A collection of statistics from around the world:

70/30

The gender divide across all regions is roughly 70% male to 30% female.

15%

 15%  of label members are majority owned-by women. (US) -A2IM

6%

6% of recognized producers are women. (US & Canada) - WIM Canada

7%

 7% of women identify as having a role within sales/biz dev.  (Canada) - WIM Canada

50%

 50% of freelance women earn less than £10,000 annually. (UK) - HM Revenue & Customs

16%

16% of PRS members are women  (UK) - PRS

20%

Across the participating countries’ collecting societies, women represent 20% or less of registered composers and songwriters (Europe) - Keychange

12%

 12%  of JACAP members are women. (Jamaica) - JACAP

19%

19% of COSCAP members are women (Barbados) - COSCAP

22%

 22% of all performers across the 600 most popular songs from 2012 to 2017 were female. - USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative

12%

12% of songwriters of the 600 most popular songs from 2012 to 2017  were women. - USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative