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| Table 413. | Percent of graduate degrees awarded in science, by field and country: Selected years, 1985 to 2002 |
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Country | All science degrees\1\ | Natural sciences\2\ | science\3\ | Engineering
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|1985|1990|1996|1999|2000|2002|1985|1990|1996|1999|2000|2002|1985|1990|1996|1999|2000|2002|1985|1990|1996|1999|2000|2002
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 16| 17| 18| 19| 20| 21| 22| 23| 24| 25
____________________|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____
Australia ..........|--- |--- |14.0|17.9|15.2|16.2|--- |--- | 5.4| 6.3| 4.0| 3.3|--- |--- | 3.8| 3.8| 4.9| 7.9|--- |--- | 4.7| 7.7| 6.3| 5.1
Austria ............|43.3|37.7|38.8|38.4|39.2|39.8|14.2|12.3|17.5|15.0|16.7|18.7| 7.3| 4.6| 4.7| 3.6| 4.7| 4.8|21.7|20.8|16.6|19.8|17.7|16.3
Belgium\4\ .........|--- |--- |--- |17.6|--- |20.6|--- |--- |--- | 7.0|--- | 9.5|--- |--- |--- | 2.4|--- | 5.4|--- |--- |--- | 8.3|--- | 5.6
Canada .............|19.7|20.0|22.3|23.0|22.4|--- | 7.5| 7.8| 7.7| 7.9| 7.4|--- | 2.8| 3.4| 3.5| 3.6| 4.1|--- | 9.4| 8.8|11.2|11.5|10.9|---
Czech Republic .....|--- |--- |--- |21.3|21.0|12.9|--- |--- |--- | 5.6| 5.3| 3.8|--- |--- |--- | 6.3| 7.9| 4.1|--- |--- |--- | 9.3| 7.7| 5.1
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Denmark ............|16.0|22.2|12.3|--- |30.2|27.8| 4.1| 5.8| 3.1|--- | 9.8|11.3| 2.7| 4.8| 1.5|--- | 2.5| 3.4| 9.2|11.6| 7.8|--- |15.4|13.1
Finland ............|47.6|30.6|28.3|31.1|28.7|28.1|24.0|14.7|11.6| 8.5|11.3|10.1| 6.3| 5.4| 4.0| 3.9| 2.4| 3.1|17.2|10.5|12.7|18.7|14.9|14.8
France .............|--- |--- |--- |21.0|26.4|35.5|--- |--- |--- | 6.4|13.5|18.1|--- |--- |--- | 1.6| 5.6| 8.5|--- |--- |--- |13.0| 7.3| 8.9
Germany\5\ .........|27.7|33.2|38.6|38.9|38.1|36.3|18.7|23.5|25.5|25.2|24.9|22.6| 1.8| 2.3| 3.5| 4.0| 3.7| 3.7| 7.2| 7.4| 9.5| 9.8| 9.5| 9.9
Hungary ............|--- |--- |--- |13.5| 9.9|12.4|--- |--- |--- | 4.8| 1.7| 2.6|--- |--- |--- | 1.2| 0.7| 2.5|--- |--- |--- | 7.6| 7.5| 7.3
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Iceland ............|--- |--- |--- |30.7|35.9|21.6|--- |--- |--- |20.0|19.4|11.7|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | 1.8|--- |--- |--- |10.7|16.5| 8.1
Ireland ............|31.4|34.5|23.1|24.8|28.1|20.3|18.9|19.5|10.9| 4.0| 6.9| 4.9| 2.6| 5.8| 3.0|16.0|15.2|10.3| 9.9| 9.3| 9.2| 4.8| 6.0| 5.1
Italy ..............|--- |--- |--- |13.1|11.7|10.2|--- |--- |--- | 1.0| 0.3| 2.0|--- |--- |--- | 6.5| 5.8| 3.3|--- |--- |--- | 5.6| 5.7| 4.9
Japan ..............|50.1|54.6|--- |42.4|51.7|39.9| 9.5| 9.5|10.2|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | 0.0|--- |40.5|45.1|44.4|42.4|41.9|39.9
