Hungary has joint lowest ratio of women in science, engineering
Eurostat
Hungary has the joint lowest ratio of women to men in science and engineering in the European Union, according to a survey by the EU’s official statistical agency Eurostat.
Proportion of women scientists and engineers in the EU (illustration: Eurostat)
A mere 25% of those who work in science and engineering were women in Hungary in 2017, the year from which the data are taken. The only other country with a 25% ratio was Luxembourg. The two other countries with a ratio below one-third were Finland (29%), and Germany (33%).
The EU average ratio amounted to 41%, with Lithuania topping the list with a ratio of 57%, followed by Bulgaria and Latvia (both 53%), and Portugal (51%).
In 2017, almost 18 million people worked in science and engineering in the EU, Eurostat says.
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