Female Share of STEM Graduates, 2008

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Female Share of STEM Graduates, 2008: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Country	STEM graduates who are women (%)
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	57.47
QatarQATWestern Asia	53.86
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	49.14
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	49.01
UruguayURYSouth America	47.80
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	46.26
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	43.82
ArgentinaARGSouth America	43.30
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	42.89
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	42.78
PalestinePSEWestern Asia	42.63
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	42.17
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	41.89
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	41.82
PanamaPANCentral America	41.03
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	40.47
ItalyITASouthern Europe	39.73
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	38.87
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	37.41
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	37.30
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	37.28
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	36.46
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	36.34
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	35.15
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	35.08

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 33.52. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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+ Andorra+ Azerbaijan+ Belgium+ Ethiopia+ Hungary+ Luxembourg+ Mozambique+ Puerto Rico− American Samoa− Bermuda− Costa Rica− Algeria− Georgia− Guatemala− Iran− Jordan− Oman

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

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