Our
Discussion paper
We describe the data from our annual WiE Index report covering the years 2019 to 2023. The paper finds that women economists’ representation is overall low in all sectors and there is no discernible trend over time. Although, for the academic sector, they find representation to be highest in Africa and Oceania. For the public sector, they recognise significant differences amongst geographical regions.
The WiE Index 2023
The Women in Economics Index 2023 is the fifth edition of the WiE Index that monitors and tracks the share of women economists in senior positions in the academic, private, and public sectors globally.
The key result of the WiE Index 2023 is an
overall low share of women across sectors,
especially in the academic sector (34, Private: 36, Public: 36).
The WiE Index 2022
The Women in Economics Index 2022 is the fourth edition of the WiE Index that monitors and tracks the share of women economists in senior positions in the academic, private, and public sectors globally.
The key result of the WiE Index 2021 was an
overall low share of women across sectors,
especially in the academic sector (31, Private: 34, Public: 38).
This continues to be the case in the WiE Index 2022, with index values of 33 in the Academic and the Private Sector and 32 in the Public Sector.
The WiE Index 2021
The Women in Economics Index 2021 is the third edition of the WiE Index that monitors and tracks the share of women economists in senior positions in the academic, private, and public sectors globally.
The key result of the WiE Index 2020 was an
overall low share of women across sectors,
especially in the academic sector. This finding
persists in the WiE Index 2021.
Again, women
remain underrepresented especially at the top
of the economics profession.
The WiE Index 2020
The Women in Economics Index 2020 is the second edition of the WiE Index that monitors and tracks the share of women economists in senior positions in the academic, private, and public sectors globally.
The key result of the WiE Index 2019 was an overall low share of women across sectors, especially in the indicators of the Academic Sector Pillar. This finding persists in the WiE Index 2020.
The WiE Index 2019
The Women in Economics Index 2019 is the first edition of the WiE Index and captures the representation of women economists in leadership positions across the academic, business and public sectors in the year 2019. All data refers to the second quarter of 2019.
The key result of the WiE Index 2019 is an
overall low share of women across sectors,
especially in the academic sector (18, Private: 35, Public: 39).
