In 2025, the percentage of women among scientists and engineers in Cyprus stood at 37.8 percent, with their number totaling 19,600, according to data published Tuesday by Eurostat.
At the EU level, a total of 20.2 million scientists and engineers were employed that same year, of whom 8.2 million, or 41%, were women.
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Among the EU regions classified at the NUTS 1 level, the highest number of female scientists and engineers was recorded in Île-de-France, the region surrounding the French capital, with 336,300. Women accounted for 38% of all scientists and engineers in the region.
Next were North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany with 281,400 women and a 35% share, the Este region in Spain with 279,400 and 46%, West-Nederland in the Netherlands with 271,600 and 40%, Bavaria in Germany with 271,100 and 35%, and Continente in Portugal with 265,100 and 46%.
Over 50% in ten regions
According to Eurostat, in 2025 there were ten EU regions in which women accounted for more than half of the total number of scientists and engineers.
Most were located in the southern EU, with four in Spain, two in Portugal, and one in Greece. The remaining three were the Central Makroregion in Poland, the northernmost region of Sweden, and the French outermost regions.
Eurostat notes that most of these regions had a relatively small total number of scientists and engineers.
The highest number among these regions was recorded in Noreste, Spain, where 102,700 women scientists and engineers were employed, accounting for 51% of the total.
Source: KYPE
