Table 603.60.

Percentage of postsecondary degrees awarded to women, by field of study and country: 2013

Country	All fields1	Education	Humanities and arts	Health and welfare	Social sciences, business, and law	Personal, transport, environmental protection, and security services	Engineering, manufacturing, and construction	Sciences, mathematics, and computer science	Agriculture
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
OECD average2	57.2	78.4	65.3	76.9	58.5	50.9	24.1	39.1	50.9
Australia.	57.6	75.0	62.7	77.3	56.1	56.1	21.8	37.0	51.4
Austria	56.0	83.7	70.5	70.8	58.6	79.3	21.2	33.3	55.9
Belgium	59.1	78.9	61.6	76.7	58.6	51.7	22.4	29.4	54.1
Canada3	58.7	75.3	63.2	84.4	58.8	50.6	18.9	45.4	57.8
Chile	56.6	76.1	58.4	77.8	58.0	47.0	17.6	22.9	46.5
Czech Republic	61.8	83.1	71.1	83.3	68.3	48.5	28.2	38.3	59.7
Denmark	57.5	72.5	66.8	80.0	53.5	21.1	35.3	35.4	67.4
Estonia	65.4	95.0	76.2	90.1	71.0	49.9	30.3	45.2	51.7
Finland	60.1	82.3	72.9	85.1	63.5	65.1	21.7	42.5	57.6
France	56.1	76.5	69.3	74.4	60.6	51.1	25.6	37.8	50.1
Germany	50.7	77.7	70.2	69.7	55.6	49.9	19.4	38.6	41.4
Greece	58.8	78.5	76.5	80.9	63.3	54.9	32.8	46.0	41.7
Hungary	63.9	81.9	66.9	78.0	70.8	61.9	23.7	35.4	48.4
Iceland	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ireland	53.6	75.0	60.4	76.5	53.7	54.1	14.1	34.0	24.9
Israel	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Italy	59.5	89.4	72.5	67.9	59.0	50.0	34.3	52.7	48.2
Japan	48.8	71.7	69.0	63.5	39.1	77.3	12.5	26.0	39.4
Korea, Republic of	51.0	76.2	68.6	71.9	49.3	48.3	24.3	38.4	43.2
Mexico	53.1	72.3	58.3	66.6	58.8	28.0	28.5	46.1	36.1
Netherlands	56.9	79.6	58.1	74.5	53.8	53.9	21.5	28.4	54.4
New Zealand	59.5	84.2	62.9	79.4	56.7	51.8	26.2	38.3	69.9
Norway	58.7	73.9	62.3	83.6	57.6	36.7	19.6	35.9	58.9
Poland.	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Portugal	59.8	81.5	60.0	78.9	62.1	48.7	32.5	55.7	59.9
Slovak Republic	63.6	76.9	69.6	81.9	68.5	42.9	30.9	45.6	50.9
Slovenia	61.1	89.2	71.5	80.2	70.1	53.6	24.1	42.2	60.8
Spain	55.8	78.6	59.5	74.5	60.5	46.3	25.2	36.6	43.0
Sweden	61.7	82.0	59.8	81.4	63.4	63.4	29.2	39.0	63.5
Switzerland	48.3	70.2	61.4	74.4	48.4	43.1	14.0	31.8	30.1
Turkey3	47.1	60.5	56.4	63.4	48.5	27.4	24.8	48.2	45.0
United Kingdom	57.1	76.4	62.3	77.3	53.2	62.8	22.2	45.7	64.1
United States	58.6	78.1	59.9	81.3	55.9	53.4	18.9	40.3	49.8
Other reporting countries
Colombia	55.3	67.3	50.4	72.0	62.5	30.6	32.1	41.8	40.9
Latvia	69.0	91.3	80.0	92.3	71.5	58.4	26.8	38.7	48.7
Russian Federation	44.0	56.8	56.0	36.3	56.1	32.6	17.3	25.9	40.4
Saudi Arabia	51.1	53.9	68.7	52.0	42.7	63.7	3.4	57.2	29.6
South Africa3	59.8	73.8	60.2	73.7	60.3	79.3	28.5	49.1	48.6

—Not available.

1 Includes degrees in unknown or unspecified fields of study.

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 2012 instead of 2013.

NOTE: All data in this table were calculated using International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011. The data refer to total tertiary degrees, which correspond to degrees at the associate's level and above in the United States. Includes degrees at ISCED 2011 level 5 (corresponding to the associate's degree in the United States), level 6 (bachelor's or equivalent degree), level 7 (master's or equivalent degree), and 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.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, 2015. (This table was prepared April 2016.)