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According to @UNESCO: "There were 7.8 million full-time equivalent researchers in 2013, representing growth of 21% since 2007. Researchers accounted for 0.1% of the global population."
If you acquired a #PhD you are among the 0.1 of the global population!
https://en.unesco.org/sites/default/files/usr_3-2_share_woman_researchers_country.pdf
If you acquired a #PhD you are among the 0.1 of the global population!
https://en.unesco.org/sites/default/files/usr_3-2_share_woman_researchers_country.pdf
#China alone is home to more than half the global research labour force: 19.1% (UNESCO, 2013).
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#Israel had the highest density of researchers in the
in 2012, with 8 337 researchers per million inhabitants. This is more than double the density in the #USA (3 984 in 2012) and #UK (4 108 in 2013).
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in 2012, with 8 337 researchers per million inhabitants. This is more than double the density in the #USA (3 984 in 2012) and #UK (4 108 in 2013). #InternationalDayOfWomenInScience
The Big Five (China, European Union, Japan, Russian Federation and USA) still account for 72% of researchers worldwide.
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The share of the European Union (7.1% of the global population) has remained stable, at 22.2% in 2013. Europe as a whole hosts 31% of the world’s researchers.
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Latin America and South Asia (8% and 23.3% of the global population respectively) contain roughly comparable shares of world researchers: 3.6% and 3.1% respectively.
According to UNESCO, women have obtained gender parity in Southeast Europe and are on the verge of doing so in the Caribbean, Latin America and Central Asia.
Read more here: https://en.unesco.org/sites/default/files/usr_3-2_share_woman_researchers_country.pdf
Read more here: https://en.unesco.org/sites/default/files/usr_3-2_share_woman_researchers_country.pdf
Regional shares of female researchers, 2013 (%) @UNESCO
South East Europe: 48.5%
Caribbean: 44.4%
Central Asia: 44.3%
Latin America: 44.3%
Eastern Europe: 40.2%
Arab States: 36.8%
European Union: 33.1%
Sub-Saharan Africa: 30.0%
West Asia: 27.2%
South East Europe: 48.5%
Caribbean: 44.4%
Central Asia: 44.3%
Latin America: 44.3%
Eastern Europe: 40.2%
Arab States: 36.8%
European Union: 33.1%
Sub-Saharan Africa: 30.0%
West Asia: 27.2%
Bolivia has the highest share of women among researchers (head counts): 63%
Well done! @MindeGobierno
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Well done! @MindeGobierno
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#BolivianWomen
