tps00217 · 2015–2023

Female tertiary education graduates in STEM education fields - % of all tertiary education graduates in STEM education fields

Eurostat tps00217 — Female tertiary education graduates in STEM education fields - % of all tertiary education graduates in STEM education fields. Data range: 2013 to 2024.

At a glance

In 2023, the EU-27 figure for female tertiary education graduates in STEM education fields was 33.5 .

That is a 1.5% rose versus 2022 (33.0).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 0.6% higher.

Across member states, Greece reported the highest value (41.7, 2024) and Spain the lowest (27.5, 2024) — a ratio of 1.5× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tps00217; every value links back to the canonical source.

EU-27 · 2023
33.5
HIGHEST · 2024
Greece
41.7
LOWEST · 2024
Spain
27.5

Map · 2023

Finland: 34.1 FI 34.1 Sweden: 37.8 SE 37.8 Denmark: 36.4 DK 36.4 Estonia: 41.5 EE 41.5 Ireland: 36.0 IE 36.0 Netherlands: 33.9 NL 33.9 Germany: 28.7 DE 28.7 Poland: 39.0 PL 39.0 Latvia: 33.5 LV 33.5 Belgium: 28.4 BE 28.4 Luxembourg: 33.5 LU 33.5 Czechia: 36.1 CZ 36.1 Slovakia: 32.1 SK 32.1 Lithuania: 31.7 LT 31.7 France: 34.0 FR 34.0 Austria: 29.2 AT 29.2 Hungary: 28.7 HU 28.7 Romania: 41.7 RO 41.7 Portugal: 36.5 PT 36.5 Spain: 27.5 ES 27.5 Italy: 39.5 IT 39.5 Slovenia: 33.0 SI 33.0 Bulgaria: 38.0 BG 38.0 Cyprus: 34.2 CY 34.2 Malta: 33.0 MT 33.0 Croatia: 38.1 HR 38.1 Greece: 41.7 EL 41.7
27.5 41.7

Ranking · 2023

Greece EL 41.7 Romania RO 41.7 Estonia EE 41.5 Italy IT 39.5 Poland PL 39 Croatia HR 38.1 Bulgaria BG 38 Sweden SE 37.8 Portugal PT 36.5 Denmark DK 36.4 Czechia CZ 36.1 Ireland IE 36 Cyprus CY 34.2 Finland FI 34.1 France FR 34 Netherlands NL 33.9 Luxembourg LU 33.5 Latvia LV 33.5 European Union (27) EU 33.5 Malta MT 33 Slovenia SI 33 Slovakia SK 32.1 Lithuania LT 31.7 Austria AT 29.2 Germany DE 28.7 Hungary HU 28.7 Belgium BE 28.4 Spain ES 27.5
2023 ranking · 28 countries

Time series · top 12 countries + EU-27

28.84 32.87 36.9 40.93 44.96 2015 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021 2023 2024 Greece Romania Estonia Italy Poland Croatia Bulgaria Sweden Portugal Denmark Czechia Ireland European Union (27) Female tertiary education graduates in STEM education fields - % of all tertiary education graduates in STEM education fields (value) EL RO EE IT PL HR BG SE PT DK CZ IE EU27_2020
  • Greece 41.7
  • Romania 41.7
  • Estonia 41.5
  • Italy 39.5
  • Poland 39
  • Croatia 38.1
  • Bulgaria 38
  • Sweden 37.8
  • Portugal 36.5
  • Denmark 36.4
  • Czechia 36.1
  • Ireland 36
  • European Union (27) 33.5

