Brussels: Europe and the Arabs

In 2022, approximately 76 million people in the EU between the ages of 15 and 74 were employed in science and technology (+2.5% compared to 2021). Of the 76 million people working in science and technology, 52% were women (no change compared to 2021). Women working in science and technology mostly work in services, with the exception of Malta, where only 48 percent of women work in services. According to what was stated in a statement issued by the European Statistical Office in Brussels, "Eurostat", which also stated that
Across EU regions, the highest percentage of women working in science and technology in 2022 is observed in Lithuania and the French island of Corsica (both 64%), followed by Latvia (63%). At the other end of the scale, the lowest share was recorded in the Italian northwest region (45%), followed by Malta and the Italian regions in the south and northeast (all 46%).
Among the science and technology workforce, one significant subset consists of scientists and engineers.
  Scientists and engineers made up nearly a quarter (24%) of all people working in science and technology in the EU (+3.6% compared to 2021), with the largest number of scientists and engineers across EU countries working in Germany (over 3.5 million).
Although women make up the majority of people working in science and technology, they are underrepresented as scientists and engineers, representing only 41% of all scientists and engineers in 2022. This share has grown by only two percentage points (pp) over the past 10 years ( from 39% in 2012 to 41% in 2022), but the absolute number of women working as scientists and engineers grew by about 50% in that period (from roughly 5 million in 2012 to 7.3 million in 2022).