Statistics - Europe

** Labour ** 

Latest Data (2007) Here

  1. Percentage of women in the active population (1970 & 1990)
    • Eastern Europe: 44 % (1970) ; 48 % (1990)
    • Western Europe: 33 % (1970) ; 42 % (1990) 
      Sources: Bureau International du Travail (Nations Unies)

  2. Distribution in percentage of female and male active population by sector of activity (1994)
    • Eastern Europe:
      Agriculture : women: 17 % ; men: 20 %
      Industry: women: 35 % ; men: 45 %
      Services: women: 48 % ; men: 35 %
    • Western Europe:
      Agriculture : women: 7 % ; men: 7 %
      Industry: women: 20 % ; men: 43 %
      Services: women: 73 % ; men: 50 %
      Sources: Bureau International du Travail (Nations Unies)

  3. Rate of boys and girls' participation in active population, 10-14 years old (1990)
    • Europe: ... % (girls) ; ... % (boys)
      Sources: Bureau International du Travail (Nations Unies)

  4. Women's Share in the main professional categories (1990)
    • Eastern Europe:
      Professionals and technicians: 56 %
      Administration and management personnel: 33 %
      Office clerks and similar: 73 %
      Sales force: 66 %
      Production and tranportations, operators and manual workers: 27 %
    • Western Europe:
      Professionals and technicians: 50 %
      Administration and management personnel: 18 %
      Office clerks and similar: 63 %
      Sales force: 48 %
      Production and tranportations, operators and manual workers: 16 %
      Sources: Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Nations Unies)

  5. Percentage of women (15 years old and more) in the total active population (1994)
    • ALBANIA: 40 %
    • AUSTRIA: 39 %
    • BELARUS: 47 %
    • BELGIUM: 33 %
    • BOSNIA: 38 %
    • BULGARIA: 48 %
    • CROATIA: 44 %
    • CZECK REPUBLIC: 48 %
    • DENMARK: 44 %
    • ESTONIA: 46 %
    • FINLAND: 47 %
    • FRANCE: 41 %
    • GERMANY: 39 %
    • GREECE: 27 %
    • HUNGARIA: 44 %
    • IRELAND: 29 %
    • ISLAND: 43 %
    • ITALY: 32 %
    • LATVIA: 47 %
    • LIECHTENSTEIN: ...%
    • LITHUANIA: 45 %
    • LUXEMBURG: 32 %
    • MALTA: 23 %
    • MOLDOVA: 48 %
    • MONACO: ...%
    • NETHERLANDS: 31 %
    • NORWAY: 41 %
    • POLAND: 45 %
    • PORTUGAL: 36 %
    • ROMANIA: 45 %
    • RUSSIA: 45 %
    • SAN MARINO: 41 %
    • SLOVAKIA: 47 %
    • SLOVENIA: 50 %
    • SPAIN: 25 %
    • SWEDEN: 44 %
    • SWITZERLAND: 35 %
    • UKRANIA: 46 %
    • UNITED KINGDOM: 39 %
    • YUGOSLAVIA: 42 %
      Sources: Bureau International du Travail (Nations Unies)

  6. Distribution of the active population (1994)
    • ALBANIA:
      Agriculture: women: 57 %; men: 48 %
      Industry: women: 20 % ; men: 29 %
      Services: women: 23 % ; men: 23 %
    • AUSTRIA:
      Agriculture: women: 3 %; men: 3 %
      Industry: women: 23 % ; men: 50 %
      Services: women: 74 % ; men: 47 %
    • BELARUS:
      Agriculture: women: 13 %; men: 26 %
      Industry: women: 36 % ; men: 45 %
      Services: women: 51 % ; men: 29 %
    • BELGIUM:
      Agriculture: women: 2 %; men: 2 %
      Industry: women: 22 % ; men: 44 %
      Services: women: 77 % ; men: 54 %
    • BOSNIA:
      Agriculture: women: 11 %; men: 5 %
      Industry: women: 39 % ; men: 56 %
      Services: women: 50 % ; men: 39 %
    • BULGARIA:
      Agriculture: women: 12 %; men: 12 %
      Industry: women: 43 % ; men: 55 %
      Services: women: 46 % ; men: 33 %
    • CROATIA:
      Agriculture: women: 13 %; men: 15 %
      Industry: women: 29 % ; men: 38 %
      Services: women: 58 % ; men: 46 %
    • CZECK REPUBLIC:
      Agriculture: women: 9 %; men: 13 %
      Industry: women: 37 % ; men: 54 %
      Services: women: 55 % ; men: 33 %
    • DENMARK:
      Agriculture: women: 1 %; men: 6 %
      Industry: women: 15 % ; men: 40 %
      Services: women: 84 % ; men: 54 %
    • ESTONIA:
      Agriculture: women: 11 %; men: 18 %
      Industry: women: 34 % ; men: 49 %
      Services: women: 55 % ; men: 33 %
    • FINLAND:
      Agriculture: women: 4 %; men: 4 %
      Industry: women: 20 % ; men: 47 %
      Services: women: 76 % ; men: 48 %
    • FRANCE:
      Agriculture: women: 3 %; men: 4 %
      Industry: women: 20 % ; men: 46 %
      Services: women: 77 % ; men: 49 %
    • GERMANY:
      Agriculture: women: 6 %; men:5 %
      Industry: women: 33 % ; men: 54 %
      Services: women: 60 % ; men: 40 %
    • GREECE:
      Agriculture: women: 27 %; men: 16 %
      Industry: women: 19 % ; men: 36 %
      Services: women: 53 % ; men: 48 %
    • HUNGARIA:
      Agriculture: women: 10 %; men: 19 %
      Industry: women: 32 % ; men: 43 %
      Services: women: 58 % ; men: 39 %
    • IRELAND:
      Agriculture: women: 2 %; men: 14 %
      Industry: women: 20 % ; men: 44 %
      Services: women: 78 % ; men: 42 %
    • ISLAND:
      Agriculture: women: 2 %; men: 6 %
      Industry: women: 23 % ; men: 48 %
      Services: women: 75 % ; men: 46 %
    • ITALY:
      Agriculture: women: 6 %; men: 4 %
      Industry: women: 26 % ; men: 43 %
      Services: women: 68 % ; men: 53 %
    • LATVIA:
      Agriculture: women: 12 %; men: 19 %
      Industry: women: 33 % ; men: 47 %
      Services: women: 55 % ; men: 34 %
    • LIECHTENSTEIN:
      Agriculture: women: ... %; men: ...%
      Industry: women: ...% ; men: ... %
      Services: women: ... % ; men: ... %
    • LITHUANIA:
      Agriculture: women: 10 %; men: 23 %
      Industry: women: 35 % ; men: 47 %
      Services: women: 55 % ; men: 30 %
    • LUXEMBURG:
      Agriculture: women: 4 %; men: 2 %
      Industry: women: 9 % ; men: 37 %
      Services: women: 87 % ; men: 60 %
    • MALTA:
      Agriculture: women: 4 %; men: 3 %
      Industry: women: 15 % ; men: 49 %
      Services: women: 81 % ; men: 47 %
    • MOLDOVA:
      Agriculture: women: 25 %; men: 37 %
      Industry: women: 27 % ; men: 34 %
      Services: women: 48 % ; men: 29 %
    • MONACO:
      Agriculture: women: ... %; men: ...%
      Industry: women: ... % ; men: ...%
      Services: women: ...% ; men: ... %
    • NETHERLANDS:
      Agriculture: women: 2 %; men: 5 %
      Industry: women: 8 % ; men: 32 %
      Services: women: 90 % ; men: 62 %
    • NORWAY:
      Agriculture: women: 5 %; men: 6 %
      Industry: women: 8 % ; men: 35 %
      Services: women: 87 % ; men: 59 %
    • POLAND:
      Agriculture: women: 27 %; men: 27 %
      Industry: women: 25 % ; men: 45 %
      Services: women: 48 % ; men: 28 %
    • PORTUGAL:
      Agriculture: women: 45 %; men: 7 %
      Industry: women: 19 % ; men: 54 %
      Services: women: 35 % ; men: 39 %
    • ROMANIA:
      Agriculture: women: 17 %; men: 18 %
      Industry: women: 46 % ; men: 55 %
      Services: women: 37 % ; men: 27 %
    • RUSSIA:
      Agriculture: women: 9 %; men: 17 %
      Industry: women: 35 % ; men: 48 %
      Services: women: 56 % ; men: 34 %
    • SAN MARINO:
      Agriculture: women: ... %; men: ...%
      Industry: women: ... % ; men: ... %
      Services: women: ... % ; men: ... %
    • SLOVAKIA:
      Agriculture: women: 8 %; men: 14 %
      Industry: women: 40 % ; men: 38 %
      Services: women: 51 % ; men: 48 %
    • SLOVENIA:
      Agriculture: women: 4 %; men: 3 %
      Industry: women: 40 % ; men: 53 %
      Services: women: 56 % ; men: 44 %
    • SPAIN:
      Agriculture: women: 6 %; men: 9 %
      Industry: women: 17 % ; men: 43 %
      Services: women: 77 % ; men: 48 %
    • SWEDEN:
      Agriculture: women: 3 %; men: 4 %
      Industry: women: 10 % ; men: 40 %
      Services: women: 88 % ; men: 56 %
    • SWITZERLAND:
      Agriculture: women: 4 %; men: 5 %
      Industry: women: 16 % ; men: 38 %
      Services: women: 81 % ; men: 57 %
    • UKRANIA:
      Agriculture: women: 15 %; men: 23 %
      Industry: women: 34 % ; men: 46 %
      Services: women: 51 % ; men: 31 %
    • UNITED KINGDOM:
      Agriculture: women: 1 %; men: 3 %
      Industry: women: 15 % ; men: 42 %
      Services: women: 84 % ; men: 55 %
    • YUGOSLAVIA:
      Agriculture: women: 29 %; men: 27 %
      Industry: women: 27 % ; men: 39 %
      Services: women: 43 % ; men: 35 %
      Sources: Bureau International du Travail (Nations Unies)

The statistics used here are from the United Nations, The World' Women 1995 - Trends and Statistics (United Nations publications, Sales No. E.95XII.2 (In French, F.95. XII.2) and are quoted with permission. Further information on United Nations gender statistics may be found at the United Nations Statistics Division's Internet home page http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd

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