Eurostat on women in science and technology 2025

More than 81.6 million people aged 15 to 74 were employed in S&T in the EU, up 1.8% from 2024 (1.5 million more), and increased by 25.3% since 2015. Women represent 52.5% of all people employed in S&T, with 42.8 million working mainly in service activities. Their number rose by 2.3% compared with 2024 and by 27.9% over the past decade, an increase of more than 9.3 million. At regional level, the highest shares of women in S&T were recorded in Latvia (62.4%), the Hungarian region of Great Plain and North (61.1%), and Estonia (60.5%). Despite women´s majority in the wider S&T workforce, they remained underrepresented among scientists and engineers, accounting for 40.8% in 2025. This share increased only slightly over the past 10 years, although the no. of women in these occupations rose sharply from 5.3 million in 2015 to 8.2 million in 2025.

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