Based on report from eurosat, in 2017, 2018 and 2019, of almost 17.6, 18.3 and 19.1 million scientists and engineers in the EU respectively, 59% were men and 41% women with an slightly increase in women contribution per year.
Men were particularly overrepresented in high and medium-high technology manufacturing (83% of scientists and engineers in such manufacturing were male), while the gender ratio in the services sector was more balanced (55% male and 45% female).
| Total | Males | Females | Males (%) | Females (%) | |
| 2017 | 17,628.6 | 10,478.8 | 7,149.9 | 59.442043 | 40.5585242 |
| 2018 | 18,321.9 | 10,852.1 | 7,469.8 | 59.230211 | 40.7697892 |
| 2019 | 19,124.1 | 11,301.9 | 7,822.2 | 59.097683 | 40.902317 |
The source dataset is available here .
However, in five EU Member States, the majority of scientists and engineers were women: Lithuania (57% female), Bulgaria and Latvia (both 53%), Portugal (51%) and Denmark (just over 50%).
Less than one third of scientists and engineers were women in Hungary and Luxembourg (both 25%), Finland (29%), and Germany (33%).
The source dataset is available here .
References:
- https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/-/EDN-20190211-1