Gender (im)balance: When women stage a quiet coup and take over everything

A Visual Capitalist review of World Bank and Unesco data published this week found that women outnumber men in university enrolment in 130 countries.

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A Visual Capitalist review of World Bank and Unesco data published this week found that women outnumber men in university enrolment in 130 countries, with some of the widest gaps in Sweden, Brazil and the US.

It marks a striking reversal by historical standards. Across the developed world, universities remained overwhelmingly male until the late 1900s.