Share of STEM employees in the UK 2016-2019, by gender
From 2016 to 2019, the percentage of women working in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) field in the United Kingdom (UK) has increased from 21 to 24 percent, a total of 216,552 more women according to the source. While this is a significant increase in women within the STEM workforce, the percentage still remains disproportionately low, highlighting the gender gap in the STEM field.