Women in science former Yugoslavia. Moreover, the participation of female researchers is holding steady or increasing in much of the region, with representation broadly even across the four sectors of government, business, higher education and non-profit. In most countries, women tend to be on a par with men among tertiary graduates in science. Between 70% and 85% of graduates are women in health, less than 40% in agriculture and between 20% and 30% in engineering. Albania has seen a considerable increase in the share of its women graduates in engineering and agriculture. Women make up 33% of researchers overall in the European Union
Percentage Percentage In mathematics, a percentage is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. It is often denoted using the percent sign, "%", or the abbreviations "pct.", "pct"; sometimes the abbreviation "pc" is also used. A percentage is a dimensionless number (pure number). For example, 45% (read as "forty-five percent") is equal to , 45:100, or 0.45. Percentages are often used to express a proportionate part of a total. If 50% of the total number of students in the class are male, that means that 50 out of every 100 students are male. If there are 500 students,