EIGE

B1a. Proportion of women graduates in tertiary (ISCED levels 5-8) and vocational (ISCED levels 3-4) education and training in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) – of all graduates in the study field bpfa_b__uoe_share_stem_ehw__stem

Time format:
Years
Unit:
Percentage (comparable)
Description:

The share of women graduates of all graduates in STEM fields of education indicates the gender composition of a persistently men-dominated study field.

The definition of study fields relies on the ISCED classification of education and training (ISCED-F 2013), thus enabling comparison of EU countries based on harmonised definitions. The indicator monitors two educational levels: vocational education, including upper secondary (ISCED 35) and post-secondary non-tertiary vocational education programmes (ISCED 45), and tertiary education across ISCED Levels 5–8.

Though data cover all EU Member States annually, data gaps across countries and years exist. Due to data availability and reliability limits (i.e. small sample size) across Member States, data are based on three-year averages (2013 to 2015). This helps to compensate for the data gaps in some years and to smooth variations due to a low number of graduates in selected fields and countries, where even small changes in terms of absolute numbers can indicate a large change in relative terms.

EU28
BE
BG
CZ
DK
DE
EE
IE
EL
ES
FR
HR
IT
CY
LV
LT
LU
HU
MT
NL
AT
PL
PT
RO
SI
SK
FI
SE
UK
2015
2015
2015
2015
2015
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shr_w_stem_ict
shr_w_stem_engmancon
shr_w_stem_tert
shr_w_stem_voc
EU28
54
17
19
33
13
BE
41
6
13
26
8
BG
67
41
27
38
26
CZ
59
12
18
34
11
DK
50
21
22
35
10
DE
48
14
14
27
10
EE
79
25
29
40
36
IE
51
20
15
26
20
EL
53
31
19
38
12
ES
53
18
22
30
14
FR
47
17
16
31
11
HR
64
21
18
32
16
IT
56
17
22
41
17
CY
78
34
17
39
5
LV
61
18
19
33
10
LT
59
17
18
30
9
LU
48
8
12
27
11
HU
52
14
16
31
9
MT
53
16
16
29
16
NL
43
8
12
26
7
AT
50
13
16
26
12
PL
71
14
25
43
11
PT
62
15
27
40
17
RO
65
34
34
41
33
SI
61
9
16
32
9
SK
64
12
18
36
10
FI
56
15
19
28
17
SE
52
27
20
33
11
UK
53
19
23
38

Available flags:

b break in time series c confidential
d definition differs, see metadata e estimated
f forecast i see metadata
m imputed n not significant
p provisional r revised
s Eurostat estimate u low reliability
x dropped due to insufficient sample size y unreliable due to small sample size
z not applicable