On International Women’s Day, New Coursera Report Reveals Global Progress Towards Narrowing GenAI Gender Gap

As the world prepares to celebrate International Women’s Day, new data released today by Coursera (NYSE: COUR), a leading global online learning platform, highlights the progress being made to improve female access to key skills, including GenAI and Critical Thinking. Between 2024 and 2025, the female share of enrollments in Coursera’s 1,100+ GenAI courses rose from 32% to 36%.

One Year Later: The Gender Gap in GenAI builds on Coursera’s original Gender Gap in GenAI report, examining whether, and how, institutions are successfully narrowing gender gaps in the skill areas that will define tomorrow’s economy. It finds that women’s engagement with the technology is accelerating faster than that of their male peers.

“Research shows that GenAI will accelerate the global economy and transform work, with some estimates suggesting it could increase the world’s wealth by as much as USD$22.3 trillion by 2030,” said Dr. Alexandra Urban, report author and Learning Science Research Lead, Coursera. “If economic gains are to be shared equitably, institutions must equip people with the skills to use emerging technologies. When barriers are lowered and GenAI skills feel practical and attainable, women are eager to adopt them at scale.”

Though the global gap is narrowing, there are significant regional and local differences in uptake of GenAI skills by gender. Key regional trends include:

• Latin American nations have recorded a doubling in its share of GenAI enrollments on Coursera from female learners year-over-year (YoY). Standouts include Peru (+14.5 percentage points YoY), Mexico (+5.3 percentage points), and Colombia (+4.5 percentage points).
• Asia Pacific nations have also consistently narrowed GenAI gender gaps on Coursera. Uzbekistan is a global standout, with an 8.8 percentage point increase in their share of enrollments from female learners.
  • India, Coursera’s biggest market for GenAI enrollments globally, has recorded a 2.2 percentage point increase, while Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines have also increased their share of female enrollments in GenAI courses YoY.
• However, in many of the Anglophone and economically developed countries, men’s enrollments are growing faster.
  • In the United States (-0.9 percentage points), Canada (-1.0 percentage point), the United Kingdom (-1.8 percentage points), Spain (-1.1 percentage points), and Germany (-0.2% percentage points), women represent a smaller share of total GenAI enrollments in 2025 than 2024.

Once the enrollment barrier is cleared, female learners often demonstrate higher levels of persistence in GenAI learning. Coursera finds that: