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Gender pay gap

30 European countries compared for 2024, eu average 11.1 %. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking

-0.8 %

Luxembourg

EU average

11.1 %

27 member states

Median country

11.5 %

half above, half below

Range

-0.8 to 18.8

Luxembourg - Estonia

How to read it

Across 30 countries, the highest value is in Estonia (18.8 %) and the lowest in Luxembourg (-0.8 %).

Half of the countries are above 11.5 % and half below.

The EU average is 11.1 %; 17 of 30 countries are above it.

For the EU as a whole, the value fell from 15.8 % in 2010 to 11.1 % in 2024.

Gender pay gap in unadjusted form by NACE Rev. 2 activity - structure of earnings survey methodology
Percentage · Industry, construction and services (except public administration, defense, compulsory social security)

Eurostat methods can differ from the World Bank data used elsewhere on the site - source and licence.

Gender pay gap over time

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Ranking of countries

2024

In chart
Luxembourg in chart	1	Luxembourg	-0.8	−11.9
Belgium in chart	2	Belgium	0.7	−10.4
Romania in chart	3	Romania	3.7	−7.4
Poland in chart	4	Poland	4.0	−7.1
Malta in chart	5	Malta	4.9	−6.2
Italy in chart	6	Italy	5.3	−5.8
Croatia in chart	7	Croatia	6.6	−4.5
Portugal in chart	8	Portugal	7.0	−4.1
Spain in chart	9	Spain	7.3	−3.8
Slovenia in chart	10	Slovenia	8.0	−3.1
Ireland in chart	11	Ireland	8.3	−2.8
Lithuania in chart	12	Lithuania	10.0	−1.1
Iceland in chart	13	Iceland non-EU	11.1	0
Sweden in chart	14	Sweden	11.2	+0.1
Netherlands in chart	15	Netherlands	11.2	+0.1
Cyprus in chart	16	Cyprus	11.8	+0.7
France in chart	17	France	11.8	+0.7
Bulgaria in chart	18	Bulgaria	12.0	+0.9
Norway in chart	19	Norway non-EU	13.0	+1.9
Greece in chart	20	Greece	13.4	+2.3
Latvia in chart	21	Latvia	13.9	+2.8
Denmark in chart	22	Denmark	14.0	+2.9
Germany in chart	23	Germany	15.6	+4.5
Slovakia in chart	24	Slovakia	15.7	+4.6
Switzerland in chart	25	Switzerland non-EU	16.0	+4.9
Finland in chart	26	Finland	16.3	+5.2
Hungary in chart	27	Hungary	16.9	+5.8
Austria in chart	28	Austria	17.6	+6.5
Czechia in chart	29	Czechia	18.5	+7.4
Estonia in chart	30	Estonia	18.8	+7.7

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