Over the past decade, things have started to change, though progress is slow. Last year, female inventors were only associated with 13.07 percent of all global patent applications.

In the United States and the United Kingdom, the proportion of female inventors in patent applications stood at 10.04 and 9.44 percent in the period between 1998 and 2017.

Luxembourg placed 152nd on the list, with women residents filing 6.96 percent of patent applications.

Some countries do boast a far higher female share, however, particularly in Africa. The study found that Togo had the highest proportion of female involvement at 57.14 percent, ahead of Uganda’s 44.55 percent.

This article and chart originally appeared on the blog of Statista, a data firm, and is republished here with permission. Data for Luxembourg has added by Delano.