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Science and technology: Key tables from OECD - ISSN 2075-843X - © OECD 2010

 Science and technology: Key tables from OECD

 Women researchers
 As a percentage of total researchers (headcount)
 
 
 
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
 
Australia
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
Austria
..
 
20.7
 
..
 
23.6
 
..
 
25.3
 
26.4
 
..
 
 
Belgium
..
 
27.7
 
28.1
 
28.8
 
29.6
 
30.7
 
31.1
 
..
 
 
Canada
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
Chile
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
Czech Republic
28.8
 
29.5
 
28.3
 
28.5
 
28.8
 
28.5
 
28.3
 
28.5
 
 
Denmark
28.0
 
26.2
 
28.1
 
..
 
29.7
 
..
 
30.2
 
..
 
 
Finland
29.1
 
29.9
 
29.8
 
29.0
 
30.2
 
31.6
 
31.5
 
30.7
 
 
France
27.5
 
27.8
 
27.8
 
27.8
 
28.0
 
27.4
 
..
 
..
 
 
Germany
..
 
..
 
19.5
 
..
 
21.4
 
..
 
23.2
 
..
 
 
Greece
35.3
 
..
 
37.1
 
..
 
36.4
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
Hungary
33.0
 
33.7
 
35.1
 
34.5
 
34.2
 
33.5
 
33.5
 
33.0
 
 
Iceland
34.7
 
..
 
39.4
 
..
 
39.3
 
38.6
 
37.8
 
37.8
 
 
Ireland
..
 
30.2
 
30.2
 
30.0
 
30.3
 
31.2
 
32.0
 
 p
..
 
 
Israel 1
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
Italy
28.1
 
28.7
 
29.3
 
29.9
 
32.4
 
33.3
 
33.2
 
..
 
 
Japan
10.7
 
11.2
 
11.6
 
11.9
 
11.9
 
12.4
 
13.0
 
13.0
 
 
Korea
11.1
 
11.6
 
11.4
 
12.0
 
12.9
 
13.1
 
14.9
 
15.6
 
 
Luxembourg
..
 
..
 
17.4
 
 c
..
 
18.2
 
..
 
24.1
 
 c
..
 
 
Mexico
..
 
..
 
31.6
 
 c
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
Netherlands
..
 
..
 
17.2
 
..
 
18.0
 
 c
..
 
23.0
 
..
 
 
New Zealand
39.3
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
Norway
28.3
 
..
 
29.4
 
..
 
31.7
 
..
 
33.3
 
33.9
 
 
Poland
..
 
..
 
39.3
 
38.9
 
39.3
 
39.5
 
39.9
 
39.5
 
 
Portugal
43.6
 
44.0
 
 c
44.3
 
44.4
 
 c
44.4
 
43.8
 
 c
43.4
 
..
 
 
Slovak Republic
..
 
39.6
 
40.6
 
41.2
 
41.5
 
41.8
 
42.3
 
42.3
 
 
Slovenia
35.36
 
35.09
 
32.20
 
32.52
 
34.79
 
35.28
 
34.88
 
35.08
 
 
Spain
35.4
 
35.2
 
36.3
 
36.1
 
36.7
 
36.7
 
37.0
 
..
 
 
Sweden
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
35.8
 
..
 
34.5
 
..
 
 
Switzerland
..
 
..
 
..
 
26.7
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
30.2
 
 
Turkey
35.2
 
35.6
 
35.9
 
36.4
 
36.1
 
36.3
 
36.7
 
..
 
 
United Kingdom
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
35.7
 
 c
..
 
36.6
 
 c
..
 
 
United States
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
OECD Total 2
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
Last updated: 27 September 2010
Note:  Country specific footnotes are available at www.oecd.org/dataoecd/52/43/43143328.pdf
The statistical data for Israel are supplied by and under the responsibility of the relevant Israeli authorities. The use of such data by the OECD is without prejudice to the status of the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem and Israeli settlements in the West Bank under the terms of international law.
Excluding Chile, Israel and Slovenia
National estimate or projection adjusted, if necessary, by the Secretariat to meet OECD norms
Provisional
Source: Main Science and Technology Indicators, OECD Science, Technology and R&D Statistics
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