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Gender employment gap

Gender employment gap Employed persons
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
2023 7.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2022 8.5 10.9 10.7
2021 8.3 10.6 10.9
2020 8.2 11.4 11.1
2019 8.3 11.9 11.2
2018 9.4 12.1 11.3
2017 9.2 11.9 11.3
2016 9.4 11.5 11.1
2015 9.4 11.2 11.1
2014 6.9 10.2 11.1
2013 7.2 9.6 11.3
2012 7.4 10.0 11.8
2011 8.9 11.6 12.5
2010 10.1 12.9 12.7
2009 10.8 14.2 13.4
2008 15.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2007 18.9 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2006 20.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2005 20.7 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Units: Percentage points.
Source Catalonia: Idescat, based on the INE's Active Population Survey. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
Note: In April 2024, Idescat reviewed the results of Catalonia of the Economically Active Population Survey for the years 2021-2023 with the new population base derived from the 2021 Population and Housing Census.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Indicador ODS Indicator 05.30 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals

Last update: February 20, 2024. Revised series on April 26, 2024.

EPA

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Economically Active Population Survey (EPA).

Methodological note

The gender employment gap is measured as the difference between the employment rates of men and women aged 20-64. The employment rate is calculated by dividing the number of persons aged 20-64 in employment by the total population of the same age group.

In addition, it also provides the gender occupational gap of employed persons working part-time, calculated as the difference between the share of part-time employed among men and women aged 20-64; and the gender occupational gap of employed persons with a temporary contract calculated as the difference between the share of employed persons aged 20-64 with a temporary contract out of the total employment of the same age group.

The indicator is based on the EPA (Spanish acronym for Labour Force Survey).