In the EU, 1 out of 3 managers is a woman: Eurostat

In Turkey, the share of women in managerial positions is 26 percent, says EU statistical office

ANKARA (AA) - Women account for 35 percent of all managers in European Union member states, compared to 26 percent in Turkey, but the gender pay gap in Turkey is better than in most EU states, the EU's statistical office Eurostat said Monday.

"Nearly 7.3 million persons hold managerial positions in enterprises with 10 employees or more located in the EU: 4.7 million men and 2.6 million women," it said.

Although representing approximately half of all employed persons in the EU, women continue to be underrepresented among managers, the office underlined.

The largest share of women among managerial positions was seen in Latvia with 53 percent, Eurostat showed, the “only member state where women are a majority in this occupation."

Bulgaria and Poland followed (44 percent each), with Ireland next (43 percent), Estonia (42 percent), and finally Lithuania, Hungary, and Romania (41 percent each).

In Turkey, 102,788 women, or 26 percent, are in managerial position out of a total 401,953, said Eurostat.

"At the opposite end of the scale, women account for less than a quarter of managers in Germany, Italy and [Greek] Cyprus, Belgium and Austria as well as Luxembourg. At EU level, about a third of managers are women," the EU figures said.

- Women earn less than men

Meanwhile, women in managerial positions earn 23.4 percent less than men on average in the EU, according to EU data.

Romania has the narrowest gender pay gap with 5 percent, ahead of Slovenia with 12.4 percent, Belgium 13.6 percent, and Bulgaria 15 percent.

The gender pay gap in managerial positions in Turkey was significantly less than in most EU countries, with 7 percent.

"A female manager earns about a third less than her male counterpart in Hungary (33.7 percent), Italy (33.5 percent) as well as the Czech Republic (29.7 percent), and about a quarter less in Slovakia (28.3 percent), Poland (27.7 percent), Austria (26.9 percent), Germany (26.8 percent), Portugal (25.9 percent), Estonia (25.6 percent), and the United Kingdom (25.1 percent)," it added.

The data, extracted from the four-yearly structure of earnings survey for reference year 2014, was published by Eurostat ahead of this Wednesday, March 8, International Women’s Day.

The number of women and men managers in various countries is as follows:

	Number of employees
	Total	Men	Women	Women’s share	Gender pay gap
European Union	7,240,313	4,672,744	2,567,570	35%	23.4%
Belgium	80,898	62,164	18,734	23%	13.6%
Bulgaria	85,779	48,451	37,329	44%	15.0%
Czech Republic	146,094	102,814	43,280	30%	29.7%
Denmark	131,969	92,646	39,323	30%	21.9%
Germany	708,369	550,074	158,295	22%	26.8%
Estonia	23,343	13,622	9,721	42%	25.6%
Ireland	110,110	62,222	47,888	43%	15.9%
Spain	207,869	131,843	76,026	37%	16.2%
France	1,373,791	821,725	552,066	40%	22.2%
Italy	133,334	104,055	29,278	22%	33.5%
Greek Cypriot admin.	8,578	6,724	1,854	22%	16.0%
Latvia	54,540	25,762	28,778	53%	17.6%
Lithuania	79,003	46,864	32,139	41%	18.8%
Luxembourg	20,772	15,690	5,082	24%	22.1%
Hungary	115,711	68,068	47,643	41%	33.7%
Malta	12,277	8,557	3,720	30%	21.5%
Netherlands	361,826	260,677	101,149	28%	21.4%
Austria	104,891	80,974	23,917	23%	26.9%
Poland	573,942	320,610	253,332	44%	27.7%
Portugal	71,837	48,073	23,763	33%	25.9%
Romania	232,462	136,473	95,988	41%	5.0%
Slovenia	19,493	12,237	7,256	37%	12.4%
Slovakia	86,762	53,483	33,279	38%	28.3%
Finland	45,454	29,822	15,632	34%	21.3%
Sweden	199,798	120,689	79,109	40%	16.3%
The United Kingdom	2,251,412	1,448,427	802,986	36%	25.1%
Iceland	6,057	3,621	2,436	40%	26.7%
Norway	148,327	95,304	53,023	36%	22.6%
Switzerland	293,995	206,847	87,147	30%	24.3%
Montenegro	2,495	1,791	703	28%	6.0%
FYR of Macedonia	13,995	9,481	4,514	32%	11.9%
Serbia	55,953	34,972	20,981	37%	13.7%
Turkey	401,953	299,165	102,788	26%	7.0%

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