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| Table 603.80. | Percentage of master's or equivalent degrees and of doctoral or equivalent degrees awarded in mathematics, science, and engineering, by field of study and country: 2013 |
| Country | All mathematics, science, and engineering fields1 | Natural sciences2 | Mathematics and computer science3 | Engineering, manufacturing, and construction | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master's | Doctoral | Master's | Doctoral | Master's | Doctoral | Master's | Doctoral | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| OECD average4 | 21.9 | 43.6 | 5.0 | 20.7 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 13.0 | 17.0 |
| Australia | 16.1 | 39.1 | 1.6 | 18.7 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 9.0 | 15.2 |
| Austria | 21.2 | 47.3 | 5.4 | 19.8 | 4.3 | 7.7 | 11.5 | 19.7 |
| Belgium | 20.8 | 46.8 | 4.3 | 16.3 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 14.2 | 25.5 |
| Canada | 19.0 | 55.9 | 6.6 | 29.8 | 3.1 | 7.0 | 9.3 | 19.1 |
| Chile | 5.9 | 58.5 | 1.6 | 35.5 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 18.6 |
| Czech Republic | 24.5 | 48.0 | 4.7 | 22.9 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 14.5 | 19.3 |
| Denmark | 22.8 | 43.2 | 5.4 | # | 7.2 | 17.7 | 10.3 | 25.5 |
| Estonia | 30.0 | 50.7 | 6.1 | 27.9 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 17.9 | 15.9 |
| Finland | 27.3 | 41.5 | 4.9 | 12.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 17.9 | 23.7 |
| France | 26.9 | 61.9 | 4.7 | 39.6 | 4.9 | 8.9 | 16.8 | 13.4 |
| Germany | 31.3 | 43.8 | 9.0 | 27.2 | 7.5 | 5.6 | 14.8 | 11.0 |
| Greece | 32.1 | 39.1 | 7.2 | 12.6 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 14.8 | 18.4 |
| Hungary | 17.9 | 37.2 | 3.8 | 20.5 | 2.4 | 7.7 | 11.6 | 9.0 |
| Iceland | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ireland | 13.6 | 44.4 | 1.6 | 23.9 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 4.2 | 13.5 |
| Israel | 11.7 | 52.4 | 4.7 | 37.3 | 2.5 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 9.3 |
| Italy | 25.1 | 45.4 | 5.1 | 21.5 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 18.0 | 19.8 |
| Japan | 42.3 | 38.3 | — | — | — | — | 32.7 | 23.0 |
| Korea, Republic of | 22.4 | 38.7 | 4.0 | 10.7 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 16.8 | 25.7 |
| Mexico | 11.1 | 27.9 | 3.0 | 13.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 6.9 | 12.6 |
| Netherlands | 13.9 | 33.6 | 3.4 | — | 2.9 | — | 7.6 | 18.7 |
| New Zealand | 28.8 | 46.2 | 9.7 | 26.0 | 3.7 | 6.6 | 15.4 | 13.6 |
| Norway | 23.6 | 41.7 | 6.0 | 8.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 13.5 | 9.9 |
| Poland | 18.1 | — | 3.3 | — | 3.0 | — | 11.8 | — |
| Portugal | 26.2 | 43.0 | 6.2 | 17.5 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 17.9 | 20.6 |
| Slovak Republic | 19.5 | 40.9 | 3.4 | 12.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 12.8 | 24.7 |
| Slovenia | 23.1 | 40.0 | 4.4 | 16.0 | 3.6 | 6.5 | 15.1 | 17.5 |
| Spain | 21.4 | 45.1 | 6.8 | 28.7 | 3.1 | 7.6 | 11.6 | 8.8 |
| Sweden | 31.5 | 51.2 | 4.8 | 17.4 | 3.0 | 6.3 | 23.7 | 27.4 |
| Switzerland | 21.8 | 42.4 | 7.0 | 25.1 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 11.8 | 12.9 |
| Turkey | 19.6 | 20.4 | 6.9 | 10.5 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 9.3 | 7.2 |
| United Kingdom | 20.7 | 46.6 | 6.8 | 26.0 | 4.0 | 6.7 | 9.7 | 13.8 |
| United States | 12.1 | 41.4 | 2.4 | 20.9 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 14.9 |
| Other reporting countries |
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| Colombia | 8.0 | 47.4 | 0.9 | 22.6 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 5.6 | 22.9 |
| Latvia | 22.6 | 40.0 | 3.5 | 15.5 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 13.9 | 18.4 |
| Russian Federation | 21.8 | 40.5 | 1.5 | 15.5 | 3.1 | 9.4 | 17.2 | 15.6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 8.7 | 9.4 | — | — | — | — | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| South Africa | 24.1 | 37.8 | — | — | — | — | 11.1 | 7.8 |
| —Not available. | ||||||||
| #Rounds to zero. | ||||||||
| 1 Includes life science; physical science; mathematics/statistics; computer science; and engineering, manufacturing, and construction. | ||||||||
| 2 Includes life science and physical science. | ||||||||
| 3 Includes mathematics/statistics and computer science. | ||||||||
| 4 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. | ||||||||
| NOTE: Data in this table refer to degrees classified as International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011 level 7 (master's or equivalent degree) and ISCED 2011 level 8 (doctoral 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.) |
