Table 413. | Percent of graduate degrees awarded in science: Selected countries, 1985, 1990, 1996, and 1999 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Country | All science |Natural sciences |Mathematics and computer | Engineering | degrees | | science | |_________________________|__________________________|__________________________|_________________________ |1985 |1990 | 1996 | 1999 |1985 |1990 | 1996 | 1999 |1985 |1990 | 1996 | 1999 |1985 |1990 | 1996 | 1999 _______________________|_____|_____|______|______|_____|_____|_______|______|_____|_____|_______|______|_____|_____|______|______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 _______________________|_____|_____|______|______|_____|_____|_______|______|_____|_____|_______|______|_____|_____|______|______ Australia .............| --- | --- | 14.0 | 17.9 | --- | --- | 5.4 | 6.3 | --- | --- | 3.8 | 3.8 | --- | --- | 4.7 | 7.7 Austria ...............|43.3 |37.7 | 38.8 | 38.4 |14.2 |12.3 | 17.5 | 15.0 | 7.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.6 |21.7 |20.8 | 16.6 | 19.8 Belgium\1\ ............| --- | --- | --- | 17.6 | --- | --- | --- | 7.0 | --- | --- | --- | 2.4 | --- | --- | --- | 8.3 Canada ................|19.7 |20.0 | 22.3 | 23.0 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 11.2 | 11.5 Czech Republic ........| --- | --- | --- | 21.3 | --- | --- | --- | 5.6 | --- | --- | --- | 6.3 | --- | --- | --- | 9.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Denmark ...............|16.0 |22.2 | 12.3 | --- | 4.1 | 5.8 | 3.1 | --- | 2.7 | 4.8 | 1.5 | --- | 9.2 |11.6 | 7.8 | --- Finland ...............|47.6 |30.6 | 28.3 | 31.1 |24.0 |14.7 | 11.6 | 8.5 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 |17.2 |10.5 | 12.7 | 18.7 France ................| --- | --- | --- | 21.0 | --- | --- | --- | 6.4 | --- | --- | --- | 1.6 | --- | --- | --- | 13.0 Germany\2\ ............|27.7 |33.2 | 38.6 | 38.9 |18.7 |23.5 | 25.5 | 25.2 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 9.5 | 9.8 Hungary ...............| --- | --- | --- | 13.5 | --- | --- | --- | 4.8 | --- | --- | --- | 1.2 | --- | --- | --- | 7.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Iceland ...............| --- | --- | --- | 30.7 | --- | --- | --- | 20.0 | --- | --- | --- | 0.0 | --- | --- | --- | 10.7 Ireland ...............|31.4 |34.5 | 23.1 | 24.8 |18.9 |19.5 | 10.9 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 5.8 | 3.0 | 16.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 4.8 Italy .................| --- | --- | --- | 13.1 | --- | --- | --- | 1.0 | --- | --- | --- | 6.5 | --- | --- | --- | 5.6 Japan .................|50.1 |54.6 | --- | 42.4 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 10.2 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |40.5 |45.1 | 44.4 | 42.4 Korea, Republic of ....| --- | --- | --- | 48.3 | --- | --- | --- | 8.8 | --- | --- | --- | 4.1 | --- | --- | --- | 35.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Netherlands ...........| --- |28.9 | 18.6 | 17.6 |20.6 |17.7 | 4.4 | --- | --- | 1.5 | 3.7 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 8.8 New Zealand ...........|45.1 |22.6 | 16.7 | 24.4 |24.6 |13.8 | 12.7 | 13.4 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 |15.1 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 9.4 Norway ................|40.1 |33.4 | 38.3 | 21.0 |17.9 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 15.0 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 4.3 |18.7 |23.3 | 27.7 | --- Poland ............ | --- | --- | --- | 3.1 | --- | --- | --- | 0.6 | --- | --- | --- | 0.9 | --- | --- | --- | 1.7 Spain .................|35.6 |26.9 | 36.0 | 40.1 |28.6 |19.7 | 24.8 | 24.8 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 11.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sweden ................|48.0 |48.5 | 32.3 | 41.5 |21.2 |19.4 | 9.2 | 14.4 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 5.9 | 4.1 |20.0 |19.9 | 17.1 | 23.0 Switzerland ...........|30.7 |30.2 | 40.1 | 41.5 |20.3 |22.0 | 25.8 | 11.4 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 17.0 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 10.1 | 13.1 Turkey ................|35.8 |24.0 | --- | 29.8 | 6.6 | 7.6 | --- | 8.0 | 2.8 | 3.3 | --- | 3.0 |26.3 |13.2 | --- | 18.7 United Kingdom ........| --- | --- | --- | 21.8 | --- | --- | --- | 6.0 | --- | --- | --- | 4.7 | --- | --- | --- | 11.0 United States .........|13.5 |14.5 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.8 _______________________|_____|_____|______|______|_____|_____|_______|______|_____|_____|_______|______|_____|_____|______|______ |
---Not available. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 2001.)
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