Women more than half of EU’s science & technology workforce in 2023

ISTANBUL

Women represented more than half of the science and technology workforce in the European Union in 2023, Eurostat said on Thursday.

The EU saw an increase of 2.9% in science and technology employment in 2023, reaching 78.3 million people, including 52% women, predominantly in service activities.

The highest percentages of women in science and technology were in the Baltic nations of Lithuania and Latvia at 63%, and the lowest in Malta with 45%, among some regions of Italy.

“Despite women making up the majority of the people employed in science and technology, they were underrepresented as scientists and engineers, accounting for 41% of total scientists and engineers in 2023,” said Eurostat.