Table 412. | Percent of bachelor's degrees awarded in science: Selected countries, 1985 to 1999 |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Country | All science | Natural sciences |Mathematics and computer| Engineering | degrees | | science | |_____________________________|_____________________________|________________________|_____________________________ |1985 |1990 |1995 |1996 |1999 |1985 |1990 |1995 |1996 |1999 |1985|1990|1995|1996|1999|1985 |1990 |1995 |1996 |1999 ____________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|____|____|____|____|____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 ____________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|____|____|____|____|____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____ Australia ..........| --- | --- |19.3 |20.1 |19.4 | --- | --- | 9.9 |10.0 | 7.0 |--- |--- |3.8 |4.1 |4.5 | --- | --- | 5.6 | 6.0 | 7.9 Austria ............|16.8 |19.6 |21.1 |22.1 |26.0 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.3 |4.1 |5.2 |5.3 |5.1 |3.2 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 9.9 |10.8 |16.5 Belgium\1\ .........| --- | --- | --- |24.4 |25.3 | 4.6 | --- | --- | 3.1 | 6.1 |1.7 |--- |--- |1.8 |2.3 | --- | --- | --- |19.5 |17.0 Canada .............|17.1 |16.4 |16.7 |17.4 |19.7 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 8.2 |4.5 |4.2 |3.8 |4.0 |4.0 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 7.5 Czech Republic .....| --- | --- | --- | --- |29.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 3.8 |--- |--- |--- |--- |3.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |22.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Denmark ............| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 6.3 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 1.4 | --- |--- |--- |--- |3.3 |--- |16.2 |21.7 |17.0 |15.1 | --- Finland ............|39.3 |33.5 |37.2 |35.7 |33.2 | 7.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 0.6 |6.3 |5.9 |6.9 |6.0 |2.4 |25.3 |23.4 |26.3 |25.6 |30.2 Germany\2\ .........|23.8 |31.3 |31.6 |31.1 |33.5 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.9 |2.3 |3.5 |5.2 |5.0 |5.2 |16.5 |20.5 |19.7 |19.5 |21.4 Hungary ............| --- | --- | --- | --- |17.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1.1 |--- |--- |--- |--- |1.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- |14.9 Iceland ............| --- | --- | --- | --- |13.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 6.1 |--- |--- |--- |--- |2.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 4.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ireland ............|28.8 |34.1 |32.3 |28.0 |25.8 |12.8 |14.1 |16.9 |12.2 | 8.8 |4.0 |6.3 |4.7 |6.3 |7.1 |12.0 |13.7 |10.7 | 9.6 |10.0 Italy ..............|19.5 |19.7 |19.5 |19.9 |27.6 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.0 |3.1 |3.9 |3.8 |3.7 |3.4 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 9.6 |18.2 Japan ..............|22.7 |23.5 |22.8 | --- |18.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | --- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |20.3 |21.0 |19.3 |19.3 |18.9 Korea, Republic of .| --- | --- | --- | --- |36.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 6.3 |--- |--- |--- |--- |4.5 | --- | --- | --- | --- |25.9 Mexico .............| --- | --- | --- | --- |22.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2.1 |--- |--- |--- |--- |7.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |13.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Netherlands ........|21.8 |21.1 | --- |16.0 |16.5 | 8.5 | 7.1 | --- | 1.6 | 3.2 |1.2 |1.6 |1.6 |1.7 |1.7 |12.1 |12.4 | --- |12.8 |11.6 New Zealand ........|20.5 |19.5 | --- | --- |18.6 |11.7 | 8.2 | --- | --- |12.1 |5.5 |5.5 |--- |--- |1.6 | 3.3 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 5.0 Norway .............| --- |12.9 |16.8 |15.2 |12.8 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 0.8 |1.8 |0.6 |0.5 |0.4 |2.8 | --- |10.2 |13.2 |11.9 | 9.3 Poland .............| --- | --- | --- | --- |16.5 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2.1 |--- |--- |--- |--- |1.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- |12.6 Portugal ...........| --- | --- |15.0 |15.4 | --- | 6.5 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 2.8 | --- |--- |--- |2.8 |2.8 |--- | --- |10.5 | 9.9 | 9.8 | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Spain ..............|13.9 |15.0 |18.2 |18.5 |21.0 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 |1.3 |2.6 |4.5 |4.3 |3.9 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 9.4 | 9.4 |12.3 Sweden .............|15.4 |24.0 |26.4 |22.4 |25.0 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 |1.6 |4.7 |5.5 |4.5 |3.0 |11.3 |15.2 |17.0 |14.3 |18.4 Switzerland ........|20.2 |23.0 |22.3 |22.4 |25.1 |10.3 |11.2 |10.4 |11.1 | 6.5 |2.1 |3.7 |3.7 |3.1 |1.8 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.2 |16.8 Turkey .............|23.0 |20.6 |20.9 | --- |24.2 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 | --- | 7.1 |1.6 |2.1 |2.7 |--- |3.7 |17.8 |13.8 |13.1 | --- |13.4 United Kingdom .....| --- | --- | --- | --- |28.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 9.8 |--- |--- |--- |--- |6.4 | --- | --- | --- | --- |12.7 United States ......|21.7 |16.9 | --- |16.8 |17.4 | 6.3 | 5.1 | --- | 6.9 | 7.2 |5.5 |4.0 |3.3 |3.2 |3.3 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.9 ____________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|____|____|____|____|____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____ |
---Not available. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 2001.)
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