   10.8
Portugal 24.6 4.6 3.2   1.4   1.9 0.4   1.5   18.2
                         
Slovak Republic 20.7 3.7 2.2   1.5   4.0 0.9   3.1   13.0
Slovenia 25.2 4.8 3.1   1.7   5.4 1.4   4.0   15.1
Spain 27.3 2.5 1.8   0.7   4.5 0.3   4.2   20.2
Sweden 15.9 2.1 1.4   0.7   3.6 0.5   3.1   10.1
Switzerland 21.8 3.3 1.8   1.5   3.1 0.4   2.7   15.5
                         
Turkey 17.6 6.0 1.7   4.3   3.2 2.2   1.0   8.4
United Kingdom 28.6 13.9 9.8   4.1   6.0 2.1   3.9   8.7
United States 17.0 6.9 5.4   1.5   3.9 1.1   2.8   6.1
                         
Other reporting
      countries
                       
Brazil 13.8 1.8 1.1   0.7   3.7 0.1   3.6   8.2
Colombia 24.2 2.0 1.4   0.6   0.3 0.2   0.1   21.9
Latvia 17.4 1.8 0.6   1.2   3.5 0.5   3.0   12.2
Russian Federation 24.8 3.4 0.9   2.5   6.9 0.5   6.4   14.4
Saudi Arabia 23.0         5.0
South Africa 18.1         7.1
—Not available.
1 Includes life science; physical science; mathematics/statistics; computer science; and engineering, manufacturing, and construction.
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 Includes data from another category.
NOTE: Data in this table refer to degrees classified as International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011 level 6 (bachelor's or equivalent degree). Data for Luxembourg are not included because students generally attend no more than 1 year of higher education in Luxembourg and must complete their degrees in other countries. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Online Education Database, retrieved April 5, 2016, from http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx; and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared April 2016.)

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