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Gender employment gap — From 20 to 64 years; Total employment (resident population concept - LFS)

Compare gender employment gap — from 20 to 64 years; total employment (resident population concept - lfs) across 34 countries or territories using one fixed 2025 Eurostat reference slice.

Source: Eurostat, European Commission34 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
9.5Percentage of total population
Median: 7.3Percentage of total population
Countries Covered
34
with available data
Highest
Türkiye
38.0Percentage of total population
Lowest
Lithuania
-0.6Percentage of total population
Top 5 Countries
1Türkiye38.0Percentage of total population
2Bosnia and Herzegovina28.3Percentage of total population
3Italy19.1Percentage of total population
4Romania18.7Percentage of total population
5The Republic of North Macedonia18.7Percentage of total population
By Region
Other24.4Percentage of total population(4 countries)
Europe7.5Percentage of total population(30 countries)
Key Findings
  • 34 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage of total population observation in the fixed 2025 slice.
  • Türkiye has the highest published value (38 Percentage of total population).
  • Lithuania has the lowest published value (-0.6 Percentage of total population).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (-0.6Percentage of total population)High (38.0Percentage of total population)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 9.5Percentage of total population)

Other (4)
Europe (30)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Gender employment gap; fixed slice age: From 20 to 64 years [Y20-64]; freq: Annual [A]; indic_em: Total employment (resident population concept - LFS) [EMP_LFS]; unit: Percentage of total population [PC_POP]

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2025 Eurostat slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Gender employment gap; fixed slice age: From 20 to 64 years [Y20-64]; freq: Annual [A]; indic_em: Total employment (resident population concept - LFS) [EMP_LFS]; unit: Percentage of total population [PC_POP]

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Türkiye38.0Percentage of total population
2Bosnia and Herzegovina28.3Percentage of total population
3Italy19.1Percentage of total population
4Romania18.7Percentage of total population
5The Republic of North Macedonia18.7Percentage of total population
6Greece17.4Percentage of total population
7Malta12.4Percentage of total population
8Serbia11.5Percentage of total population
9Poland11.3Percentage of total population
10Czech Republic10.7Percentage of total population
11Cyprus10.1Percentage of total population
12Spain9.5Percentage of total population
13Ireland9.0Percentage of total population
14Slovakia8.7Percentage of total population
15Hungary8.1Percentage of total population
16Netherlands7.6Percentage of total population
17Bulgaria7.4Percentage of total population
18Belgium7.1Percentage of total population
19Germany6.8Percentage of total population
20Luxembourg6.8Percentage of total population
21Austria6.8Percentage of total population
22Switzerland6.5Percentage of total population
23Denmark6.2Percentage of total population
24France5.7Percentage of total population
25Portugal5.4Percentage of total population
26Croatia5.0Percentage of total population
27Norway5.0Percentage of total population
28Slovenia4.9Percentage of total population
29Iceland4.1Percentage of total population
30Sweden3.9Percentage of total population
31Latvia1.9Percentage of total population
32Finland1.3Percentage of total population
33Estonia0.5Percentage of total population
34Lithuania-0.6Percentage of total population
Showing 34 of 34 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Eurostat, European Commission (2025).

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