Women held 35% of managerial positions in 2024
In 2024, 35.2% of all managerial positions in the EU were held by women, up from 31.8% in 2014.
Women were more represented among young managers (39.0% of all managers in the age group 15-39), and the share decreased with age. There were 34.4% of women among managers aged 40-64 and 26.5% among those 65 years and older.
Source dataset: lfsa_egais
Among EU countries, in 2024, the largest share of women in managerial positions was recorded in Sweden (44.4%), followed by Latvia (43.4%) and Poland (41.8%). The lowest shares were in Cyprus (25.3%), Croatia (27.6%) and Italy (27.9%).
Source dataset: lfsa_egais
Since 2014, 24 EU countries recorded an increase in the share of women in managerial positions. The largest increases were recorded in Luxembourg (+13.7 percentage points (pp)), Malta (+10.1 pp) and Cyprus (+7.9 pp). In contrast, Slovenia (-3.8 pp), Latvia (-0.7 pp) and Lithuania (-0.2 pp) registered decreases.
This article is part of a series of articles published to mark the International Women’s Day, celebrated on 8 March.
For more information
- Statistics Explained article on employment - annual statistics
- Thematic section on employment and unemployment (LFS)
- Database on employment and unemployment (LFS)
- Thematic section in equality and non-discrimination
- Webinar on gender statistics
- Podcast episode on looking at data on women in research and innovation
Methodological notes
- Managerial positions are defined according to the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08). Managers plan, direct, coordinate and evaluate the overall activities of enterprises, governments and other organisations, or of organisational units within them, and formulate and review their policies, laws, rules and regulations.
- Break in time series in 2021 due to the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700.
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