Table 603.60.

Percentage of bachelor's and higher level degrees awarded to women, by field of study and country: 2011

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	77.1	66.0	74.8	57.6	52.9	27.1	41.3	63.7	43.2	45.0	19.4	54.2
Australia3	56.6	74.7	63.8	74.7	54.3	54.4	24.6	36.6	54.2	47.3	39.1	19.8	59.2
Austria	53.7	79.2	68.0	68.0	56.3	42.6	25.0	35.9	70.2	32.0	35.8	15.2	63.4
Belgium	55.0	75.3	65.4	66.5	58.4	41.1	25.7	35.9	52.3	33.9	44.1	9.9	57.5
Canada3	59.9	76.7	65.0	82.5	57.7	60.9	23.1	48.6	61.5	44.2	41.1	16.9	58.9
Chile	56.9	71.9	59.5	69.7	51.6	49.0	26.2	31.9	55.4	40.3	39.0	15.5	47.5
Czech Republic	61.2	82.0	71.2	79.8	68.0	46.5	26.6	39.4	71.5	49.8	52.1	12.2	61.0
Denmark	59.2	74.4	65.0	80.7	53.5	23.2	32.4	38.7	63.0	39.9	43.2	25.0	71.6
Estonia	66.5	91.8	76.6	86.2	70.1	64.0	35.1	49.3	72.9	48.3	74.6	27.4	54.5
Finland	61.3	81.2	73.7	85.3	65.3	68.2	22.4	44.7	76.0	46.9	43.8	27.5	60.1
France3	54.5	77.1	71.3	61.3	60.7	43.7	30.4	37.6	62.2	37.4	36.7	16.8	56.1
Germany	54.5	72.6	72.8	69.1	53.8	53.5	22.1	43.8	67.2	42.0	59.4	15.4	53.7
Greece	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hungary	62.3	80.7	70.2	75.5	67.7	60.6	23.2	36.3	63.0	40.8	40.2	16.3	49.2
Iceland3	67.0	83.8	68.8	87.6	59.0	69.8	40.3	47.9	73.5	43.4	23.1	18.8	63.2
Ireland	57.2	76.2	61.5	80.7	54.1	51.5	20.7	42.4	62.3	41.3	30.4	24.5	43.5
Israel	58.1	82.3	61.5	77.7	55.8	81.2	27.3	44.1	64.0	40.0	38.6	25.5	54.1
Italy	60.5	87.6	73.6	67.6	58.5	65.7	33.0	53.9	71.1	40.9	54.9	23.5	47.3
Japan	41.9	59.5	68.9	56.8	35.4	90.9	11.2	25.7	—	—	—	—	39.3
Korea, Republic of	47.3	70.6	66.8	65.3	44.2	36.2	23.8	40.0	49.3	45.6	54.7	21.9	40.2
Mexico	54.5	72.4	59.1	66.3	59.2	23.1	28.9	46.8	58.9	41.0	43.6	40.2	35.9
Netherlands	56.9	80.0	56.7	74.7	53.6	52.3	20.1	25.3	60.6	26.7	32.2	12.8	56.0
New Zealand	61.7	81.0	64.6	78.3	58.1	54.6	31.1	45.0	60.3	46.9	46.9	22.2	58.5
Norway	61.0	75.1	59.6	83.5	57.4	45.0	26.5	33.8	66.2	39.8	34.5	13.2	55.9
Poland.	65.9	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	60.4	81.5	60.3	78.9	62.4	49.5	31.2	55.1	71.2	49.1	59.4	22.4	57.4
Slovak Republic	63.9	77.4	69.8	83.1	69.1	45.9	30.5	42.6	71.4	54.1	56.8	12.1	46.7
Slovenia	64.0	84.0	77.8	76.7	69.1	60.2	33.9	43.0	71.5	43.7	58.3	9.7	60.9
Spain	58.9	74.1	63.5	75.6	60.3	53.5	32.1	43.2	61.6	49.3	47.2	21.5	50.1
Sweden	63.8	79.3	62.3	82.4	60.6	49.3	30.4	43.1	61.9	46.2	36.9	22.4	58.5
Switzerland	51.2	72.3	62.6	69.3	48.6	49.4	19.8	34.8	52.1	32.3	27.6	10.3	67.1
Turkey	46.7	57.2	56.6	59.6	43.2	33.7	29.8	50.5	67.0	47.4	54.6	26.9	33.9
United Kingdom	55.1	75.8	62.1	73.7	54.4	62.2	22.6	37.4	50.4	41.9	41.0	18.9	65.3
United States	57.7	77.8	58.8	79.3	54.3	54.9	21.8	43.3	58.3	38.7	41.6	20.9	50.8
Other reporting countries
Argentina3	59.7	77.1	67.3	68.7	61.1	45.9	33.5	48.6	70.1	52.1	70.6	24.6	40.7
Brazil	62.9	77.2	51.9	76.4	57.5	68.4	30.2	39.5	72.4	46.5	44.1	17.5	41.2
China	48.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Indonesia3	49.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Saudi Arabia	66.3	66.4	73.7	58.3	63.6	80.2	7.5	73.4	84.9	76.2	80.5	52.8	#
South Africa	58.5	73.5	61.8	72.7	58.3	88.9	27.7	48.6	62.5	46.9	41.3	34.6	48.1

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#Rounds to zero.

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 2010 instead of 2011.

NOTE: Data in this table refer to degrees classified as International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) level 5A (first and second award) or level 6. ISCED 5A, first award, corresponds to the bachelor's degree in the United States; ISCED 5A, second award, corresponds to master's and first-professional degrees in the United States; and ISCED 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, 2013. (This table was prepared September 2013.)