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Gender pay gap in private sector is narrowing
The average hourly wage for women in the private sector in the Netherlands in 2024 was 14.5 percent lower than that for men.
SDG 5 Gender equality
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 Gender equality. SDG 5 relates to equal treatment of and gender equality in society. In 2030 women and men must have equal rights in education,...
Gender pay gap is narrowing
The average hourly wages for women in 2024 were 10.5 percent lower than those for men.
Netherlands scores high on gender equality within the EU
In 2024, the Netherlands had an average score of 78.8 on gender equality, putting it in third place in the European Union (EU) after Sweden and Denmark.
Twice as many women as men are outside the labour force
Eight percent of men aged 15 to 64 not in education were neither in paid employment, nor seeking work, nor immediately available for work in 2023.
No continued decline in gender labour force participation gap
The gender gap in labour force participation has remained virtually the same in recent years.
Employment; quarterly, sex, National Accounts
Employed persons, jobs, hours worked, also with seasonal correction employee or self-employed, sex, original and seasonal adjusted
Together we stand: The impact of gender equality in the workplace on employees and firms in the Netherlands
Dissertation on the impact of gender composition in the workplace on wage and well-being of employees and financial performance of firms.
SDG 5 Gender equality
Latest data contributing to worldwide monitoring of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 Gender equality. SDG 5 advocates equal treatment of and an equal position in society for men and women. In...
SDG 5 Gender equality
Latest data Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 Gender equality. SDG 5 advocates equal treatment of and an equal position in society for men and women.
More women than men in higher education for 23 consecutive years
In the 2021/’22 academic year, universities and universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands had altogether 443,000 female students attending against 393 thousand male students.
Division of work and care between parents often different than desired
Four out of 10 parents of children under the age of 18 would prefer to divide work and care tasks equally.
Gender pay gap closing a little further
In 2020, the difference in average gross hourly earnings of male and female employees in the public sector decreased by 2 percentage points relative to 2018.
Working women earn over 60 percent more than in 1977
In 2020, women in employment had an average gross annual income of slightly under 34 thousand euros. This was still less than 21 thousand euros in 1977. Most of the income rise occurred this century,...
Emancipation Monitor 2016
Women nowadays are more highly educated, up to age 45 even more highly educated than men.
SDG 5 Gender equality
Latest data Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 Gender equality. SDG 5 advocates equal treatment of and an equal position in society for men and women.