Engineers and scientists, rising numbers in European international locations | EUROtoday

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The development is there, even when the numbers are nonetheless low: in EU international locations the variety of ladies working as scientists and engineers is rising. In the area of 16 years the determine has greater than doubled. It went from 3.4 million in 2008 to five.2 million in 2014, after which reached 7.9 million in 2024.

«Across all financial actions, ladies represented 40.5% of the workforce of scientists and engineers in 2024 – says a Eurostat report -. This share was highest within the whole knowledge-intensive providers with a share of 45.1% and within the service classes with a forty five.0%. In manufacturing, ladies represented 22.4 p.c of scientists and engineers, whereas in different actions, that share was 23.6 p.c.”

The highest percentage in Latvia

The highest percentage of women scientists and engineers, in 2024, was recorded in Latvia where the share of the total was 50.9%, then in Denmark, 48.8%, Estonia 47.9%, Spain 47.6% and Bulgaria and Ireland, both 47.3%. The lowest representation of female scientists and engineers was in Finland 30.7%, followed by Hungary 31.7%, Luxembourg 32.4%, Slovakia 33.6% and Germany 34.6%. In 4 regions of Spain the percentage exceeded 50%.

Among the bottom countries, with the lowest percentages, are the Hungarian region of Közép-Magyarország (with 30.0%), the Finnish region of Manner-Suomi (30.7%), and the German regions of Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse.

It’s not significantly better in Italy the place the numbers are lower than 40%: the proportion of ladies out of the overall variety of scientists and engineers is 38,015 in central Italy, 37.5% within the islands and 34,949% within the north west, 34,574% within the north east, and 31,113% within the south. Some development has been recorded within the enrollment of ladies within the register of engineers.