Female government researchers, OECD

percent of all researchers, 1990–2015

Country	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Austria									31.88	32.57	33.25	33.94	34.63	35.44	36.24	37.75	39.26	39.31	41.20	43.08	43.52	43.96	44.85	45.74
Belgium													29.87	30.14	31.14	31.42	30.39	30.91	32.28	32.48	33.53	33.50	35.84	36.47
Czech Republic										30.95	31.65	32.23	32.89	32.65	35.10	38.24	38.32	38.56	39.34	39.32	37.96	38.89	39.00	39.62	38.11	38.84
Denmark										34.80	34.51	35.13	33.84	34.93	35.52	36.44	38.27	35.70	35.96	36.23	33.69	36.75	43.83	45.35	48.41
Finland															40.22	41.91	42.84	43.10	42.85	42.42	44.19	42.97	44.20	44.36	43.91	44.19
France											30.75	34.15	32.05	32.03	32.69	32.93	33.14	33.86	34.72	35.07	34.86	35.16	35.39	35.72	36.18
Germany														27.07	28.35	28.50	29.77	30.49	31.27	32.45	33.03	33.46	34.40	34.92	34.94	35.43
Greece										37.55	38.04	38.53	38.69	38.85	39.83	40.81	42.02	43.24	44.45	45.67	46.88	48.10	48.99	49.88
Hungary	31.08	31.59	30.03	31.77	34.95	38.28	30.60	33.67	37.13	33.56	37.42	35.61	38.17	39.90	38.57	38.16	38.07	38.78	38.23	40.03	40.74	41.13	41.51	41.65	42.96	42.89
Iceland										37.27	33.83	30.38	36.23	42.07	42.77	43.47	44.11	44.73	44.73	46.83	44.56	42.29	39.30	36.31	38.20	40.08
Ireland													31.52	30.63	30.95	35.45	37.31	36.99	38.84	35.09	33.28	35.73	36.20	37.79	38.42
Italy									36.06	37.65	40.23	38.40	38.48	38.65	40.43	39.86	44.05	43.77	44.19	43.77	44.93	46.07	45.91	46.50	46.89	46.97
Japan												11.30	11.48	11.67	12.23	12.54	13.21	13.84	14.10	14.65	15.55	15.35	15.89	16.23	16.85	17.75
South Korea								9.08	8.71	8.41	10.57	10.33	10.88	11.10	11.59	10.96	13.54	16.74	16.03	18.38	20.14	22.08	23.08	24.20	25.03	24.92
Luxembourg											30.68	31.60	33.53	28.49	29.56	30.63	34.65	36.65	36.07	35.49	35.23	35.05	37.53	39.09
Mexico														29.85	30.23	30.62	31.01	31.40	31.79	32.18	32.57	32.96	33.34	33.03
Netherlands												19.94	22.36	24.78	29.18	29.47	29.23	30.15	29.22	30.42	30.08	33.56	40.54	36.82	37.42
New Zealand								22.12	22.55	22.99	23.90	24.82
Norway								31.88	32.31	32.74	33.71	34.68	35.12	35.57	36.49	37.41	38.72	40.04	41.01	41.98	42.66	43.98	44.77	45.35	45.77	46.46
Poland											42.93	42.32	41.71	41.10	41.08	40.38	41.36	41.64	39.44	41.18	42.36	40.11	41.60	42.20	41.86
Portugal								52.88	53.90	54.53	55.27	56.05	56.94	57.87	57.17	56.55	57.78	59.28	60.60	60.43	60.89	61.10	60.83	59.28	58.65
Slovakia													44.12	45.22	42.65	42.71	42.94	44.26	45.39	44.61	45.29	45.41	46.84	47.20	48.73	49.48
Spain								34.00	35.75	37.49	38.83	41.24	42.38	44.48	45.48	46.56	46.57	46.52	48.01	48.48	48.15	48.14	48.46	48.73	48.54	50.22
Sweden														36.39	36.76	37.14	38.78	40.42	39.65	38.88	44.46	50.03	42.27	34.50
Switzerland							17.78	18.73	19.69	19.58	19.48	21.42	23.35	24.44	25.52	27.05	28.57	30.58	32.59	33.47	34.35	33.81	33.27	34.03	34.80	35.98
Turkey								32.15	32.03	32.13	30.93	28.35	27.52	28.10	28.62	27.43	29.37	28.62	29.66	29.24	29.06	30.62	30.19	30.31	30.42	30.39
United Kingdom										22.17	22.74	31.80	31.76	32.22	32.88	33.92	32.34	34.58	35.03	35.34	34.37	33.35	35.63	36.93	35.74
Argentina									41.51	41.40	43.85	44.85	46.43	46.58	47.29	46.64	47.28	48.56	49.58	50.23	51.18	51.77	52.33	52.74	53.11	53.47
Chile																		29.86	29.13	40.12	40.40	39.45	40.97	41.76	37.73	41.89
Estonia						46.24	46.07	49.38	51.37	50.53	51.70	59.18	60.00	59.83	59.66	59.49	60.19	60.00	60.34	61.41	61.07	60.44	61.71	59.28	60.43	61.23
Romania								48.59	50.63	50.52	48.94	48.61	49.28	49.17	49.15	56.10	49.85	50.21	50.94	49.50	49.94	46.31	47.19	48.58	48.73
Russia					47.22	47.36	46.88	46.08	45.60	45.50	45.26	45.65	45.57	45.89	45.80	45.31	45.39	45.54	45.07	45.22	44.89	45.08	44.36	44.24	44.36	43.99
Singapore													32.99	32.30	33.59	32.92	31.66	30.89	32.41	35.00	34.47	34.63	36.48	33.93	35.79
Slovenia								41.31	42.61	43.25	44.92	45.09	43.27	41.52	41.05	43.07	43.49	43.07	44.27	45.47	45.50	47.89	48.04	48.41	50.12
South Africa												36.88	36.97	37.06	38.93	39.41	39.60	40.57	41.37	41.53	44.96	46.39	47.87	47.03
Taiwan									22.79	23.89	22.64	21.93	21.35	18.67	17.85	19.92	21.13	22.01	23.78	24.48	24.75	26.00	25.81	26.38	27.09	27.83
Latvia						49.27	50.14	50.53	53.55	54.73	52.38	55.92	54.84	55.45	53.22	55.24	45.09	44.99	51.86	53.34	57.78	60.77	57.78	55.19	56.75	57.97

Government researchers are professionals working for government institutions engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge, products, processes, methods and systems and also in the management of the projects concerned. This indicator is measured in per 1000 people employed and in number of researchers; the data are available as a total and broken down by gender.

Source: OECD

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