When mentioning the percentage of women in OpenStreetMap, people often ask about the percentage of women in cartography in general. Here are some numbers we found for the International Cartographic Associaton (ICA), the German Cartographic Society (DGfK), the Austrian Geographic Society (ÖGG) and first-year students in Geodesy at the Vienna University of Technology.

1. Females in
OpenStreetMap
Sources:
Budhathoki 2010 (3%)
Lechner 2011 (1,8%)
Stark 2009 (5%), 2011 (4%)
~2-5%

2. 23%

3. 0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100
Anzahl Frauen
Anzahl Männer
Members of the German Cartographic Society
(DGfK) according to Age and Gender
Age
Source: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kartographie, 1.2.2012
33%
Females
Males

4. 0
20
40
60
80
100
120
bis 30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 über 70
Frauen
Männer
Age
Number of
members
26%
Members of the Austrian Geographic Society
(ÖGG) according to Age and Gender
Source: Österreichische Geographische Gesellschaft, 2010
Females
Males

5. 0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
Frauen
Männer
First-year students in Geodesy at the Vienna
University of Technology according to Gender
25%
Number of
students
Source: Technische Universität Wien, December 2012
Females
Males