Combined percentages of females in cancer research, all author positions
| Country | Persons | Contributions | Country | Persons | Contributions | ||||
| 2009 | 2019 | 2009 | 2019 | 2009 | 2019 | 2009 | 2019 | ||
| Portugal | 51.6 | 61.1 | 52.7 | 59.7 | Ukraine | 29.1 | 41.4 | 26.7 | 40.4 |
| Argentina | 50.4 | 58.8 | 49.6 | 58.2 | Canada | 37.5 | 43.4 | 34.2 | 40.4 |
| Serbia | 49.4 | 56.3 | 49.6 | 58.1 | Turkey | 34.5 | 42.1 | 33.1 | 40.2 |
| Romania | 47.6 | 55.6 | 48.3 | 55.5 | Australia | 38.4 | 44.5 | 35.9 | 40.2 |
| Slovenia | 48.2 | 55.1 | 45.5 | 55.1 | Israel | 38.4 | 43.0 | 37.6 | 41.0 |
| Slovakia | 52.9 | 59.2 | 50.5 | 55.0 | Belgium | 37.7 | 43.8 | 34.0 | 40.0 |
| Croatia | 45.7 | 53.9 | 46.1 | 52.3 | UK | 36.2 | 42.6 | 34.2 | 40.0 |
| Poland | 44.9 | 55.1 | 42.8 | 52.2 | Morocco | 30.9 | 38.8 | 29.4 | 39.7 |
| Brazil | 43.4 | 52.9 | 42.9 | 51.7 | Czech Rep. | 44.9 | 44.0 | 41.6 | 39.7 |
| Tunisia | 37.2 | 52.0 | 34.7 | 51.3 | Hungary | 38.0 | 41.3 | 37.9 | 39.3 |
| Thailand | 40.3 | 51.2 | 39.1 | 50.7 | Lebanon | 33.9 | 41.7 | 31.5 | 38.5 |
| Bulgaria | 44.9 | 53.2 | 47.0 | 49.7 | USA | 36.4 | 41.0 | 34.1 | 38.3 |
| Lithuania | 43.0 | 53.2 | 43.3 | 49.6 | Pakistan | 32.1 | 40.3 | 33.6 | 37.2 |
| Spain | 40.9 | 50.6 | 39.4 | 48.7 | Iran | 28.9 | 41.4 | 29.7 | 37.0 |
| Finland | 44.6 | 51.4 | 41.3 | 48.0 | Greece | 34.2 | 40.0 | 32.4 | 37.0 |
| Russia | 42.5 | 47.9 | 43.1 | 47.4 | Chile | 35.5 | 38.8 | 33.2 | 36.3 |
| South Africa | 33.6 | 48.1 | 31.9 | 47.3 | Austria | 33.2 | 39.5 | 28.6 | 34.9 |
| Italy | 42.8 | 51.8 | 39.0 | 47.2 | Switzerland | 31.2 | 39.0 | 28.3 | 34.6 |
| Norway | 38.9 | 48.4 | 36.4 | 46.5 | Jordan | 23.0 | 35.1 | 22.0 | 33.8 |
| New Zealand | 35.3 | 46.7 | 32.8 | 46.5 | China | 31.8 | 31.0 | 32.6 | 32.7 |
| Denmark | 37.6 | 49.0 | 37.1 | 45.5 | Germany | 30.7 | 37.1 | 27.2 | 32.4 |
| Egypt | 37.9 | 46.4 | 36.6 | 45.4 | Singapore | 30.9 | 34.1 | 28.7 | 32.2 |
| Mexico | 38.9 | 44.9 | 37.7 | 45.0 | India | 30.4 | 33.2 | 29.4 | 31.8 |
| France | 39.8 | 47.3 | 36.6 | 43.5 | Qatar | 47.1 | 34.4 | 36.0 | 31.4 |
| Malaysia | 38.4 | 43.5 | 37.5 | 43.4 | Taiwan | 30.0 | 30.7 | 29.9 | 30.5 |
| Ireland | 39.7 | 45.7 | 37.4 | 43.1 | Nigeria | 29.7 | 25.0 | 32.2 | 25.2 |
| Indonesia | 32.6 | 43.1 | 31.0 | 42.9 | Saudi Arabia | 17.9 | 27.2 | 18.6 | 25.0 |
| Netherlands | 36.9 | 45.2 | 33.1 | 42.9 | South Korea | 22.6 | 25.0 | 21.9 | 24.2 |
| Colombia | 41.8 | 44.9 | 35.8 | 42.8 | Viet Nam | 28.0 | 23.2 | 28.0 | 23.0 |
| Sweden | 40.3 | 46.0 | 36.8 | 41.9 | Japan | 21.0 | 17.8 | 18.8 | 13.4 |
Values >50% tinted green, >40% tinted pale green, <30% tinted pale yellow, <20% tinted pink. Bold countries=LMIC.
2009 compared with 2019. Countries ranked by percentage of female contributions in 2019.
LMIC, low-income and middle-income country.