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.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 |