Women

Men

Year

Country group

Less than 5%

gap

Greenland

78

82

‘94

Nordic

Norway

32

32

‘98

Nordic

Ireland

31

32

‘98

West

Denmark

30

39

‘98

Nordic

UK

26

28

‘98

West

Iceland

26

28

‘97

Nordic

Sweden

22 

17

‘98

Nordic

5 to 9%  gap

Netherlands

32 

39

‘97

West

Israel

25 

31

‘97

South

Belgium

22 

31

‘97

West

Finland

19 

28

‘98

Nordic

10 to 14%  gap

France

27 

39

’97

West

Luxembourg

27 

39

‘98

West

Switzerland

26 

36

’92

West

Germany

20

33

‘95

West

Czech Rep.

20

33

‘96

Central + East

Austria

19

30

’98

West

Slovakia

13

24

‘95

Central + East

15 to 19%  gap

Greece

28

46

‘94

South

Spain

27

45

‘97

South

Hungary

27

44

’99

Central + East

Italy

17

33

‘97

South

20 to 24%  gap

Poland

29

51

‘93

Central + East

Bulgaria

17

41

‘96

Central + East

Portugal

7

30

‘96

South

Russian Fed

7

31

‘96

Commonwealth of Indep. States

25% plus gap

Estonia

22

48

‘96

Baltic