Basic information on gender equality between women and men
On this page you will find the textual content of the infographic on the Gender Equality page.
- Population in 2024: 2,845,199 women and 2,790,772 men.
- The average life expectancy at birth in 2024: for girls 84.8 years and for boys 79.6 years.
- Women of persons with tertiary level degrees in 2023: 57.9%.
- Employment rate of persons aged 20 to 64 in 2024: for women 76.6% and for men 76.8%.
- Unemployment rate of persons aged 15 to 74 in 2024: for women 7.6% and for men 9.2%
- Persons working in equal occupational groups in 2023 (women and men 40-60%): 9.1% of wage and salary earners.
- Gender pay gap in 2024 (preliminary): women 84 cents and men one euro.
- Time used on domestic work in 2020 to 2021: women 3 h 15 min per day and men 2 h 38 min per day.
- Women of elected MPs in 2023: 46%.