More than half of workers in science and technology roles in Cyprus were women in 2025, placing the country slightly below the EU average but above parity, according to figures published by Eurostat on Friday.
Across the European Union, more than 81.6 million people aged 15 to 74 were employed in science and technology occupations in 2025. This represented a 1.8% increase compared with 2024, equal to around 1.5 million additional workers. Compared with 2015, the figure was up by 25.3%.
Women accounted for 52.5% of the EU total, or 42.8 million people. Their number rose by 2.3% compared with 2024 and by 27.9% compared with 2015, corresponding to more than 9.3 million additional women over the past decade.
Eurostat defines science and technology occupations as jobs requiring high-level professional or technical knowledge in fields including natural and life sciences, social sciences and the humanities.
At NUTS 1 regional level, the highest shares of women in science and technology were recorded in Latvia, at 62.4%, followed by Great Plain and North in Hungary, at 61.1%, and Estonia, at 60.5%. The lowest shares were recorded in Corsica in France, at 42.7%, Malta, at 46.0%, and Centro in Italy, at 47.2%.
Scientists and engineers accounted for around 24.8% of all people employed in science and technology in the EU. Germany had the largest number in absolute terms, with 4.2 million scientists and engineers.
Despite women forming a majority in science and technology occupations overall, Eurostat said they remained underrepresented among scientists and engineers. Women made up 40.8% of this group in 2025, an increase of just 0.5 percentage points over the past decade.
However, the number of women working as scientists and engineers increased sharply between 2015 and 2025, rising by 54.4%, from 5.3 million to 8.2 million.
Source: CNA
