Proportion of women scientists and engineers in the EU: among the EU Member States, the proportion of female scientists and engineers varied widely in 2020, ranging from 52% in Lithuania, Portugal and Denmark to 30% in Finland and 31% in Hungary.
Proportion of women scientists and engineers in the EU: among the EU Member States, the proportion of female scientists and engineers varied widely in 2020, ranging from 52% in Lithuania, Portugal and Denmark to 30% in Finland and 31% in Hungary.
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In 2020, there were almost 6.6 million female scientists and engineers in the EU, 254 500 more than in 2019, accounting for 41% of total employment in science and engineering.
By sector, women were underrepresented in manufacturing (where only 22% of scientists and engineers were female), while there was more of a gender balance in the services sector (46%).
At NUTS1 regional level, female scientists and engineers were in the majority in 11 EU regions:
* four regions of Spain: North-West and Centre both 52%, Canary Islands and North-East both with 51%,
* two regions in Portugal: Madeira (56%) and Continental Portugal (51%),
* North and South-East Bulgaria, Eastern Poland (both 57%), Northern Sweden (56%), as well as Lithuania and Denmark (both 52% and single regions at this level of detail).
At the other end of the scale, the smallest proportion of female scientists and engineers was recorded in the German region of Baden-Württemberg and in the Hungarian region of Transdanubia (both 29%).
[Source](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/-/edn-20220211-2).
Not surprised by Spain : every once in a while I see data reflecting that, for women, Spain is one of the “fairest” place in the world to live in, overall.
Oh no Finland what is this? 🤭
This is not a map of the EU though
I wonder if migration of scientists has an effect on those numbers at all, or if the impact would be too small.
The two red regions in Germany are heavily dominated by the automotive industry (Daimler, Porsche, Audi, BMW), which traditionally has a very high proportion of males.
Overall, Germany is pretty disappointing in that respect.
england was too ashamed to give numbers. even turkey reported it!
Ahh, nice. United Iberian States.
I am an aerospace engineer from Politecnico di Milano. We had roughly 15% of women in the first year and 5% in the last year. I know that these figures are quite different nowadays though, women enrollment seems way higher. And it all changed in a matter of a few years. Politecnico is pushing hard on getting it equal, exploiting successful women in aerospace like Amalia Finzi to get the message through.
You bring shame to this family, Madrid.
I am surprised that for once Wallonia is doing better than Flanders. I guess it might be related to chemical industry.
Curious about what may be the cause of the apparent ‘north-south divide’ in Greece
For Turkey this is a weird map. The capital, Ankara, has a lot of educated people generally being the leader of similar maps. However it is combined with a staunchly conservative province Konya.
It’s not the same scientist and engineer.
Innscuence women win for sure but in engineering the average in Spain is <25%
It’s nice to see Spain doing so well, but I think the map would be different for Spain if scientist and engineers were separated.
In my experience it is true that all of the science universities are filled with both women and men but the engineering ones are not like that.
In my university (computer engineering) the proportion was around 80-90% men when I started my studies. It is true that it is slowly improving and every year I see more women at the university, but it is still far from being 50/50.
As a recent graduate in Finance and Economics I have to say that women on average are more competent than men among my peers. It’s just my experience, i think it has something to do with maturity.
It’s almost as if men and women make different choices.
funny how Poland’s stereotypically most backwards regions have the most female scientists
I’m having a stroke looking at the distribution of spain lol
Hmm.We need to show this mapp to lithuanian feminist.😁
52% in Denmark? I guess it’s time to focus on the struggle of men when it comes to STEM careers here. For the sake of gender equality of course.
just a couple more years and I will count as 0.0001%
Funny that two regions in Poland with over 50% female engineers are two the most conservative
I somehow doubt the Danish figures. I mean, I wish it was approximately 50/50, but we only _just_ reached parity in STEM _graduates_ a few years ago + I’m like 99% certain we have a lot fewer female engineers than male, so how can Denmark be at 52% women…? What are the subdivisions of these groups?
I’m not sure if engineers and scientists is good grouping. I’d suspect in Finland the ratio of scientists is very close, while the ratio of engineers is very uneven.
This map seems quite misleading. The proportion of women in engineering is much lower compared to scientific research. In Finland research has a majority of women, while men dominate engineering.
Gender isn’t important in work fields, sure there are tendencies but so what?
NO WAY FOR ONCE WE ARENT BEHIND THE BRITS?
Do the plumbing industry next.
Do any trade that keeps ‘society’ running every day?
I bet you take for granted what is done with your poop.
Not in my field of study (economics), that’s for sure.
Why Hungary is different from other Eastern European countries
Very big gap in Finland. All surronding countries are blue. Strange. Didn’t even know this was an issue.