How the numbers were computed
For the story The gender pay gap.
Every number in the story is a Eurostat value or is computed from Eurostat values. Each value is named by dataset, Eurostat key and period. Each request is kept as received.
The ranking
Ranks
Rank by value, highest first; equal values share a rank and the next rank is skipped: Cyprus and France, at 11.8% each, are both 12th, and the Netherlands is 14th.
- 27 values, one per country
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.<geo>@2024(<geo> is the country code) · request r1
19.6 percentage points
Highest value − lowest value, in percentage points: 18.8 − −0.8 = 19.6. Rounded to each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.
- 18.8: Estonia, 2024
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.EE@2024· request r1 - −0.8: Luxembourg, 2024
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.LU@2024· request r1
27 / 27
EU countries with a value for 2024: all 27 of the 27 EU member states.
- 27 values, one per country
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.<geo>@2024(<geo> is the country code) · request r1
Over time
The EU figure, 2010–2024
The figure of the European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) as Eurostat publishes it, one value a year.
- 15.8: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2010
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2010· request r1 - 16.2: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2011
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2011· request r1 - 16.4: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2012
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2012· request r1 - 16.0: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2013
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2013· request r1 - 15.7: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2014
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2014· request r1 - 15.5: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2015
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2015· request r1 - 15.1: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2016
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2016· request r1 - 14.6: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2017
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2017· request r1 - 14.4: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2018
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2018· request r1 - 13.7: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2019
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2019· request r1 - 12.7: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2020
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2020· request r1 - 12.3: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2021
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2021· request r1 - 12.2: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2022
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2022· request r1 - 11.7: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2023
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2023· request r1 - 11.1: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2024
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2024· request r1
Differences, 2024 − 2010
Per country, the 2024 value minus the 2010 value. Rounded to each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.
- 27 values, one per country
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.<geo>@2024(<geo> is the country code) · request r1 - 27 values, one per country
earn_gr_gpgr2:A.PC.B-S_X_O.<geo>@2010(<geo> is the country code) · request r1
Countries where the gap narrowed
The countries whose difference 2024 − 2010 is below zero, 24 in all.
Countries where the gap widened
The countries whose difference 2024 − 2010 is above zero, 2 in all.
Requests
- r1: Eurostat API query · retrieved 28 October 2026 · data updated 27 October 2026 · fingerprint:
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