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

CountryAll qualified rheumatologistsAll academic rheumatologistsEarly career academic rheumatologists (postdocs)Mid-career academic rheumatologists (assistant/associate professors)Senior academic rheumatologists (full professors)
Albanian/an/an/an/a0%*
Austria†29%‡31%*48%*13%*20%*
Belgium (Flanders)65%*n/a75%*50%*10%*
Germany43%‡35%*65%*25%*10%*
Greece44%‡29%‡72%‡50%‡11%‡
Hungary60%*10%*40%*30%*10%*
Italy52%‡43%§n/a53%§8%§
Lithuania91%‡85%*99%*90%*80%*
Netherlands61%‡59%‡n/an/a33%‡
Spain¶48%‡40%*75%*41%§5%§
Switzerland28%‡35%*n/a25%*0%*
Turkey50%*30%*50%*50%*10%*
UK60%*30%*n/an/an/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.