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Female share of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programmes, tertiary (%)

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2019; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data155 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
32.4value
Median: 34.0value
Countries Covered
155
with available data
Highest
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
75.0value
Lowest
Solomon Islands
0.0value
Top 5 Countries
1Sint Maarten (Dutch part)75.0value
2Myanmar60.8value
3Sierra Leone59.0value
4Algeria58.2value
5Liberia57.5value
By Region
South America36.2value(7 countries)
Africa36.2value(8 countries)
Asia34.2value(20 countries)
Oceania33.5value(2 countries)
Europe33.4value(32 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0value)High (75.0value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 32.4value)

South America (7)
Africa (8)
Asia (20)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
North America (4)
Other (82)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2019; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Sint Maarten (Dutch part)75.0value
2Myanmar60.8value
3Sierra Leone59.0value
4Algeria58.2value
5Liberia57.5value
6Virgin Islands, British56.4value
7Oman55.7value
8Tunisia55.4value
9Benin54.9value
10Brunei Darussalam54.3value
11Syrian Arab Republic49.5value
12Peru47.8value
13Qatar47.6value
14The Republic of North Macedonia47.4value
15Sudan47.2value
16Albania46.7value
17Republic of The Gambia45.7value
18Morocco45.3value
19Bosnia and Herzegovina44.5value
20State of Palestine44.3value
21Uruguay44.0value
22Argentina43.5value
23Poland43.4value
24Lebanon43.3value
25Panama43.2value
26Venezuela42.8value
27South Africa42.8value
28India42.7value
29Serbia42.6value
30Namibia42.5value
31Cape Verde42.4value
32Belize41.8value
33United Arab Emirates41.5value
34Romania41.2value
35Bahrain41.2value
36Grenada40.9value
37Liechtenstein40.7value
38Sri Lanka40.6value
39Barbados40.5value
40Jordan40.3value
41Greece40.1value
42Aruba40.0value
43Dominican Republic40.0value
44Cuba39.9value
45Armenia39.8value
46Italy39.5value
47Croatia38.9value
48Georgia38.7value
49Puerto Rico38.5value
50Angola38.4value
51Estonia38.4value
52Cyprus38.3value
53United Kingdom38.1value
54Honduras37.8value
55Portugal37.8value
56Indonesia37.4value
57Egypt36.9value
58Bulgaria36.9value
59Saudi Arabia36.8value
60Brazil36.6value
61Vietnam36.5value
62Philippines36.3value
63Mauritius36.0value
64San Marino36.0value
65Czech Republic35.6value
66Sweden35.5value
67Rwanda35.4value
68Iceland35.2value
69Slovakia35.2value
70Azerbaijan35.1value
71New Zealand35.0value
72Guatemala34.7value
73Türkiye34.7value
74Singapore34.3value
75Denmark34.2value
76Malaysia34.2value
77Mongolia34.1value
78United States of America34.0value
79Colombia33.4value
80Antigua and Barbuda33.3value
81Slovenia33.3value
82Cayman Islands32.9value
83Cameroon32.3value
84Costa Rica32.2value
85Australia32.1value
86France31.8value
87Hungary31.7value
88Kazakhstan31.6value
89Seychelles31.6value
90Canada31.4value
91Kyrgyzstan31.3value
92Islamic Republic of Iran31.2value
93Latvia31.1value
94Madagascar31.0value
95Kenya30.7value
96Mexico30.6value
97Moldova, Republic of30.5value
98Thailand30.1value
99Lithuania29.6value
100Spain29.6value
101Netherlands29.3value
102Mozambique29.3value
103Israel29.2value
104Ecuador29.2value
105Ireland29.0value
106Lao People's Democratic Republic29.0value
107Mauritania28.9value
108Zimbabwe28.8value
109Ukraine28.8value
110Norway28.5value
111Malta27.8value
112Eritrea27.8value
113Luxembourg27.6value
114Germany27.6value
115Belarus27.4value
116Finland27.4value
117Guyana27.2value
118Austria25.9value
119Belgium25.8value
120Uganda25.7value
121Macao25.4value
122Hong Kong25.3value
123South Korea25.2value
124Democratic Republic of the Congo25.1value
125Lesotho24.8value
126Uzbekistan24.6value
127El Salvador23.1value
128Switzerland22.3value
129Republic of the Congo20.8value
130Burkina Faso20.6value
131Bangladesh20.6value
132Bermuda20.4value
133Ghana19.8value
134North Korea19.3value
135Chile18.8value
136Iraq18.5value
137Samoa18.2value
138American Samoa18.2value
139Burundi18.2value
140Niger18.0value
141Ethiopia17.3value
142Cambodia16.7value
143Maldives10.6value
144Chad4.1value
145Comoros0.0value
146Gibraltar0.0value
147Kiribati0.0value
148Monaco0.0value
149Nauru0.0value
150Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.0value
151Sao Tome and Principe0.0value
152Eswatini0.0value
153Tuvalu0.0value
154Andorra0.0value
155Solomon Islands0.0value
Showing 155 of 155 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2019).

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