Greek Region Makes Women Big Science Winners
A Greek area became a big deal in Europe this week. The stats office shared new data. The spot was in Greece. It was one of ten EU regions. Women held over half of all jobs in science and tech there in 2025. Central Greece had a strong share. Women made up 53 percent. They had 35,300 people in these jobs. Attica had the largest total. Women there had 42. 54 percent. That was a little lower than Central Greece.
Across the EU, women had 41 percent of all people in these jobs. The total was 20. 2 million in 2025. Women had about 8. 2 million jobs. The stats office said most of the ten EU regions were in southern Europe. Spain had four of them. Portugal had two. Greece had one. Poland, Sweden, and France each had one. The French region of Ile-de-France had the most women. It had 336,300. That was 38 percent. Germany had two leaders. Nordrhein-Westfalen had 281,400. Bayern had 271,100. Spain had Este with 279,400. The Netherlands had West-Nederland with 271,600. Portugal had Continente with 265,100.
The stats office used a special job label. It meant people who worked in science and tech. It also meant health and information and communication technology. The label included people with higher education. It also included jobs that usually need that education. The data came from 2025. The EU total was about 8. 2 million women. The top region was in France. The Greek region was one of the ten. It was in southern Europe.
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