Share of women researchers by sector of performance

In 2021, Italy's share of women researchers by sector of performance increased by 3.4% compared to 2020, reaching 36.1.

Italy accounts for 107.0% of the EU-27 total of 33.7.

Italy ranks 14th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.6% (from 35.2 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00005, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.