UIS · Female Share of STEM Graduates
Women among STEM graduates by country
What share of science, technology, engineering and maths graduates are women?
Of the 96 countries compared in 2023, Oman had the highest reading, 55.965%, and Bermuda had the lowest reading, 8.333%. In the middle country the figure was 35.300%.
Share
Women among STEM graduates · 2023
Context statistic
Highest of 96Oman
55.965%012023 · values only
The highest and the lowest
The three countries with the highest values of 96 compared, the three with the lowest, and the highest on each continent. This statistic has no better end, so no country is shown as leading.
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Lowest in 2023
Bermuda8.333%
Turks and Caicos Islands16.667%
Andorra16.667%
This statistic has no better end: the two ends describe size, not success.
Highest on each continent
- AfricaTunisia53.785%
- Americas
British Virgin Islands48.705% - AsiaOman55.965%
- Europe
North Macedonia51.941% - Oceania
New Zealand42.543%2 of 21 measured
- Every region
02Every measured country
Women among STEM graduates on a map
Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.
Darker is a higher value. This statistic has no better end, so the shades describe size, not success.
- 8.333–30.009%
- 30.194–33.937%
- 34.198–37.600%
- 37.818–43.291%
- 43.701–55.965%
- No reading in 2023 (56 measured in an earlier edition)
- Africa
37.600%
the middle country, of 13 measured · 55 members
Tunisia53.785%
Ghana22.188%Highest and lowest reading in Africa.
- Americas
36.272%
the middle country, of 21 measured · 48 members
British Virgin Islands48.705%Bermuda8.333%Highest and lowest reading in Americas.
- Asia
35.950%
the middle country, of 23 measured · 52 members
Oman55.965%
South Korea27.589%Highest and lowest reading in Asia.
- Europe
33.468%
the middle country, of 37 measured · 49 members
North Macedonia51.941%Andorra16.667%Highest and lowest reading in Europe.
- Oceania
2 of 21 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, New Zealand.
New Zealand42.543%
Australia32.801%Highest and lowest reading in Oceania.
- Every region
19 sub-regions, highest middle country first
- Western Asia
44.302%
the middle country, of 12 measured · 19 members
Oman55.965%
Armenia29.576%Highest and lowest reading in Western Asia.
- Central America
38.780%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 8 members
Belize43.066%
Mexico34.421%Highest and lowest reading in Central America.
- Southern Europe
37.907%
the middle country, of 12 measured · 17 members
North Macedonia51.941%Andorra16.667%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Europe.
- Caribbean
36.917%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 24 members
British Virgin Islands48.705%Turks and Caicos Islands16.667%Highest and lowest reading in Caribbean.
- South-eastern Asia
35.950%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 11 members
Brunei44.428%
Singapore31.828%Highest and lowest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Northern Europe
34.578%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 13 members
Iceland43.291%
Lithuania30.009%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Europe.
- Eastern Africa
33.699%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 19 members
Seychelles37.600%
Rwanda31.489%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Eastern Europe
33.430%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 10 members
Romania42.118%
Belarus24.480%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Europe.
- South America
32.885%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 12 members
Argentina46.755%
Chile20.564%Highest and lowest reading in South America.
- Western Europe
29.434%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 9 members
France34.466%
Switzerland26.268%Highest and lowest reading in Western Europe.
- Australia and New Zealand
2 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, New Zealand.
New Zealand42.543%Australia32.801%Highest and lowest reading in Australia and New Zealand.
- Central Asia
1 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan28.466%Highest and lowest reading in Central Asia.
- Eastern Asia
3 of 8 measured — too few for a middle: Macau, Mongolia, South Korea.
Mongolia33.861%South Korea27.589%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Asia.
- Middle Africa
1 of 9 measured — too few for a middle: Cameroon.
Cameroon24.596%Highest and lowest reading in Middle Africa.
- Northern Africa
4 of 6 measured — too few for a middle: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia.
Tunisia53.785%
Egypt38.619%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Africa.
- Northern America
3 of 4 measured — too few for a middle: Bermuda, Canada, United States.
United States38.483%Bermuda8.333%Highest and lowest reading in Northern America.
- Southern Africa
2 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Botswana, South Africa.
South Africa49.166%
Botswana40.591%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Africa.
- Southern Asia
2 of 9 measured — too few for a middle: India, Sri Lanka.
India44.132%
Sri Lanka41.840%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Asia.
- Western Africa
1 of 16 measured — too few for a middle: Ghana.
Ghana22.188%Highest and lowest reading in Western Africa.
03The whole field at once
The spread
96 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 35.300%; a quarter are above 41.909%, and a quarter below 30.932%. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 152 ever measured
Every country
In order, highest value first. No rank or position is shown: too many countries share the same value for an order to mean anything. Neither end is better: parity sits in the middle, at 50%, so the table is ordered highest first as a reading convention, not as a league table, and no position is derived. In countries with very few graduates, a handful of students can swing the share a long way.
Showing 25 of 152 countries
Values for 2023. The change column compares 2023 with 2022 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.
052002–2023 · 19 editions
Over time
Each point is one edition. The series has gaps up to 2013 because fewer countries reported, and the most recent years are still filling in.
