Country or territory

Year

Education

Humanities

Law and Social sciences

Natural sciences, engineering & agriculture

Medical sciences

Africa

Algeria

1985

27

6

24

25

17

1995

a

1

16

25

52

6

Burundi

1984

11

27

42

10

7

1992

12

17

30

30

8

Chad

1985

22

25

42

11

-

1993

a

60

-

27

13

-

Egypt

1985

b

16

15

38

20

9

1995

b

24

16

32

15

10

Ethiopia

1986

22

5

34

35

4

1994

19

3

36

35

8

Lesotho

1987

52

1

26

5

-

1995

31

3

55

11

-

Madagascar

1986

5

23

41

23

8

1995

c

./.

17

46

30

7

Malawi

1985

68

1

13

14

4

1994

d

73

./.

11

12

4

Morocco

1984

6

41

30

15

8

1995

c

./.

34

28

33

3

Mozambique

1985

26

7

37

21

9

1995

7

17

19

49

9

Swaziland

1988

5

11

46

38

-

1995

19

5

39

35

-

Togo

1988

3

26

42

20

9

1995

e

-

48

37

8

7

Tunisia

1986

8

10

29

35

19

1995

9

17

36

25

10

Uganda

1985

10

26

8

25

6

1995

53

5

31

9

2

United Rep. of Tanzania

1984

5

33

19

26

14

1995

f

4

./.

56

26

15

America, North

Canada

1985

12

10

36

24

10

1996

7

12

29

28

8

Costa Rica

1985

22

8

35

22

14

1992

19

4

46

13

16

Cuba

1985

41

2

13

27

13

1995

35

2

8

24

23

El Salvador

1985

22

1

23

32

12

1995

g

./.

48

24

16

12

Honduras

1985

10

2

32

31

25

1992

5

1

35

21

38

Jamaica

1986

a

12

21

40

15

11

1992

a

12

21

43

14

10

Mexico

1986

a

16

2

34

30

17

1994

3

3

51

33

10

Panama

1985

18

7

38

19

15

1994

a

22

6

35

27

10

St. Kitts and Nevis

1986

39

-

-

61

-

1993

16

5

16

57

5

Trinidad and Tobago

1985

19

16

23

39

2

1993

a

13

15

31

37

4

United States

1986

10

8

39

21

10

1995

9

16

36

19

13

America, South

Brazil

1986

21

10

37

17

9

1993

18

10

42

17

10

Chile

1986

46

3

14

23

11

1995

13

4

42

33

8

Colombia

1985

16

4

44

24

12

1995

21

4

39

26

9

Guyana

1985

40

5

27

24

2

1995

28

2

27

33

5

Nicaragua

1985

13

2

29

40

16

1995

18

2

30

35

15

Paraguay

1985

2

4

43

42

10

1992

33

4

35

19

9

Asia

Bahrain

1988

17

5

29

26

22

1994

23

8

27

25

17

China

1985

29

6

6

47

11

1994

28

8

22

35

6

Cyprus

1985

9

-

47

32

6

1995

9

3

59

22

7

Hong Kong

1984

17

8

33

39

3

1994

9

9

34

42

4

Indonesia

1985

41

2

39

14

5

1995

10

7

53

28

2

Iran, Islamic Rep. of

1985

10

9

19

38

24

1995

a

15

10

14

35

26

Israel

1985

a,d

30

./.

30

33

7

1993

a,d

25

./.

35

30

10

Japan

1985

12

20

38

22

5

1994

8

18

38

24

8

Jordan

1985

27

11

31

25

5

1996

14

20

28

24

11

Lao People's Dem. Rep.

1985

59

-

-

25

16

1994

28

7

13

38

11

Lebanon

1985

1

25

46

22

7

1995

1

23

52

18

6

Mongolia

1987

14

3

18

49

16

1995

20

19

16

23

18

Palestine

Gaza Strip

1986

30

42

18

-

-

1994

20

11

10

8

8

West Bank

1986

a

2

43

13

29

3

1994

15

26

26

19

12

Philippines

1984

f

8

./.

25

64

3

1995

15

6

30

28

19

Qatar

1985

49

29

3

19

-

1995

37

29

8

18

-

Republic of Korea

1986

14

16

25

36

8

1995

8

18

29

36

7

Saudi Arabia

1985

a

17

48

15

17

3

1995

57

18

4

15

2

Singapore

1985

6

12

16

64

2

1995

7

8

24

58

2

Sri Lanka

1984

10

1

59

22

7

1994

6

29

28

29

7

Syrian Arab Rep.

1985

35

10

13

33

9

1995

h

4

18

21

41

16

Thailand

1985

42

2

37

17

2

1995

7

7

56

18

11

Turkey

1985

27

9

25

30

9

1994

13

6

33

30

18

Europe

Albania

1985

9

8

18

56

6

1994

25

12

12

37

11

Austria

1985

2

21

37

22

17

1995

17

13

32

25

11

Belarus

1985

33

1

12

47

7

1995

15

16

10

47

10

Belgium

1985

21

8

29

24

18

1993

13

5

39

26

13

Bulgaria

1985

24

13

16

36

11

1995

19

7

25

32

14

Denmark

1985

26

9

14

22

21

1995

13

9

28

28

16

Finland

1985

8

7

15

40

28

1995

11

8

17

35

29

France

1982

5

24

30

29

10

1993

14

16

36

31

3

Greece

1985

18

12

31

30

10

1993

26

4

25

26

16

Holy See

1984

7

82

11

-

-

1996

8

78

14

-

-

Hungary

1985

39

4

16

31

10

1995

42

5

16

26

9

Ireland

1985

14

26

21

31

8

1994

5

5

46

40

4

Italy

1985

3

14

22

24

32

1995

2

10

24

16

15

Malta

1985

1

1

36

63

-

1995

23

17

37

11

11

Netherlands

1985

26

8

28

21

13

1995

15

8

43

21

12

Norway

1985

20

27

23

17

9

1995

10

22

39

14

9

Poland

1985

20

6

24

33

15

1994

17

8

26

22

25

Portugal

1985

20

19

21

20

14

1995

18

9

40

20

10

Romania

1985

5

-

14

70

10

1994

2

8

16

63

10

Spain

1985

26

13

22

17

17

1995

10

10

43

22

11

Sweden

1988

18

3

13

39

24

1995

24

6

24

28

18

United Kingdom

1985

7

12

29

30

20

1995

11

16

31

26

15

Oceania

Australia

1985

29

18

21

25

6

1995

17

15

29

22

15

New Zealand

1985

17

23

24

30

6

1995

13

21

33

19

11