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Gender employment gap

Gender employment gap 2024
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Employed persons 8.5 9.8 10.0
Employed persons working part-time -12.7 -14.8 -20.2
Employed persons with a temporary contract -4.0 -5.3 -2.4
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.
Indicador ODS Indicator 05.30 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals

Last update: February 18, 2025.

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).

For further information about these statistics, you may check the methodology.