Based on a comparison of 34 countries in 2012, USA ranked the highest in number of tertiary students - females with 244,485 followed by Germany and France. On the other end of the scale was Liechtenstein with 31.0, Malta with 33.0 and Luxembourg with 173.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Tertiary students - Females indicator page.
| Number of Tertiary students - Females | Unit | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Austria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7,692 | 8,309 | 7,923 | 8,402 | 12,631 | |||||||||||
| Czechia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8,594 | 9,248 | 9,642 | 10,189 | 10,852 | |||||||||||
| Finland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11,426 | 11,401 | 11,329 | 11,000 | 10,771 | |||||||||||
| France | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32,175 | 33,290 | 32,564 | 33,480 | 33,244 | |||
| Germany | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Italy | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19,774 | 20,942 | 20,704 | 20,810 | 20,124 | |||||||||||
| Japan | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22,279 | 22,690 | 23,053 | 23,189 | 23,644 | |||||||||||
| Poland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16,131 | 15,926 | 16,271 | 16,880 | 18,693 | |||||||||||
| Portugal | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11,494 | 10,425 | 9,060 | 8,457 | 9,065 | ||||||||||
| Romania | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10,482 | 12,626 | 13,153 | 13,550 | 13,896 | ||||||
| Spain | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 39,298 | 37,682 | 35,024 | 40,111 | 35,860 | |||||||||||
| Sweden | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10,403 | 10,300 | 9,881 | 9,869 | 9,909 | |||||||||||
| Switzerland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,953 | 7,257 | 7,700 | 8,161 | 8,693 | |||||||
| Turkey | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12,823 | 13,857 | 15,031 | 16,004 | 19,438 | |||||||||
| USA | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 201,529 | 206,537 | 230,700 | 228,528 | 239,240 |
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