The presence of children in the household affects the employment rate of men and women differently, 2020 data shows.
Overall, 72.2% of women and 90.0% of men with children aged 25-54 were employed in the EU in 2020. In that same age category, but for people with no children, women had a higher employment rate (76.8%), while men had a lower employment rate (80.9%).
The highest shares of employed women with children were recorded by Slovenia (86.2%), Sweden (83.5%), Portugal (83.0%), Lithuania (82.6%), Denmark (82.2%), the Netherlands (80.7%) and Finland (80.3%). The lowest employment rates were reported by Italy (57.3%), Greece (61.3%) and Spain (66.2%) where less than two thirds of women with children were employed.
Source:
Eurostat, 9 August 2021