Table 1.9.8 - BMBF's Data Portal

Table 1.9.8
Distribution of tertiary graduates in international comparison, by field of study
		Education	Arts and humanities	Social sciences, journalism and information	Business, administration and law	Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics	Information and communication technologies	Engineering, manufacturing and construction	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary medicine	Health and welfare	Services
State	Year	Share (%)
Australia	2015	9	11	7	34	6	4	8	1	19	1
	2016	9	11	7	34	6	4	8	1	18	2
	2017	10	11	7	33	6	4	8	1	18	1
Belgium	2015	9	11	11	21	4	1	12	2	27	1
	2016	9	10	11	22	4	2	12	2	27	2
	2017	9	10	10	22	4	2	12	2	28	1
Chile	2015	15	4	4	23	1	3	16	2	21	11
	2016	15	3	4	24	1	3	16	2	21	10
	2017	15	3	4	24	1	3	16	2	22	10
Denmark	2015	9	13	10	20	5	4	11	2	22	4
	2016	6	13	11	25	6	5	10	1	20	3
	2017	6	12	10	25	5	5	11	1	21	4
Germany	2015	10	12	7	23	10	5	22	2	7	3
	2016	10	12	7	23	9	5	22	2	7	3
	2017	11	11	7	23	9	5	22	2	7	2
Estonia	2015	8	12	9	25	7	5	14	2	12	6
	2016	8	12	9	24	7	6	14	2	12	6
	2017	7	13	8	23	6	7	15	2	13	6
Finland	2015	7	13	7	18	5	7	17	2	19	5
	2016	6	12	7	18	5	7	18	2	20	4
	2017	7	11	7	19	5	6	16	2	21	5
France	2015	3	9	8	34	7	3	15	2	16	3
	2016	4	9	8	33	8	3	15	1	15	3
	2017	4	9	7	35	8	3	15	1	14	3
Greece	2015	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
	2016	7	13	12	21	8	3	17	2	12	4
	2017	7	12	13	20	10	3	17	2	12	3
Ireland	2015	8	13	7	24	8	6	10	2	17	5
	2016	6	14	6	25	8	7	10	2	17	5
	2017	9	12	6	25	7	7	9	1	17	5
Iceland	2015	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
	2016	14	10	16	22	5	5	10	1	15	3
	2017	12	10	16	22	5	6	9	1	17	3
Israel¹⁾	2015	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
	2016	17	9	21	24	6	4	9	1	10	0
	2017	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
Italy	2015	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
	2016	4	18	14	21	8	1	16	3	15	0
	2017	4	18	13	21	8	1	17	3	15	0
Japan	2015	9	15	8	20	3	y	18	3	15	8
	2016	10	15	8	20	3	y	18	3	16	8
	2017	9	15	7	20	3	y	18	3	16	9
Canada	2015	6	11	16	26	7	3	12	2	15	3
	2016	8	10	16	26	7	3	12	2	14	2
	2017	6	10	15	27	6	3	13	2	15	3
Colombia	2015	9	4	7	45	1	5	16	2	7	4
	2016	8	4	7	46	1	5	17	2	7	3
	2017	32	4	7	22	1	1	11	1	20	2
Korea	2015	7	17	5	16	5	2	22	1	14	9
	2016	7	17	6	16	5	2	22	1	14	9
	2017	7	16	6	15	5	4	20	1	15	10
Latvia	2015	7	8	9	32	4	4	13	2	14	8
	2016	7	8	10	31	3	5	13	2	14	8
	2017	4	8	9	31	3	5	13	2	17	9
Lithuania	2015	7	8	12	32	4	2	17	2	14	2
	2016	7	9	12	30	4	2	18	2	14	2
	2017	6	9	10	27	4	3	19	2	17	3
Luxembourg	2015	16	9	7	39	4	5	5	0	15	0
	2016	9	11	12	40	6	6	7	2	6	2
	2017	7	10	12	44	5	5	8	0	7	3
Mexico	2015	12	4	9	34	3	2	23	2	10	1
	2016	14	4	9	35	3	2	21	2	10	1
	2017	13	3	9	33	2	5	17	2	11	3
New Zealand	2015	10	12	9	25	6	7	8	2	15	5
	2016	10	11	9	26	6	7	8	2	15	6
	2017	10	11	9	25	7	7	9	2	15	5
Netherlands²⁾	2015	11	9	15	28	5	2	8	1	16	5
	2016	10	9	15	29	6	2	8	1	16	5
	2017	10	9	14	27	6	3	8	1	17	5
Norway	2015	16	9	11	16	5	3	13	1	20	5
	2016	17	8	11	16	5	3	13	1	21	6
	2017	16	8	10	19	5	4	14	1	19	5
Austria	2015	13	9	10	22	6	4	20	2	7	9
	2016	12	7	11	22	6	4	21	2	7	8
	2017	13	8	9	23	6	4	20	2	7	8
Poland	2015	14	7	11	24	4	3	15	2	13	8
	2016	14	7	10	24	4	3	16	1	13	7
