Share of women researchers by sector of performance

In 2021, Portugal's share of women researchers by sector of performance increased by 0.2% compared to 2020, reaching 42.6.

Portugal accounts for 126.2% of the EU-27 total of 33.7.

Portugal ranks 6th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.1% (from 43.5 in 2016).

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