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| Table 603.70. | Percentage of bachelor's or equivalent degrees awarded in mathematics, science, and engineering, by field of study and country: 2013 |
| Country | All mathematics, science, and engineering fields1 | Natural sciences | Mathematics and computer science | Engineering, manufacturing, and construction | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Life science | Physical science | Total | Mathematics and statistics | Computer science | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| OECD average2 | 21.9 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 13.3 | ||||
| Australia | 16.4 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 3 | 2.0 | 3 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 3 | 3.1 | 3 | 7.0 |
| Austria | 25.5 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 13.8 | ||||
| Belgium | 15.3 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 11.0 | ||||
| Canada | 21.4 | 10.0 | 7.1 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 8.1 | ||||
| Chile | 22.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 17.3 | ||||
| Czech Republic | 22.0 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 5.8 | 0.9 | 4.9 | 11.9 | ||||
| Denmark | 16.4 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 9.9 | ||||
| Estonia | 21.7 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 6.1 | 0.9 | 5.2 | 11.5 | ||||
| Finland | 27.4 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 22.0 | ||||
| France | 19.8 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 7.5 | ||||
| Germany | 35.8 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 24.4 | ||||
| Greece | 30.1 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 7.2 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 19.2 | ||||
| Hungary | 17.6 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 12.4 | ||||
| Iceland | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Ireland | 22.9 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 12.3 | ||||
| Israel | 20.8 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 4.5 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 12.6 | ||||
| Italy | 22.5 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 14.8 | ||||
| Japan | 20.4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16.9 | ||||
| Korea, Republic of | 33.4 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 23.5 | ||||
| Mexico | 27.9 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 22.3 | ||||
| Netherlands | 13.9 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 8.1 | ||||
| New Zealand | 18.1 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 4.1 | 6.4 | ||||
| Norway | 13.1 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 7.6 | ||||
| Poland | 17.3 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 10.8 | ||||
| Portugal | 24.6 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 18.2 | ||||
| Slovak Republic | 20.7 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 13.0 | ||||
| Slovenia | 25.2 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 15.1 | ||||
| Spain | 27.3 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 20.2 | ||||
| Sweden | 15.9 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 10.1 | ||||
| Switzerland | 21.8 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 15.5 | ||||
| Turkey | 17.6 | 6.0 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 8.4 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 28.6 | 13.9 | 9.8 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 8.7 | ||||
| United States | 17.0 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 6.1 | ||||
| Other reporting countries |
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| Brazil | 13.8 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 3.6 | 8.2 | ||||
| Colombia | 24.2 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 21.9 | ||||
| Latvia | 17.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 12.2 | ||||
| Russian Federation | 24.8 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 6.9 | 0.5 | 6.4 | 14.4 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | 23.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.0 | ||||
| South Africa | 18.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.1 | ||||
| —Not available. | ||||||||||||
| 1 Includes life science; physical science; mathematics/statistics; computer science; and engineering, manufacturing, and construction. | ||||||||||||
| 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 Includes data from another category. | ||||||||||||
| NOTE: Data in this table refer to degrees classified as International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011 level 6 (bachelor's 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. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||
| SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Online Education Database, retrieved April 5, 2016, from http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx; and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared April 2016.) |