NL · 2020 · tesem060

Gender employment gap

Netherlands, 2020

Gender employment gap
16.8
Netherlands, 2020
▼ 5.6% vs 2019 (17.8)
Analysis

In 2020, Netherlands's gender employment gap decreased by 5.6% compared to 2019, reaching 16.8.

Netherlands accounts for 76.4% of the EU-27 total of 22.0.

Netherlands ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 20.8% (from 21.2 in 2015).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#12 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
76.4%
EU-27: 22.0
Netherlands timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025