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FINLAND<br />

NORWAY<br />

Women in science<br />

ICELAND<br />

RUSSIAN<br />

FEDERATION<br />

ESTONIA<br />

SWEDEN<br />

LATVIA<br />

DENMARK<br />

LITHUANIA<br />

UNITED KINGDOM<br />

BELARUS<br />

NETHERLANDS<br />

POLAND<br />

GERMANY<br />

BELGIUM<br />

LUXEMBOURG<br />

CZECH REP.<br />

SLOVAKIA<br />

UKRAINE<br />

MOLDOVA<br />

HUNGARY<br />

AUSTRIA<br />

SWITZERLAND<br />

FRANCE<br />

ROMANIA<br />

SLOVENIA<br />

CROATIA<br />

SERBIA<br />

BULGARIA<br />

ITALY<br />

SPAIN<br />

GREECE TURKEY<br />

PORTUGAL<br />

BOS. &<br />

HERZ.<br />

MONTENEGRO<br />

MACEDONIA<br />

ALBANIA<br />

FYR<br />

CYPRUS<br />

Chapter 3<br />

Regional shares of female researchers,<br />

2013 (%)<br />

Southeast Europe<br />

48.5<br />

Caribbean<br />

44.4<br />

Central Asia<br />

44.3<br />

Latin America<br />

44.3<br />

Eastern Europe<br />

40.2<br />

Arab States<br />

36.8<br />

European Free Trade<br />

Association<br />

34.2<br />

European Union<br />

33.1<br />

Sub-Saharan Africa<br />

30.0<br />

West Asia<br />

27.2<br />

Southeast Asia<br />

22.5<br />

South Asia<br />

16.9<br />

Note: Data are unavailable for North America. The regional<br />

averages are based on available data and are derived by using<br />

the nearest year’s data, whenever data are missing for 2013.<br />

Spotlight on Europe<br />

0 – 14.9%<br />

15 – 24.9%<br />

25 – 34.9%<br />

35 – 44.9%<br />

45 – 54.9%<br />

55% or more<br />

Data unavailable<br />

33.1%<br />

Share of women researchers<br />

in the European Union<br />

Note: Data for the most recent year available since<br />

2007. For China, data cover R&D personnel rather than<br />

researchers. For Congo, India and Israel, data are based<br />

on full-time equivalents rather than head counts.<br />

Source: <strong>UNESCO</strong> Institute for Statistics estimates based<br />

on data from its database, July 2015<br />

IRELAND<br />

89

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