Country × year heatmap · all values

2015201620172018201920202021202220232024 Austria AT Austria · 2015: 25.3 Austria · 2016: 25.9 Austria · 2017: 26.3 Austria · 2018: 26.4 Austria · 2019: 27.1 Austria · 2020: 26.3 Austria · 2021: 28.0 Austria · 2022: 28.0 Austria · 2023: 29.4 Austria · 2024: 29.2 Belgium BE Belgium · 2015: 26.6 Belgium · 2016: 27.5 Belgium · 2017: 25.8 Belgium · 2018: 25.6 Belgium · 2019: 26.2 Belgium · 2020: 26.4 Belgium · 2021: 27.4 Belgium · 2022: 27.5 Belgium · 2023: 28.7 Belgium · 2024: 28.4 Bulgaria BG Bulgaria · 2015: 37.5 Bulgaria · 2016: 38.3 Bulgaria · 2017: 36.9 Bulgaria · 2018: 36.8 Bulgaria · 2019: 35.4 Bulgaria · 2020: 36.4 Bulgaria · 2021: 36.7 Bulgaria · 2022: 36.1 Bulgaria · 2023: 36.2 Bulgaria · 2024: 38.0 Croatia HR Croatia · 2015: 35.2 Croatia · 2016: 37.9 Croatia · 2017: 38.9 Croatia · 2018: 37.3 Croatia · 2019: 36.7 Croatia · 2020: 38.6 Croatia · 2021: 37.9 Croatia · 2022: 38.3 Croatia · 2023: 39.4 Croatia · 2024: 38.1 Cyprus CY Cyprus · 2015: 41.0 Cyprus · 2016: 42.2 Cyprus · 2017: 38.3 Cyprus · 2018: 36.9 Cyprus · 2019: 36.2 Cyprus · 2020: 34.8 Cyprus · 2021: 32.8 Cyprus · 2022: 32.6 Cyprus · 2023: 35.4 Cyprus · 2024: 34.2 Czechia CZ Czechia · 2015: 34.5 Czechia · 2016: 35.4 Czechia · 2017: 35.6 Czechia · 2018: 36.4 Czechia · 2019: 36.9 Czechia · 2020: 36.5 Czechia · 2021: 36.6 Czechia · 2022: 36.3 Czechia · 2023: 36.1 Denmark DK Denmark · 2015: 32.2 Denmark · 2016: 33.7 Denmark · 2017: 34.2 Denmark · 2018: 32.4 Denmark · 2019: 33.8 Denmark · 2020: 32.8 Denmark · 2021: 34.4 Denmark · 2022: 34.4 Denmark · 2023: 35.1 Denmark · 2024: 36.4 Estonia EE Estonia · 2015: 40.5 Estonia · 2016: 38.3 Estonia · 2017: 38.4 Estonia · 2018: 39.6 Estonia · 2019: 40.2 Estonia · 2020: 41.4 Estonia · 2021: 37.3 Estonia · 2022: 40.1 Estonia · 2023: 41.7 Estonia · 2024: 41.5 Finland FI Finland · 2015: 27.6 Finland · 2016: 27.1 Finland · 2017: 27.4 Finland · 2018: 27.4 Finland · 2019: 27.2 Finland · 2020: 29.6 Finland · 2021: 30.2 Finland · 2022: 32.2 Finland · 2023: 33.2 Finland · 2024: 34.1 France FR France · 2015: 31.5 France · 2016: 31.8 France · 2017: 32.3 France · 2018: 31.6 France · 2019: 31.4 France · 2020: 31.3 France · 2021: 32.0 France · 2022: 32.7 France · 2023: 34.5 France · 2024: 34.0 Germany DE Germany · 2015: 26.8 Germany · 2016: 27.1 Germany · 2017: 27.6 Germany · 2018: 28.0 Germany · 2019: 25.8 Germany · 2020: 26.8 Germany · 2021: 27.7 Germany · 2022: 27.8 Germany · 2023: 28.1 Germany · 2024: 28.7 Greece EL Greece · 2015: 38.4 Greece · 2016: 39.8 Greece · 2017: 40.1 Greece · 2018: 40.5 Greece · 2019: 41.2 Greece · 2020: 41.4 Greece · 2021: 40.9 Greece · 2022: 40.7 Greece · 2023: 41.1 Greece · 2024: 41.7 Hungary HU Hungary · 2015: 31.7 Hungary · 2016: 31.5 Hungary · 2017: 31.7 Hungary · 2018: 31.2 Hungary · 2019: 29.3 Hungary · 2020: 28.6 Hungary · 2021: 28.6 Hungary · 2022: 28.6 Hungary · 2023: 27.8 Hungary · 2024: 28.7 Ireland IE Ireland · 2015: 30.0 Ireland · 2016: 29.9 Ireland · 2017: 29.7 Ireland · 2018: 32.4 Ireland · 2019: 32.0 Ireland · 2020: 32.2 Ireland · 2021: 33.6 Ireland · 2022: 35.8 Ireland · 2023: 36.0 Italy IT Italy · 2015: 40.5 Italy · 2016: 39.5 Italy · 2017: 39.4 Italy · 2018: 38.9 Italy · 2019: 38.9 Italy · 2020: 38.9 Italy · 2021: 39.0 Italy · 2022: 39.0 Italy · 2023: 39.3 Italy · 2024: 39.5 Latvia LV Latvia · 2015: 31.4 Latvia · 2016: 31.9 Latvia · 2017: 31.1 Latvia · 2018: 31.3 Latvia · 2019: 31.0 Latvia · 2020: 30.9 Latvia · 2021: 31.8 Latvia · 2022: 33.1 Latvia · 2023: 33.5 Lithuania LT Lithuania · 2015: 30.8 Lithuania · 2016: 29.8 Lithuania · 2017: 29.6 Lithuania · 2018: 31.7 Lithuania · 2019: 30.5 Lithuania · 2020: 30.7 Lithuania · 2021: 29.9 Lithuania · 2022: 31.4 Lithuania · 2023: 30.0 Lithuania · 2024: 31.7 Luxembourg LU Luxembourg · 2015: 23.5 Luxembourg · 2016: 27.6 Luxembourg · 2017: 23.6 Luxembourg · 2018: 21.5 Luxembourg · 2019: 25.4 Luxembourg · 2020: 29.6 Luxembourg · 2021: 31.4 Luxembourg · 2022: 31.0 Luxembourg · 2023: 32.2 Luxembourg · 2024: 33.5 Malta MT Malta · 2015: 29.9 Malta · 2016: 26.4 Malta · 2017: 27.8 Malta · 2018: 32.0 Malta · 2019: 29.2 Malta · 2020: 29.3 Malta · 2021: 28.8 Malta · 2022: 29.2 Malta · 2023: 32.8 Malta · 2024: 33.0 Netherlands NL Netherlands · 2017: 29.3 Netherlands · 2018: 30.7 Netherlands · 2019: 30.6 Netherlands · 2020: 31.3 Netherlands · 2021: 32.0 Netherlands · 2022: 33.1 Netherlands · 2023: 33.9 Poland PL Poland · 2015: 43.6 Poland · 2016: 44.1 Poland · 2017: 43.4 Poland · 2018: 43.3 Poland · 2019: 42.5 Poland · 2020: 42.0 Poland · 2021: 41.5 Poland · 2022: 41.1 Poland · 2023: 40.2 Poland · 2024: 39.0 Portugal PT Portugal · 2015: 39.0 Portugal · 2016: 39.1 Portugal · 2017: 37.8 Portugal · 2018: 37.3 Portugal · 2019: 36.6 Portugal · 2020: 36.0 Portugal · 2021: 37.7 Portugal · 2022: 36.3 Portugal · 2023: 36.5 Romania RO Romania · 2015: 41.7 Romania · 2016: 41.2 Romania · 2017: 41.6 Romania · 2018: 42.3 Romania · 2019: 42.7 Romania · 2020: 41.8 Romania · 2021: 42.5 Romania · 2022: 43.0 Romania · 2023: 42.1 Romania · 2024: 41.7 Slovakia SK Slovakia · 2015: 35.6 Slovakia · 2016: 36.3 Slovakia · 2017: 35.2 Slovakia · 2018: 35.0 Slovakia · 2019: 34.3 Slovakia · 2020: 34.2 Slovakia · 2021: 32.9 Slovakia · 2022: 33.1 Slovakia · 2023: 33.4 Slovakia · 2024: 32.1 Slovenia SI Slovenia · 2015: 33.3 Slovenia · 2016: 29.8 Slovenia · 2017: 33.3 Slovenia · 2018: 34.4 Slovenia · 2019: 32.7 Slovenia · 2020: 32.9 Slovenia · 2021: 31.8 Slovenia · 2022: 32.4 Slovenia · 2023: 32.8 Slovenia · 2024: 33.0 Spain ES Spain · 2015: 29.3 Spain · 2016: 29.7 Spain · 2017: 29.6 Spain · 2018: 29.0 Spain · 2019: 28.0 Spain · 2020: 29.0 Spain · 2021: 27.7 Spain · 2022: 27.6 Spain · 2023: 27.2 Spain · 2024: 27.5 Sweden SE Sweden · 2015: 33.8 Sweden · 2016: 35.2 Sweden · 2017: 35.5 Sweden · 2018: 35.6 Sweden · 2019: 35.9 Sweden · 2020: 37.1 Sweden · 2021: 36.7 Sweden · 2022: 37.1 Sweden · 2023: 37.8
21.5 44.1

Member states · ranked by latest value

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