Female Share of STEM Graduates, 2021

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Female Share of STEM Graduates, 2021: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Country	STEM graduates who are women (%)
SamoaWSMPolynesia	66.67
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	58.94
OmanOMNWestern Asia	55.04
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	54.37
QatarQATWestern Asia	51.34
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	49.41
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	48.36
PalestinePSEWestern Asia	48.15
ArgentinaARGSouth America	47.94
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	47.21
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	46.29
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	45.93
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	45.75
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	44.51
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	44.37
BelizeBLZCentral America	43.49
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	43.47
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	43.28
UruguayURYSouth America	43.19
CubaCUBCaribbean	42.95
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	42.91
AndorraANDSouthern Europe	42.86
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	42.83
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	42.53
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	41.55

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 35.49. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

• +5 / −13countries joined / left
• 85values changed, of 86 in both
• 53 · 32rose · fell
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+ Malaysia+ Turks and Caicos Islands+ Trinidad and Tobago+ Tanzania+ British Virgin Islands− Afghanistan− Bangladesh− Brazil− Brunei− Ecuador− Croatia− Kazakhstan− Liechtenstein− Madagascar− Mauritania− Namibia− Rwanda− Chad

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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