Eurostat reports gender gap in science and engineering professions for 2025

Data released by Eurostat on Tuesday reveals that Cyprus had 19,600 female scientists and engineers in 2025, accounting for 37.8 per cent of the country’s workforce in these sectors. This figure places Cyprus below the European Union average, where women represented 41 per cent of the 20.2 million scientists and engineers employed across the bloc.

Across the European Union, there were 8.2 million female scientists and engineers in 2025. The French region of Île-de-France recorded the highest number of women in these fields at 336,300, representing 38 per cent of its local workforce. Other notable regions included North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany and the Spanish region of Este. Eurostat further noted that there were ten regions across the bloc where women constituted more than 50 per cent of scientists and engineers, with the majority located in southern Europe.

Because of its small geographical size, Cyprus is classified as a single statistical region by Eurostat, which precludes a breakdown of data by individual districts. The statistics highlight a persistent gender imbalance in STEM-related occupations, which remains a focal point for European labor analysis.