Over the last decade, the unadjusted gender pay gap decreased in all five Nordic countries. In 2021, Iceland had the lowest pay gap between men and women at 10.2 percent. The pay gap was highest in Finland, above 16 percent. In Europe, Luxembourg had the lowest gender pay gap, whereas it was highest in Estonia.
Unadjusted annual gender pay gap in the Nordic countries from 2010 to 2021, by country
Industry, construction, and services (except activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies)
Supplementary notes
*Numbers for 2019 are provisional.
**Value for 2014 is from Nordic statistics. Definition for 2019, 2020, and 2021 are provisional, definition differs from previous years.
The source adds the following information: The unadjusted gender pay gap (GPG) represents the difference between average gross hourly earnings of male paid employees and of female paid employees as a percentage of average gross hourly earnings of male paid employees.
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Eurostat, & Nordic Statistics database. (March 1, 2023). Unadjusted annual gender pay gap in the Nordic countries from 2010 to 2021, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1275632/nordics-unadjusted-gender-pay-gap/
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