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| Table 406. | Percent of bachelor's degrees awarded in science: Selected countries, 1985 to 1994 |
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Country | All science | Natural sciences | Math and computer |Engineering and architecture
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|1985 |1990 |1991 | 1994 |1985 |1990 |1991 | 1994 |1985 |1990 |1991 | 1994 |1985 |1990 |1991 | 1994
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17
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Australia .............| ---| ---|21.6 | 21.5 | ---| ---|15.9 | 10.6 | ---| ---| ---| 3.8 | ---| ---| 5.7 | 7.1
Austria ...............|16.8 |19.6 |20.1 | 30.2 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 11.5 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 13.3
Belgium ...............|14.7 | ---|32.2 |\1\ 32.0 | 4.6 | ---| 4.3 |\1\ 9.3 | 1.7 | ---| 1.7 |\1\ 2.1 | 8.4 | ---|26.3 |\1\ 20.6
Canada ................|17.1 |16.4 |15.5 | 19.3 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 8.2 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 7.4
Denmark ...............|22.5 |26.1 |27.6 |\1\ 23.4 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 6.1 |\1\ 6.6 | ---| ---| 0.1 |\1\ 1.3 |16.2 | 21.7 |21.4 |\1\ 15.5
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Finland ...............|39.3 |33.5 |34.5 | 40.2 | 7.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 7.1 |25.3 | 23.4 |23.7 | 24.3
Germany\2\ ............|23.8 |31.3 |31.5 |\1\ 41.3 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 7.3 |\1\ 12.6 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.9 |\1\ 5.5 |16.5 | 20.5 |20.2 |\1\ 23.2
Ireland ...............|28.8 |34.1 |28.5 |\1\ 30.0 |12.8 |14.1 |12.4 |\1\ 13.5 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 4.4 |\1\ 5.0 |12.0 | 13.7 |11.6 |\1\ 11.5
Italy .................|19.5 |19.7 |19.8 | 23.6 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 11.9
Japan .................|22.7 |23.5 |23.5 | 31.1 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 9.6 | ---| ---| ---| ---|20.3 | 21.0 |21.1 | 21.5
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Netherlands ...........|21.8 |21.1 |21.4 |\1\ 22.5 | 8.5 | 7.1 | 6.5 |\1\ 6.6 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 |\1\ 2.5 |12.1 | 12.4 |13.3 | 13.4
New Zealand ...........|20.5 |19.5 |16.3 |\1\ 19.0 |11.7 | 8.2 | 7.1 |\1\ 8.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.0 |\1\ 4.3 | 3.3 | 5.8 | 5.2 |\1\ 6.2
Norway ................| 6.1 |12.9 |12.3 | 26.9 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 7.2 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 10.2 | 9.9 |\1\ 18.8
Portugal ..............| ---|24.3 | ---| 21.7 | 6.5 | 6.7 | ---| 5.9 | ---| 7.0 | ---| 2.5 | ---| 10.5 | ---| 13.3
Spain .................|13.9 |15.0 |15.4 |\1\ 20.0 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.3 |\1\ 6.8 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 2.9 |\1\ 3.7 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 9.5
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Sweden ................|15.4 |24.0 |24.3 | 27.9 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 1.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 |11.3 | 15.2 |15.2 | 15.9
Switzerland ...........|20.2 |23.0 |22.7 | 31.3 |10.3 |11.2 |11.0 | 16.3 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 11.6
Turkey ................|23.0 |20.6 |21.3 |\1\ 29.6 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.9 |\1\ 10.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.3 |\1\ 2.8 |17.8 | 13.8 |14.1 | 16.3
United States .........|21.7 |16.9 |15.9 | 18.2 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 7.2 |\1\ 7.6
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\1\Data for 1993. \2\Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany. ---Data not available. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, 1996. (This table was prepared April 1997.)
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