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    Geschlechtsgleichheitsindex gegenüber Frauen in MINT, nach Land - das Geschlechtsgleichheitsparadox im STEM [OC]
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    Geschlechtsgleichheitsindex gegenüber Frauen in MINT, nach Land – das Geschlechtsgleichheitsparadox im STEM [OC]

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    2. dolm09 on

      Pretty much shows a tendency where, the less gender equality, the more women in STEM.

    3. suvlub on

      Interesting how the trend is non-existent until ~25% (or as high as ~30, depending on how you look at it – the countries in that range fit both patterns). So the take-away is that ~15-25% is the „natural“ participation by women in STEM, and it’s pushed higher in sexist countries?

    4. Jaimebgdb on

      It’s not really a paradox. The more egalitarian a society is the more women can afford to study what they really want vs. what they have to/need to to get ahead in life.

    5. snitsnitsnit on

      I don’t know the source of this specific data set, but this concept has been debunked in the past: https://slate.com/technology/2020/02/women-stem-innate-disinterest-debunked.html

      If we took the data as correct I also think there is some correlation effects. Seems like there is a big cluster of Muslim majority nations on the bottom right, and I wonder if something about the shared values and culture encourages both the gender gap as well as pursuit of stem or women. Once you take that cluster out the inverse relationship is much less visible.

    6. saint_geser on

      It’s only a paradox if you assume that the Global Gender Gap Index is a valid metric of gender equality.

    7. Acolitor on

      This doesn’t account for cultural differences.

      I would like to see the trend for every country as they have gotten more egalitarian.

      For example, in Finland % of women in stem and equality have increased in time. Is there similar trend in other countries?

    10. Brighter_rocks on

      kinda interesting paradox here: in countries where women have more freedom of choice, fewer go into STEM -they often pick other fields they enjoy. but in places where options are limited, STEM becomes one of the safest paths to a stable career, so the share of women there is actually higher

    11. klaxxxon on

      I wonder if the definition and nature of a these „STEM jobs“ is the same across the range. Like, in Switzerland, I imagine the bulk of STEM jobs will be software devs, engineers and researchers and such, while in Algeria greater proportion of them might be like math teachers and other fields where women might be naturally more prevalent.

    12. vincenzopiatti on

      Bottom right corner is interesting. In Turkey it could probably be explained by urban vs rural divide. There are lots of women doctors, architects, software engineers, biologists, lab techs, etc. However, this is limited to families with the means to provide an education for their daughters. In many lower-income families female labor force participation is low. So Turkey doesn’t really have a problem with empowering women with high-skill jobs, the opposite is the problem. Labor force participation rate is extremely low for vocational and low-skill jobs. And of course, the fact that number of women in parliament is low must be a huge blow to the gender gap index.

    14. PenTestHer on

      Where are China and India on this chart? Whoever made left the two of the biggest sources of STEM graduates.

    15. KermitingMurder on

      Is this data accurate?
      Ireland is listed as having just under 25% of STEM graduates being women on this chart and yet when I look up how many STEM graduates are female in Ireland I see the number 40% being used a lot which seems a lot more realistic from what I’ve experienced here. The ~25% seems to be the number of women working in STEM fields, which is not what that axis is labelled as, and while it’s quite low right now I expect it will see a big increase in the coming years due to the push for more women in STEM we’re having and also the rise in the number of young men who are pursuing trades instead of doing traditional higher education

    16. WignerVille on

      The equality in the Nordics, is generally much better than countries like Algeria, Tunisia etc.

      You need to adjust for that as well. Otherwise you’ll end up with a very biased comparison.

    17. LiminalSarah on

      Gender **GAP** index. So it’s a gender INEQUALITY index, higher is worse. Data is beautiful, but your caption of it is not.

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