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| 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 | 23.3 | 22.1 | 42.5 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 21.8 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 17.1 |
| Australia | 20.2 | 26.1 | 47.1 | 7.3 | 2.9 | 23.4 | 5.9 | 12.3 | 4.6 | 7.0 | 10.8 | 19.0 |
| Austria | 27.8 | 25.3 | 52.1 | 8.4 | 6.9 | 20.0 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 14.0 | 14.4 | 26.3 |
| Belgium | 17.2 | 19.7 | 45.6 | 2.7 | 5.5 | 22.1 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 10.9 | 13.2 | 22.9 |
| Canada | 26.3 | 27.0 | 51.1 | 12.3 | 7.7 | 26.3 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 14.7 | 21.3 |
| Chile | 24.8 | 8.1 | 48.4 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 31.5 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 19.9 | 4.3 | 15.6 |
Colombia |
24.3 | 12.4 | 40.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 17.8 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 21.7 | 8.3 | 21.5 |
| Costa Rica | 16.5 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 |
| Czech Republic | 24.3 | 25.5 | 51.1 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 24.4 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 12.6 | 15.3 | 24.0 |
| Denmark | 20.1 | 30.9 | 42.4 | 4.5 | 10.1 | 16.4 | 4.1 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 26.0 |
| Estonia | 26.9 | 28.4 | 54.5 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 26.1 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 18.0 |
Finland |
28.0 | 27.8 | 38.6 | 3.2 | 5.5 | 14.4 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 17.0 | 15.0 | 17.2 |
| France | 20.2 | 27.1 | 52.9 | 9.8 | 8.6 | 33.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 14.3 | 13.9 |
| Germany | 35.3 | 34.5 | 43.1 | 4.9 | 11.2 | 26.8 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 25.1 | 18.2 | 13.0 |
| Greece | 28.7 | 23.7 | 39.0 | 8.6 | 10.8 | 14.3 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 17.1 | 7.7 | 21.8 |
| Hungary | 25.0 | 19.2 | 35.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 19.8 | 7.3 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 14.8 | 13.0 | 10.8 |
Iceland |
19.4 | 11.4 | 54.2 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 39.8 | 6.2 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 9.6 | 6.3 | 12.0 |
| Ireland | 27.7 | 22.3 | 40.5 | 9.6 | 5.0 | 21.7 | 7.7 | 10.5 | 4.4 | 10.5 | 6.8 | 14.4 |
| Israel | 23.4 | 10.5 | 48.2 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 31.8 | 8.2 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 11.3 | 4.5 | 12.7 |
| Italy | 21.1 | 25.5 | 54.4 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 29.2 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 12.6 | 16.4 | 23.3 |
| Japan | 19.6 | 41.0 | 33.8 | 3.3 | 9.1 | 11.8 | --- | --- | --- | 16.3 | 31.9 | 22.0 |
Korea, Republic of |
32.0 | 22.7 | 42.2 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 13.2 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 21.1 | 14.5 | 25.5 |
| Latvia | 21.7 | 19.0 | 43.0 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 23.5 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 12.9 | 10.8 | 18.1 |
| Lithuania | 27.2 | 21.3 | 46.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 23.7 | 5.9 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 17.9 | 14.5 | 20.8 |
| Luxembourg | 19.9 | 13.1 | 63.6 | 7.3 | 4.0 | 27.2 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 25.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 11.3 |
| Mexico | 25.5 | 9.4 | 17.0 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 10.6 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 18.5 | 3.9 | 5.6 |
Netherlands |
17.5 | 22.7 | 31.1 | 5.2 | 10.3 | 16.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 11.8 |
| New Zealand | 22.9 | 29.8 | 44.6 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 23.9 | 5.1 | 8.2 | 4.7 | 9.0 | 12.3 | 16.0 |
| Norway | 16.5 | 26.1 | 38.8 | 3.2 | 6.6 | 26.1 | 6.2 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 7.0 | 14.9 | 11.4 |
| Poland | 19.5 | 20.8 | 37.8 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 21.1 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 15.7 |
| Portugal | 24.8 | 31.5 | 36.8 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 16.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 17.1 | 23.1 | 17.7 |
Slovak Republic |
22.4 | 19.5 | 39.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 20.2 | 5.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 12.4 | 11.6 | 16.4 |
| Slovenia | 26.1 | 25.3 | 41.2 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 16.3 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 14.5 | 16.2 | 20.0 |
| Spain | 20.2 | 15.8 | 38.4 | 6.8 | 4.4 | 22.9 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 13.2 |
| Sweden | 19.1 | 32.6 | 51.3 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 19.6 | 5.7 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 10.1 | 25.2 | 27.2 |
| Switzerland | 24.1 | 25.6 | 46.0 | 4.3 | 9.6 | 29.1 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 16.4 | 13.7 | 14.2 |
| Türkiye | 19.5 | 14.5 | 32.0 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 12.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 15.2 | 9.0 | 18.9 |
| United Kingdom | 24.6 | 18.1 | 44.1 | 11.6 | 5.3 | 25.5 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 14.5 |
| United States | 23.7 | 16.6 | 41.5 | 10.7 | 4.9 | 22.4 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 7.7 | 6.1 | 15.6 |
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Other reporting countries |
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| Brazil | 15.3 | 25.6 | 29.3 | 1.0 | 10.8 | 13.4 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 10.2 | 12.7 | 14.2 |
| Bulgaria | 23.3 | 16.7 | 24.4 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 11.7 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 13.6 | 10.9 | 10.6 |
| Croatia | 29.6 | 25.9 | 32.8 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 16.0 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 19.6 | 16.0 | 15.9 |
| Romania | 31.6 | 25.7 | 31.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 8.7 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 18.4 | 16.5 | 21.3 |
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| 1Includes natural sciences, mathematics, and statistics; information and communication technologies; and engineering, manufacturing, and construction. | ||||||||||||
| 2The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) average refers to the mean of data values for all reporting 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 2021, the reference period is school year 2020-21 for Northern Hemisphere countries and 2021 for Southern Hemisphere countries. For more information on the school year reported by OECD countries, see Annex Table X1.3 here: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/e13bef63-en/1/3/6/1/index.html?itemId=/content/publication/e13bef63-en&_csp_=a4f4b3d408c9dd70d167f10de61b8717&itemIGO=oecd&itemContentType=book#tablegrp-d1e34329-d661fe93c8. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||
| SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Online Education Database, retrieved October 2, 2023, from https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx. (This table was prepared October 2023.) | ||||||||||||
