# EU countries by gender pay gap (unadjusted), 2024

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `gender_pay_gap`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Difference between the average gross hourly earnings of men and of women, as a percentage of men's average gross hourly earnings. Employees in enterprises with 10 or more employees, in industry, construction and services except public administration and defence (NACE Rev. 2 B to S without O).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Gender pay gap in unadjusted form, industry, construction and services except public administration (earn_gr_gpgr2) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/earn_gr_gpgr2/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- Citation: Eurostat. Gender pay gap in unadjusted form, industry, construction and services except public administration (earn_gr_gpgr2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/earn_gr_gpgr2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/gender-pay-gap/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Estonia | 18.8 |
| 2 | Czechia | 18.5 |
| 3 | Austria | 17.6 |
| 4 | Hungary | 16.9 |
| 5 | Finland | 16.3 |
| 6 | Slovakia | 15.7 |
| 7 | Germany | 15.6 |
| 8 | Denmark | 14 |
| 9 | Latvia | 13.9 |
| 10 | Greece | 13.4 |
| 11 | Bulgaria | 12 |
| 12 | Cyprus | 11.8 |
| 12 | France | 11.8 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 11.2 |
| 14 | Sweden | 11.2 |
| 16 | Lithuania | 10 |
| 17 | Ireland | 8.3 |
| 18 | Slovenia | 8 |
| 19 | Spain | 7.3 |
| 20 | Portugal | 7 |
| 21 | Croatia | 6.6 |
| 22 | Italy | 5.3 |
| 23 | Malta | 4.9 |
| 24 | Poland | 4 |
| 25 | Romania | 3.7 |
| 26 | Belgium | 0.7 |
| 27 | Luxembourg | -0.8 |