Eurostat statistics show that in the European Union (EU), the average hourly gross earnings of women are on average 11.1% lower than those of men. In other words, when a man earns 100 euros in the EU, a woman earns on average only 88.9 euros.
Modern.az reports that this was stated in Euronews' information.
It was noted that the difference in earnings between men and women is more noticeable in terms of annual income. According to calculations by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), also based on Eurostat data, the average working woman in the EU earns approximately 3,900 euros less than men per year.
This means that 92.5 million working women in the EU are deprived of more than 358 billion euros in total income each year.
Luxembourg is the only country in the European Union where women earn more than men. Here, women's annual income is on average 474 euros more than men's.
Based on 2025 data, the annual income difference for working women is 7,592 euros in Finland, 6,854 euros in Austria, 6,049 euros in Germany, and 5,116 euros in Sweden.
The annual income difference is also higher than the EU average (3,881 euros) in Estonia (4,967 euros), France (4,536 euros), the Czech Republic (4,499 euros), and Ireland (4,129 euros). In each of these countries, the difference exceeds 4,000 euros.
A.Gorkhmaz
