35.2 per cent of all managerial positions in the EU were held by women in 2024, up from 31.8% in 2014 according to figures just released by the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat.
The figures form part of a series of articles by published by Eurostat to mark International Women’s Day, celebrated on 8 March.
They also show that women were more represented among young managers (39.0% of all managers in the age group 15-39), and that the share decreased with age. There were 34.4% of women among managers aged 40-64 and 26.5% among those 65 years and older.
The largest share of women in managerial positions among EU countries in 2024 was recorded in Sweden (44.4%), followed by Latvia (43.4%) and Poland (41.8%). The lowest shares were in Cyprus (25.3%), Croatia (27.6%) and Italy (27.9%).
Thematic section in equality and non-discrimination, Eurostat
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