Let’s look at the percentage of female graduates (both in first degree and doctoral degree) in mathematics and computer sciences in OECD countries for year 2004:
a) % of female in first degree of mathematics and computer sciences:
Country / Mathematics, computer sciences
South Korea — 42.6
Italy — 42.5
Finland — 42.0
Sweden — 41.1
Portugal — 41.0
Greece — 40.2
Taiwan (2005) — 36.1
France — 33.6
Canada — 29.6
New Zealand — 29.5
Hungary — 29.5
Ireland — 29.2
United States — 29.1
Spain — 28.5
Germany — 27.5
Australia — 27.2
Iceland — 27.1
United Kingdom — 26.7
Denmark — 19.7
Austria — 19.5
Norway — 18.9
Belgium — 17.8
Switzerland — 12.0
Netherlands — 10.8
b) % of female in doctoral degree of mathematics and computer sciences:
Country / Mathematics, computer sciences
Portugal — 39.6
Italy — 38.4
New Zealand — 36.4
South Korea — 31.9
Spain — 29.8
Sweden — 29.4
Denmark — 26.0
United States — 24.8
Australia — 23.5
United Kingdom — 22.7
Finland — 22.7
France — 21.0
Ireland — 19.4
Germany — 18.6
Canada — 18.1
Belgium — 17.9
Switzerland — 17.0
Greece — 15.9
Taiwan (2005) — 15.7
Austria — 8.5
Japan — NA
Netherlands — NA
Norway — NA
Source: National Science Foundation, Science and Engineering Indicators 2008
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