Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher in Poland
Poland: Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher was 47.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher in Poland, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2023, female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher in Poland stood at 47.4%. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher in Poland peaked at 47.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 38.9%, in 2000.
Poland ranks 41st of 95 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher in Poland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 38.9% | — |
| 2003 | 40.5% | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 40.5% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 41.0% | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 41.5% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 41.9% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 41.7% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 42.1% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 42.1% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 42.1% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 42.6% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 43.1% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 43.3% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 43.6% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 43.7% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 45.6% | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 46.2% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 46.6% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 46.5% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 46.8% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 47.1% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 47.4% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.0% | 38.9% | 42.1% | 8 |
| 2010s | 43.9% | 42.1% | 46.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.0% | 46.5% | 47.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Poland
- 38 Pakistan 48.1% compare
- 39 South Africa 48.1% compare
- 40 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 47.4% compare
- 42 Denmark 47.2% compare
- 43 Netherlands 47.2% compare
- 44 Slovakia 47.1% compare
More science & technology data for Poland
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- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 138.02 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.45 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 53.19 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 171.05 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 2.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 1.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 31,218 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0009 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher in Poland?
- Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher in Poland was 47.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 47.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.9% in 2000.
- How does Poland rank for female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher?
- Poland ranks 41st out of 95 countries with data for 2023.
- Is female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release