	2017	13	7	10	24	4	4	16	2	13	8
Portugal	2015	7	9	11	19	6	1	21	2	19	6
	2016	5	9	11	19	7	1	21	2	18	6
	2017	5	10	11	19	6	2	21	2	17	6
Sweden	2015	12	6	13	18	4	4	18	1	22	2
	2016	12	6	13	17	5	4	18	1	22	2
	2017	12	6	12	16	4	4	19	1	23	2
Switzerland	2015	10	8	7	28	7	2	15	1	15	6
	2016	10	8	7	29	7	2	16	2	15	5
	2017	10	8	7	29	7	2	16	1	16	6
Slovak Republic	2015	13	7	11	21	6	3	13	2	18	6
	2016	13	7	12	20	6	3	12	2	18	6
	2017	13	8	12	20	6	3	12	2	18	6
Slovenia	2015	10	9	12	22	6	3	16	3	10	7
	2016	11	11	11	23	5	3	17	3	8	7
	2017	11	9	10	20	6	4	17	2	12	7
Spain	2015	16	9	7	19	5	4	16	1	15	7
	2016	17	9	7	19	5	4	15	1	16	7
	2017	16	9	7	19	5	4	14	1	16	7
Czech Republic	2015	11	8	11	23	5	4	16	3	11	7
	2016	10	9	11	22	5	4	16	3	12	7
	2017	11	8	11	21	5	5	16	3	12	8
Turkey	2015	10	11	8	38	4	2	13	2	8	4
	2016	10	11	8	35	3	2	14	2	10	5
	2017	10	11	8	31	3	2	15	2	12	6
Hungary	2015	16	10	10	25	4	2	16	3	8	5
	2016	17	10	10	24	4	4	14	3	8	5
	2017	16	9	10	25	4	4	15	4	8	5
United Kingdom	2015	10	15	12	22	13	4	9	1	13	0
	2016	9	15	12	22	14	4	9	1	13	0
	2017	9	15	12	22	14	4	9	1	14	0
United States	2015	7	20	12	20	7	4	7	1	17	7
	2016	7	20	12	19	7	4	7	1	17	6
	2017	7	19	12	19	7	4	7	1	17	6
OECD average³⁾	2015	10	10	10	24	6	4	14	2	15	5
	2016	10	11	10	24	6	4	14	2	15	5
	2017	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
EU23 average³⁾⁴⁾	2015	10	10	10	24	6	4	14	2	15	5
	2016	9	11	10	24	6	4	15	2	14	5
	2017	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
Argentina⁵⁾	2015	16	10	36	y	8	y	6	2	18	3
	2016	21	13	7	17	8	1	5	2	21	4
	2017	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
Brazil	2015	20	3	4	37	3	3	10	2	14	4
	2016	20	3	4	36	3	3	11	3	14	4
	2017	20	3	5	33	3	3	12	3	15	3
China	2015	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
	2016	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
	2017	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
Costa Rica	2015	22	3	5	39	2	4	7	1	16	1
	2016	22	3	7	36	2	5	7	1	14	2
	2017	21	3	6	36	2	6	8	1	15	3
India	2015	9	6	33	17	13	7	11	1	3	0
	2016	9	6	31	18	13	7	12	1	3	0
	2017	7	6	31	19	15	5	12	1	3	0
Indonesia	2015	28	3	12	16	3	9	8	3	18	0
	2016	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
	2017	24	5	12	18	3	9	7	4	17	0
Russian Federation	2015	8	4	7	38	2	5	22	2	6	7
	2016	7	4	10	33	3	5	23	1	6	7
	2017	6	4	12	31	3	5	23	2	7	9
Saudi Arabia⁵⁾	2015	15	25	8	20	8	7	8	0	6	2
	2016	15	23	9	21	9	7	8	0	7	2
	2017	11	24	11	25	8	7	7	0	6	1
South Africa⁵⁾	2015	19	5	16	32	7	3	9	2	7	0
	2016	18	5	15	33	8	3	9	2	7	0
	2017	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m

Source: OECD (Education at a Glance, OECD.Stat - EAG-database)
This table also appears in the Federal Report on Research and Innovation as Table 50.

Notes:
¹⁾ 2016 data excludes short-cycle tertiary graduates.
²⁾ Excludes doctoral graduates.
³⁾ The categories OECD/EU23 average represent those countries that were members of the OECD/EU in the respective year of reference.
⁴⁾ Until 2016: EU22 average.
⁵⁾ The year specifications may differ from the years of reference. For a detailed specification see source.

m = data not available.
y = data included in other category.

Last update: January 2020

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