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. 2022 Aug 8;8(2):e002518. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002518

Table 1.

Estimated percentage of women in academic rheumatology by country, data from national society leaders based on various sources, 2020 or the latest available year

Country All qualified rheumatologists All academic rheumatologists Early career academic rheumatologists (postdocs) Mid-career academic rheumatologists (assistant/associate professors) Senior academic rheumatologists (full professors)
Albania n/a n/a n/a n/a 0%*
Austria† 29%‡ 31%* 48%* 13%* 20%*
Belgium (Flanders) 65%* n/a 75%* 50%* 10%*
Germany 43%‡ 35%* 65%* 25%* 10%*
Greece 44%‡ 29%‡ 72%‡ 50%‡ 11%‡
Hungary 60%* 10%* 40%* 30%* 10%*
Italy 52%‡ 43%§ n/a 53%§ 8%§
Lithuania 91%‡ 85%* 99%* 90%* 80%*
Netherlands 61%‡ 59%‡ n/a n/a 33%‡
Spain¶ 48%‡ 40%* 75%* 41%§ 5%§
Switzerland 28%‡ 35%* n/a 25%* 0%*
Turkey 50%* 30%* 50%* 50%* 10%*
UK 60%* 30%* n/a n/a n/a

*Personal estimates by national society leaders.

†Data corroborated by the FAIR Task Force, Austria.

‡National society membership data.

§National statistics.

¶Data from the Group of Women in Rheumatology, Spain.

FAIR, Female Advancement In Rheumatology; n/a, not available.