ES · 2021 · tesem060
Gender employment gap
Spain, 2021
Gender employment gap
21.6
Spain, 2021
▼ 5.3% vs 2020 (22.8)
Analysis
In 2021, Spain's gender employment gap decreased by 5.3% compared to 2020, reaching 21.6.
Spain accounts for 99.1% of the EU-27 total of 21.8.
Spain ranks 8th 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 6.1% (from 23.0 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem060, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#8 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
99.1%
EU-27: 21.8
Spain timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem060