Share of female university personnel by function category

The indicator shows trends in the share of female university personnel, differentiated by function category.

In short

The share of female university personnel has increased over the period 1999-2019.
For PhD’s the share of women declined from 2011 until 2017.
The share of female university personnel declines with the degree of seniority of the function.

Share of female university personnel by function category

	Supporting. administrative and management staff	Scientific staff - Total	Full professor	Associate professor	Assistant professor	Teacher	Researcher	Other scientific staff total	PhD
1999	42.5	23.5	6.1	8.1	21.2				37.9
2000	43.4	24.7	6.5	10.4	22				36.7
2001	43.8	26	7.2	10.9	22.4				37.3
2002	44.3	27.3	8.3	13.2	23.2				37.8
2003	44.8	28.2	8.6	13.7	24.4				38.3
2004	45.3	29.3	9.5	13.7	26.9				38.3
2005	46.6	30.2	9.9	15.5	27.8	40.6	32.5	32.2	38.3
2006	47.2	31.2	10.5	16.5	28.9	43	33.1	31.6	39.2
2007	48.3	32.1	11.2	17.1	30.1	44.4	33.1	32.8	40.5
2008	49	33.5	11.7	18.2	31.1	44.9	35.7	35	41.9
2009	49.7	34.7	12.4	19.3	32	47.2	35.2	40.9	43.6
2010	49.9	35.6	13.4	20.4	32.9	47.3	36.7	44.2	44.3
2011	50.4	36.5	14.8	21.5	34.1	47.8	37.6	41.7	44.7
2012	51.4	37	15.7	22	35.3	48.3	39.1	41.7	44.1
2013	52.4	37.4	16.3	24.4	36.1	50.1	38.1	41	44
2014	52.8	37.8	17.1	25.6	37	51.3	38.1	40.5	43.5
2015	53.2	38.2	18.1	26.3	38.6	51.7	39	42.2	43.2
2016	54	38.7	19.3	27.5	39.3	52.5	38.9	41.9	43
2017	54.4	39	20.9	28.6	40.7	51.7	38.7	39.5	42.7
2018	55.2	39.5	23.1	28.4	41.8	51.2	38.7	42	43
2019	55.8	39.8	24.2	29.4	41.9	50.7	38	39.2	43.7
2020	56.3	41	25.7	30.5	43.5	51.8	38.6	40.7	44.4

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Source: Association of Dutch Universities VSNU - the WOPI database on university personnel

Notes: The data are obtained from the WOPI-file of the VSNU (the association of collaborating universities in the Netherlands), see additional information WOPI. Data for teachers, researchers and other scientific staff are available from 2005 onwards. The category 'other scientific staff total' includes data from the three categories together.

Analysis
Within all function categories, the share of female university personnel has increased over the period 1999-2020. The share of female PhD's declined from 2011 until 2017.

The share of female university personnel declines with the degree of seniority of the function. Professors have the lowest share of women of all function categories. However, the increase in share of women is highest among professors in 2020. The share of female professors increases from 23,1% in 2018 to 25,7% in 2020.

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