Gender employment gap by degree of urbanisation

In 2025, France's gender employment gap by degree of urbanisation decreased by 5.1% compared to 2024, reaching 16.8.

France accounts for 58.3% of the EU-27 total of 28.8.

France ranks 19th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 20.0% (from 21.0 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm230, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.