- the middle country
- the middle half of countries
- each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
| Year | Countries | Middle country | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 96 | 35.300% | 30.932% – 41.909% |
| 2022 | 88 | 35.503% | 31.304% – 42.721% |
| 2021 | 91 | 35.490% | 31.263% – 42.676% |
| 2020 | 99 | 34.207% | 29.599% – 41.397% |
| 2019 | 97 | 34.691% | 29.130% – 41.234% |
| 2018 | 92 | 34.122% | 29.034% – 39.986% |
| 2017 | 82 | 34.611% | 28.631% – 41.114% |
| 2016 | 92 | 34.945% | 28.364% – 40.275% |
| 2015 | 94 | 33.411% | 28.593% – 41.254% |
| 2014 | 51 | 33.676% | 28.244% – 38.066% |
| 2012 | 61 | 33.333% | 29.149% – 39.935% |
| 2011 | 60 | 34.094% | 29.471% – 40.979% |
| 2010 | 62 | 37.811% | 30.494% – 41.577% |
| 2009 | 61 | 34.024% | 29.624% – 41.706% |
| 2008 | 60 | 33.519% | 28.001% – 40.610% |
| 2007 | 61 | 34.453% | 30.662% – 40.144% |
| 2005 | 52 | 33.833% | 27.690% – 40.068% |
| 2004 | 53 | 31.319% | 25.184% – 38.534% |
| 2002 | 50 | 32.973% | 28.576% – 37.681% |
062022 → 2023
Who rose and fell
The biggest changes in value between the two newest editions. Places are shown second, because they also move when other countries do.
Rose most
before → after- Seychelles31.429% → 37.600%+6.171
Macau27.292% → 33.359%+6.067
Thailand29.528% → 35.366%+5.838
El Salvador34.368% → 40.143%+5.774
United Arab Emirates40.472% → 45.715%+5.243
Fell most
before → after- Andorra35.484% → 16.667%−18.817
Türkiye51.015% → 34.198%−16.817- British Virgin Islands64.758% → 48.705%−16.053
- Kyrgyzstan42.970% → 28.466%−14.504
- France42.554% → 34.466%−8.088
79 countries were measured in both 2022 and 2023. The field changed from 88 to 96 countries, so a place can move for reasons that have nothing to do with the country itself.
07Across every edition
Women among STEM graduates in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading on record
100.000%
STEM graduates who are women (%; 50 = parity)
Lowest reading on record
0.000%
STEM graduates who are women (%; 50 = parity)
Biggest rise between editions
+41.667
25.000% → 66.667%
Biggest fall between editions
−66.667
66.667% → 0.000%
Biggest change since first measured
+23.210
20.490% → 43.701%
Highest most often
2 countries share this record — no holder is named
3 of 19
editions
08The measure
About Women among STEM graduates
This is the share of tertiary graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics who are women. Its point of balance is 50%, where women and men graduate from these programmes in equal numbers; above 50% means women outnumber men.
What the number is: STEM graduates who are women (%; 50 = parity).
09Where it fits
Connections
Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.
In the Country Index
Context, with no vote
This statistic is published in full under Education & Knowledge and Gender & Equality, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.
Education & KnowledgeGender & EqualityWhich statistics vote, and why
Moves with
Where Women among STEM graduates is higher, these tend to be higher too.
No statistic lines up this closely.
Moves against
Where Women among STEM graduates is higher, these tend to be lower.
No statistic lines up this closely.
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 252 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
10Keep reading
Explore further
The subject
11Questions
Women among STEM graduates: questions and answers
Which country has the highest Women among STEM graduates?
Oman, at 55.965%, among the 96 countries compared in 2023.
Which country has the lowest Women among STEM graduates?
Bermuda, at 8.333%, among the 96 countries compared in 2023.
How many countries does the Female Share of STEM Graduates cover?
96 in 2023, and 152 at least once across all editions. The number measured varies from 50 to 99 between editions.
What is the world average Women among STEM graduates?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 96 compared in 2023, the figure was 35.300%.
Is this UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)’s own ranking?
No ranking is shown. UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything, so none is derived.
How often is the Female Share of STEM Graduates published?
This site holds 19 editions, describing 2002 to 2023.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), under CC BY-SA 4.0. From the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (FGP.5T8.F500600700). Editions reporting fewer than 50 countries are not written. Not to be confused with the share of all graduates who studied a STEM subject. Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.
12Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
Female Share of STEM Graduates — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
From the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (FGP.5T8.F500600700). Editions reporting fewer than 50 countries are not written. Not to be confused with the share of all graduates who studied a STEM subject.
Newest edition
Report year 2023Data year 2023
Cite the source as: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. UIS Data Browser. Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0, checked 2026-09-29.
How this page reads the numbers
- No rank or position is shown: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything.
- This statistic has no better end, so the page describes higher and lower values and never calls a country a leader.
- A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
- Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.
The file itself, column by column — where it came from, what each column holds, and every edition as a CSV — is on its dataset page.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Women among STEM graduates by country: Female Share of STEM Graduates, data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/female-stem-graduates