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Women's average hourly pay as a share of men's, over time
How has women's average hourly pay moved relative to men's in nine European countries?
women's average gross hourly earnings per 100 of men's
Source: Eurostat, Gender pay gap in unadjusted form (sdg_05_20). Data for 2007 to 2024. What it counts, how to cite it and the data
At a glance
- Germany: 77.2 in 2007, 84.4 in 2024.
- France: 82.7 in 2007, 88.2 in 2024.
- Spain: 81.9 in 2007, 92.7 in 2024.
- Italy: 94.9 in 2007, 94.7 in 2024.
- Poland: 85.1 in 2007, 96.0 in 2024.
- Sweden: 82.2 in 2007, 88.8 in 2024.
- Bulgaria: 87.9 in 2007, 88.0 in 2024.
- Romania: 87.5 in 2007, 96.3 in 2024.
- Ireland: 82.7 in 2007, 91.7 in 2024.
The countries shown are a selection of European countries with long data series, chosen for coverage and not for any result.
What it counts
Women's average gross hourly earnings as a percentage of men's, calculated as 100 minus Eurostat's unadjusted gender pay gap.
What it leaves out, and how far to trust a comparison
The unadjusted gap changes with the mix of occupations and hours and with who is counted, not only with the pay of men and women in the same job. A line shows that something changed, not why.
Source
Eurostat: Gender pay gap in unadjusted form (sdg_05_20). Source licence: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25.
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Reference (APA style)
TheLawToKnow. (2026). Women's average hourly pay as a share of men's, over time [Chart]. Law in Charts. https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/womens-pay-as-share-of-mens-trend. Data: Eurostat, Gender pay gap in unadjusted form (sdg_05_20), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sdg_05_20/default/table (data retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25).
Short credit for slides and websites
Chart: TheLawToKnow, Law in Charts (https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/womens-pay-as-share-of-mens-trend). Data: Eurostat.
BibTeX
@misc{womenspayasshareofmenstrend2026,
author = {{TheLawToKnow}},
title = {Women's average hourly pay as a share of men's, over time},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Law in Charts},
url = {https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/womens-pay-as-share-of-mens-trend},
note = {Data: Eurostat, Gender pay gap in unadjusted form (sdg_05_20), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sdg_05_20/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25.}
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