Korea, Republic of .|--- |--- |--- |48.3|48.4|47.5|--- |--- |--- | 8.8| 8.5| 8.7|--- |--- |--- | 4.1| 5.7| 4.6|--- |--- |--- |35.4|34.3|34.2
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Mexico .............|--- |--- |--- |22.7|31.4|31.9|--- |--- |--- |14.3|18.9|21.6|--- |--- |--- | 2.0| 4.1| 2.1|--- |--- |--- | 6.4| 8.4| 8.2
Netherlands ........|--- |28.9|18.6|17.6|--- |12.2|20.6|17.7| 4.4|--- |--- | 5.9|--- | 1.5| 3.7| 8.7|--- |--- | 7.5| 9.7|10.6| 8.8| 1.2| 6.3
New Zealand ........|45.1|22.6|16.7|24.4|20.5|17.8|24.6|13.8|12.7|13.4|11.6| 7.8| 5.4| 4.7| 1.1| 1.5| 1.4| 5.8|15.1| 4.0| 3.0| 9.4| 7.5| 4.2
Norway .............|40.1|33.4|38.3|21.0|22.0|16.3|17.9| 8.0| 8.7|15.0|14.9|10.8| 3.5| 2.1| 1.9| 4.3| 4.6| 4.2|18.7|23.3|27.7|--- | 2.5| 1.3
Poland .............|--- |--- |--- | 3.1| 3.3| 3.4|--- |--- |--- | 0.6| 0.7| 0.6|--- |--- |--- | 0.9| 0.7| 0.5|--- |--- |--- | 1.7| 1.9| 2.3
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Portugal ...........|--- |--- |--- |--- |39.3|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |11.7|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | 9.4|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |18.2|---
Spain ..............|35.6|26.9|36.0|40.1|36.1|36.8|28.6|19.7|24.8|24.8|23.9|24.4| 1.8| 1.4| 4.1| 4.2| 5.4| 5.5| 5.1| 5.7| 7.1|11.1| 6.8| 6.9
Sweden .............|48.0|48.5|32.3|41.5|40.5|36.2|21.2|19.4| 9.2|14.4|14.3|13.4| 6.8| 9.2| 5.9| 4.1| 4.0| 3.4|20.0|19.9|17.1|23.0|22.2|19.4
Switzerland ........|30.7|30.2|40.1|41.5|42.7|34.4|20.3|22.0|25.8|11.4|11.7|10.7| 2.8| 1.7| 4.1|17.0|19.5|11.9| 7.6| 6.5|10.1|13.1|11.6|11.9
Turkey .............|35.8|24.0|--- |29.8|25.7|25.0| 6.6| 7.6|--- | 8.0| 7.6| 7.6| 2.8| 3.3|--- | 3.0| 3.0| 3.2|26.3|13.2|--- |18.7|15.2|14.2
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United Kingdom .....|--- |--- |--- |21.8|21.7|22.3|--- |--- |--- | 6.0| 7.4| 7.3|--- |--- |--- | 4.7| 5.0| 6.3|--- |--- |--- |11.0| 9.2| 8.6
United States ......|13.5|14.5|13.8|13.7|13.0|12.8| 4.5| 4.2| 4.0| 3.8| 3.4| 3.2| 2.8| 3.4| 3.2| 3.1| 3.4| 3.5| 6.3| 6.9| 6.7| 6.8| 6.2| 6.1
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---Not available. NOTE: Data in this table refer to degrees classified by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), level 5A, second award and ISCED 6. ISCED 5A, second award, corresponds to master's and first-professional degrees in the United States, and ISCED 6 corresponds to the doctor's degrees. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education Database. Retrieved May 18, 2005, from http://stats.oecd.org/WBOS/Default.aspx; and previously unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared May 2005.)
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