UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT

Women in science
Table 3.1: Female researchers by field of science, 2013 or closest year (%)
Year
Natural
sciences
Engineering and
technology
Medical
sciences
Agricultural
sciences
Social sciences
and humanities
Albania 2008 43.0 30.3 60.3 37.9 48.1
Angola 2011 35.0 9.1 51.1 22.4 26.8
Armenia 2013 46.4 33.5 61.7 66.7 56.3
Azerbaijan 2013 53.9 46.5 58.3 38.5 57.4
Bahrain 2013 40.5 32.1 45.9 – 43.0
Belarus 2013 50.6 31.5 64.6 60.1 59.5
Bosnia & Herzegovina 2013 43.7 29.6 58.1 42.7 47.0
Botswana 2012 27.8 7.9 43.6 18.1 37.5
Bulgaria 2012 51.0 32.4 58.8 55.6 55.8
Burkina Faso 2010 10.1 11.6 27.7 17.4 35.9
Cabo Verde 2011 35.0 19.6 60.0 100.0 54.5
Chile 2008 26.5 19.0 34.4 27.8 32.7
Colombia 2012 31.8 21.6 52.5 33.6 39.9
Costa Rica 2011 36.7 30.9 60.8 31.5 53.6
Croatia 2012 49.7 34.9 56.1 45.8 55.5
Cyprus 2012 38.7 25.4 46.3 22.8 43.6
Czech Rep. 2012 28.2 12.8 50.6 36.1 42.2
Egypt 2013 40.7 17.7 45.9 27.9 49.7
El Salvador 2013 35.4 17.7 65.0 35.5 46.4
Estonia 2012 38.2 32.0 65.0 49.7 61.8
Ethiopia 2013 12.2 7.1 26.1 7.6 13.3
Gabon 2009 31.4 20.0 58.3 30.2 17.0
Ghana 2010 16.9 6.6 20.8 15.5 22.3
Greece 2011 30.7 29.5 43.0 33.1 46.0
Guatemala 2012 44.1 43.5 60.6 17.2 53.6
Hungary 2012 24.0 20.0 48.1 37.8 44.8
Iran 2010 34.3 19.6 29.5 24.5 25.5
Iraq 2011 43.6 25.7 41.4 26.1 33.7
Japan 2013 12.6 5.3 30.8 21.5 31.9
Jordan 2008 25.7 18.4 44.1 18.7 31.7
Kazakhstan 2013 51.9 44.7 69.5 43.4 59.1
Kenya 2010 14.4 11.2 20.0 30.4 37.1
Korea, Rep. 2013 27.4 10.3 45.6 25.6 40.4
Kuwait 2013 41.8 29.9 44.9 43.8 34.7
Kyrgyzstan 2011 46.5 30.0 44.0 50.0 48.7
Latvia 2012 47.6 34.7 63.7 59.5 65.9
Lesotho 2009 42.0 16.7 – 40.0 75.0
Lithuania 2012 43.9 34.1 61.5 56.5 65.4
Macedonia, FYR 2012 40.4 40.1 64.2 45.5 52.0
Madagascar 2011 34.6 18.7 33.8 24.9 44.8
Malawi 2010 22.2 6.5 17.5 12.5 32.8
Malaysia 2012 49.0 49.8 50.8 48.9 51.6
Mali 2006 7.2 15.1 14.9 25.9 12.2
Malta 2012 27.2 17.2 49.3 26.2 34.8
Mauritius 2012 36.4 19.4 41.7 45.4 51.9
Moldova 2013 45.7 29.0 52.5 45.4 61.0
Mongolia 2013 48.7 45.9 64.2 54.6 40.6
Montenegro 2011 56.7 37.0 58.5 54.5 49.0
Morocco 2011 31.5 26.3 44.1 20.5 27.1
Mozambique 2010 27.8 28.9 53.1 20.4 32.0
Netherlands 2012 23.3 14.9 42.8 31.9 40.8
Oman 2013 13.0 6.2 30.0 27.6 23.1
Pakistan 2013 33.8 15.4 37.0 11.0 39.9
Palestine 2007 21.2 9.6 25.5 11.8 27.9
Philippines 2007 59.5 39.9 70.2 51.3 63.2
Poland 2012 37.0 20.6 56.3 49.7 47.3
Portugal 2012 44.5 28.5 60.8 53.2 52.5
Qatar 2012 21.7 12.5 27.8 17.9 34.3
Romania 2012 46.8 39.0 59.1 51.0 49.8
Russian Fed. 2013 41.5 35.9 59.5 56.4 60.3
Saudi Arabia 2009 2.3 2.0 22.2 – –
Senegal 2010 16.7 13.0 31.7 24.4 26.1
Serbia 2012 55.2 35.9 50.4 60.0 51.8
Slovakia 2013 44.3 25.8 58.5 45.5 52.1
Slovenia 2012 37.5 19.5 54.2 52.8 51.0
Sri Lanka 2010 40.0 27.0 46.4 38.2 29.8
Tajikistan 2013 30.3 18.0 67.6 23.5 29.3
Togo 2012 9.0 7.7 8.3 3.2 14.1
Trinidad & Tobago 2012 44.2 32.6 52.3 39.6 55.3
Turkey 2013 36.0 25.6 47.3 32.9 41.8
Uganda 2010 17.1 23.3 30.6 19.7 27.0
Ukraine 2013 44.5 37.2 65.0 55.0 63.4
Uzbekistan 2011 35.4 30.1 53.6 24.9 46.5
Venezuela 2009 35.1 40.4 64.9 47.6 62.8
Zimbabwe 2012 25.3 23.3 40.0 25.5 25.6
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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, August 2015
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