International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science

Idescat is proud to support the International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science, an initiative promoted by the Caucus for Women in Statistics (CWS), the Portuguese Statistical Society (SPE) and the American Statistical Association (ASA).

This second edition, which takes place today, October 10, offers more than 35 presentations from 22 countries, which can be followed virtually and which represent a large increase compared to last year.

The International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science aims to showcase women’s contributions to statistics and data science, connect women statisticians and data scientists around the world and encourage collaborations among statistical societies. The organisers hope the event will encourage the statistics and data science field to become more inclusive and diverse.

To celebrate the event, Idescat disseminates the data on women and men with university degrees related to statistics and data science, for the period 2016-2022, based on data from the Ministry of Research and Universities.

University degrees in studies related to statistics and data science. By sex and academic year Catalonia. 2016–2022

Academic year	Women	Men	Total	Women (%)	Men (%)
2021–2022	367	693	1.060	34.6	65.4
2020–2021	343	634	977	35.1	64.9
2019–2020	268	457	725	37.0	63.0
2018–2019	186	338	524	35.5	64.5
2017–2018	142	260	402	35.3	64.7
2016–2017	107	173	280	38.2	61.8
Source: Idescat based on data from the Ministry of Research and Universities.
Note: The data includes the qualifications of codes 0542 and 0588 and those with master's degrees in other fields of study related to statistics and data science, in accordance with the Catalan Classification of Education 2020. Classification of fields of education and training (CCED-2020 F).