DE · 2021 · tesem060

Gender employment gap

Germany, 2021

Gender employment gap
14.6
Germany, 2021
▼ 1.4% vs 2020 (14.8)
Analysis

In 2021, Germany's gender employment gap decreased by 1.4% compared to 2020, reaching 14.6.

Germany accounts for 67.0% of the EU-27 total of 21.8.

Germany ranks 18th 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 8.8% (from 16.0 in 2016).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#18 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
67.0%
EU-27: 21.8
Germany timeline (last 15 years)
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