Gender employment gap by degree of urbanisation

In 2025, the EU-27 figure for gender employment gap by degree of urbanisation was 28.8 .

That is a 4.0% fell versus 2024 (30.0).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 16.5% lower.

Across member states, Italy reported the highest value (57.3, 2025) and Estonia the lowest (1.50, 2025) — a ratio of 38.2× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm230; every value links back to the canonical source.