The US awarded 2,874 ICT PhDs in 2023, 2.4 times the UK; Mexico's count rose 76% in a year

What the chart shows

The United States awarded 2,874 ICT doctorates in 2023, up 4.2% on 2022. The United Kingdom (1,218) and Germany (1,004) are the only other countries shown above 1,000; France follows with 830.

Growth was fastest in smaller systems: Mexico rose 76% to 254, Switzerland 32% to 187 and Italy 28% to 248. South Korea (−5.2%) and Germany (−0.4%) were the only countries shown with fewer PhD graduates than in 2022.

Key numbers

How to read it

• ICT follows the OECD’s International Standard Classification of Education: informatics, information and communication technologies, and computer science.
• Counts include everyone graduating from a country’s institutions, whatever their nationality. The OECD data covers its members and some other countries; India, China and most of Africa are missing, and 2023 is the latest year.
• 2022 values come from the same file and are used only for the year-on-year changes.