Each time the topic of gender diversity in tech comes up, the conversations are always the same: Women represent only a fraction of the tech workforce; leadership isn’t improving; and nothing is really changing. But these numbers tend to describe the broader picture, lacking detail on a specific sector or hierarchy level. That's why The Big Search and Statista decided to partner up and uncover deeper insights.
The research analyzed 284 growth-stage and late-stage European B2C internet companies, which together employ 1,470 C-level executives across Europe, excluding managing directors. Among the companies surveyed, 37 percent had at least one woman in a C-suite role, representing 331 female executives overall.
The United Kingdom accounts for one-third of the entire female C-level sample. But volume isn't the same as share. Among countries with at least 10 female executives, the Netherlands has the highest representation (31.9 percent). Germany ranks at the bottom, despite having the second-largest pool of female executives, with only 15.8 percent.
