00:00Are European women closing the leadership gender gap?
00:08The 8th March marks International Women's Day and the data appears to show that more
00:13and more women are taking on positions of authority in the corporate world.
00:18New statistics from Eurostat say that in 2024, 35.2% of all managerial positions in the EU
00:26were held by women, up from 31.8% in 2014.
00:31There was a higher share of young women managers aged between 15 and 39 than in other age groups.
00:37Almost 40% of managers in that age group were female.
00:41The share decreases with age, with 34.4% of women managers aged 40 to 64 and 26.5%
00:50of those
00:50aged 65 and older.
00:52However, the numbers changed depending on where in the EU we're looking to.
00:56The largest shares of women in managerial positions were seen in Sweden, Latvia and Poland.
01:02On the other end, the lowest rates were recorded in Cyprus, Croatia and Italy.
01:08But the numbers are rising in the vast majority of EU countries.
01:12Luxembourg saw the largest increase in women managers since 2014 at 13.7%.
01:18It was followed by Malta and Cyprus.
01:21However, Slovenia, Latvia and Lithuania actually registered a drop in women in managerial positions
01:27during that time.
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