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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: 2020 |
| Country | Total, all listed fields1 | 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 | 23.1 | 22.3 | 42.3 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 22.2 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 13.1 | 12.4 | 16.7 |
| Australia | 19.7 | 28.2 | 45.7 | 7.2 | 2.6 | 22.3 | 5.4 | 14.3 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 11.3 | 19.0 |
| Austria | 27.2 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 19.7 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 13.8 | 14.1 | 25.7 |
| Belgium | 16.9 | 19.5 | 44.8 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 21.2 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 10.9 | 13.3 | 23.3 |
| Canada | 25.8 | 26.3 | 51.9 | 12.1 | 8.1 | 27.8 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 9.1 | 14.2 | 20.3 |
| Chile | 26.7 | 9.3 | 53.7 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 38.6 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 21.3 | 4.9 | 13.7 |
Colombia |
24.2 | 12.2 | 43.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 16.9 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 21.6 | 8.4 | 25.5 |
| Costa Rica | 16.5 | 6.7 | 14.8 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 13.0 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 8.6 | 1.4 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 24.4 | 26.7 | 47.7 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 24.5 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 13.4 | 16.9 | 20.6 |
| Denmark | 19.8 | 28.0 | 41.5 | 4.4 | 8.3 | 16.7 | 4.0 | 7.6 | 0 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 24.8 |
| Estonia | 24.5 | 30.4 | 51.1 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 29.9 | 7.9 | 9.2 | 7.7 | 11.3 | 15.3 | 13.6 |
Finland |
27.5 | 27.7 | 39.8 | 3.8 | 6.7 | 17.9 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 16.3 | 13.3 | 15.5 |
| France | 21.1 | 27.5 | 53.7 | 10.1 | 8.5 | 34.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 7.3 | 14.7 | 14.4 |
| Germany | 35.8 | 35.2 | 45.1 | 4.6 | 11.2 | 28.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 26.2 | 19.1 | 12.9 |
| Greece | 28.8 | 23.6 | 35.6 | 8.4 | 11.1 | 14.6 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 17.4 | 7.7 | 17.1 |
| Hungary | --- | --- | 31.6 | --- | --- | 18.7 | --- | --- | 5.1 | --- | --- | 7.7 |
Iceland |
21.1 | 12.2 | 42.7 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 36.0 | 7.9 | 1.9 | 0 | 10.0 | 4.9 | 6.7 |
| Ireland | 28.2 | 23.7 | 44.1 | 9.1 | 5.3 | 24.9 | 7.7 | 12.4 | 4.5 | 11.4 | 6.0 | 14.7 |
| Israel | 23.0 | 11.5 | 48.9 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 33.4 | 7.5 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 11.5 | 5.3 | 11.6 |
| Italy | 20.1 | 24.5 | 53.2 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 28.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 11.9 | 15.9 | 23.2 |
| Japan | 19.7 | 41.6 | 34.5 | 3.3 | 9.2 | 13.2 | --- | --- | --- | 16.3 | 32.4 | 21.3 |
Korea, Republic of |
31.6 | 22.3 | 42.7 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 12.9 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 20.8 | 14.3 | 26.4 |
| Latvia | 22.2 | 18.9 | 43.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 15.0 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 13.7 | 11.2 | 22.5 |
| Lithuania | 27.7 | 20.9 | 46.7 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 26.7 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 19.5 | 13.9 | 18.0 |
| Luxembourg | 17.1 | 14.9 | 54.2 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 14.5 | 6.8 | 4.2 | 22.9 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 16.8 |
| Mexico | 27.2 | 9.2 | 19.5 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 11.9 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 19.9 | 4.0 | 6.6 |
Netherlands |
17.2 | 21.7 | 32.5 | 5.2 | 9.7 | 18.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 12.2 |
| New Zealand | 23.6 | 30.6 | 43.5 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 23.2 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 3.9 | 9.3 | 15.4 | 16.4 |
| Norway | 14.5 | 27.2 | 39.1 | 2.8 | 7.1 | 26.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 15.6 | 11.5 |
| Poland | 18.8 | 21.6 | 35.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 21.7 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 11.7 | 14.9 | 12.2 |
| Portugal | 24.6 | 31.9 | 39.1 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 17.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 16.9 | 23.6 | 18.8 |
Slovak Republic |
22.3 | 21.6 | 35.4 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 15.8 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 12.0 | 12.9 | 17.2 |
| Slovenia | 27.8 | 24.8 | 42.7 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 20.4 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 20.0 |
| Spain | 20.0 | 16.5 | 41.4 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 24.9 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 13.7 |
| Sweden | 18.6 | 30.7 | 50.8 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 19.8 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 10.2 | 24.0 | 27.2 |
| Switzerland | 24.2 | 24.5 | 46.2 | 4.2 | 9.1 | 29.8 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 16.5 | 13.5 | 14.1 |
Türkiye |
17.8 | 15.1 | 33.3 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 14.4 | 9.8 | 18.8 |
| United Kingdom | 25.4 | 17.8 | 45.3 | 12.0 | 5.3 | 26.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 14.5 |
| United States | 23.6 | 16.7 | 42.1 | 10.6 | 4.9 | 23.2 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 7.9 | 6.3 | 15.6 |
Other reporting countries |
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| Brazil | 16.9 | 27.1 | 29.4 | 1.0 | 11.4 | 13.2 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 14.4 |
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| 1Includes natural sciences, mathematics, and statistics; information and communication technologies; and engineering, manufacturing, and construction. | ||||||||||||
| 2Refers 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. | ||||||||||||
| 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). Data are collected for the school year ending in the reported year for each country. For example, for reported year 2020, the reference period is school year 2019-2020 for Northern Hemisphere countries and 2020 for Southern Hemisphere countries. For more information on the school year reported by OECD countries, see Annex Table X1.3 here: https://stat.link/3ha7ok. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||
| SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Online Education Database, retrieved October 13, 2022, from https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx. (This table was prepared October 2022.) |
