Percent of undergraduate degrees awarded in science: Selected countries, 1985, 1990, and 1991

Table 402.

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                       |                 |                 |                 |
        Country        |   All science   |Natural sciences |Math and computer|  Engineering
                       |     degrees     |                 |    science      |
                       |_________________|_________________|_____ ___________|_________________
                       |1985 |1990 |1991 |1985 |1990 |1991 |1985 |1990 |1991 |1985 |1990 |1991
_______________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
           1           |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13
_______________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
Australia .............| --- | --- |21.6 | --- | --- |15.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 5.7
Austria ...............|16.8 |19.6 |20.1 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 9.5
Belgium ...............|14.7 | --- |32.2 | 4.6 | --- | 4.3 | 1.7 | --- | 1.7 | 8.4 | --- |26.3
Canada ................|17.1 |16.4 |15.5 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 6.1
Denmark ...............|22.5 |26.1 |27.6 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 6.1 | --- | --- | 0.1 |16.2 |21.7 |21.4
                       |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
Finland ...............|39.3 |33.5 |34.5 | 7.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.6 |25.3 |23.4 |23.7
Germany (former West) .|23.8 |31.3 |31.5 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.9 |16.5 |20.5 |20.2
Ireland ...............|28.8 |34.1 |28.5 |12.8 |14.1 |12.4 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 4.4 |12.0 |13.7 |11.6
Italy .................|19.5 |19.7 |19.8 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.5
Japan .................|22.7 |23.5 |23.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | --- | --- | --- |20.3 |21.0 |21.1
                       |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
Netherlands ...........|21.8 |21.1 |21.4 | 8.5 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 |12.1 |12.4 |13.3
New Zealand ...........|20.5 |19.5 |16.3 |11.7 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 5.8 | 5.2
Norway ................| 6.1 |12.9 |12.3 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.8 |10.2 | 9.9
Portugal ..............| --- |24.3 | --- | 6.5 | 6.7 | --- | --- | 7.0 | --- | --- |10.5 | ---
Spain .................|13.9 |15.0 |15.4 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.1
                       |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
Sweden ................|15.4 |24.0 |24.3 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 |11.3 |15.2 |15.2
Switzerland ...........|20.2 |23.0 |22.7 |10.3 |11.2 |11.0 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.9
Turkey ................|23.0 |20.6 |21.3 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.3 |17.8 |13.8 |14.1
United States .........|21.7 |16.9 |15.9 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 7.2
_______________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____

---Data not available.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, unpublished data. (This table was prepared May 1995.)

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