Gender pay gap in unadjusted form

In 2012, Ireland's gender pay gap in unadjusted form decreased by 3.9% compared to 2011, reaching 24.4.

Ireland accounts for 74.4% of the EU-27 total of 32.8.

Ireland ranks 17th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 29.5% (from 34.6 in 2007).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem180, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.