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| Table 603.70. | Percentage of degrees at the bachelor's level and above awarded in science and mathematics, information technologies, and engineering, by field of study, level of degree, and country: 2015 |
| Country | Total1 | Natural sciences, mathematics, and statistics | Information and communication technologies | Engineering, manufacturing, and construction | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's | Master's | Doctoral | Bachelor's | Master's | Doctoral | Bachelor's | Master's | Doctoral | Bachelor's | Master's | Doctoral | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| OECD average2 | 22.3 | 22.7 | 45.9 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 24.8 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 13.1 | 13.5 | 16.9 | ||||
| Australia | 17.8 | 19.0 | 41.9 | 7.9 | 3.1 | 22.0 | 3.1 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 6.9 | 9.5 | 16.1 | ||||
| Austria | 26.5 | 24.4 | 47.2 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 20.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 13.8 | 13.0 | 21.8 | ||||
| Belgium | 14.3 | 3 | 20.6 | 47.6 | 2.9 | 3 | 5.3 | 28.7 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 9.9 | 3 | 14.6 | 18.8 |
| Canada | 20.1 | 26.4 | 51.6 | 10.1 | 7.8 | 27.5 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 8.2 | 14.5 | 20.5 | ||||
| Chile | 22.5 | 7.5 | 54.9 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 37.9 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 17.5 | 4.7 | 15.3 | ||||
| Czech Republic | 23.5 | 26.4 | 48.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 22.3 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 14.3 | 17.6 | 23.4 | ||||
| Denmark | 16.0 | 24.2 | 42.0 | 3.7 | 7.0 | 18.2 | 3.2 | 6.6 | # | 9.1 | 10.6 | 23.8 | ||||
| Estonia | 23.1 | 31.4 | 56.7 | 5.6 | 8.6 | 30.8 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 7.7 | 12.2 | 18.6 | 18.3 | ||||
| Finland | 27.7 | 28.3 | 44.4 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 17.8 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 17.9 | 14.8 | 19.0 | ||||
| France | 20.9 | 27.1 | 61.9 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 42.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 7.7 | 16.6 | 13.8 | ||||
| Germany | 37.4 | 34.5 | 45.6 | 6.5 | 12.5 | 29.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 25.9 | 18.1 | 12.8 | ||||
| Greece | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Hungary | 22.9 | 20.8 | 43.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 24.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 5.6 | 16.4 | 15.4 | 12.9 | ||||
| Iceland | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Ireland | 27.3 | 18.7 | 46.6 | 9.1 | 5.4 | 28.7 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 4.9 | 11.9 | 5.6 | 13.0 | ||||
| Israel | 20.5 | 12.7 | 59.4 | 4.2 | 6.4 | 45.7 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 4.6 | 11.4 | 5.0 | 9.1 | ||||
| Italy | 24.6 | 26.3 | 46.7 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 24.8 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 6.4 | 12.0 | 17.0 | 15.5 | ||||
| Japan4 | 20.2 | 42.2 | 38.5 | 3.5 | 10.2 | 15.5 | — | — | — | 16.7 | 32.0 | 23.0 | ||||
| Korea, Republic of | 32.3 | 22.9 | 39.5 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 13.4 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 22.8 | 16.1 | 25.0 | ||||
| Latvia | 21.9 | 20.6 | 45.9 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 21.2 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 13.9 | 12.0 | 21.2 | ||||
| Luxembourg | 13.3 | 11.3 | 55.1 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 22.4 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 26.2 | 6.9 | 2.0 | 6.5 | ||||
| Mexico | 27.9 | 11.1 | 28.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 12.5 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 22.9 | 7.1 | 14.6 | ||||
| Netherlands | 14.3 | 17.3 | — | 4.0 | 8.1 | — | 2.3 | 1.9 | — | 7.9 | 7.3 | — | ||||
| New Zealand | 19.7 | 26.4 | 48.2 | 7.4 | 9.3 | 27.4 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 15.4 | 16.5 | ||||
| Norway | 15.1 | 24.1 | 38.2 | 3.3 | 7.4 | 27.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 8.4 | 13.5 | 8.9 | ||||
| Poland | 21.9 | 22.7 | 39.8 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 22.4 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15.2 | ||||
| Portugal | 25.2 | 32.0 | 39.8 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 15.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 18.4 | 24.6 | 20.9 | ||||
| Slovak Republic | 21.9 | 19.7 | 40.0 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 16.6 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 12.5 | 12.7 | 20.5 | ||||
| Slovenia | 25.0 | 22.2 | 40.0 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 16.8 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 18.8 | ||||
| Spain | 23.8 | 23.8 | 51.7 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 37.7 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 6.4 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 7.6 | ||||
| Sweden | 18.0 | 29.9 | 51.9 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 20.9 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 10.9 | 23.3 | 26.2 | ||||
| Switzerland | 23.7 | 22.7 | 49.4 | 4.1 | 9.0 | 31.0 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 16.9 | 12.1 | 15.2 | ||||
| Turkey | 17.3 | 16.4 | 36.6 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 18.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 11.6 | 9.6 | 18.0 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 28.7 | 20.4 | 46.6 | 16.3 | 7.9 | 28.7 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 14.1 | ||||
| United States | 19.5 | 14.4 | 42.0 | 9.6 | 3.8 | 23.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 15.4 | ||||
| Other reporting countries |
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| Brazil | 14.5 | 28.7 | 31.7 | 2.0 | 11.5 | 15.6 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 9.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | ||||
| Colombia | 23.1 | 11.7 | 44.6 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 22.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 17.3 | 6.7 | 18.7 | ||||
| Costa Rica | 13.8 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 8.5 | 4.4 | 3.1 | # | 7.9 | 1.4 | # | ||||
| India | 30.8 | 32.0 | 40.0 | 13.3 | 12.2 | 26.6 | 5.3 | 13.6 | 1.5 | 12.2 | 6.3 | 11.9 | ||||
| Indonesia | 16.4 | 10.7 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 8.2 | 6.0 | 2.9 | ||||
| Lithuania | 24.1 | 19.5 | 44.4 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 22.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 18.7 | 13.2 | 20.4 | ||||
| Russian Federation | 24.6 | 26.4 | 41.1 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 15.5 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 6.9 | 15.8 | 20.0 | 18.8 | ||||
| —Not available. | ||||||||||||||||
| # Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 Includes natural sciences, mathematics, and statistics; information and communication technologies; 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 degrees at the associate's level (International Standard Classification of Education 2011 level 5) in addition to degrees at the bachelor's or equivalent level (ISCED 2011 level 6). | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 Data on information and communication technologies are included in other fields. | ||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Data in this table refer to degrees classified as International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011 level 6 (bachelor's or equivalent degree), ISCED 2011 level 7 (master's or equivalent degree), and ISCED 2011 level 8 (doctoral or equivalent degree). Degree fields were classified using ISCED Fields of Education and Training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013). Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Online Education Database, retrieved February 5, 2018, from https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx. (This table was prepared February 2018.) |