The number of women working in science and technology in Europe is growing, albeit slowly. This is according to the data released by Eurostat today, showing that there were nearly 7.3 million female scientists and engineers in the EU in 2022, 310,500 more than in 2021. Women thus account for 41% of total employment in the sector. It should be noted, however, that while women make up 46% of scientists and engineers in the service sector, they account for only 22% in the production sector. National proportions vary greatly, ranging from 53% in Denmark, 52% in Lithuania and 51% in Bulgaria to 31% in Hungary and Finland, and 34% in Germany. Further down in the regional classification, the highest shares of women employed in the scientific and technological occupations were recorded in Lithuania (64.1%), in the French region of Corsica (63.9%), and in Latvia (62.7%). At the other end of the scale, the regions with the smallest proportions of females employed in science and technology were recorded in the north-west of Italy (45.3%), in Malta (45.8%), and in the south of Italy (46.1%).