Recent Eurostat data shows that women account for just one-third of leadership positions within the EU workforce, underscoring persistent gender disparities in professional advancement.

Recent statistics from Eurostat show that in 2024, women made up 46.4% of the EU workforce, which is just under half. But their representation in leadership remains lower: only about one in three leadership roles were held by women, roughly 35.2%.

In Luxembourg, last year’s rate was, for the first time, slightly above the EU average, at 35.8% – the highest the country has ever recorded. The jump from 2023 (22.2%) to 2024 amounts to a substantial increase of 13.6 percentage points. In 2013, the Grand Duchy stood at just 15.5% and for years occupied the lower ranks among EU Member States.

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Eurostat percentages in 2024

Germany, however, lagged behind many of its EU peers in 2024: only 29.1% of leadership roles were held by women, well below the EU average. France, by contrast, fared relatively well at 39.5%, while Belgium, at 34.2%, remained below the EU average as well.

At the top of the class were Sweden (44.4%), Latvia (43.4%) and Poland (41.8%).

Cyprus falls at the bottom of the list with a mere 25.3%.