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| 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.) |