BE · 2018 · tesem060

Gender employment gap

Belgium, 2018

Gender employment gap
16.8
Belgium, 2018
▼ 14.3% vs 2017 (19.6)
Analysis

In 2018, Belgium's gender employment gap decreased by 14.3% compared to 2017, reaching 16.8.

Belgium accounts for 74.3% of the EU-27 total of 22.6.

Belgium ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 17.6% (from 20.4 in 2013).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem060, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
74.3%
EU-27: 22.6
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