List of countries by graduates in natural sciences and engineering

This is a list of countries by tertiary education graduates in natural sciences and engineering as percentage of all tertiary graduates, published by the OECD in 2012.

2012 OECD rankings

Rank	Country	% of graduates	Relative size
1	South Korea	32	32
2	Germany	31	31
3	Sweden	28	28
4	Finland	28	28
5	France	27	27
6	Greece	26	26
7	Estonia	26	26
8	Mexico	25	25
9	Austria	25	25
10	Portugal	25	25
11	Spain	24	24
12	Switzerland	23	23
13	Japan	23	23
14	Slovenia	23	23
15	United Kingdom	23	23
16	Czech Republic	23	23
17	Ireland	22	22
18	Belgium	21	21
19	Canada	21	21
20	New Zealand	21	21
21	Slovakia	21	21
22	Denmark	21	21
23	Italy	20	20
24	Israel	19	19
25	Hungary	19	19
26	Iceland	18	18
27	Luxembourg	18	18
28	Australia	18	18
29	Turkey	18	18
30	Norway	17	17
31	Poland	17	17
32	Chile	16	16
33	United States	16	16
34	Netherlands	15	15

See also

• Tertiary education
• List of countries by tertiary education attainment
• Education by country
• List of universities and colleges by country

References

• Brick, Jean (2006). "What is academic culture?". Academic Culture: A Student's Guide to Studying at University. Sydney, N.S.W: National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research. pp. 1–10. ISBN 978-1-74138-135-1. 

External links

• Tertiary education statistics, UNESCO
• Master of Tertiary Education Management, LH Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Management, The University of Melbourne
• Quality Research International – (Glossary)