EIGE

National academies of science: presidents and members of the highest decision-making body wmidm_educ__wmid_acadsci

Time format:
Years
Unit:
Percentage of total (comparable)
Unit:
Head count
Description:

The Gender Statistics Database (GSD) of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) contains data on the numbers of women and men in key decision-making positions across a number of different life domains. Data may cover international, European, national, regional and local levels and currently include 37 European countries. Data covered the United Kingdom up to 2024. The GSD aims to provide reliable statistics that can be used to monitor the current situation and trends over time.

The domains covered include politics, public administration, judiciary, business and finance, social partners and NGOs, environment, media, science and research, sports, transport, COVID-19, and EU funding. The decision-making positions covered are specific to each area.

A decision-making position is a position from which it is possible to take or influence a decision:

  • within a domain: at organisational level. This restricts coverage to organisations having a major influence in the domain at the territorial level of interest, which is usually national but can also be international, European, regional or local;
  • within an organisation: at hierarchical level. This restricts coverage to positions within the hierarchy that have a major input to decision-making within the organisation.

WMID Methodological report

The science and research domain includes statistics on women and men in key decision-making positions in national academies of science and research funding organisations.

Organisations covered:

Officially identified national (or royal) academies of sciences operating at the national level and focusing on at least one of the 2007 FOS level 2 scientific fields.

Positions covered:

  • President: chairperson of the highest decision-making body
  • Members: members of the highest decision-making body (count includes the president)

Mapping tables:

AL
BA
IPA
XK
LU
ME
MK
RS
TR
UK
LT
RO
HR
EL
IT
HU
PL
SK
ES
CZ
CY
FR
LV
EU27_2020
BE
SI
SE
EEA
NL
NO
PT
FI
DK
DE
AT
IE
BG
EE
2025
2023
2021
2019
2017
AL
0
0
BA
25
25
28.6
IPA
11.1
12.3
13.8
XK
0
37.5
37.5
LU
0(z)
ME
0
0
0
MK
9.1
9.1
18.2
RS
7.7
0
0
TR
15.4
9.1
0
UK
48.4
41.3
46.3
31.6
LT
0
0
0
0
0
RO
0
0
0
0
0
HR
11.1
11.8
11.8
15.8
10.5
EL
12.5
11.1
22.2
11.1
0
IT
16.7
12.5
12.5
12.5
0
HU
17.2
13.8
11.1
12.9
9.4
PL
17.6
16
15.1
15.7
8.2
SK
20
18.2
9.1
13.6
18.2
ES
22
18
15.7
12.5
11.8
CZ
23.5
23.5
35.3
35.3
23.5
CY
25
0
0
20
FR
25.8
12.1
14.3
14.3
21.2
LV
31.8
24
24
26.9
25.9
EU27_2020
32.4
27.9
24.3
22.7
20
BE
36.5
40.9
33.8
32.3
22.1
SI
38.5
16.7
15.4
7.7
0
SE
41.9
48.3
37.7
32.8
36.8
EEA
42.9
42.9
57.1
57.1
NL
42.9
42.9
42.9
33.3
0
NO
42.9
42.9
57.1
57.1
PT
42.9
0
14.3
20
20
FI
43.2
36.8
31.6
36.1
30.6
DK
44.4
57.1
33.3
28.6
28.6
DE
45.5
27.3
27.3
16.7
16.7
AT
50
50
0
0
25
IE
59.1
50
50
40.9
34.8
BG
72
63
55.6
55.6
51.9
EE
72.7
16.7
16.7
0
0

Available flags:

b break in time series c confidential
d definition differs, see metadata e estimated
f forecast i see metadata
m imputed n not significant
p provisional r revised
s Eurostat estimate u low reliability
x dropped due to insufficient sample size y unreliable due to small sample size
z not applicable